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Yea well I'll still take my Galaxy Explorer over any current LEGO set. Now
over some people's own mocs, that's another question. :-P
--Kyle
http://lego.kepplah.com
In lugnet.lego.direct, Paul Hartzog writes:
> in general response to this thread....
>
> i hate juniorization as much as the next guy
> but i don't buy those sets.
>
> The new SW sets are the BEST sets TLC has ever
> made, the curved pieces (finally) allow for
> stylish mocs, and the canopies can be placed
> side by side w/out trans walls between them.
>
> AND
> I grew up w/ lego and classic space
> (i have every space set from like '74 to '86)
> and most of the folks who complain about
> current TLC policy NEVER HAD THOSE SETS.
>
> well, they mostly suck. really. as someone
> who had them, had a dark ages, and came back
> to lego, I can say that I build almost entirely
> with my sets AFTER '95. The pieces are better,
> more interesting, more useful, etc. There's
> only so much you can do w/ a freaking BRICK.
> And i never liked spaceships that look like
> a blue box w/ grey wings.
>
> A lot of this is just nostalgia, and I will NEVER
> part w/ my old lego. In fact, I'm rebuilding all
> the my classic stuff from the ORIGINAL PIECES.
> I recently sorted those pieces (which are separate
> from my current lego collection) and in the ENTIRE
> 12 Year span of pieces, I found less than 100 pieces
> that were actually useful...
>
> ... unless you want to make a blue box w/ grey wings.
>
> :-D
>
> -paul
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