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RE: Toyworld specials (in Brisbane at least) - a review of the Si th Infiltrator
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Fri, 26 May 2000 03:45:22 GMT
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I think you'll find the 'gear sticks' / 'flying objects' were the search
droids (?) that Darth Maul sends out after he arives on Tattoine to find
Qui-gon and Co.
Benjamin Whytcross
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry@dstc.edu.au]
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 1:42 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Toyworld specials (in Brisbane at least) - a
> review of the
> Sith Infiltrator
>
>
>
> > 7151 Sith Infiltrators at $39 (down from $89)
>
> Having bought one, here's my review. First take a look at it:
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=7151
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> The Sith Infiltrator is not the most exciting piece in the Star Wars
> collection. It's medium in size and is somewhat unexciting in
> its colours
> (two tone grey with blue and black accents) although it
> actually looks a bit
> more interesting in real life than it does on the box cover.
>
> The long nose cone is just a long nose cone with a storage
> area for a light
> sabre and some gear sticks (shown as flying objects on the
> right hand side
> of the box picture -- I can't figure out their purpose). The
> wings are very
> similar in design to the 7150 TIE fighter (same special pieces and
> techniques are used). There is a rear hatch which opens and
> out zips Darth
> Maul (the guy with the bad rash on his face) on a little
> space scooter.
>
> The instructions are only for the model shown on the box,
> but, like the
> other Star Wars, there is a cartoon which introduces
> alternative models
> without giving specific instructions. Personally, I like this way of
> providing ideas without spoonfeeding you. Some of the
> alternative models
> actually look more interesting than the Sith Infiltrator.
>
> At $39, I felt OK about having bought it, but frankly its
> future is spare
> parts; I can't see myself building the Sith Infiltrator a second time.
> Although I paid more for them, I felt I got better value for
> money with the
> 7161 Gungan sub and the 7150 Tie fighter & Y-wing fighter. I
> found both of
> these more fun to build and more interesting to show off.
>
> Kerry
>
> --
> ==============================================================
> =============
> Dr Kerry Raymond, Distinguished Research Fellow
> kerry@dstc.edu.au
> CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology Ph:
> +61 7 3365 4310
> University of Queensland 4072 Australia Fax:
> +61 7 3365 4311
> =====================================================
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