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Re: Sopwith Camel sculpture is 'Available now' in the UK
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Fri, 11 May 2001 11:02:49 GMT
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"Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message
news:GD63M7.Kx9@lugnet.com...
> > Not convinced about Lego Scupltures.
> > Is it a parts pack or something to display?
> > If I wanted a model of a Sopwith Camel to display - why would I want it • in
> > Lego?
> > (wouldn't a proper airfix kit be more realistic)
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> No, I can't agree with that at all Lawrence. I love the detailed Lego
> models. Sure, an Airfix kit would look more realistic but then your • station
> would look more realistic if you made it with glass and concrete. It's the
> making something fairly realistic looking using only generic blocks which
> impresses me.
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> I've just ordered my Sopwith.
But that's my point I guess.
I can't buy my station, but I can buy an Airfix kit
And I don't buy Lego to display as a sculpture - I buy bricks to build.
OK, so I would build it once, then use the parts elsewhere.
What I really want is just to buy the parts I want.
But no, in spite of all the effort that lego have put into bulk bricks, I
can only buy 1% of the bricks I really want.
regards
lawrence
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Sopwith Camel sculpture is 'Available now' in the UK
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| (...) yeah, that's where we differ. I never get much building done because I can't bear to break my models once they're built. Bulk parts are still pretty poor but I reckon if people order enough of them they'll soon sell everything. If the volume (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Sopwith Camel sculpture is 'Available now' in the UK
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| (...) I have to agree with this. What we really need is a mail-order, any parts on-demand service. Suppliers of electronic components such as RS and Maplin have catalogues that must run into hundreds of thousands of different parts, so clearly such (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Sopwith Camel sculpture is 'Available now' in the UK
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| (...) No, I can't agree with that at all Lawrence. I love the detailed Lego models. Sure, an Airfix kit would look more realistic but then your station would look more realistic if you made it with glass and concrete. It's the making something (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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