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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Erik Olson writes:
> > There was a great deal of original design in the Intelliblocks line
> > (alongside starkly basic brick and plate) but then there was that goofy
> > lance. They took the Lego lance (introduced in 1979) and put a hook on the
> > end. If this wasn't a ripoff, I don't know what is, because the piece was
> > non-functional as well. Its only reason for being seems that the pirate
> > lance mold was on hand already, and the budget controller said "do it, and
> > stick a hook on it."
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> Yeah, that threw me for a loop, too. The lance even has a roughness
> suggesting (to me) shoddy mold casting of an actual LEGO lance. On the
> other hand, they're not *actually* lances but are actually some sort of boat
> hook, IIRC (in the film anyway). Obviously, though, the part is still the
> part, and it's a fairly obvious ripoff of the lance.
> The torch parts from the Prancing Pony sets are apparently based on the
> basic LEGO antenna, too.
And along the same lines, am I the only one who thought the actual design of
the Prancing Pony Inn was highly reminiscent of that of Guarded Inn (note,
among other things, how the covered area is on the left and the walled open
area extends to the right)?
Maggie C.
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) I think I must have slipped a gear during all this--I was still focusing on the 2x4 brick and hadn't considered how it extends to other elements. What if Bram makes a whole bunch of aluminum pitchforks? 8^) (...) Yeah, that threw me for a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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