 | | Just wondering... (was: Re: New S@H Catalog - Pictures) —Mark Sandlin
| | | | I was just looking at the pictures of this... and I was just wondering. What makes it a "Spy Runner" ? Is it some kind of spy plane? Aren't those supposed to be stealthy and/or very fast? What about the "runner" part? The only planes I've ever heard (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Just wondering... (was: Re: New S@H Catalog - Pictures) —Maggie Cambron
| | | | | | (...) Maybe they got the name from Fibblesnork's random set name generator! :-) Maggie C. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Just wondering... (was: Re: New S@H Catalog - Pictures) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
| | | | | | | (...) Actually, it's "typical LEGO translation." Y'see, this isn't the first Spy Runner LEGO has produced; there was a Technic set also called that in '97 or '98 (I bought a mess of 'em in Feb '99 for $1 apiece, they were green, etc etc). So it's (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Just wondering... (was: Re: New S@H Catalog - Pictures) —Ran Talbott
| | | | | (...) A "-runner" is anybody trying to use speed and/or stealth to circumvent a blockade, border guards, or other force specifically trying to keep his cargo out. There are also gun-runners, rum-runners, cigarette-runners, ... They're available (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general)
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