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In lugnet.modelteam, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.modelteam, Paul S. D'Urbano writes:
> > There's a new Space Shuttle model you can see in the links above that's just
> > gorgeous. Looks like part of a new space program line along with another
> > set with Apollo models (7468?). As should be immediately obvious to us all,
> > this comes at a painful time with the recent Columbia tragedy. 7470 appears
> > to be clearly marked as the Space Shuttle Discovery, but that's obviously
> > not enough to separate it from the events of Feb 1. I wonder what TLC will
> > do here: Release the product as planned? Modify the packaging to include
> > some memorial-type reference to STS-107? Wait to release it? Pull the set
> > completely?
>
> I do hope they won't wait to release the set or pull it.
> It's the "Discovery", after all. But I'm not sure that
> this has the same disaster valence that the WTC (for ex-
> ample) did; the Apollo 1 fire didn't stop kids' dreams
> of stepping on the moon and it didn't stop rocket toys.
Well, if they could get away with selling the Movie Maker Set With Falling
Twin Tower Action after 9/11... (To this day, I still don't see how they
managed to avoid complaints about that.)
> Despite not knowing that crew, what I've seen and read
> from shuttle crewmembers indicates that they're of one
> mind regarding the dangers and importance of their work:
> I remember seeing an interview with one of the pilots of
> a shuttle (name escapes me) where he said that were he
> to be lost in the line of duty, the greatest tribute would
> be to not only carry on but redouble the march of progress
> in space. I'd like to think that these seven would have
> been of similar mind (and all indications are that they
> were). So there's no conflict for me; maybe I'll grab
> 7470 for just that reason.
I'm getting it too, but only partially for that reason. My real motive is
that I've always wanted an accurate space shuttle model, and this appears to
be it. :P The two Town-based shuttles I had (the NASA one and one of the
two Launch Command ones; I assume the weird LC-ish one with the truck and
the later "rocket with little wings" were similar in this regard) always
drove me crazy--even if I did buy a million sets to get a full crew
complement, there was no room for all seven minifigs in the shuttle--and the
Technic shuttle was too expensive for a then-kid like me (and has the
additional disadvantage of just being a space shuttle shaped mass of beams
and gears). This looks to be a set worthy of my bookshelf, especially since
I have three Transformer space shuttles there already. You might say I'm a
fan of the STS program. XD
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| (...) I'm sure Tim's dry-cleaner will be happy to know that he's "not a leaker." :) (No, I expect these are legit NTF pics and not leaks.) (...) I do hope they won't wait to release the set or pull it. It's the "Discovery", after all. But I'm not (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.general)
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