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Pro Builder Space Shuttle at TRU (exclusive)
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lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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Date:
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Sun, 13 Oct 2002 03:56:06 GMT
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$80, 2005 pieces, mostly white and black. Has a "TRU exclusive" logo on the
front. Random comments:
Huge selection of white and black parts. 1 bag each color of 2x4 bricks. 1
bag of 1x8 white bricks. 1 bag of mostly white 2x4 plates. Another of white
2x12 plates. Several half-height 4x16 and 8x16 black plates. Tons of other
miscellaneous bricks and plates. New (large) custom wing pieces in black.
Burp-ish payload door pieces, though not bad looking. Custom molded 2-part
manipulator arm. 2-part burpish gray payload unit. Burp black engine nozzles.
Large burp-ish cockpit (internal only -- nose exterior is all bricks/plates)
which is an electronics units (sound effects). Has several wires hanging off
it, going to simple touch-switches that appear to have an interactive function
(not sure, but I think this in the vein of push a sound effects button in the
cockpit, then get a series of follow-on sounds as you open things up and move
around some parts [e.g. deploying a satellite]).
Several interesting copper-colored vac-metal bits (1x2 plates and 1x1 round
plates). Four dull astronauts: like classic "army men" in their style and
1-piece construction, and two are molded into their chairs. I assume these are
like the figures in the large sub, which I don't have. This is the only real
disappointment so far -- they're about as tall as mini-figs, too bad we didn't
get some space-suited mini-figs instead.
Large instruction book, probably 11x17. Roughly 8x9 sheet of stickers.
Overall: pretty damn sweet, can't wait to build it. I don't care if Lego and
MB's market's "don't overlap"
(http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/clone-brands/?n=1465), just so long as
someone keeps making cool models like this one for me to buy.
Kevin
(ob-obsequiousness: much of TLC's Jan. 2003 *does* look good...)
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