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The design of the Nimitz is vastly different from the Kittyhawk, in terms of
the constituent bricks. Whereas the Kittyhawk made use of black 8x12
half-brick-height tiles for the flight deck,
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Odd, the two Kittyhawk sets I have use 8x12 two-third-height tiles. A minor but
much more useful difference.
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the Nimitz uses an abundance of
1x2, 2x2, and 4x4 plate-height tiles, so you get a more versatile selection
of pieces.
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Sweet.
-Mike Petrucelli
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 | | Re: USS Nimitz spotted at Wal*Mart
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| (...) Well, the real difference is that I'm a knucklehead. You're right, of course--the 8x12 plates are two-third height. (...) Yeah, I'm definitely planning to get this set when the funds become more readily available. Dave! (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| I found (URL) set 9795> at a Wal*Mart in Western PA over the weekend. The price was $49.99, which, if memory serves, was the MSRP of the (URL) set a few years back. Here are a few observations: The design of the Nimitz is vastly different from the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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