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Re: Clones and Tente Battleships
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   Wow, I have three or four Droid Factories by Kenner - is that the droid
factory you mean or are you talking about a Lego clone?

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   Have fun!

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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3742A102.7918BD5B@pilot.msu.edu>...
> 
> 
> John DiRienzo wrote:
> 
> >    Also, I have quite a few Tente.  Some Space and some old Battleship
> > parts.  I had these when I was 5 or so, and I remember liking Lego Space
> > sets much more than the Tente kind, but I really did like the Battleships
> > and actually messed with them a lot.  I found most of my Tente pieces in • a
> > Star Wars Droid Factory box, but could not find the instructions anywhere
> > among my belongings.  Is it possible that someone else would still have • the
> > instructions to the Battleships set and could scan them?  I would like to
> > rebuild my ship then give a detailed "adult" opinion of it.  As a child,
> > even if it wasn't Lego, it was one of my favorites.
> 
>   I loved Tente--it was the only good way to build
>   believeable ships for me, until about three years
>   ago when I had my design "breakthrough" that
>   made the size of Lego hulls effectively limitless, if
>   angular (but not pixellated).  I had two destroyers
>   and a little aircraft carrier!  I even still have all
>   of the planes.  I like them, but I really don't use
>   them anymore--I wish I could have found the
>   ships with the big turrets and the giant carrier
>   with the tiny attack jets!
> 
>   My opinion, having rebuilt my "Merrill" destroyers?
>   They were pretty good approximations.  Those 5"
>   DP turrets are right on the money for accuracy--
>   and I loved the little torpedo tubes and AA gun
>   tubs.  Unfortunately, most of the AA guns are
>   broken off, although only one of the 5" turrets has
>   shared this fate.  If you find yourself in need of
>   Tente, I've given up trying to add to my collection
>   and so it's negotiable as parts.  Anything to get
>   more bits to build my Lego fleet, and recreate
>   the 2.5 meter behemoth of last summer...I have
>   no instructions, though.
> 
>   Now the Droid Factory, *that* was a very cool
>   thing...:)
> 
>   LFB.
> 



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(...) I'm talking about the Kenner one alright. My best friend had one, much to my eternal envy. It's not compatible, but you do "build"... LFB. (27 years ago, 22-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: Clones and Tente Battleships
 
(...) I loved Tente--it was the only good way to build believeable ships for me, until about three years ago when I had my design "breakthrough" that made the size of Lego hulls effectively limitless, if angular (but not pixellated). I had two (...) (27 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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