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Re: Toys used to be so much better
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:18:42 GMT
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Christopher Snead at chalcedony@hotmail.com wrote:
> As for today, I really like the Evangelion figures around. They're
> super-posable and made out of pretty good plastic. But where has all the
> die-cast metal gone? Can you imagine how cool a partially die-cast metal
> Gundam toy would be?
Die-cast metal is expensive to produce and ship. However, the Macross Plus
figures I posted the link to have some die cast parts. :^)
~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head
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Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) This isn't really Mecha-related, but your mention of die-cast puts me in mind of Solido military vehicles. Solido, of course, has for decades offered a wide range of civilian as well as military vehicles, but they used to make 1/43 scale armor (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It's funny - although I completely agree with you, my grandfather used to say the same things about my toys. Did you ever have the all die-cast metal Mazinger figures? Those things were beautiful! I also loved my die-cast metal Star Wars toys. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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