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Subject: 
The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond)
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Date: 
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 06:14:29 GMT
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Richard Marchetti wrote:

And of course, this
was a huge missed opportunity in Wild West -- speaking of the Blue and the
Grey conflict...

[moving further off topic]

Battle of the 'Wilderness', boy could they sell a few tree accessory
packs to stage that one.

A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses
and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of artillery, and least we not
forget, ironclads. There would be a whole new series of sailing ships.
Somewhere around here I have a good book on the Confederate navy. Think
of the sets required to stage Gettysburg, that alone could improve TLGs
bottom line :) Oh, and decent pine trees.

Ray



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  Re: The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond)
 
(...) The Monitor would consist of a one-piece hull, a four piece turret (swivel, turret, turret top, hinge for turret top), two cannon, a plunger, and two crew. Maybe one cannon and perhaps a slide to run it in and out. Oh, an antennae and flag. 20 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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  Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
 
(...) A pox on your predictions, Bruce! A return of the Pirate/Soldier themes is the SINGULAR thing TLG could do to forever mend the extant rift between it and AFOL. The new 2000 lineup looks good, a giant step in the right direction in fact, but (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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