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(...) New, as in the 2004 additions? Or the sets from 2003? Either way my answer is the same... I think they are the best thing to come along in years! (...) Either that, or they came to this course on their own accord. I think these sets reflect a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I, for one, think that 4404 is one of the best sets LEGO has produced in the last couple years. I bought this set last summer while I was in Arlington attending BrickFest 2003. I thought it was so cool that when I got back to my hotel after (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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What do people think of the new Designer sets? I think Lego has definitely been listening to what we've asked for. I've got the 4402 Motion Madness (blue speedboat show), 4403 Air Blazers (red helicopter shown) and 4404 Land Busters (yellow pickup (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Sort-a-review 7044 Rescue Chopper
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Item#: 7044 Rescue Chopper Ages: 7+ Pieces: 201 Bill, the marketing guy, bursts into the designers room, about one year ago. -"Say, Mary, I saw your concept model of the World City rescue helicopter. It's a truely great design!" -"I thought so," (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.reviews) !
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#10129 System / Star Wars UCS Rebel Snowspeeder Ages 14+ 1457 Pcs. (C)2004 94 page manual: 1 model, 40 steps for the body, 41 steps for each wing and 14 steps for the display stand. Price Range: $129.99 USD RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars) !
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(...) snip (...) I agree - wot da heck IS that binocular doing there? OFF with the binocular! (Maybe they are special scanners for finding Rebel Blockade Runners...) Found one at Walmart today (woo hoo!), had to get it. Besides not using the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Mini Review: 3535 Skateboard Street Park
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3535 Skateboard Street Park A lean set. The majority of parts build a solid picnic table plus ramps: dark gray bricks, 14 light gray 1x8 tiles, some plates, 6 small gray arches, 2 tan baseplates, and 6 red and white 1x1 rounds. Akin but not (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of set 4492 Mini Star Destroyer
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Set: 4492 Mini Star Destroyer Price: $6.99 US Piece count: 86 Age: 7+ Model: The main model is about a perfect as one could hope for in this scale. The only complaint I have is a binocular (NOT Bionicle) piece on the top front of the model. Take (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: 4403 Air Blazers Review
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(...) Thanks, I was going to crosspost it originally but the late night got to me and I forgot to put it in the newsgroup header. Calum (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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Why hide light under a bushel basket. Crossposted to reviews. (and a well done review it is!) (...) This review needs to be posted to reviews. This text is to defeat the "too much quoted text" check. Repeat as necessary. This review needs to be (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review: 4501 Mos Eisley Cantina
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(...) Upon closer examination, it looks like Greedo's legs and arms are turquiose. (...) The stormptooper also has new colors printed on his helmet. The old troopers had all black printing. The new one has blue lines along the "jaw" part of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Thorough set review: 4408 Animals
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For a basic set, this one has odd amounts of pieces such as 1 orange 1x1 brick, but the amounts are chosen to build the main Zoo model. Acccents include 2 1x2 lime bricks and 1 2x4 plate in the green tree (new brown trunk) which the orange black and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.year.2004, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Well, I don't know if this is relevant information for Australia - but here in Copenhagen in a temporary toy store (a Lego discaount store available for 3 months only) in their big boxes with pick-a-brick, there were loads of brown shovels - (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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I just bought the new 2004 Mos Eisley Cantina today at a Toy R Us. I must say that it seems a little pricey at $30 when it only has 193 pieces, but it's a cool new Star Wars set, so I just had to buy it. First off I should say that this set DOES (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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I just got a copy of the new World City set 7030 "Squad Car" at Target. Actually I bought two - they are only $3.99 each. And it's really a nice little set! [LEGOSet 7030] 7030 World City Squad Car Ages 6+, 51 Pcs. (C)2003. 11 page manual: 1 model, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: 7470 Space Shuttle Discovery Review
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Lego has done space shuttles for surprisingly many times. When I was putting up this newly released 7470, I could not help but compare it with that legendary 8480. (You see, even the set numbers share the same pattern. :-) (...) Yeah. It does not (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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7470 SYSTEM / Discovery / NASA Space Shuttle Discovery Ages 9+, 821 Pcs. (C)2003. 95 page manual: 1 models, 62+18 steps. Price Range: $50 USD MSRP, paid $55 CAD plus taxes RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor) Set: Must-Have (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.reviews)
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After I read this reviews here I just bought the 3431 Street Ball 2 vs 2, to see if it is really that fun as it seems to be. And I must say, I am not dissapointed. I was quite amazed that my first shot went right through the basket. I was even more (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Don't underestimate Murphys law ?? No problem with the Brown shovel, they are available at BrickLink, at inflated prices of course ;-) Martin Bruun cheapest brown shovels on BrickLink (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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(...) Having carefully guarded the safety of my only brown LEGO brand common or garden shovel, I had a minor, completely non-swoosh testing related accident, wherein a partially completed house and fairly large backyard was dropped on the Red Baron (...) (21 years ago, 31-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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