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James Simpson <jsimpson@rice.edu> wrote in message news:FJ75v7.JyH@lugnet.com... (...) do (...) The Y-Wing is actually supposed to be pretty flat underneath, though just a flat plate looks lame IMHO. Just adding one or two layers of plates does the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5909 Treasure Raiders
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(...) Using same rating system: 1) 5948/5909/2978 is by far the best. I rebuilt mine to be a two seater though 2) 5956 the idea is very clever 3) 5928 looks very good apart from the wing guns 4) 5925 looks desent 5) 5988 Balloon 2 through 5 is in a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) I'd think of the raft as a cheater peice: (URL) can build it out of regular lego peices, but instead of being imaginative, they build a new peice. Okay, having said that, I kinda like the zodiacs. Ciao! (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-wing
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(...) I agree that this is a really good model set. I am very pleased with the Y-wing engine assemblies, its color scheme, its tapered cockpit, and the excellent detail of its pilot's face and helmet. I am a bit disappointed with its flat underside. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-wing
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The pilot kicks his father's ship for the hundredth time. He waited all his life for the opportunity like that of helping his friends with a raid on the empire's deathstar and now, so close, his father's rusty Y-wing decided to stall out on a nearby (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) But minifig accessories are okay, yeah? I think of the raft as just a really big example. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) 'Useless' is in reference to building other stuff out of them. I'd *really* like to see someone build something with the raft which isn't a raft. Steve (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) I guess after the 3rd or 4th yellow raft they become a SPUD, if they appeared in smaller quantities, I wouldn't object. They do look good. I need to get the Bellville set which has a pink one though... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) SPUD = Special Purpose, Useless, Decorative. Think yellow rafts from Divers. POOP = Piece Out of Other Pieces. Things that should have been multiple pieces. Think 5-high bricks, angled bricks with double slopes, Town Jr. elements. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5909 Treasure Raiders
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(...) plane (...) I think it is time for an informal poll of what everyone's favorite aircraft from this line really is. There are seven aircraft by my count and here is how I rank them with 7 being lowest and 1 being highest: 7)Shell exclusive (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5956 Expedition Balloon
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Success is just within his grasp. The adventurer can reach out and almost touch the golden crest of Tlaloc. "Hurry up!" he hears his companions shout from the balloon above, "the storm is almost on us!" Just a few more vines to clear with his trusty (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5909 Treasure Raiders
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(...) {SNIP} 'Full marks for literacy,' he said, tugging a slightly elongated ear-lobe. <grin> Cheers, Roger (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 1785 Crater Critters
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Odd occurrences at the Cratier Robotics Development plant: at the end of the work week (when all employees returned to their living quarters) the virtual alarms were silenced and production conveyor belts began moving on their own. Autobot units (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.space)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5909 Treasure Raiders
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"Well I'll be superamalgamated! Posthumous disfigurement to the cranial structure with a proclivity toward the assessment that the act was vehemently executed!" said the gaunt-featured archaeologist, William Harper Littlejohn. A smile played across (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | SPUDs and POOPs? (Was: Does anyone accually like 4561?)
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[ XFUT lugnet.general and lugnet.faq ] Kya Morden: (...) I can't remember SPUDs either. Steve? POOP = Piece (that can be built) Of Other Pieces Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) SPUDs and POOPs? Special Purpose...stuff... and more stuff.... What are they? Kya (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) Juniorization is more than just over-reliance on SPUDs and POOPs. It's the dorky design, the missing doors, the lack of realistic details. You know, everything you pointed out as being wrong with the set's design. I've got an old 4.5V tender (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 4980 Tunnel Transport
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Telestia is a dang good pilot (and she knows it) but signing on with Manwaring Underground Developers didn't entail anything like this. The Mammoth craft's finer points never included high marks for maneuverability, and angling it through a narrow, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.underground)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6088 Robbers Retreat
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The robbers' retreat sits nestled in the heart of a lush valley at the base of a dormant volcano. Once a temple to the spirits of the sleeping mountain, the robber Yoshimoto has since turned the abandoned edifice into a hideout and storehouse of his (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6497 Twisted Time Train
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I'll be posting reviews here (instead of for the site I used to write for). Some of these reviews are older but unpublished, and there will be many NEW reviews for newer sets (Star Wars, Insectoids, Rock Raiders, etc.). ---...--- 6497 Twisted Time (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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