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On an early morning training session (she prefers the traditional method, without electronic implants in her insect charges) Acasia spots a section of the Hurolac valley where a small plume of black smoke is issuing. This morning's session has gone (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 4950 Loader Dozer
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(...) Maybe it's just that I'm trying to open it too quickly. I always lift it abou two "teeth" notches and then the canopy and hinges come off on the third notch. I'll try to take things a little more gently. (...) Hey, that's a good idea. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 4950 Loader Dozer
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I bought this set recently too and I liked it better than I expected. Not having seen the aqua-set with the same loading scoop mechanism it was new to me and I think it works well, especially for younger kids. The canopy hinges on mine did not pop (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.underground)
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Klaus is a class II Corporal in the maintenance unit for the substation, Hephaestus' Forge. This morning his duties call him to a lower tunnel where water pipes keep bursting (affecting pressure for lower excavation areas). He parks his vehicle in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.underground)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7140 X-wing Fighter
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Two wide-eyed youth look at the spacecraft before them in awe. The pilot, in civilian clothes, is busy speaking with a small crowd about the importance of joining the academy so he pays no particular attention to the two young ones. "So why (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-wing
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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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(...) '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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(...) 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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(...) 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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"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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