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You can learn basic LEGO Technic engineering and building from books. What do you know about the new book, ie, "Brick Layers II ..."? Pitsco's 2000 catalog has a new book titled "Brick Layers II: Creative Engineering with Lego Constructions" (Pitsco (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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(...) Don't get me wrong, I think so too! I just didn't find this the *best* thing in the set, is all. (...) Yeah, those are good too. On reflection, I can use them for my (planned) Castle's throne room... Hmmm... (...) Well, this is the first BV (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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(...) I think the fact that it's a Belville set with *function* is very cool. Most Belville sets are very simple backdrops for pretend-play. The closest we get to Belville which does something is a swing or a slide. So having a floating boat is very (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6520 Mobile Outpost
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My Mobile Outpost set has a black roof & grey walls on front and back just like the instructions. Might have been a mistake in packaging J.W.Hummer www.geocities.com/spincity999 (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6520 Mobile Outpost
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Joseph Gonzalez <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote in message news:FoC1D7.HME@lugnet.com... (...) <review snipped> My set had 2 pieces in it that were the wrong colour. The 2 2x1 plates with horizontal bar that are used at the top of the tall (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) you (...) Not really, Zahn also described turbolasers as a continuous stream instead of bolts. This is clearly overridden by the movies. Such errors are ommitted from the Encyclopedia/BTM CD. Zahn also described communications as sub-space (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) While the story lines of games are generally considered acurate unless overridden by higher canon, the technology is usually modified for gaming or just plain wrong. For instance X-wing vs. TIE fighter's ship info section lists a Victory Star (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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Mike Petrucelli <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:FoDurH.56D@lugnet.com... (...) Are you sure?, I mean ALL of the SW Games excludimg EP1 ones(X-Wing and add-ons, TIE Fighter and Add-ons, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and Add-ons, Rouge Squadron (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) The plot thickens! Especially when you consider that Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command) said he took _his_ information from the Star Wars RPG. (i.e. Skipray blastboat, Dreadnought (maybe some other stuff (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: B-Wing Review
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James Simpson <jsimpson@rice.edu> wrote in message news:Fo56uz.BG6@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) me that (...) I couldn't agree more. I hope they make the Rock Raiders helmets in white so I can finally give all my Rebel pilots the properly equipped (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) My stats come from the "Behind the Magic" PC-CDROM. It includes production models, concept art, and a description based of the ideas of the ship from the movie. (...) I checked the CD again it says A-wing have two launchers each with a rack of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) Again, it depends where you get your stats. You didn't say where you got yours, but I prefer to use the stats from the Star Wars RPG books. In the RPG, the A-wing doesn't have concussion missiles. Another consideration is that not only does (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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Set #: 5848 Price paid: $44.00 (1) My sister finally opened her birthday present, after a month of hiding it in the closet and ten more days when she "couldn't find time". (Being a 10-year- old, she's *very* busy ;-) We built it together (I let her (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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| | My ReVUE: 6090
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Background: It was my now annual spring trip to Europe and this time around it was Spain. One full day we spent shopping in downtown Madrid. While my wife and daughter had fun at the department store, El Corte Ingles, my son an I ventured off to a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) Using any computer GAME for stats in plain silly. (...) Exactly (...) Wrong. The A-wing has two concussion missile launchers. Realize that a concussion missle would be about the size of a lightsaber blade piece (slightly shorter though) and it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | My ReVUE: 6710
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Background: I was at Toy Works and saw a small batch of these hidden behind some other LEGO sets around March 1999. I had to get them at only $1.99 each. Then, it was deja-vu. I was at MacFrugal's just about a month ago and found a small stack (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6520 Mobile Outpost
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Crossposted to Town, I hope this is okay. ---...--- "It's the blizzard…you'll never outrun it." and then only static emitted from the radio. Kyle can see nothing outside the transport windows and knows he'll never make it back to the base in time (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center
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(...) Well, it is trans-yellow, I thought there was trans-yellow before, but I can't find it. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center
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(...) and (...) Actually, we never have, if the visor is trans-yellow and NOT trans-antifreeze. I'm really jazzed about this! Dave (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Android vs. Droid vs. Automaton (Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter)
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(...) You'd be surprised. My best friend looked an awful lot like R2-D2 for a while. (...) They do refer to them as "Astromech Droids." (...) Is it possible that simply exhibiting human behaviour is enough to merit the use of the Greek "Andro-", (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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