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(...) There are heaps of these in some of the star wars sets - the ones with the little service vehicles (x-wing comes to mind), but I don't think I've seen red ones before (and definitely not trans dark blue!) - mostly black. (...) Mine also had 2 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8009 R2D2
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(...) Perhaps one must be a gear head to like this model? I took one look at the box and decided it was so ugly I wasn't going to buy it. Yuck. (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8009 R2D2
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(...) Yes, extremely useful, IMO. The set comes with quite a few of them (see Peeron inventory) in white, gray, and dark blue. (...) The set should come with one in translucent blue and another in solid red (for R2's "I'm gonna zap ya" mean look). (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8009 R2D2
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(...) There is a full inventory at www.peeron.com: (URL) interesting is the "Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular Double Split" and the "Boat 2 x 2 Stud" which I've never seen elsewhere, is not needed in the set and is a part I've been looking for for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8009 R2D2
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(...) 2L long liftarm? That could be useful. Can anyone take a picture so we can see what it looks like? Steve (who thinks that R2D2 looks weird with the one eye and no head) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | 8009 R2D2
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I just built this, and although you non-Technic AFOLs will say it doesn't really look special, the mechanism for changing between 2 & 3 "feet" has restored my faith in the LEGO Technic designers. It's another of those oh, so simple but pretty much (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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(...) Really? I had a spare flower stem, too. (...) Good set, yes. There are a few things about it, however, that I would have liked TLC to have done differently. . . The Windows: When Dan Siskind first designed it, I imagine that only red windows (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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For step 18, my instructions show to use 4 corner plates. In lugnet.reviews, Pawel Nazarewicz writes: <<snip>> (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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(...) Check step # 18 - you are supposed to use three corner plates on the corners, and I used four. That's how *I* would up a 2x2 corner plate short. Let me know if that's the case ... -- Pawel (URL) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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I had the same situation when I finished with my Blacksmith shop. I wonder where I went wrong. Hmmmm.... ~Adam (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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(...) I built this set between Superbowl commercials, and WOW, what a great set! I tend to be a somewhat inept builder, and what bothers me about many sets is how the instructions will have you put a plate here, a brick there, with no apparent (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Review of MTW-3001-rw Custom "PCC" Streetcar
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MTW-3001-rw Custom PCC Streetcar Milton Train Works(tm)/Custom 9-V train kit Release date: Oct 2001, 2nd release Rating date: Jan 15, 2002 Rated by: Arnold Chang Ages: not specific but likely aiming for adult collectors, around 430 pieces. 20-page (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.reviews) !!
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3C576FA9.23519F...ing.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I also ended up with an extra 1x3 black plate and short a 2x2 corner plate. I went back through the instructions (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review of 3739: Blacksmith Shop
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(...) I noticed one error in the instructions. In step 29, the right hand chimney's red and blue cylinders are swapped. I made a couple boo-boos and wound up with a black 1x3 plate when I needed a black 2x2 corner plate. This was quickly resolved (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | 6080 and 6074, modularity
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As a kid I remember trawling through Lego booklets counting the different sets I REALLY wanted. There were always these big big castles that I wished I had, but I never actually got. I remember the Christmas when I simply couldn't decide if I wanted (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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The review can be found on my page: (URL) the way - I loved it :) -- Pawel (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 6085 Black Monarch's Castle compared with 6080 King's Castle
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IMHO 6080 is the better of the two sets. Here are my reasons. 6080 is built on a larger baseplate. The two plates in the back of the 6085 are 16x16 while those of 6080 are 16x24 I believe. The castles cover the same area but 6080 has more plate in (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 6085 Black Monarch's Castle compared with 6080 King's Castle
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(...) no need to wish, just make it bigger, isn't that what makes lego's so much fun? (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 6085 Black Monarch's Castle compared with 6080 King's Castle
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I'd agree that 6085 is more aesthetically attractive that 6080, but doesn't it bother anyone else that 6085 is essentially a remake of an old set? I mean, even the dungeons are in the same corner on both castles. You would have thought they could (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: In praise of the Red Beard Runner (6290)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes in praise of RBRs and rightly so. Its a lemon of a ship, a sodden, gap jointed, high riding, under-gunned, badly strung tub, destined for Davey Jones' Locker on her first encounter with anything more (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.reviews)
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