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(...) Came home from work today and immediately hit the court. I videotaped my passing drills and have a short clip that shows two passes being completed. I've rendered it in both MPEG (1.4 mb) and RealVideo (700 kb) formats. The direct links are (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Mark - I just finished checking out your review of the NBA theme and as always I enjoyed my visit to the Land of Bricks. You continue to do a great job with the topics you choose to focus on and the presentations you come up with. I've always (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.year.2003)
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(...) Oh ya, I agree 100%!! They are very cool sets. I admit also, when I first saw pics of the sets I was not impressed. But I got the 2 on 2 streetball set also and was really surprised how fun it was. So far this is the biggest surprise for me (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) At basketball practice tonight I worked on passing for the first time. I managed to complete 5 passes between two of the players on the 3431 court. It took me at least 50 attempts to make that many completed passes so it's far from being a (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I broke out the 3428 1x1 Action set at the office this afternoon and was showing it off to a few people. One of the women asked me if there was a buzzer that would sound every time I scored. That and an automated scoreboard would be awesome! (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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Hear hear! (...) I'll bet someone more talented than me with an RCX could come up with a decent scoreboard. (...) But I'm with you. I detest pro-sports. (I'm not entirely sure about College sports either...) But this Basketball LEGO is out and out (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews)
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I just wanted to take a few minutes and do some raving about how much I like the new Lego NBA Basketball sets. Initially, I had very little interest in the announcement of this new theme since I’m completely apathetic about the world of professional (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) The only things on the ship that aren't perfectly mirrored are the detail 10x1 plates around the large trench, and the 10x2 detail plates on the tower. And those are only assymmetrical because they themselves are mirror images from the left to (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yes, I noticed that error. I had to refer to another picture of the bridge on the box to see if they were supposed to be flush or 1 stud away, and they were supposed to be flush. (...) Probably so. Or at least, I hope so. Otherwise you got (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I must agree with Matt. I enjoyed the original review overall, but I have "flown" the ISD around by removing the tower sections and using the internal frame as a handle as well, and I have never had a single plate or greeblie fall off. We're (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Agreed wholeheartedly, as I opened the box and removed the instructions I found that just travelling to my house had caused a severe rip in the spine. There was a rip on the front cover in the bottom left hand corner. However, after assembly, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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One other point I forgot to mention in my original review ... The massive instruction book (228 A3 pages) is too heavy for its style of binding and the covers quickly detached from the rest of the book as I started to turn through the pages. And (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H7wB7H.GFs@lugnet.com... (...) small (...) being (...) many (...) Uh? Was it a typo? I thought i should be like that and built one flush against the edge and the other 1 stud away. When (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ah, yes, now I remember. The rest of the manual all showed one dome 1 stud away, but on the pictures both are flush. I just put mine flush, I think it's a typo. I snapped a picture with my camera of it: (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm not sure if it was only me, but I noticed some discrepancies with the deflector shield domes ("golf balls"). Most steps show one dome flush against the edge of the plate it sits on, and the other dome 1 stud away from the edge. Can someone (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:H7szBH.CAG@lugnet.com... (...) ISD] <snip> (...) together, (...) greatest (...) (in (...) I agree about the unusual use of the magnets. They are a bit weak, yes. But If you take in count (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hey Kerry, While I'll agree that the model is not easily handled and cannot be swooshed around, I wasn't disappointed by this at all. In fact, I expected it. Given it's scale, the model would have to be glued together to be sturdy enough (horrors!). (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Agreed. While the magnet idea is cool, it is simply not strong enough. Even Though the magnets do not take all the strain, they still tend to slip and disconnect. For the most part, I didn't have much trouble, but when I began putting any (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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Kerry, your review was most thorough! I do not have the time nor the patience to type an equally thorough response. However, I respond just hours after completing my own ISD...I must say you are being too critical of the model's integrity. I would (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | 8353 Slammer Rhino review
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8353 Slammer Rhino Racers / Technic (but does not say Technic anywhere) (URL) 8+ Pieces: 218 Released: 2003 100 page manual 2 models Price: $30 (CDN), $20 (US) RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent Very-Good Good Fair Poor) Set: Excellent Models: (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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