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I wonder if reviews should have their follow-ups set to lugnet.build
(or lugnet.robotics, as appropriate) Or if discussions about reviews
should happen here? I have cc'd this post to lugnet.build, and set the
follow-ups to go there.
I got this set because it says TV and I am still hoping to modify all
those pieces that say TV to say KVI -- a local radio station.
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 18:50:50 GMT, "Tom McDonald"
<rocketman@familyradio.com> wrote:
> Minifig count: 3; 1 female (hereby dubbed as "Reporter Babe")
Female minifig is way cool!
These are still fairly rare.
> This is partly because I'm puzzled as to why TLG included this set in the
> Outback theme. It is not that crises don't occur in the Outback, but I
I agree. I think it belongs in Town
> The truck was fair. I'm glad there's no painted headlights piece. I would
> rather have pieces than paint where this concept is concerned. The remote
> transmission dish makes it more realistic.
I REALLY like the way they did headlights on the truck. Sure, maybe
they used to do this. However, recently, it has been stickers, etc. I
think the 1x1 transparents covered such tha they give the apparence of
headlights/rearlights is a really cool idea that they should continue!
> microphone, megaphone, 3 videotape cartridges (tiles). The piece used for
> the reporter's microphone is definitely a strange one because it doesn't
> look that much like a mic. But I don't think there is currently a better
> piece for this, because it needs to hold the 1x1 tv tile, which is called a
> "mic flag", which in and of itself was a clever idea.
They do have a better piece for it, IMHO (at least, they have it in
white) It's the flat, circular piece found in Town Folks. -- a circle
on a stick with one bump
> one stud longer overall to accomodate equipment storage concerns. Second,
> while Reporter Babe is driving, without disassembly the light stand cannot
> fit into the back, which is another reason to make the truck another stud
> longer.
I folded the light stand over and put it the truck without
disassembling it -- thought it quite clever of them to give us a way
of storing the equipment in a way that is probably down in RL (folding
equipment)
> Third, the broadcast dish on the truck doesn't turn, so for typical
> remote line-of-sight transmission, she has to position the truck. Who has
> time to do that in a crisis? Granted, that's a nit-picker, but this is my
I agree here. Trucks do not move NEAR as flexibly as a satellite dish
should/can
> than a uniform. Her hair could be better, as it doesn't look like a typical
> female reporter's hair. The hats could have had tv logos.
What is a typical female reporter's hair? I figure that any sort of
hair fits a reporter, because women like to style their hair all over
the map.
AS for uniform -- you can always give her a different torso. Like
perhaps switching hers with one of the men.
> The set came with two black bars with clip, one was used for the mic. One
> was also used on the copter, but I'm not sure what it's for: it could be a
> movable/swingable bar used as a step.
I figured that was for holding a spotlight on the copter. You can
shine light DOWN at dark-time
> I'm also not sure what the megaphone is for, unless Reporter Babe shouts
> through it at the copter. I would have thought the copter was tuned into
No. Reporter Babe uses the megaphone to shout and be heard when she is
trying to talk to a crowd -- or in hurricane conditions when she has
to project her voice well.
> Playability
> Fair. It probably won't be anyone's favorite set. Anything the news crew
> would be covering would be far more exciting, inside one's imagination and
> outside, thereby overshadowing the presence of the crew.
I like it myself, quite a bit. Esp. if I can figure out how to make it
a RADIO news reporter set :) It gives me an excuse to stage all sorts
of catastrophes for them to cover!
Sarah Heacock
sarah@eskimo.com
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| (...) Well, IMHO, discussion of reviews relates directly to reviews -- more commentary basically expands upon the review. So it should probably stay in .reviews, unless the thread drifts too much. (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) It's a fine line, but IMO I think it's okay if review discussion occurs here. In a sense, it's a review of a review. Yet I do think that each review should be the beginning of a thread so everyone knows where to start. (...) Hmm, good luck. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.reviews)
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