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Typically, the easiest way to tell sets are juniorized is the large-scale use of vehicle chassis (chassises, chassi, whatever) with axles and slopes, etc, built in. The worst culprit, by far, of this syndrome are the Rock Raiders sets, which contain (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Juniorized?
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(...) Compare and contrast these 2 sets: 6340 Hook & Ladder (Fire Engine) (URL) Fire Fighters' Lift Truck (URL) Jr sets are aimed at younger kids - so they have fewer parts and are easier to build. This is not such a bad thing, apart from the fact (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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I've seen mention of this and was curious, how do you know if a part has been juniorized? -- ~mek~ (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Reviews of 6602 & 5419 posted
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(...) Looks like the old Ice Planet 2002 visor is back, this time in red. (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Reviews of 6602 & 5419 posted
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As the subject indicates, I've put up reviews of the new race sets at my site (URL below, in the .sig). I included pictures of the models & boxes, as well as close-ups of the drivers. Next up: Dino Island Adventurers! 5921 Research Glider, (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 2000 Race theme
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(...) Really? I'm not so sure, since the character TLC uses to advertise LEGO Racers isn't one of the minifigs...also, didn't the racing game have you racing against characters from other themes, like the Insectoid Queen and the Bat Lord? J (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 2000 Race theme
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(...) in stores but is the window on the green monster truck "tinted" (or smoked color) the set number is 6617 if you want to look on the brick set page. Well I know I can't wait til I get my hands on these sets, For some modifications of Course. (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message ... (...) I think this theme is designed to tie in with the Racers software game. ...Allan (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews)
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Well, The Construction Site (Waltham, MA) has some of the new Race sets in, and I picked up a couple of the smaller ones. The reviews should go up on my site sometime this week, but I thought I'd share some general thoughts and impressions here. (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Short A-wing review
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This is actually quite a "mee to post", but besides the "not so cool" A-Wing, I should mention that the B-Wing is the most cheated SW starship up to date. Parts are cool in both sets of course, but I didn't sense the amazing feeling of holding a (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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hi markus and all i'm very sorry i didn't respond to this post sooner. (...) here's a quick index page i made of the reviews: (URL)2) There is no place to respond to these reviews... as todd mentioned in one of his responses, watch the (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Short A-wing review
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I felt *EXACTLY* the same way about this set! If you read back a few months I reviewed it myself and said that I thought it sucked which generated a great number of comments from people who liked it because it was accurate as far as the movie was (...) (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Emperor's Stronghold, 3053
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In the muddy marshlands of Japan, a young emperor is slowly gaining power. He has a small stronghold, and with the princess by his side, he knows it won't be long until he takes over... ...or something... ... a few notes about the set: -Good thing: (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.reviews) !
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Dave Johann wrote in message ... I didn't have access to 3551- the dino jet. If (...) them. My TRU didn't have this set either. They had everything else, what gives? Has anyone in the states found this set? Rose (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I can help out a bit here 3510- price $.97 -25 pieces (mostly red) This set converts from a car to a plane-not an easy feat for 25 pieces. The largest piece in this set is excellent in large quantities for creating strong display stands. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Short A-wing review
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I'm very dissappointed with this set. Building the X-wing, snowspeeder, Y-wing, TIE-fighter and the speeder bikes was lots of fun, and the sets was fun to play with. But the A-wing was boring to build and you really can't do much with it. It follows (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Tiny review: 3405/3407
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I just returned from a trip to England, where I found most of the new football/soccer sets in a toy shop in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds. I only picked up the two buses they had available (3405 and 3407), due to budget/space constraints (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Super mini quick review of Football sets 3403, 3408, and 3409
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Well, I just built all three sets, so... (...) This certainly isn't as nice as last years Football promotion grandstand set, but is still decent, despite having fewer seats and a fewjuniorized parts (3 grey 2x10x2 junior arches, 3 blue 1x2x5 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Super mini quick review of Football sets 3403, 3408, and 3409
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I just picked up the new Football sets 3403, 3408, and 3409! I haven't built them yet, so this is just a mini-review of what you get in each one. 3403 Fan's Grandstand (name from receipt) $14.99 3 minifigs (green player #10 w/smiley face, plain red (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Review of 3401 Shoot 'N Score
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(...) I've just returned back from Germany yesterday, (was a 3-day trip to Düsseldorf Tube 2000 fair) and there are soccer sets in both department stores that I visited, namely Karlstadt and Kaufhoff (sorry for the spelling of all the German (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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