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Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
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lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:32:54 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Steve Bliss writes:

And the set has rotating wheels!  Gosh, LEGO has only featured those since
1962. ;)

Heh.

Actually, I don't think this set includes any new pieces--the minifig, the
antenna, the spoiler, the wheels, the windshield, the exhaust pipes-- these
pieces have all been around for years.

Of the pieces in the set, only the exhaust pipes even seem exotic to me.  In
fact, that's why I bought it, to get a pair.  Somehow I'd managed not to get
them.

There is something (to me) un-LEGO about them... they follow such a
non-standard preformed shape, I guess.

eric



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  Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
 
(...) Yep. I know they showed up chrome in a few different sets. Well, OK, at least two, one of which is 2963. They look even weirder (i.e., more un-LEGO-ish) without the chrome. My kids have got one set of those, and I can't count the times I've (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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(...) And the set has rotating wheels! Gosh, LEGO has only featured those since 1962. ;) Actually, I don't think this set includes any new pieces--the minifig, the antenna, the spoiler, the wheels, the windshield, the exhaust pipes-- these pieces (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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