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Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
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Mon, 20 Nov 2000 11:28:23 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:

In lugnet.fun, Lorbaat wrote:

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.

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 *almost*
thrown them away.  I wish I knew which set *those* came from.

Steve

They can be found on older race type sets (Diesel Daredevil, Screaming
Patriot, Eagle Air Show) but it is originally a Fabuland piece.

Selçuk



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  Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
 
(...) Thank you Selçuk! It is nice to hear someone just say the word Fabuland... 3 weeks or more since it has come up and even better to hear it get credit for the origin of an element. [especially one described as *exotic* and *weird*. Two very (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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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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