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(...) Uh, you're welcome, I guess. I do think of them as an exotic piece, if they were "imported" from another line, I guess that explains my gereal feeling of non-System vibes when I see them. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike them (I did buy (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, that would bring the lugnet.fabuland up to 262. :-) So, Thank you, Eric! [and Thank you, Steve for calling this to my attention.] Have I managed to kill this Thread yet? I have rather fancied myself as one of the better Dragonriders of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) I only called them weird. Eric said they were exotic. You better thank him, too. ;) Steve (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oops! Sorry not 3671 but in red in <set:3626> sheree (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) 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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(...) They can be found on older race type sets (Diesel Daredevil, Screaming Patriot, Eagle Air Show) but it is originally a Fabuland piece. Selçuk (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) these) (...) top (...) the (...) That's exactly how I feel about this set. Weak model that falls apart, but good parts. And it says Star Wars on the box. Try switching the satellite dishes from this set and the Snowspeeder, I think they both (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Why does everyone hate Witche's Windship ( Mini-Review of 6037)
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Thanks! Now I get it. Andy Lynch <andy@andyandjackie.com> wrote in message news:002101c0522e$c1...464@net... (...) idea: (...) the (...) then (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Why does everyone hate Witche's Windship ( Mini-Review of 6037)
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Brad, Words sometimes fail me, so here's a picture that should give you the idea: (URL) Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hamilton" (...) <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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picture two 1x1s with the top clip, side by side. attach a lightsaber blade to them, so it sticks out a bit on each side. on the sides where it sticks out, stick another 1x1 with top clip, but upside down relative to the original two. now attach one (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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I can't wait to get my hands on those 4x4x6 curved wall pieces! Those will be great architectural building components! You can build up walls like this using the 4x4x1 curved pieces, but its almost impossible to get enough to do anything with. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) My copy of the Droid Escape was purchased at Zellers in Oshawa, Ontario. Don't worry, this will be a common set next year (and probably on clearance the year after that) (...) long (...) sets, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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WHERE, WHERE?!?!? Where are you on the map? What store? -Trev (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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Looks nice. I can't quite follow your attachment strategy though. Can you try to re-explain it? thanks Andy Lynch <andy@andyandjackie.com> wrote in message news:006c01c0518a$31...464@net... (...) and (...) top (...) experimental (...) this (...) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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<set:7106 Droid Escape> Star Wars, Classic, {Episode IV} $9.99 (Canada), 44 pieces including C-3P0 and R2-D2 Yay! 2001 LEGO! It was pretty cool to find this set, since I wasn't expecting to see any new sets until December 27. I had just seen Star (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Why does everyone hate Witche's Windship ( Mini-Review of 6037)
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(...) I have to agree that this set was certainly a great set in my opinion. I liked them so much that once KB got them at $4.99 I bought at least a dozen and have no plans to get rid of any of the parts. On of the best "parts" sets in the last five (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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<snip (...) <snip> You know, you can take two of these and put them together. If you put "legs" on the bottom of it, it looks kinda like a watertower. $0.02 (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> (...) Hi Brad, I also used the inverse dome piece as a tower roof in one of my experimental models. You can see a small picture of this in the second picture from the top of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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I neglected to mention that the inverse black dome piece CAN be inverted and used as a more classical looking dome. I did it in this MOC (with a tan version): (URL) just use a 2x2x1 round piece with a technic axle in it. You attach this to your flat (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Why does everyone hate Witche's Windship ( Mini-Review of 6037)
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(...) Certainly for the size of the set, I think the main model is decent. (...) Yea, I'm not sure how useful the bottom-dome is to me. I'll probably find some use for it, but as one of the major pieces, it sure is a detractor for buying lots of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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