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Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:58:09 GMT
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, The WordMeister wrote:
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> Well, I just thought I'd pass this along--too soon to vouch for its
> authenticity, but you may be right about there being too many MindStorms
> sets to be true.
Actually, since I'd assume the Mindstorms sets are lagging in popularity
(things like that always have an initial spike and then a downward trend
in sales) a variety of SW Mindstorms add-on sets would be just the thing
for TLG to boost sales, so that wouldn't surprise me at all. The technics
toys are much more surprising to me, since they overlap directly with
kits that are already for sale (tie-fighter and X-wing.)
> I have seen a scan of a Y2K Lego cover that includes more SW figures and
> does indeed mention the Falcon set (also somewhere at theouterrim.com).
This has been discussed very intensely on the star wars list here at
lugnet. I subscribe to it in digest form- none of the huge volume, but I
can still keep up with interesting stuff. Check there for a URL for the
picture you are referring to, including confirmation of several of the
sets on that list.
> Following Lego's sad trend in larger and larger pieces (a campaign needs to
> be started to reverse this)--especially where several individual bricks
> would work just as well (such as in walls, ship hulls, etc.), the Kaadus
> (Kaadii?) will probably be one big piece. (This is one of my few complaints
> about the newer Lego sets, so please pardon my soapboxing.)
Perhaps this is just me (I've seen the movie twice, so forgive me) but
Kaadus? Huh? Did I miss something?
> Does anyone know what happened to Destination: Mars?
Dunno. Anyone else?
> --Doug Wilcox
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org>
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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> > In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (The WordMeister) writes:
> > > This was on http://www.theouterrim.com/
> >
> >
> > >
> > > US NEWS - NEW LEGO Toys!!
> > > BY: Greg Edwards
> > >
> > > Here's a great list of upcoming Lego products thanks to Knight!
> > >
> > > Technic X-Wing
> > > Technic Darth Vader's TIE Fighter
> > > Battle Droid Minstorms kit
> > > Destroyer Droid Minstorms kit
> > > AT-AT Mindstorms kit
> > > Pit Droid Mindstorms kit
> > > Slave I (with Fett removable helmet and Han in carbonite!)
> > > B-Wing Fighter
> > > A-Wing Fighter
> > > Tatooine Skiff
> > > AAT
> > > MTT
> > > Two Kaadus with Qui-Gon Jinn
> > > Millenium Falcon (with Han, Luke, Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, Chewbacca and • Obi-Wan)
> > > These toys are 100% confirmed, and I hope to have some pictures soon.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the post although I have a hard time believing some of this. I • just
> > can't see 4 Mindstorms sets (Just for Star Wars no less). Just seems like
> > overkill to me and doubt that there would be that many. As far as the rest • it
> > seems plausable although I have no Idea what the Kaadus would look like and • I
> > would rather see a Model Team X-Wing then a Technic X-Wing.
> >
> > I would also like to see some Playsets for the Star Wars Theme just to see • what
> > TLG could come up with other than ships. Something like a Carbonite • Freezing
> > Chamber or the Emperors Throne Room on the Death Star or Echo Base.
> >
> >
> > Eric K.
> >
> > Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail
> >
> > The New England LEGO Users Group
> > http://www.nelug.org/
>
>
>
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