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Re: New NASA sets are now available!
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 15 Jun 2003 23:31:23 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Tom Sciortino wrote:
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> "Mike Petrucelli" <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message
> news:HGH6sJ.13rA@lugnet.com...
> > I guess everyone missed this <http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=24915 post>.
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> <links to all the cool stuff snipped>
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> This is really exciting! After all the wierd stuff in the late 90's,
> StarWars was a step in the right direction, and now this, this is very
> cool... I could be wrong, but I don't remember the last time $50 bought
> that many pieces (the space shuttle - 826 pcs), and it comes with an HST.
> Now that's beyond cool. ;)
Yeah it is. I am going to be saving up and getting at least 4 of those just for
the parts.
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> Personally, I'm really looking forward to that Saturn V kit, but they all
> look pretty good. It all looks well designed and non-juniorized. I think
> it's great that Lego is working to get kids interested in space again. Kids
> these days just don't seem as excited about things like the ISS, HST, and
> Pathfinder as they should be. And when was the last time anyone went to the
> moon? The 70's? We're putting robots on Mars and looking for ET--this is
> exciting stuff!
Well aside from the Shuttle I am really looking forward to the ISS. If those
solar panels are done like the spaceport ones except in trans-grey, (as they
appear to be,) I can see myself getting several of those for the trans-grey
panels. Of course I would not be applying the stickers, I want them for moonbase
windows. :-)
-Mike Petrucelli
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| "Mike Petrucelli" <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message news:HGH6sJ.13rA@lugnet.com... (...) <links to all the cool stuff snipped> This is really exciting! After all the wierd stuff in the late 90's, StarWars was a step in the right direction, and now (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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