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Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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lugnet.space
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Sun, 31 Oct 1999 06:23:34 GMT
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Jot and Jab skrev i meddelandet ...
> In lugnet.space, Tobias Möller writes:
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> > Guess what they answered:
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> > "The space line for 2000 is secret."
> The pessimist in me believes that TLG is referring to their Star Wars • line-up.
> The "Space Line" could very easily be interpreted as "Star Wars Line."
No no no, we have had a disscussion about this and Star Wars is *not* Space.
SW is "Sci-Fi" like aquazone. How can something without airtubes and real
helmets be Space? That little luke fig would die if he opened his cockpit in
space.
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> However, the optimist clings to the same rationale that makes me wonder • why, if
> there are no UFO's, the U.S. Government blacks out so many "weather balloon
> sightings" as being "Classified." What's so important about a weather • balloon
> that it's a matter of national security? Just like this case, where if the
> "Space Line" refers to "Original, Non-Licensed Creations," then there would
> be no reason to keep it a secret unless there was something being • developed.
> :-)
Wow! A great explanation. I think this was what I had in mind too.
--Tobias
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> What tragic irony it would be if Lego was merely making a "Weather Balloon
> Line." Well, now I've gone and bewildered myself. It's too early...
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> Dave
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 | | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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| (...) As I've heard it from some knowledgeable people, according to TLG's contract with Lucas, Star Wars *IS* Space. LEGO can't put out any "flying spaceships" other than Star Wars sets, for the entire time of the contract. (four more years?) They (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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| Tobias Möller wrote in message ... (...) Space. (...) in (...) Yeah, but why would TLG necessarily use this reasoning[1]? For all we know the TLG person answering your mail might think that SW counts as Space, or even the whole company might think (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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| (...) The pessimist in me believes that TLG is referring to their Star Wars line-up. The "Space Line" could very easily be interpreted as "Star Wars Line." However, the optimist clings to the same rationale that makes me wonder why, if there are no (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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