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Re: New Space?
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:37:18 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gdothyde@bigponddotnetdotau*AvoidSpam*>
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.space, Matt Zitron wrote:
> > Ok so we know that Lego have StarWars now, but will we be getting a new
> > Space
> > series soon?
> >
> > Maybe Blacktron or Space Police III?
> >
> > I'm guessing Alpha Team, will probably go into Space at some point, but
> > any
> > rumblings from the Lego labs?
The thing about the current trends for LEGO is that they tend to "juniorize"
things way too much. I don't want any theme launching into a Space theme if
it means LEGO are going to sacrifice the all-important variety of pieces for
easily made "juniorized" rubbish.
> I would expect to see a new space line in 2008 when the SW license is up.
> Probably will be similar to the Knight's Kingdom or Alpha Team lines-- a
> team of
> good guys with space ships, and a bad guy w/ minions and ships. Seems to
> be
> Lego's trend as of late.
That might be good. I would expect, though, to see a base worthy of such a
deviation in magnitude. I do hope LEGO buck this trend of an inordinately
huge amount of "juniorized" pieces.
> And if Legends keep being popular, I'd also expect to see some re-released
> space
> set in 2008 too... Maybe "classic" space, although It'll be sad to see
> classic
> space done with the newer motorcycle helmets. Futuron or Blacktron would
> be
> pretty awesome though! Or Ice Planet. Or M-Tron Or Spyrius. Maybe even
> Exploriens. Never much cared for BTII or any of the Space Polices. Or the
> later
> iterations of space like UFO, Insectoids, RoboForce or Unitron.
WHAT?!?! You never got to build a Space Police I craft in your hand and
wonder at those lovely large corridor pieces that were just begging to be
rebuilt into a custom MOC? I had ideas for buildings, but at the time,
could never get cash to do stuff like that. And I do care for the rest of
the Space Police line, at any rate - after all it was all LEGO, and they did
have a far better piece assortment than current LEGO lines do nowadays.
> Assuming that the earliest they can do "space fantasy" lines is 2008 (I
> seem to
> remember that was the deal when they got the SW license), and it takes a
> few
> years for them to develp a line, chances are they're just starting the
> initial
> work on something like that right around now, or maybe this coming year...
If I know LEGO, they'll have something in the works. As long as it's not a
revamped or extended version of "Life on Mars" sets, or worse, some
"juniorized" theme that barely has pieces worth picking it out of the
bargain bins. LOM were at the very least good for parts though. ;-)
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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