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Re: Welcome To The 25th Century
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:44:10 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jon Furman wrote:
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What happens when the United States last manned deep space probe is frozen by
“powers beyond all comprehension”? Obviously it will return to earth 500
years later, providing the female population of outer space the opportunity
to see how a real man pilots futuristic spacecraft.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=200315
For your consideration I present the Earth Defense Force 25th Century
Starfighter. Technologically capable of hypersonic flight, yet intuitively
designed to accommodate aces from the 1980’s.
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**snip**
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Proudly piloted by the 20th century’s hippest smart alec astronaut: Captain
William “Buck” Rogers.
Thank you Glen A. Larson
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That’s terrific! I always wanted to build one when I was young, but I never had
the right pieces. A clunky spaceblob built of white 2x4 bricks seemed to miss
the exact flavor.
You could probably even cobble together a Princess Ardala figure from Slave-Leia
and assorted bits.
Nice work!
Dave!
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Thanks Dave! I also spent desperate hours as a kid trying to build one of these! Not only do we now have the pieces, we also have them in the right colors! If I build a princess ardala, then you know I'll have to build a Wilma... Thanks again (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Welcome To The 25th Century
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| (...) Thanks Dave! I also spent desperate hours as a kid trying to build one of these! Not only do we now have the pieces, we also have them in the right colors! If I build a princess ardala, then you know I'll have to build a Wilma... Thanks again (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.space)
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| What happens when the United States last manned deep space probe is frozen by "powers beyond all comprehension"? Obviously it will return to earth 500 years later, providing the female population of outer space the opportunity to see how a real man (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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