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I don't know why, but this has been on my mind for a while. What do you think that each denomination or subtheme of the now dead Space theme was? Here are my ideas: <big 5> Classic: Civilians Blacktron: The evil doers that every storyline must have. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) -dead (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Well I breakdown space as such: Classic is the lower ranks of Futron. Both Space police themes are special divisions of Futron. (It's all in the Space Emblem.) Futron (inclusive of the aforementioned), M-tron, Ice Planet, Unitron, and Exploriens (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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I always thought of Space Police as a kind of futuristic Interpol. -- Paul Davidson (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Am not! Actually, my views can be found in the history section of my site. Nathan Falslev nfalslev@netscape.net Explorien Command (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Greg Majewski wrote in message ... (...) Well, if you think that the BT2 sets generally sucked (like I don't) then I could see how one would draw that conclusion. Personally I actually prefer their "globular cockpit" design motif over anything that (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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While I generally did not care for either Blacktron line mainly because the color scheme represented "the bad guys", I still think the BTII ships where some of the coolest, most futuristic looking designs Lego ever made. Especially 6891 and 6887. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I never said I didn't like them... I just said that I see them as hippies who aren't really evil. The "stupid" part just kind of came out because I think they would be dumb to spilt from BTI. (...) Heck yeah. Though I like BTI a whole lot (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Sounds good. I believe that the Blacktron I and II should be combined (maybe as the IIs are lower ranked soldiers?) (...) Or just space people who happen to have the same suits. =) (...) Innocent. (...) Same with SPII. (...) Um... no. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) I think even a better BT2 torso would have been fine. Oh, and printing on the helmet, which looked great on Futuron and Spyrius. If only they'd used it (or thought of it) a couple of subthemes earlier. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Greg Majewski wrote in message ... (...) cool (...) design. (...) That's actually one of my favourite TLC ship designs too, possibly even my favourite! That, and the Rebel Hunter. (...) space (...) In that case, I'll admit that I don't like their (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Rick Kujawa wrote in message ... (...) some (...) 6891 (...) One thing I liked about 6981 (you _do_ mean 6981, right?) was its departure from the cockpit-nose engine-tail design that dominates most if not all Space themes. Examples of this are (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I agree with ya there, Paul. I think they should have kept the BT1 figs and used the BT2 Spaceships. (...) <sniii...iiip> (...) Speaking of which, when are we gonna see some more pics of your big cruiser thingy you put on Jon's site? Huh? (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) as (...) That's what I did. (...) <snip> (...) alone. (...) (as (...) Interesting I use timmy's as "bugged" mini-figs. So the Genetically Engineered Insectoids can use them to work for their UFO masters. Of course using UFO and Insectiods (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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Here's my take on the themes as explored in my universe. The name of the planet on which all the action takes place: Hostile-The Rock Raiders Planet. NOTE: This applies only to my universe within the vast expanse known as Space World. In your (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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For my ideas, you can see them at (URL) guys with smiley faces are "Trons". These include the Futurons (Think Star Trek:NG), the classics (think Kirk & Scotty; red = pilot, white = engineering, blue = science, black = intelligence, yellow = (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't really think space is dead, more like sleeping. If we indicate that we like it, then they could bring it back. I think the response to Star Wars made them focus on it, and it squeezed out space. Space can return, because TLC monitors (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.space)
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