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Subject:	Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space
Date:	Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:48:45 GMT
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in article G88Ios.J1x@lugnet.com, Shiri Dori wrote: > Well, it all depends on how you look at it. LOM is not (at least, not > according to lugnet) considered as part of the Space line (1). I don't know > how accurate that is, I wouldn't bet my life on it, but there's probably a > reason for it not to be under Space. Lucasfilm. There's that whole competition with Star Wars thingy we've all heard about. > > Some (2) would say that SW brought the deterioration of Space either way, > coz Insectoids and LOM are (in *their* opinion, not mine!) nowhere near > quality of classic space or even more recent themes. Depends on who you ask. I don't think Exploriens or UFO were very good, either. Personally, I don't think there have been any really good Space sets since around 1995-1996. > > Others would say SW didn't do anything, that LEGO was going down in all > their fields anyway, and SW was the only good thing that came out of recent > years. I can agree with that. SW has come out with a lot of good parts, and they're generally built better than many recent sets. > > Others yet, who think LOM is a great theme, would say that I'm just > babbling. And they'd most likely be correct. ;-) I think LoM is pretty good. There are some neat ideas, but I still wish they'd cut down on the large SPUD usage. Oh well. > And me? I think Space is Space. Castle rules. So there. ;-) Yeah, just look at all the new Castle sets in the catalog! There's the um... well... maybe the..... oh wait, never mind. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin -- Mark's Lego(R) Creations http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego

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		Re: LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle)
(...) What on earth do you classify as a SPUD? I see perhaps 2 or 3, the main one being the air pump, and ok, there's that arch piece. The tubes? I don't call those SPUDs. The tube holders? Well, perhaps their spudsy, but since they are an important (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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		LOM vs. Space (was Re: On Paranoia: King Leo's Castle)
(...) Well, it all depends on how you look at it. LOM is not (at least, not according to lugnet) considered as part of the Space line (1). I don't know how accurate that is, I wouldn't bet my life on it, but there's probably a reason for it not to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)

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