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Re: No new space sets?
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lugnet.space
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 11:32:54 GMT
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Nephilim wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Jonathan Wilson writes:
> > > The first person who said this, remind us why. LEGO didn't seem
> > > to have a problem introducing Insectoid sets the same year as the
> > > Star Wars sets, or the new town space-shuttle-esque line. And
> > > Rock Raiders looks pretty "spacy." That's two (or three lines) of
> > > Space Toys being sold in the Big Year for Episode One sets.
> >
> > Insectoids was running out the 2 year period.
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> Yup - I realized that seconds after I posted it, but didn't have time
> to go and cancel and edit my message. Sorry!
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> > Spaceoprt is not space. Rock
> > raiders is not space. The restriction sepcially restricts "spaceships" such
> > as those found in the true space themes.
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> What restriction? Where did we hear about this? Why were the Spaceport
> spaceships not covered?
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> --
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> jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
They are not spaceships. Does nasa call the space shuttle a spaceship? I think
not.
--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
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| (...) So, since Paramount calls THEIR spaceships "starships" rather than "spaceships" it would be OK for LEGO to license the Star Trek universe and sell models of the Enterprise? Space shuttles fly thru space. I'd call them spaceships, even if NASA (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Yup - I realized that seconds after I posted it, but didn't have time to go and cancel and edit my message. Sorry! (...) What restriction? Where did we hear about this? Why were the Spaceport spaceships not covered? -- jthompson@esker.com (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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