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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:12:33 GMT
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
> P.S. I remember a traveling LEGO show, when I was 10 or 12, (1985-1987).
> It had a bunch of LEGO creations from space, like the Apollo capsule,
> and they had an awesome space station / colony thing. It must have been
> at least 8 or 10 feet in diameter, with tons of minifigs around. Does
> anybody remember this?
Was it the big white/transblue one that spun around a central axis?
It had cut outs on the side where you could look in and see scores of
minifigs working on computers and such.
Right next to it they had a modular land base that had a space train
that ran on 12V track with a Solar Power Transporter beneath it.
This was the first LEGO show I ever saw, I remember trying to build
the rotating station but I was dismayed by the number of bricks it took.
Someone on lugnet has a few pictures, can't find the link now though
-chris
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| (...) That spacestation (and the accompanying show) went through here many moons ago, and one of the few pieces of Lego nostalgia I have is the guide booklet from the tour. IIRC, the theme of the show was inventions, and so forth. Would people be (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| Well, I built a starship bridge, I still have it somewhere, and it took so much space for what I wanted, I can't imagine a space station I would like to build (I think of station McKinley from ST) Sometimes, you have to build only what your bricks (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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