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Re: Space stations?
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 10 Jan 2000 23:28:20 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Christopher Tracey writes:
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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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Someone on lugnet has a few pictures, can't find the link now though
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 interested in scans?
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) Maybe, it has been so long. I think they had those 45D 1x4x5 white angled windows, perhaps. Ugh, bad memory! (...) I would like to see them, maybe I can stir up the old memory banks! Scott S. (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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