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Re: Sentimental Journey (Was Re: What all has TLC done?)
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Tue, 11 Jan 2000 02:36:55 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch writes:
> On one point I feel moved to vigorously disagree with Scott and Todd.
> Exploriens did NOT suck! Quite the opposite! One little mistake with the
> design of a "useless" wing piece (the PEWC [1]) doesn't relegate Exploriens
> to the status of the ugly fiascoes that are UFO and Insecturds. I like
> Exploriens a lot, especially the minifigs.
I like Exploriens too. The figs are OK, and I have a bunch. I especially I
like their helmets. (But I really like the Hydronauts blue-chrome helmets, and
I only have one :(
> these three "Classic" space sets: 6931, 6891, and 6780. Wow, the same
> spaceship with a different gimmick stuck in the back! How unimaginative can
> you get!
They come with tons of little widgets and other cool pieces, though.
> Almost as amusing as the 6783 Light-N-Sound Box with
> Cockpit-Stuck-On-Front, or the 6985 Lump-Of-Cool-Parts [2]
I have both of these. They're not *that* ugly, and they have inspirational
details. Often a spaceship doesn't have to be beautiful to be awesome...take a
look at yur own work :)
> [2] And people make fun of the 6982 Explorien starship because its ugly!
I *like* the general shape of 6982. Separate engines from living area is a
cool idea, IMO.
> Yet they'll go all misty-eyed over the 6984
> Galactic-Mishmash-Of-Grey-Black-And-Red or the 6973
I'm not a big fan of green with red either...
> One final note before I go to bed: I prefer Space to SW for one reason:
> Space had original designs. SW has replicas of the film's designs. I don't
> know about anyone else, but this makes SW nowhere near as inspiring for me.
> More than an Arachnerd Base, perhaps, but a lot less than an Android Base.
IMO, Android base was good for the domes, but that's about it. (Well, the tiny
flying thing is kind of nifty...) I like the SW sets, though, especially for
the parts (and gray!)
> Aw, stuff it, I'm on holidays. More final notes:
> [*] One thing I never could figure out was Ice Planet's use of
> trans-fluoro-orange. It is so unpleasantly, well.... loud. I mean, they
> understood how cool trans blue was. What were they thinking when they made
> trans-fluoro-orange?
Trans-orange looks bad with blue and white, but I think it looks nice with
black and a bit of white, or maybe with gray. The DFD looks awesome in yellow
and black[1]
> instance, my favourite Space sets (the 6887 and 6897)
Cool sets, but not my favorites.
> [*] Pity the Blacktron 2 'figs sucked so much though. :-(
Yeah, BT1 was so much better. I think TLC realized that black visors *are*
cool[2] later (I think 6679 was the first set with them after BT1
> [*] At least Classic Space didn't have magnets.
:)
1] http://www.baylug.org/rogerr/deepfreezedef.htm
2] Although some people might not agree. When I bought a used collection a few
years ago, almost all the BT1 visors had been (badly) painted a dirty white.
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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) awesome...take a (...) Hey! Which one of my spaceships isn't beautiful?!?...... ;-) I guess my earlier rant was more about looks than playability and buildability. There's no doubt that as the Space themes (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| Scott E. Sanburn wrote in message <38741E76.73300082@c...eb.net>... (...) On one point I feel moved to vigorously disagree with Scott and Todd. Exploriens did NOT suck! Quite the opposite! One little mistake with the design of a "useless" wing (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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