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(...) Do you mean, a solid Tauntaun like the Kadu, or a bricks Tauntaun? Bricks are better... There are also very nice SW models in the Orlando LIC . Hoth stuff like the big "satellite" dishes and the power generator. And cool stuff like Death Star (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Kaadu (...) I (...) I was at Mall of America today and stopped by the Lego display. They have a Star Wars one up with a Tauntaun in it. Since every other model in the case was released (AT-ST, A-Wing, Falcon, etc. . .) I'm guessing it's going (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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snip (...) snip With that said, how about Darth Vader or Boba Fett in the 8000's. A Vader with a big cloth cape and long light saber would be pretty cool to say the least and Boba Fett with his gun, wookie braid and maybe even a missle firing (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) A 16inch speeder bike! How much detail?! That's got my vote! Now here's an idea I've been thinking about for a while; I'm sure you're all familiar with the Don Post Star Wars masks - well how about the same in Lego? They would basically be (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ronald, I'll build up a leg for you and take some pics. However, to give you some insight on the designs used on the model: 1. The pieces of the legs are perpendicular to the ground, that is the studs are facing to the side rather than to the top. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Brian, That would be really awesome! The first thing I'll probably need that info for is an AT-AT walker... I really want to build one of those. Do you know of anyone who has posted DAT files for it? How about yours? Looks really good. Do the legs (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Throw in a silver protocol droid, and I'm sold. Especially if it's chrome silver, not matte silver. Steve (...) A UCS Speederbike would be way cool, especially if was the same length as the UCS X-Wing. That'd be 2~3 times the scale of the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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I just got done sorting 50 of them. I love it, but there's a mighty heap of useless things after the plates and such. Maybe something good will come from fiddling with all those 200 brown banana slopes. My source had 200+ copies from a Kmart. (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) See the inventory at (URL), btw. There are about 5 pieces in this set that could be considered less than wonderful. OK, 9 pieces, if you don't care for the four 1x4 dark gray tiles printed with circuitry. So this set has about 55 brown,tan, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ronald, Possibly there are some cad files out there with the design or something similar but wouldn't no where to look. Give me a little time and can rebuild one and post some pics of it if you like. Brian (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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i'm finally finished with my v-wing instrctions so go to my website (link at bottom), go to customs then v-wing. you can see the link at the bottome of the page. oh, and check out my other customs while you're at it ;). for those of you (i cant (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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It looks great Brian, but I wish we could have gotten better pics. These were prints that we re-shot with my digital camera. Although the camera is great at shooting the original subjects, we really need a scanner for these older non-digital shots. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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I've been using their SW minifig icons for years already. Are these a new batch? Pay your shareware fees! (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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Brian, umm... ya, what he said.. :-) are there any examples of that type of construction saved in a cad file so I can tear it apart to see what you're talking about? Thanks! Ron (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ronald, The side mounted docking bay bricks were mounted to vertical standing technic beams (the ones with holes)with braces between them. The floor of the base was made sturdy by inter-connecting 3 flat plates. Brian (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks for adding 4 - 9. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Very impressive Rick. It kind of has that James Bond Moonraker look to it. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There now appears to be a PC set available, if someone wants to check it out (I have a Mac). The download is at another site: (URL) look fantastic! Page says they're by Dave Brasgalla and Gedeon Maheux -Suz (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) To be sure they get it, you might want to copy over to lugnet.lego.direct, which was set up for LEGO Direct to read and respond to. I don't know if they read lugnet.dear-lego at all. (...) I'm frightened. eric (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Don't know if this will help or not, but here are pics from our coverage of the event: (URL) me know if this helps. Tim Saupé Webmaster, "From Bricks to Bothans" Your Star Wars LEGO News Source (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Disposable as a paper cup? I wonder what a Dixie dispenser for *those* would look like. Anyways, I could see a UCS-ish Droid Fighter, given the very good observation Matt made. However, I couldn't see it as an actual UCS set--its level of (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Nice work Brian. It looks much better in person. (...) Dear LEGO, I would also like to see some pictures of the winning entry from Charles Weber of VA now that the contest is over. How about it LEGO? Are you listening? Please respond to this. Today (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brian, Wow! Umm... Wow! :-) I would really like to be able to see more detail, I’m just getting to the point where I can start building some MOCs and I can see that there is a lot for me to learn! How in the world did you connect all of those plates (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'll second that! I thought much the same thing. As everyone's favorite Sith Lord would say... "Impressive... *most* impressive!" eric (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Wow, Brian! I saw this on Brickshelf and I thought someone had taken the pics at a LEGO display or something. Very nice work! ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Brian Stokes" <bstokes@aqueryus.com> wrote in message news:G80Mn7.HqG@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks (...) Galactic (...) Atomic (...) moons. (...) There's lots to add here: 4. Such a huge structure supported on "stilts" 5. Attention to detail--the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip> Well Done!!!!!! :^D I saw this on brickshelf yesterday, and I was dying to give some praise. Awesome! I love the way the tie fighters hang! I am speechless. ~Trev (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Knowing TLC yoda would either be: 1.a regular minifig with special printed torso, plain legs and a jar jar esque moulded headpiece or 2.a 1 piece mold with no moving parts like sebulba (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Greetings, Some of you may have seen the recent posts of my MTT and AAT models. Thanks for the praise. If you liked those models I think you'll enjoy my Galactic Challenge entery even though it didn't win. I called it an Imperial Atomic Regeneration (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Of course the AT-AT!!! I've said here before that I really hope that they make an AT-AT, and not just any AT-AT. One incredible, massive, hulking AT-AT that rivals any and all MOC that is around. There are lots of awesome MOC AT-AT's, I just hope (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) What about these? Twin pod cloud car (remember Bespin?) Dagobah was too big to be left out. Luke & Vaders fight scene from Bespin with a UCS Tie window for the window Luke goes through. of course, an ATAT J. (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I agree that the set isn't all that bad (I have 2 of them after all.) MOF, I like the set. My comment was really directed at the "real" Droid Fighter. Yawn. Kind of boring and as disposable as a paper cup. james (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Reason #3 they are on sale at TRU - do you need another reason? lol (...) Thats what I thought untill I got a few sets (on sale) - it is actually a pretty neat set once you hold it in your hands. The ONLY 2 reasons I bought it was it was on (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I dunno if this will help you or not, but the IGN review of Battle for Naboo (like most of their reviews and previews for games of all platforms) has a bunch of still images and movies if you scroll to the bottom of the page: (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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i want to do some battle for naboo ships but i need some good reference pictures (hint hint ;)). i really want to try that blue n1 type ship.. Adios, 8^) Brucey-Wan (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Here are my guesses. Seriously! I'm pretty good at this. I was able to deduct way before anyone even saw pictures that the MF would use those big saucer sections and that the AT-ST would use shifty-slidy legs. I'm good at predicting these (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) I agree, it's very good. I haven't played Rogue Squadron in almost a year, so I don't quite remember every detail of how the V-Wing was supposed to look, but at a glance the V-Wing is instantly recognizable. As for doing (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There are at least three more ~$100 ships they could do from classic: the sandcrawler, the AT-AT and the blockade runner (off-scale? yes, sure, but then again, look at how off-scale the $35 shuttle is...). Possibly the sail barge too... Thing (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The Nubian sounds cool, but the problem with chrome pieces is that the “chrome” is painted on and isn’t very durable. And all chrome? Not very likely, but a nice dream… And it would have to be chrome on the inside as well(if large enough to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There's an indication of the front of the collar, just three lines, something like: \|/ Except they come to a point, and the angled lines are fairly wide. There's also a belt. The pilot torso is actually very simple. Perhaps even subtle. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip> (...) Don't forget Qui-Gon and Jar Jar... since they've been in every Episode 1 set so far ;) That said, I would really love this set... visions of various chrome pieces dance in my head. Of course it would probably end up being done in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Reason #1 to purchase a UCS Droid Fighter: Sick amounts of brown Reason #2 to purchase a UCS Droid Fighter: See reason #1. The Technic angle sounds nifty, but the Droid Fighter is pretty ho-hum, IMO. I'd rather get my supply of brown in a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Funny, I was just thinking about this topic myself and logged on to post a similar question.... Assuming TLC is not pausing for a spell to wait for fresh EPII models, who would be interested in a UCS Droid Fighter? I was looking through the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't consider the chome exterior to be part of the list of "attractions". While I'd love a pile of chrome bricks, the hull of the Nubian ship is smooth and sleek, and I don't think they'd do it that way. We'd wind up with a chrome SPUD (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Very good! I've been wanting to make a V-Wing for a long time. BTW, are you (or anyone else out there) planning on making some of the ships from Battle for Naboo (new Nintendo 64 game)? (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Eivind Lokken" <Eivind.Andre.Lokken@fokus.no> wrote in message news:G7xxo3.5nw@lugnet.com... (...) What (...) playsets, (...) it (...) carrier. (...) they (...) Some small ships are still left - TIE Interceptor (my MOC uses the TIE Fighter and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B69ACF36.BC34%s...ink.com... (...) Hey, I was in Bellevue and Redmond last week (that should give you an idea about which large software company I was visiting!), if I'd known I might have (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I agree with you on the second point, but I don't think we've seen the last of 2001 Star Wars sets. The Millenium Falcon wasn't announced at the beginning of the year last year, was it(I could be mistaken on this)? I wouldn't be at all (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I agree completely, my theory is that this fall we'll see maybe one or two playscenes or whatever from the classic trilogy just to tide us over until the Ep II stuff comes out in the spring. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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here's a link to my brickshelf account of my viwing fighter: (URL) i've had it up for a while but for those who haven't seen it here you go. i'd appreciate some input. i'm almost done with the instructions so e-mail me if you want them. thanks in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) attractions are clear: a chrome exterior, definitely Amidala, Ric Olie, and R2-D2; possibly Obi-Wan, Panaka, and R4-D5 (gotta get more use out of that mold. . .). This would be an entirely doable set as a scaled-down version (like the Falcon). (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah, I can think of at least one long thread on the issue already: (URL) they've run out of stuff, though, except for playsets of course, of which they've done very few. A cantina scene, a couple death star scenes (trash compactor, throne (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Wonderful. WON-DER-FUL! Absolutely amazing. You have pretty long winters in Norway, do you? ;) Why aren't there more pictures? MORE! Primus BuS ComStar LEGO Mechcommander: www.go.to/LegoMC (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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TLC has made almost every small craft that can be made from the movies. What is left for them to do? They don't seem too keen on making scenery playsets, from what we have seen so far. It's a little early for speculations, but it just crossed my (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ok, just did this There should be 20 bags, 1 sticker sheet, instructions, a tan plate (6x16?), and 2 black beams (they may be technic - 1x16ish.) and as a follow up, After having all of you go hunt this info down, I ended up with 1 extra bag of (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks! I love your mechas by the way! I’ll post more pics when I have taken some more. I have to wait until I get some daylight( I live close to the arctic circle and its dark most of the day). (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Great looking model, can't wait to see more! (...) You might be suprised on how many times that's brought up about the Falcon. (...) Can't wait to see the Blockade runner. As a Juanita High alumni, I feel that it's my responsibility to chant (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, hello! And welcome! (...) Great! (...) Ha! (...) Indeed! Ben's Falcon is quite amazing. But yours is a very close competitor! I am quite amazed. I would love to see some more pictures of the interior, if you have a chance to take more. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip> Very very nice. Good proportions and nice detail. I'd like to see more pictures of the inside, however. (...) I live in the Seattle area, but I haven't been here since high school, so I'll have to take your word for it. :^) ~Mark (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hello, everyone! I'm new to lugnet, and I'd like to share my falcon with you. I live in Norway, and is pretty much one of the few lego-enthusiasts at my age (I'm 24). I had my revival when lego launched the starwars series, and have been an ardent (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars) !
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(...) Don't mind me, I'm just being a wiseacre. Lots of people, even ones who *do* claim to be Star Wars fans, make that mistake. eric (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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In case anybody cares all the pages are up now except for the first 2. If you missed those before I'll be happy to e-mail them. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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If anyone's interested in clearance sales, the Naboo Fighter, the Slave I and the Pit Droid sets are on sale for $7.94 each (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't think it would... first the orbit of such a space station would be several 1,000's of miles from the moon/planet. You would do this so that the gravitational effects of the planet/moon would not hurt your station and you could keep it (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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This is a shot of a large Darth Vader sculpture at the Lego Imagination Center at Disneyland California. (That's my mom next to him) (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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All I can say is WOW!! How many droids will it hold? Tell him to keep up the good work! Gary Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G7rusC.9Iv@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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Excuse me - That was my boo-boo, not being a Star Wars expert myself. I'm sure Brian wouldn't have err'd like that! Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G7s5tA.Co5@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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Brian also commented how he wanted to build this in brown, but was unable given the difficulty in obtaining brown bricks. Bryan Hodges <bhodges@SPAMBLOCKco...ntweb.net> wrote in message news:G7s40L.89n@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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I can't remember. I recall that its latched on somehow. I'll defer this question to Brian. If he replies, I'll post it. Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B696EA3A.C085%s...ink.com... (...) for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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Brian can view these responses, but can't reply. I'll try to reply to the ones that I know. At the LUGOLA meeting, he did have the EP cut-away book, and did use it for reference. He is attempting to scale the AAT to match the MTT. He said that he (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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Does anyone know when the UCS X-Wing went on sale for $50 at Walmart?? I went there a few weeks back when there was a post about it being $75 at Walmart. By the time I got there, it was sold out. However, I put it in my saved list, and tried (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Hey-- those of you who have the UCS Tie, how many bags are there in the box? I've seen yet another damaged box, and would like to know whether it's complete before I shell out for it. Thanks.... -Roy (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) He built AT&T in LEGO? Wow! ... Oh, you meant an AAT. eric (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) True, but the Death Star blew up over a small area, so a tightly concentrated area of vaporized Death Star might be a bit different in effect. IANAS (I Am Not A Scientist) so I can't say for certain. (...) True, but the DS wouldn't be anywhere (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) When I first saw it I thought: "YOWZA! That thing is 'freakin huge!'" It's awesome. It's too bad brown is so hard to come by... I'd love to see that modeled in brown. The Battle Droid delivery system is ingenious... I love how it utilizes the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Oh, and one more question... What's holding on the big droid rack? It looks like it's just sitting in there. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) But the question is whether or not the explosion would hurt the Ewoks. No doubt all of that cosmic dust over centuries is beneficial to the Earth...it adds to soil fertility and the nutrient balance of the oceans. From a geologic/ (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Wow. That is reeeeealy big. Is that somewhat approaching scale? Did he use the Ep 1 Cutaways book for reference? Impressive. Most Impressive. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Not only dust but our planet is constantly barraged by meteors and space junk. Most of the stuff burns up in the atmosphere without any detrimental effects, the stuff that does hit the Earth is typically so small that it causes very little (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) LOL! (...) (Warning: opinionated rant to follow): Yes and no...in retrospect, the Obi-Wan disappearance was a little bit corny, but, it was filmed in 1976, so it's kind of excusable (they could only do so much with technology.) This was, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi Guys, Brian Stokes is one of our local Los Angeles LEGO fanatics, but he hasn't yet activated his LUGNET account (its in the mail!) We took some pics yesterday of his MASSIVE MTT and modified ATT. You can check them out here: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ooh, you got me going there. Lucas had a story, which he shared with Leigh Brackett over several days in late 1977. Brackett turned in a script on February 23, 1977, and succumbed to cancer shortly thereafter. Lucas worked up a second and a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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The Earth gets hits by tons and tons of dust all the time yet it doesn't seem to bother her none :) Yep, that's right we are gaining weight all the time... of coarse the last correction of the gravitation constant knocked some 6,000,000,000,000 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Amen. A Dream to some... A Nightmare to others! Aaron :o) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That's right. It's closer to Maul's torso, though, with the more complex pattern of folds. The belt is also higher up for some reason. (...) Just the front, I think. The folds are kinda hard to see in pictures (or even in poor light) as (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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So, I guess laying Vader to rest on a funeral pyre on Endor was redundant... Luke - "Hey, Han! Got a match?" Han - "Yeah, my butt and your face." Luke - "Naaah, I mean so's I can get rid of my old man's corpse." Han - "Just use your robot hand. It's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ok, this is from memory 'cause I'm at work, the set's at home, and I haven't looked at the minifigs in some time, so forgive me if I'm wrong: (...) The torso is very similar, but it's different. It has a "rope" belt painted on it instead of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I disagree with you. Chapter I. ANH was a marvelous epic. Sure, the plot was nothing innovative - basically a new version of the classic hero/redemption plot - but it was good nonetheless. It was even Art. II. Empire came along, and it had a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'd challenge you to find much SF which you couldn't find gaping holes in. Star Wars is no worse than movies in general, and perhaps better. Note that the referenced article even points out that there is nothing in the Star Wars literature (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The point is that the matter is matter. It doesn't just disappear, it has to go somewhere. If it is part of an object which is in an artificial orbit around the planet, it will fall to the planet (unless it actually has more energy than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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In article <G7qILH.68B@lugnet.com>, Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote: You're even nicer than I was. I let him go into all the wonderful detail. I said, "You really don't want to run an Ewok." He told me all about why he'd be different. I'd (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Just a quick question or two on the Imperial Shuttle: 1) Is the Emperor's torso the same as Darth Maul's or Jedi Luke's? 2) Do the Guards have printed torsoes or are they just plain red? 3) What is the design on the Pilot's torso? Thanks. Stu C. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(Please notice "follow-up...) (...) LOL! Actually, you'd've been nicer about it than I would've been. "I have an idea for an Ewok character. He's a--" BLAM!!! "...Sorry 'bout the mess..." ;-) Franklin (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You're a darn sight nicer than I was about it. "I have an idea for an Ewok character". "No." "But it's a good idea! See, he stowed--" "No." "Wait till you hear the whole idea! See--" "No." "But--" "No." "Why not?" "Ewoks are annoying." "But (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Heh. That Technical Commentary is why I never allowed anyone to play an Ewok character when I ran the SW:RPG. :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Holocaust link on Lugnet. Enough people found that amusing that I thought they'd see the humour in environmental disasters on Endor as well... eric (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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At least this Ewok didn't have to worry about it. This is a scan of the "missing" sticker sheet for the new AT-ST... (URL) Sean (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Maybe the Death Star v2.0 exploded in the other direction, *away* from the moon. 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ah! A subject near and dear to my heart: I'm afraid that I'm going to have to play the tried-but-true "Lucas Plows Through a Self-Made Plot Conundrum Like a Bull in a China Shop" card. Lucas really got himself in it thick on that one. Not sure (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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