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Great model - but as you rightly point out, it isn't the actual Generator thingy itself - it's "merely" a standard Imperial Landing Platform. Shuttles land on the top, ATATs can "dock" at the platforms along the side. Hey - just had a thought, you (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No no, it's the monkey that's up in midair on the wheelbarrow: (URL) elephant is taking a bath in his umbrella: (URL) be fair to Fabuland, those aren't really alternate models, more like "possible story/play scenarios." Very goofy scenarios. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) 08 Dec 2000 17:39:05 GMT ETag: "5f69-22d5-3a311cb9" Accept-Ranges: bytes X-Host: www79 Content-Length: 9094 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html HTTP/1.0 200 OK Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:24:46 GMT Connection: close Content-Type: (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I was just going to let this thread pass on by like so many other TLC-bashing threads, but your comments here rang the proverbial bell in my mind. As a kid (somewhere between 9 and 12 years old) I used to have a friend that would come over and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Pulling this conversation over to lugnet.starwars... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ah! I relish a good SW fracas. I wouldn't call any of these points design flaws. I would say that there is quite a bit of plot redundancy ("OK, this time we'll build it really, really big!") between ANH & DPROTJ (Disney Presents Return of the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks, oh, what do people thing of a BOSP (Big Olive Stupe Piece) for Jabba. (...) Artistic license. I wanted to include some sort of swamp creature. I also prefer using existing pieces. Luke would be nice to include, but I figure you'd end up with (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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I don't think of this as design FLAWS at all. The whole point was to try to make a movie that could be seen before the original trilogy and have it make sense and look like there was continuity. I think Lucas has even said that he wants the movies (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Er, make that it *would* have smacked of quality. (that's what I get for feverishly typing a message before my boss returns) james (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Granted, SW is a bird of a different feather. We're all well aware that it's by and large a return to old-school construction. Two points on this matter: 1) The X-Wing pretty much required new elements (engines, canopy, perhaps wings). Had it (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It looks awesome! You've definitely captured the feel right out of the movie. Now, if we could just construct the giant dish... Sean (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) In this discussion the Star Wars sets have been generally regarded as exceptions to the rule. Your 673 example is more on target but still overlooks the dreadful state of design in more recent Lego sets. Compare, for example, set (URL) from (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't want to sound too personally critical, but are you being serious? Sets like King Leo's Castle are more sophisticated than things like King's Castle? Or how about the 1998 Cargo Center compared to the 1984 model? And as for idea books, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Are you sure about that? Since this thread goes on .starwars, lets take the X-Wing as an example. Could such a realistic looking X-Wing be constructed with the part selection as of 15 or 20 year ago? I would say probably not. The fairly new (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Posting this again, I wrote it before but for some reason it didn't show up. James, I agree 100% with what you said here. I think this is pretty sad. I believe in the LEGO system of play strongly, I just wish LEGO believed in it too. -Tim (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) For goofy... Jake, has Tomas showed you his desktop wallpaper? :) The old Fabuland set with an elephant and a wheelbarrow, and the alternate model is the elephant holding the wheelbarrow while the wheelbarrow is standing on end - the elephant (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Old alternate images used to suggest ways to build other things with the set pieces; Star Wars "alternates" only show ways to deconstuct the set. I will say, however, that the alternate models at the end of some of the larger set instructions (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) What alternative images? Other than Star Wars and Technic, it doesn't seem like any sets have alternate models any more. And the Star Wars alternates seem invariably ... umm ... goofy. Steve (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yup, that's Maestro Fujita's work... he did some amazing stuff, and most of it was completed before TLG's official sets. It's good to know that his work got into a magazine... though not really suprising. The link does not have an exclamation, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books)
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(...) Point taken, but I will also trust the time I've spent observing my kids build sets by the instructions. The other color parts HELP that process. Personally I'd rather that they used wilder colors (why, in a grey model, use a blue 2x2 spotter (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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