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Looks great Shaun...very movie-accurate and the studless design really makes it look like it armour plated. I can't beleive the official Lucas design has the thing manned. Poor sap assigned to that post....may as well have 'AT-AT Target Practise' (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Here are some pictures (and the instructions!) for the Rebel turrets on Hoth: (URL) all-SNOT design, and have only one stud showing. Enjoy, -s (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Jude Beaudin" <shiningblade@rogers.com> wrote in message news:GzE0Lq.GLy@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) Something is seriously wrong then. When I went to the movie release of AOTC, the astromech droid plainly was inserted into the starfighter from (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The Imperial Star Destroyers are shown here: (URL) then there are the Super Star Destroyers: (URL) the ships from the movies can be accessed from this menu: (URL) that helps clear up any confusion. -- Scott (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks to all who have replied. :-) You'll forgive me if I don't reply to all of you-- I'm a bit busy now and need to pack and stuff. Seeya at Brickfest! -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) Palmer" (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I believe you're thinking of a Star Destroyer. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here: "Imperial Cruiser" is what they (the writers, film crew, etc) called the ship during filming of Star Wars, but it was never called so on screen. For (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Excellent, as usual. Jeff J (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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A dark beauty, she is.... I really like how the last few of your designs have taken on an organic quality to them....the landing phalanges, unusual sculpted hulls with an amazing integration of curves and hard angles. Awesome stuff Jon. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Jon, your work is incredible. Not are these ships ingenius Lego creations worthy of release, but they all fit in so well with the Star Wars line; it's almost as if you are a ship designer for Lucas! These all have perfect attention to detail and are (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Cool ship, Jon. This is one my favorites of your alphabet ships. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) To be fair to LEGO, the astromech does not have a body but is actually hardwired into the starfighter. (URL) I am glad you like it for what it is. I agree even though the body does not need to be in the set it would have added a lot to the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"Geoffrey Hyde" <ghydeSPAMBLOCK@dodo.com.au> wrote in message news:GzDx3o.9Bx@lugnet.com... (...) loaded (...) clone (...) different (...) hmm I'll check that tonite.. the site is back and (URL) truncated astromech droid was hard-wired into the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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You didn't see the scene in AOTC then where Obi-Wan Kenobi takes off from the planet that has the Jedi Council headquarters, and then heads off for the planet that has Jango Fett and all of the clones on it, and R4 is loaded onto the ship. R4 also (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"smegged" <cintaks_erur@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GzDKGs.7IA@lugnet.com... (...) <geek> I belive according to the official site (which appears to be down at the moment) R4 is a modified, truncated astromech droid hardwired into the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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Amazing as usual Jon! What impresses me the most is how you amalgamated both the Quake symbol, and the Sith Infiltrator design so effortlessly. Bravo! (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) If you fill out the form by entering your date of birth, leaving the parents email blank, and entering nonsense into the other fields, only the picture field coems up as an error. If you do the same but put 2002 as your year of birth, both (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Well, the reason that the body was never included is that they wanted to remain accurate to the movie. After I saw this set, I saw the movie for a second time and looked at his starfigher. The R4 unit's head was all that there was. It was not like (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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Speaking on which, can anyone who has submitted a creation tell me if the parent's email address is really a mandatory field, or whether it's linked to the year of birth? It's been a long time since anyone asked me for my Mum and Dad's permission (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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You know, I just looked again and I got them backwards...Shaun's is in the foreground. It's amazing that they built them independently of one another and they came out so close! - Joe "Joe Comeau" <joe.comeau@ctp.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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I have just purchased this set, and I am curious to know why TLG did not include a suitable body piece for the R4 astromech droid dome piece included in this set. I feel it would have increased play value for this set, and it would have been no (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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