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"Jeff Szklennik" <jeffszklennik@usaexpress.net> wrote in message news:H997xD.E8o@lugnet.com... (...) area. (...) piece (...) Thanks! This one is definitely more well armed..I should have shown how those top guns swivel, now that I think of it.. (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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hmm, i like the added detail BUT i liked the long blue pieces on the back and some of the aesthetics of the first version a little better. still cool though, a nice variation :-D -paul (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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cool i like those and i like the death star background sets too :-) -paul (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) (snip) (...) Now, now, that's High Cold War thinking, equating speed to power. In dogfighting, the ability to attain a high absolute speed is secondary to the ability to maneuver. For example, in WWII (always a popular referent!) Me-262 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The appearence of the Klingons was addressed in the DS9 episode "Tribbles and Tribulations" when the Defiant crew went back in time to the events in TOS series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". In this episode they did a fairly decent job (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I believe they can only be found in this racer set: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The Falcon needs to be in there, appearently it's one of the fastest ships in the galaxy. It made the kessel run in blah blah blah parsecs. But like pointed out before, the speed in space would be different than a speed in atmosphere. Can (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Pretty cool! I like how these transports are multi-use. Very Imperial in thought and design. I also like how this contrasts with the Rebel version that has been seen.,,not boxy, but sleek (in a way) Good job! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Pretty cool! I like how these transports are multi-use. Very Imperial in thought and design. I also like how this contrasts with the Rebel version that has been seen.,,not boxy, but sleek (in a way) Good job! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The use of the two 'log' 1x2 dark gray pieces in the top below the slope piece really had me struggling to figure out what piece(s) I was looking at! Jeff (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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Check out our latest MOCs from our homepage, Death Star Transports; (URL) Death Star uses a fleet of transports inside the hangar bays to ferry Imperial troops and droids effectively. The transports are built with similar bases that can be (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) The explanation is that the original Star Trek art and costume department had a crappy budget and couldn't make humanoid aliens look very alien (or far-out aliens look very realistic). Just like Lucas wanted to go back and redo all three (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That Klingons got lumpy heads in the first place was revisionism - Paramount simply had the budget to do it, and wanted to make them look a bit different from Terrans (Earthling is such a despicable sounding term <g>). All we need is for them (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) designed (...) the (...) upgrade (...) the (...) designed (...) fighting, (...) THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE! This sort of thing is what annoys me about prequels and the like - take Enterprise (yeah I know, different franchise) - they've already (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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Using this site as a reference: (URL) = data from UCS stickers from Gareth's fbtb.net section I've found some disturbing stats about relative starfighter speeds: Classic Movies: A-wing = 1300 km/h* B-wing = 900 km/h* X-wing = 1050 km/h Y-wing = 800 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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Great redesign, and I'm dying to know where you got the blue barrels? Dave "Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote in message news:H97GtE.LHB@lugnet.com... (...) this (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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The new one looks pretty cool. I especially like the changes to the back. Looks like it picked up a few more weapons. Too bad my D-Pod is obsolete now. -Andrew (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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I should clarify...go past the first 5 pictures to see the new version. [ j o n ] -- | Lego - (URL) Shipyard - (URL) Moonbase - (URL) Store - (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(URL) is the first of 6 alphabet fighters I've rebuilt. I actually did this one a few months ago (and its probably the least changed of the lot) so I thought I'd show it first. I'll also have some construction pics of K up soon (Paul Hartzog asked (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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Thank you! I have been hoping and wishing you would post the instructions for that one! Your's is the best I have seen to date. It is now next on my list of parts for a custom model! Thanks again! Scott (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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