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(...) fiddling with the numbers shows the system sets as being 1.5 to 2 times more expensive (best 7115, 7134 worst 7104) but the technic sets are consitently only 1.33 times. There is no way shipping is so expensive as to justify 1.5 to 2 times (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Blearggg! Sorry about the formatting. It looked good while I was compiling it. Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi team, Sorry for the provocative subject header, but you're all here now. This is what I have gleaned from LEGO Australia. Looks like we'll need Kerry Packer's job to afford it all. I've used the current Aussie Peso exchange rate of USD$0.614 AUD (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) According to Amazon.com, the VHS release date is April 4, 2000. But they've started taking orders and it's a wicked hot-seller already! As of today, in fact, it's the #1 and #3 top-selling VHS videos there. (#1 is the widescreen edition, #3 is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Vehicle year/building year? (Was: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) Exactly. It's that, and one other thing: How many movies do you see the Millenium Falcon in? X-Wing fighters? TIE fighters? How many movies do you see the base at Yavin 4 in? And at that, how many scenes bother to show it? The action was on (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yes this is very good advice for saving up money for Lego... How many AFOL's have contributed to your savings account so far? Tony (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The average figure that was worked out between the X-wing and Y-wing was 2.85 studs per meter. (Ben's post: (URL) adopted this figure in Castle World as well. ((URL) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) A stud is 8 millimeters square. A minifig sans headwear is 40 millimeters. Depending on your value for human height (say 6 feet or 1.82m) Then our conversion is: 8 mm 40 mm ----- = ----- X 1.82m Thus, X = .364 meters/stud, or 2.75 studs per (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I know someone once had a scale of such and such a number of studs to meters. I think it was something like 2.875 studs to 1 meter. I am sure Ben Fleskes had used this scale when he built his Millenium Falcon. I know someone else used it for lego's (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Wanted: 7111 back side
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Hello, we lost the instructions for the 7111 (small droid starfighter) set. Does anybody happen to have a picture of the backside construction? TIA, Christian (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Two words: Credit Cards. Buy enough on discount to resell and defray your own costs. Justify it as "me time." (...) Target will almost certainly get the UCS sets. I wouldn't be surprised if Meijer does, though. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I'm the type of person that has to have them when I see them setting on the shelves in stores. I can't stand hearing about them from friends and reading about them here. This is what I do to get all of the sets when I see them. Pick up your paycheck (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks a lot. I can now see what you mean, but I wouldn't have called that thing Speeder Bike before. I do have th Battle Droid (the AT-ST is a bit naff) and I heard those great reviwes on the Destroyer Droid. That one will be next on my want list, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It's of a Speeder Bike from the Return of the Jedi movie (Episode VI). It's what they (Luke and Leia rode through Endor. he Speeder Bikes are also a small system set, #7128. It's a pretty cool set too! You really want a cool set, get the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi Star Wars fans, I finally got my Technic Pit Droid today, but I can't make out what this alternate model is. I have seen all (four) Star Wars movies, but I really don't remember anything like this. I'm sure one of the real Star Wars fans knows (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Vehicle year/building year? (Was: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) There would probobly be a set at a price point between $29.99 and $99.99, perhaps a $64.99 set. Also there will probobly be more UCS stuff, perhaps some ep1 stuff? UCS naboo fighter and sith infiltrator? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Vehicle year/building year? (Was: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) Merely an observation (...) to (...) When I was younger I always thought the 'Greet the Emporer' scene with the 6 guards was coolest scene in the movies which at that point only consisted of the latter 2. I never saw the first movie till I was (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Vehicle year/building year? (Was: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Is this an observation or a quote? It's true enough as an observation, since the static architecture (buildings and the like) has been very minimal in the Star Wars sets to date. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) Aaaah, that would be very cool (the Emperor/Royal Guards). Lets hope that they don't do the Han/Chewie/Leia/Luke/3p0 crew. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 06:54:16 GMT, Lutz <isa@flash.net> wrote: ...Is that Lutz as in the Phantasy Star Esper? (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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