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(...) pieces (...) red (...) more (...) plates, (...) What we complain about are things that reach us on an emotional level. Those of us who are against "juniorization" are against it because we see this as a cheapening of the toys we grew up with (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't really understand everyones perturbance about "juniorization" or whatever else you dont like about the pieces you get. I bought this set because I wanted the special pieces and the figures. frankly, any other pieces that it comes with (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) not (...) a (...) Scuse me? Since when was building things out of LEGO considered "suffering?" I sure wasn't "suffering" when I was a kid and got my 6980 Galaxy Commander... I was thrilled! It was the biggest spaceship of the LEGO lineup at (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I guess I am just too stuck on the Star Wars Vehicles looking as close to real as possible. And when I see those shovels there, all I can see is "SHOVELS"... and it just ruins the effect for me. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Is the piece for the back of the pod the big-dome base part? The one used in Neptune's Discovery Lab (and others)? Looking at (URL), the two dome-parts are used in the tower on the right-hand side of the picture. That's not the most exciting (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) 'scuse me? I thought kids were supposed to have *fun* with LEGO first, not suffer through character-building exercises. But I tend to agree with Fredrick's explanation, anyway. The fewer part-color combinations there are, the simpler (cheaper) (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Jeff (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) being (...) Because they are flying right near each other. If the size difference were say 10% then I would understand how one could not tell but 40% is very significant (...) Well the usuall rules of canon (canon = concrete information in a (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Lazy me:-p Here is a pic from Brickset showing the answer to my question: "No" :-( (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I'm wondering if these buckets contain any <drool> orange pieces in them. Anybody know? -John (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I fully agree, Mark. When I saw thos pics, I thought, "That is so cool! I never would've used it this way!" I am very happy that Lego decided to use current pieces rather than molding a new one just for that use. I feel the same way about the (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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US S@H has it at $27.50 - I just called, it's in stock. I'll wait to see what other people think of it before buying one, from what I can remember of the pic I saw of it, there were probably only a dozen pieces I'd want out of it. (...) -- PLEASE (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) opening plastic (...) some (...) they (...) I noticed the shovels on the wings when I saw the preview pics. I suppose I thought it was kind of neat that they were using them in a non-shovel kind of way. I like using parts in unusual ways. (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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<old man voice> When I was a kid, our spaceships were BLUE and GRAY and we LIKED IT. </old man voice> I don't buy that argument. I built my own stuff when I was a kid. IMO, if you have to learn to differentiate between parts, it only makes you a (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Just got a call from a buddy of mine. His store just got a bunch of these in. Have these arrived anywhere else yet? john (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I am about 30% done putting this together. While I really like it, I thought it would be a bigger sized model. I have completed the pod portion of the Tie, and I am now working on the wings. The pod it self is about the size of a softball. While I (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Something similar can be seen in most recent sets, ie. the MTT and the ATT. I suppose the LEGO Company manufactures the sets this way to cut costs: If you can cut down the part type/colour variations there is in a set, you can also cut down (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks!! ---...--- (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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-- (Gary E. Blessing)-- mugin@mosquitonet.com ---...--- (...) Thanks!! (24 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I've noticed this in other sets too. If you bought a set to increase your supply of a certain color, it makes it extremely annoying because you end up having tons of one piece in a color but not of a similar yet useful piece...for example, I (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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