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Are you SURE about the 10% increase....I think You'll find its actuall an 8-12% DECREASE with the GST...Making the set cost $324.00 [I thought it was supposed to be less than that...If someone can find my list I posted of RRP's earlier in the year (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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$359. What a rip off! Anyone know any toy store owners who can get us a look at the wholesale price that the stores pay for it? And mabie to confirm the price from a 2nd source... (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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$359 pre-tax ??? YIKES! If this is setting the precedence...who's joining me in entering the dark ages? Does LEGO have no sense that you need customers to stay in business? Santosh (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi Studs, LEGOzzers, and victims of the Australian Peso, Just rang Lego Aust @ Lane Cove. Set 7190 (Mil. Falcon) is due for release at end of July (28th I think). I totally forgot the exact date when the helpful lady told me the pre GST rrp of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually, 2001 *will* be the Imperial year. Sorry, I don't have a bookmark to it, but I remember there was an interview with somebody from Lego. He said that it'd be the Imperial year, and when asked if we would get stormtroopers, he said (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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---...--- (...) YES it was,it was in A New Hope Special Edition,watch the Mos Eisley scenes, somewhere in there it takes of and you see the back end! (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.starwars, Jason Fabisch writes: Ship. (...) I have. The first thing that came to my mind when you said that was the Monoral Transport Base. Also, trains tend to be about $140. --Josh (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) about (...) what it (...) I'm not upset. You're the one throwing the insults. (eyesight) I am simply skeptical until I see clear proof. I frame-by-framed Ep. 1 on my VCR at home, and the ship that everyone says is the Outrider is just too (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.starwars, Thad Jantzi writes: Also... correct me if I'm wrong, isn't the MTT way (...) I just watched it the other day. In actuality, the MTT is pretty close in overall size. The upper section on the one in the movie was longer in (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think they mean in the cockpit area up front, but imagine how cool it would be if they did make an AT-AT with 40 stormtroopers! Toki (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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So Lego has stayed roughly with minifig scale so far... yes, but I think that that is incidental to their REAL mandate which is sticking to a scale in which you can stick minifigs in the model and play with it. I'll bet we DO see an ISD, comparable (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Gee Richard, why don't you tell us how you really feel? (...) A $2.00 fee is less than Canada Customs charges for brokerage ($5.00) and far far less than some other companies (UPS, for example, will typically run you up a $30 to $40 brokerage (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Either way, it has such a miniscule role in that movie they Lego would not make it. -- Agent 0007 AIM: Agent O0O7 (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Don't fret, we will get Storm Troopers. How though, no one will know. The figure is in the StarWars system logo as is Boba Fett. And we got Boba Fett. And soon we will get the emperor too(which we have all seen). You can pretty much assume that we (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) the (...) there (...) Well, Mark, Idon't what else to say except you might want to get your eyesight checked, because I see the Outrider, not a "blob which vaguely resembled the Outrider." It was not in the originals, and they put it in there (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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From what I understand the Shadows of the Empire line from Kenner actually sold fairly well... not as well as the rest of the SW line mind you, but still pretty well. An Imperial year would be nice... there are so many cool Imperial ships we haven't (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) And I've seen a small blob that is vaguely Outrider-shaped many times. Give me a clear picture, and then I'll believe it all you want. ~Mark (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ...But a blockade runner could shrink easier and without as much scale issues as the ISD. I could easily see a model about the length as the MF with the general shape of the BR holding a dozen troops :-) (tho the shuttle would be _much_ cooler (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, whatever. What do you think it is then? It is there, I have seen the Special Edition 50x times now. It is the Outrider, Lucas did put it in there as a reference to the game. Scott S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) On the other hand, I don't think either of those leap to a kids mind as "what kind of toy should I get". Look instead for vehicles that played an actual role in the films... We can still hope for an Imperial Year (but I wouldn't place any (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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