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(...) Amendment: Astromech Droids are able to carry 10 preprogrammed hyperdrive routes in memory, and can recalculate for new jumps with some ease and a little time. Rebel hyperdrive equiped fighters not using Astromechs or sophisticated computers (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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If I remember correctly, they included the shields and a more robust life support system to the Tie Advanced to make them, and the pilots last longer. This was the second coming of the empire, and it was a much poorer empire at that point, so they (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) But...Vader's TIE did have hyperdrive and it was the only advanced model that we see in the original trilogy. Have fun building, Travis (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) as (...) Han, Luke (...) NO!!! I want that thing crammed full of Imperial Guards, man! I'm sick to death of all the Luke figs. Bah. ~Mark (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) you... (...) The A wing was introduced for recon, escort, and interceptor purposes as well as for quick raids. It has shields and a hyperdrive two lasers and a pair of concussion missle launchers. Y wing is an old outdated bomber which was (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ouch, I would have to disagree with you on that last one. The B-wing is no where near as fast or agile as a Tie Advanced, but it does carry way more armor and weapons. TIE Advanced were one of the latest developments in the TIE series and were (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I must agree that the Imperial Shuttle is highly recognizable, I would go as far as to say it is an icon of ROTJ. A light grey set in the $75-$100 range would be super sweet...complete with folding wings (of course) and Han, Luke and Leia in (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'll try not to... no promises tho... :) (...) you... (...) It depends on how you mean... if you mean as actual ships, the B-Wing is a heavily armed figher/bomber and the A-Wing is a lightly armed reconasaince ship. The A-Wing is supposedly (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Found UCS Tie and X-Wing in TRU Kingston, Massachusetts and Hyannis, MA. Impressed with both sets...however. X-wing contains gears which allow repositioning of s-foils via turning a round 4X4X1 located on back of ship...the hinges are weak and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The Shuttle is just a really cool ship! I think that kids will want it just because it looks cool. And, IMO, The Shuttle is highly recognizable as a SW ship. I admit that I am a "collector" but I loved the shuttle even before I became one. The (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) you... (...) My understanding was that the B-Wing was the heavy, heavy, heavy duty fighter that could take a lot of damage from fighters and take on up to smallish capital size ships in combat. The A-Wing was the hit and run type fighter or (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Basically the Y-wing is an old fighter/bomber that by the end of the trilogy was pretty much past its useful service. The A-wing is a very fast but not very powerful fighter. Because of its speed it is better at fighting Tie-interceptors in (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) you... (...) The B-wing is suppossed to have enough fire power to take on a Star Destroyer. More of a "heavy" fighter I guess. The A-wing on the other hand is a highly agile and fast fighter, much like an interceptor. The military has specific (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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No flames please = ) I consider myself a SW fan, but by no means do I know as much as many of you... What is the purpose of the B-wing and A-wing? (vs. the X-wing and Y-wing) I realize the x-wing is a mainline fighter and the Y-wing is a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well I recently had the opportunity to see Ep#1 again and the updated editions of SW 4-6. here are my thoughts on a variety of sets: Why not a stormtrooper polybag? (hey, you never know) I think a Tantive 5/blockade runner and a Star Destroyer (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Definitely a good point. That's why I doubt a $50 Imperial Shuttle will be produced. It's not recognizable enough to warrant such a high price tag. This is a guess, but I think it's recognition would be comparable to that of the A-wing or (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Cool idea, kind of like a "TIE Fighter Bucket?" Come to think of it, It would be cool to have an Imperial Bucket with half a dozen Sotrm Troopers, Vader, Palpatine, and a whole slew of pieces that lend themselves well to Imperial vessels. I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm pretty sure you mean ask LEGO at fbtb, whose link you may see at the main Star Wars newsgroup page. Alan (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Cool yes. Happen never. I don't think TLC would ever do it just because they would make more money releasing them as separate sets. Along some similar lines though I have been thinking that if I had 2 UCS TIE Interceptor sets I could build all (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) How about a $20 set that can includes sufficient pieces (and instructions) for making either the TIE Fighter or TIE Intercepter? That'd be way cool and flexible. Steve (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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