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At my local Wal*Mart they have photo disks, photo CD's and online storage. I looked ino this one day and you get low resoulution images for 3$ on a disk, high resoulution images on a CD for 7$!!!! Too expensive. But then they have online storage (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.publish)
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Thanks Joseph, but it's not as cool as some of your, wicked mecha models! And of course you can link up to the pictures, that's what I was going to e-mail you about, if you could put this model on your website... Thanks again! (...) shame! (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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very cool, mladen! and you were just trying to tell me you don't do alternate models, shame shame! this one looks pretty dang good. i myself have yet to tackle using those click-hinges in a model. would you mind if i added a link to your images for (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) So, how wide *is* it, Johnny? </McMahon> ;-) I was thinking about trying to find some for a MOC, since the picture in the catalog makes it look like it might be wide enough for side-by-side seating, but I gather than it's not. True? Thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I believe Dan Jezek auctioned his incomplete MF off last month to fund brickbay IIRC...Larry P. beat my bid, but I don't think the reserve was met I don't remember hearing anyone winning it. John (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Say, didn't he or someone else offer their MF MOC on eBay? How'd it do? best LFB (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Um, not to be a pain, but I don't think this discussion belongs in lugnet.off-topic.debate... It probably doesn't belong in lugnet.starwars anymore either (and does it really need to be in lugnet.general?) Follow-ups to: lugnet.admin.general (I wish (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Eric your my new best friend, a person in MA that loves Lego and comics...Now I really have to try to get to the group get together in August. Mike Z. (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) As a somewhat avid comic-book reader, I can tell you this ad has been appearing for the past few weeks (three or four) in any number of Marvel and DC (including Image) books, not just Vertigo. eric (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Also, saw the Mindstorms expansion set (the Mars package) in a new issue of PC magazine. There is a picture on the table of contents page, and the set is reviewed in the rear of the magazine (At Home ? section). This is a bit sketchy, because I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Even better! Thanks again dude =) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi All, The second FunBrix Pic of the Week has been selected! Ben's LEGO Millennium Falcon. It nearly a year old, but it’s still a great model and picture! (URL) --- Click on FUN --- Click on FunBrix Pic of the Week! Build on... Robin W. FunBrix (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Try unwrapping it.... I cut it at a different place so you can see how it needs to be unwrapped and pasted together. Strangely enough, I think David Karr (his machine gun is mirrored at the site mentioned in the article) may well have the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Lol... (...) Link won't work... =\ (...) -- Andrew (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Spotted LEGO in a couple of magazines recently: the first, a full-page ad for the UCS sets in a Vertigo comic. (URL) the URL in the ad is wrong! The second, an article in Shift magazine. I was going to scan it but found it online at (URL) is (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Can you tell me how they work? I can see that the upper legs are two parallel beams, which can control the angle at the knee joint. But, what operates the horizontal bar at the top? It would have to tilt this bar at the same time as driving (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think the LandSpeeder floats higher than that. What I use is a 2x2 brick - I've got some transparent ones from old Lego sets, but you could just pick a colour to match the shelf you sit it on. You have to put it on the centreline, exactly (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) We pay more in the UK too, but seriously the SnowSpeeder for me is the best set around. It's good value compared to other Lego, and has a lot of rebuild potential. Also, it's from the original trilogy - the Episode I stuff just isn't the same. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) As long as your CD-ROM drive can handle PhotoCDs (and most made after 1991 can), it doesn't matter whether you have a PC or a Mac. PhotoCD is its own standard, sort of like web graphics. best LFB (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Great! Thanks for the tip...I just hope they can store the picture in a MAC compatible format. I'm sure there are ways, I'll let everyone know how it worked out. I just gotta get my Imperial Shuttle on the site. Peace, ou (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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I finished my Rebel fleet collection with the B-Wing today. I now have all the 'Wings (and not to mention the Snow Speeder and Naboo Fighter). I'll probably work on getting the rest of the minifigure sets and buy doubles for pieces. BTW, I took (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Just use a regular camera and then go to the store where you get your film developed and ask them to put it on a PhotoCD. Then you'll have images you can use and they'll be nice and archived as well. Cheers, ~Mark (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Just wanted to give you guys an opportunity to see some creations! Yes, I did indeed put them up for sale. (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks Matt! I don't know too much about digital camera's or really where you could borrow them since I don't use them myself, I use LDRAW and MLCAD which, escpecially the latter, are like CAD programs and let you construct your model on your (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Hey Mladen, pretty neat mech! I knew all those Infiltrator parts were good for something! I just finished a "UCS" Imperial Shuttle, and I'm very proud of it. The problem is, I don't have a digital camera. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There is a square hole built up by plates... in reality, it is very very stable. As for reports of the x-wing falling off, well, it is a much much heavier model than the UCS TIE. It hasn't happened to mine, but I can see how, if the stand is (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Oops, I haven't built my Tie Interceptor yet! Maybe I don't deserve to be a Sith Master after all. No wonder the cape wasn't in the box. :-) -- David Schilling (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The internals seem identical. The colours are different. Darker, if you know what I mean! :-) After all, the best part about being on the dark side of the force is the dark cloaks you get to wear, right? I'm still looking for mine, though. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hmm...then how does the X-wing sit on its display stand? If some less stable combination of bricks is used, that might account for the reports I've seen of X-Wings falling off their stands...short of earthquake or deliberate bumping, that TIE (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Actually, while the Tie uses that piece, the X-Wing, interestingly, does not. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That part is also in the 7181 UCS TIE Interceptor, as the collar that sits on the display stand (it's probably in the 7191 UCS X-wing too, for the same purpose, but since I don't have the X-wing yet, I can't say for sure). I was wondering (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Does it come with the same Micro Scout as the DDK? Are the programs the same? (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) coast always seems to have a month or more delay after the east coast gets new sets, here in America. Wish it wasn't so, but then, I'm glad I'm in America, as other places in the world are a lot worse off in this respect.) I got it from LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Hey Jeff, If it's movie stills you're looking for, you've already got everything you need - just spend a couple of hours on the computer, and you'll find all the stills of all the ships that are out there. When I built my AT-ST and AT-AT (and when (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Where can you get it? And do they sell it to Europe? Eelco Kooiker (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Those new parts look cool. (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Has anyone received their <set:9754> Dark Side Developer Kit yet? I did a few days ago. The AT-AT is pretty cool. The articulated knee joints are incredible! I'm going to have to copy these! I haven't built any of the other models, but there are a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Whoops, meant to say "enlighten you my friend:" (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Well I'll inlighten you my friend: (URL) you can see it doesn't look anything like my model, I just like misleading people into thinking my models look like something they don't and tell themto squint and they'll see it... hehehe... ;-p (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I've heard the name thrown around some, but I'm by no means familiar with Gundams. I'm pretty much Mecha-illiterate as well - I like the designs you guys put up, but its just not my building style, so I naturally don't look into non-Lego mecha (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks Tim, wouldn't you agree it kinda, sorta, maybe resembles a Zaku from Gundam, huh? No, maybe if you squint your eyes... (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hehe...cool! :) -Tim (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(URL) all! This is a model I made this morning after I bought my second Sith Infiltrator and wanted to make an alternative model from it using only the pieces in the set, I was inspired to do this after years of admiring Joseph Gonzalez alternative (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Okay heres my take on this. I'm going to give you Ldraw numbers so have your parts list handy... Naboo canopy for the back. It's the only one. I think you could try 2437, its the windsheild that comes with most town aircraft. On top of the put (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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You may be able to find this book on Amazon for $75. I got mine at that price. You should also look for Industrial Light and Magic: The Art of Special Effects. Many good photos in there as well, though Chronicles duplicates all of them, I think. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Very interesting, Joel, Maybe this means we actually have some sort of consumer clout with TLG. If we all raise up in unison, then maybe the jr. sets will go away. Have a nice warm fuzzy day! GREG! (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) lacking (...) art. Agreed, the Encyclopaedia is lacking in detail and inconsistent with its entries. I loved the Technical Journal - in conjunction with the Essential Guides it is great - unfortunately there is no one book dealing with all (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I live in Addison, and commute to work in Schaumburg. The TRU in Shaum has yet to Falcons. Heres what they do have. The still have a full section of SW. They got two Tie Interceptors in around June 15, I bagged one. About two weeks ago I (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Greg, Chicago did get them!! I am so glad I got my Falcon when I did. The TRU at Western @ Addison in Chicago got 2 falcons and 5 Tie Interceptors around the 20th of June. I got a falcon and a Tie that day. the other falcon sat for about 3 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Is the "Star Wars Technical Journal" worth buying? How does it compare to the Encyclopedia? I have read through the Encyclopedia, and found it lacking in pictures/photos and detail. It gives a brief bit about everything, including obscure history (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Just a short note that there are new entries (now visible) at (URL) exams are nearly over and I am looking forward to update the site every 1-2 weeks from now on, depending on you entries :) Good luck & happy building :) dö (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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That sounds cool...I would love to see pictures. What I'm really hoping, is to be able to make a rack that actually unfolds to deploy the droids. I haven't bought the MTT set yet. I figure to do what I want, I'm going to have to MOC it. Let us know (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I hadn't noticed but your right that is really annoying. As for why some sets are not displayed I couldn't tell you. I wouldn't be supprised if the Gungan Sub and the Sith Infiltrator were discontinues soon. I think they are both slow movers (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ya mean like what is in the MTT? If so, I've done this. I hollowed out the space below the space where the droids are and added 2 more rows. So now it can hold 18 figs. I hope to get pictures in about 2 weeks. HTH -- kyle (URL)Ever since EP1 came (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ya mean like what is in the MTT? If so, I've done this. I hollowed out the space below the space where the droids are and added 2 more rows. So now it can hold 18 figs. I hope to get pictures in about 2 weeks. HTH -- kyle (URL)Ever since EP1 came (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) the (...) hmmm.... it's been my experience that when they don't show sets they're probably discontinuing them... A scary thought, maybe I should stock up on Snowspeeders... -Bryan (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I think I just filled out one of these cards from my new Droid Developer Kit. I didn't read it closely, but I don't remember any free gift. That would be nice thoa. :) Anyway, it was a large white form asking similar questions, I had to fold it in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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That is true. I had not thought about the metal bars, I was just thinking about the general shape. I thought someone was suggesting a 2x4-slope-from-2-dee...eep-on-top windshield as the back end of the canopy, and I thought that would be to steep (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Ever since EP1 came out, I've been plotting to build a droid rack. Has anyone tried this with any success? I've gone through about 20 designs, and I just can't get a sturdy, working system that even remotely resembles the movie. It doesn't help that (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I finally got my GIOANL Action Shop@Home catalog and was a little taken aback at the way they've distributed the SW sets throughout the pages of the cat. Anybody else notice this? Really annoying, and it took me a moment to realize that they've (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I just got my first S@H purchase today! Included was my 3340. Very nice little minifig pack. Another Maul never hurts (more wraiths for my CW Undead Army! Mwahaha!) Vader is cool too. But the real gem of this set is the "Unique Minifig", the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) I also filled out a Lego survey that I got in my Millenium Falcon a few months ago. I just got my gift a week ago and it is indeed a Lego Cowboy Keychain. It takes forever to arrive though. HTH> ---...--- "Live Long and Build"-Lego Spock (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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It's also at the lego website. NICK :^A (...) (URL). (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Here: (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No, it's a smaller and more basic pod. Instead of the energy beams being 4 trans orange Star Wars cannon, they are made from one or two trans orange 1x6 bricks. Anakin's pod uses yellow 1x8 for the flaps instead of the special part. There are (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Does the bucket build the typical Anakin pod? Does anyone have a picture of the bucket/what it makes? (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) sloped (...) Note if you will the metal bars in an oval in the front of the canopy. That would be best represented by the X-Wing canopy. ~Drew "Luke" Lawrence (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.starwars, Damian Garcia writes: today and WLYK when and what I receive... (...) I saw one of these survey cards in a Naboo Swamp set purchased last fall. It was mailed about six weeks ago but hasn't produced the 'free gift' yet. A keychain (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Actually, I think you have it backwards. The front of the Hog's canopy is sloped steeply from the nose to the top, and the back of the canopy slopes gently from the top of the canopy to the fuselage. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I found a comment card exactly like this one in an MTT I picked up last week, and it asks for customer input in a generic way. It was the typical "how many sets do you own" and "what themes do you like" sort of questions. One thing I found (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hi Carrie, You know, we still haven't seen the Falcon in CHicagoland yet. (at least where I frequnet) DOes this comment card ask for any customer input, or is just a census card? Greg -I really, really need a Wookie- Howell Four posts and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Carrie Whitcher" <ExitG@aol.com> wrote in message news:Fxpxr9.F24@lugnet.com... (...) My bet will be a cowboy keychain. I am one of many that filled out a survey card and received a keychain in return. It is not specific to the MF, but randomly (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi all, I haven't read the SW group so forgive me if this has already been brought to everyone's attention... In the Millenium Falcon set there is a survey card that can be filled out, asking for comments on lego set purchases, etc. Everyone who (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Then u could use lego to recreate warcraft 2 :) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) If you compare to a regular bucket with only bricks in it, then I'd agree with you, but with more special pieces than bricks, it's only fair to compare it to other Star Wars sets. In that regard it's a good value, (291 pcs for $25) although (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) nitpicking Gandalf was never made into a white wizzard, all Lego wizards are blue. (...) not (...) the (...) Wizzard (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Here (...) with (...) Well, you could do away with the standard minifig legs altoghter. This would probably open up some possibilities. Or you could put a brick between the torso and the legs to build the tail off from, making a tall lizard. I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Oh god. I hope LEGO has snapped up the rights to a Lord of the Rings franchise before those movies start rolling out. It'd be so cool to have orc armies and balrogs and the like with which to menace our castles. -- Jeff <jthompson@esker.com> (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi I just discovered speaking with the owner of the shop where I usually buy my lego that the set 3340, 3341, 3342, 3343, 7155, 7159 are not going to be sold on the Italian market. Anyone knows if these sets are on sales on some Europena market and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.it)
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Because of the earlier discussion about the original aircraft, the A-10, not the Lego version. (We were discussing the USAF's policy of camoflauge.) ~Drew "Luke" Lawrence (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Sheild, (...) very (...) Actually, I've been planning on using a Jar-Jar head to help me represent a Lizard-man type character. This comes from my plans to put my rpg group's TORG adventures online in Minifig form. Two of the characters are (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Some people unkindly say I'm not that bright, but... I'm sort of missing why this is in ***off-topic***.debate??? ++Lar Assistant Chief exorcizer (after Frank) of incorrectly set followups and general Lugnet nuisance extraordinare... (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm using my spares to make Jar Jar torture scenes... ;) hehe, I've got enough of them to make a complete set... The Jar Jar Inquisition... <G> -Bryan (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) though. (...) I am assuming that by 'low-sloped canopy' you mean the canopy that can be found on the X-Wing? The biggest problem with that is: A) The friction-attachment pieces on the back of the X-Wing's canopy B) The little midget-bumps that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks James! I guess the animators liked the blue hat notion because they gave him a blue cloak in the 1979 movie... which the board game was based on... The board game is fun... the colorful orcs are black, red, brown and yellow all at once. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Page 44, Grafton three book edition of The Lord Of The Rings (Part one); "An old man was driving it all alone. He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak anf a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrowss that stuck out (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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well, until he becomes Gandalf the White, that is ;) but that's just nitpicking .... -s (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Maybe use the star wars low-sloped canopy for the front half, and the Slave I steep-sloped canopy piece for the back half? It might be a little blocky, though. Hmmm -s (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.castle, Wesley Pauley writes: <snip> (...) Sorry, NTFH? Enlighten me, please. -Shiri XFUT .faq (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.faq)
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(...) >-Erik hmmm. I don't want to tell anyone how an orc should look. it's just that my ideal orc is like a Tolken and Warcraft/Dark Omen orc. would be cool to make one but i've strayed away from magic/elves/dwarves/dragons and stuff like that in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Uhoh, a Tolkien debate. I don't think the orc color is determined. They have been various colors in licensed artwork. Gandalf became blue thanks to the animated features, therefore Majisto looks like a copy, but remember he's "Gandalf the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That would work, and it has been done, but not for an A-10 Warthog. The model it was done on is Thad Jantzi's F-16 Fighting Falcon. (It would also work on most other aircraft in the USAF inventory - The F-15, the F-14, the F-5's front piece..) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Well you got a point. they were grey. based on my favorite games and stories featuring orcs i'd rather have em' green. Ogres good Idea! but i just really really despise the head on jar jar. The rest of the minifig is good in my opinion but i really (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) not (...) Why not make Tolkien hobbits too? They would be hard though at half the height of a normal human, we shouldn't use standard torsos and legs for these- any good ideas? (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Really? Where does it say that? I don't remember reading that. Is it in the Silmarillion? I haven't read that in a few years. I suppose it's time for a re-read. Just wondering.... ~Mark (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) How about an Oger or Goblin? (FYI the Original Orcs from Tolken's Lord of the Rings were grey. Lego's Wizzard Maejisto is a total copy of Tolken's Wizzard Gandalf.) -Lord Insanity (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Here (...) Is that better? This title is what I meant originally. I guess I was just too excited after making the Discovery that Knight Armor works with Jar-Jar heads. I already have a use for the Bulls as is. The silver eyes are the key to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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hmmm...mmm... Jar Jar as an orc? good idea. don't thikn it'd work for me though. I'm pretty firm on orcs being green, having much smaller ears, and not a gungan snout... i'm picky when it comesto orcs i guess.. though i think i may start using spare (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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