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(...) You know, I've been trying to come up with a Mara Jade joke the whole time people have been dicsussing the Emperor's Hands, but I didn't think anyone else would get it. eric (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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In fact, this same part is present in the Bionicle sets. Look at the chest of Lewa, Kopaka, and Tahu, and the under-arm on Pohatu. "Todd Amacher" <atamacher@earthling.net> wrote in message news:G301vv.4t2@lugnet.com... (...) tell me (...) that (...) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Jedi Developer Kit "Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G32HB2.EJ@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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Given the great differences in set quality across the entire line of Star Wars Lego models, I don't see why there is such a big discussion over this particular set. Are we suggesting that the Technic stormtrooper is the only Star Wars set available (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Never mind, just took a look at the real thing and see that they are the same, strange! Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Scragg" <mnm@bigpond.net.au> To: <lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.technic@lugnet.com>; (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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Something that nobody seems to have brought up yet, what is the idea of having two different kneecaps? Martin (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) of (...) I know how you feel. Same here.. That brings up an interesting question, I wonder what people said when someone invented the wheel? "Oh no, not another specialised piece to handle... How to use that ugly thingy in my boat.." Are we (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) studs (...) My guess is that the top will open, since there are not many bricks right under it. If you look close enough, you'll see that the dark grey elements are 1x4x1 half thinwalls and these do not have studs on top. Therefore, the top (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Actually this is one thread I really hope LEGO and the designer(s) involved do read, or at least catch wind of. Although LEGO will never admit to a screw-up like this one they can at least file it away and say internally "you know those LUGNET (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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Well, you are not the only one. I think most of us who started with Technic for lots of yeasrs will feel this way... I do buy these sets though because I want to try to keep my technic collection complete... greetings (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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After close examination of the picture of these sets, I don't think they're too bad. I zoomed in real close on the Stormtroopers head, and zoomed out real far too, and the amazing thing is the more I looked at the pic, the more it looked like a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'll definitely admit that the person in the cockpit is a traditional smiley faced minifig... Might be a placeholder, might be an imperial guard. Does it really look black? I'd guess he's wearing dark gray, judging from the picture... But then (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Noticed him, (supposed to be Aldar Beedo, from the leaked list event some weeks ago) but figured out that it was just a waste of ABS like Sebulba from the podrace set, so ignored him. The other podracer parts also look familiar but I can't (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm not sure but I think you all three talking about the same dome (dome canopy of the vehicle 7312 that is). I agree with Tim, since the shining on it seems like it is not a regular smoke gar as we know from SW sets. I feels like chromed at (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Muwhahah..:-) I love it man! I've just finished the third book of the series (two weeks ago?) and this one really made my day..:-) Selçuk (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm assuming this figure looks like the naboo security guard from set #7124, only with different colors. Maybe black and red? Cool! (...) At most 1 but IMHO there isn't going to be any. The cockpit is only 4 studs wide and looks like is may be (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Hmm... Can we call it some kind of fetishism?..:-) Selçuk (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I don't think one exists yet... I'm currently spear-heading an effort to do the entire film in lego, but I'm working on getting a domain for it first as well as setting up guidelines for the creation and what not. My idea at the moment is to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Because the figure in the cockpit has a regular smiley, not the Emperor's head... it's visible enough to at least make that out. However, it's possible that the fig was simply in there when the shot was taken and they just figured that the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Lego could've made some smaller quarter spheres, in two different sizes with printing for the eyes and mouth, and laid those over the front of the Stormtrooper head... that would have given it a more "realistic look" while keeping the parts (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Tony, I've been using two or three (and on my new mech four) together to make hip and shoulder joints that can hold 6-7 pounds. I use the "clip" sockets and not the flat feet type ones. Oh and like John says if you're talking about the throw (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Did someone just turn up the "fun" knob? Imagine somewhere is a set designer, and a mischievous intern informs him of all the ways his model has been mocked... (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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heh heh... Who'll be the first to build Yoda out of the Statue of Liberty? Mindstorms Yoda: if there's a Droid Developer Kit and a Dark Side Developer Kit, what will they call this one? (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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watto is standing on a clear 1x2 brick... "Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G31J8M.K67@lugnet.com... (...) about (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Jorge Rodriguez" <rodriguez.136@osu.edu> wrote in message news:39f8d287.297489...net.com... (...) Good one! :-) Now there's a figure that I'd like to see. Too bad she doesn't appear in any of the movies. Oh well. -- later... Jer (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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hi, first post! Does anyone out there know where i could find a version of the first 10-15 mins of Star Wars Ep IV, the 1979 classic, re-done with lego people as the characters? Have surfed much ~ no joy, but was directed here for help...thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Maybe on of the extra hands is Mara Jade. (...) Jorge Rodríguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Josh Opotzner" <Josh120@aol.com> wrote in message news:G31vIw.A7v@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) I tried that as soon as the pics showed up, but most of the S@H reps haven't even seen what the sets look like yet, the prices are still not finalized (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Noticed it!!! I think it's the Emperor moving his arthritic hands so swiftly upward, what is is in fact an *afterimage* of his hand... oh wait, one hand is clad in black, the other typical Lego yellow... oy vey! (...) Maybe it's a Jedi mind (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Maybe they'll do a LEGO MindStorms motorized talking Yoda head! "Mmmmm, hep hep, hep hep. Luminous beings are we. Do, or do not. There is no try. Away put your weapon--I mean you no harm! Always buy more LEGO you must!" Master Yoda, you look (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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I'm pretty sure Jon meant the bubble/canopy on the little vehicle, not the "dome" faceplate on the fig. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Look out, Yoda is next. (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I don't want to start an argument, but it looks more like chrome to me. Tim (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) It looks to me like a kepi on his head. That would make 'Imperial Officer' the obvious suggestion. best LFB (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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I don't know if any1 else noticed it, but the emperor has four hands. Two black gloved and, and two yellow ones. Look closely at him in the shuttle/tie pic, and you'll see it. I dont remeber him having 4 hands in the movie...Any ideas as to this (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Of course, last year they couldn't even decide how to spell Boba Fett. Don't forget the "Includes Bobafet!" from this catalog (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I couldn't agree more!!! (...) Does Lucasfilm Licensing listen to complaints from fans? Maybe if enough people write and complain, they'll crack down on LEGO for making crap like this and it won't happen in 2002. (Well, I can dream, can't I?) (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I can't speak for Eric and I'm sure he'll answer anyway, but my $.02 is that I agree that probably no one could have done any better with current parts. But I also feel that just because that's true (assuming it is) doesn't mean that the set (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) And his head should pop off if you hit it. [BTW: Anyone else think the Technic C3PO looks like a monkey?] (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) LOL!!!! --Todd (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Hey, maybe Threepio will unfold and stand up at the push of a button. ;-) (...) Threepio should have a target on his chest. --Todd (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I think you shoot the smurf-alien people through them...? --Todd (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Yep, you're right about the cockpit fig not wearing a hood. In fact, if you look closely you can see that it is a classic smiley face (Palpatine's eyes are larger and his mouth is straight). Ken (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) -*-They hold weight for me...quite nicely in fact (...) -*-I have too! I use pnumatic hoses and cellophane to support the joints(I don't actually need it, if the hoses are tight enough.) I use two double sided ones joined together one on each (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Not only they showed him twice in the catalogue, even the box is actually wrong! (It shows nearly the same as the catalogue: two Bobas) TLC also does this a lot for the Belville and Scala line. They put a large picture of the actual set in the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) As a matter of fact I have. Furthermore, I build mecha that stand 8-9 in. tall over and over again (and mix and match joint combos often). Mark Sandlin and Ben Vaughn use those peices in their mecha on occasion too. Of course if youre (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) The auto-pilot? Jude (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) True, it was an overlay. It was the best I could do at work, however. IIRC there are other pictures from the Star Wars series as well... As for the different "collage" styles... Sure, the Boba picture is a more clear example of two combined (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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I'm positive that the Imperial Shuttle includes a fourth mini-fig to pilot. First, it couldn't be Palpatine; he is wearing the black hood piece. If you look closely at the picture, it's clear that the sides of the figs head arn't covered with (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I agree with you about C3P0 and the Stormtrooper, but I thought the EP1 droids were very cool, especially since the droids in the movie had some resemblance to Technic. :) And LEGO had never made 10" tall figures before (to my knowledge). (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ugh- more ball joints that won't hold any weight. Has anyone actually gotten a Throwawaybot to stand up after having played with it for 5 minutes? I found that the joints became about as floppy as a trailer hitch after even minimal use. -- (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Indeed, I'm glad they didn't mess it up like Boba Fett. I think it's quite the object many people dreamed of being produced after ep. 4 came out :) (...) I agree, but hey, don't we all need 20 TIE fighters anyway?:) (...) Hey! How would *you* (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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It wouldn't make sense to me. The royal guards aren't going to fly the ship. They just stand around and look intimidating. Besides, the emperor's so powerful he could probably fly the ship without touching the controls! Dave Lorbaat (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Granted, but... (...) I'm not so sure that this is altogether Lego's philosophy now-adays; judging by all the POOPS (even in the SW sets to an unsettling degree), Lego's doesn't seem to have a lot of confidence in using the creative building (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I admit that I am not an accomplished Technic builder by any means; I suppose that it is just a matter of preference on my part. I do think that the range of new connecting pieces is very useful and quite overdue. I just don't care much for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Judging by the volumes of Lucas-licensed plastic detritus (Jar-Jar pez dispenser, anyone?) that have been licensed, I'm not suprised that Lucas has allowed the Lego Cylon Soldier (I can't bring myself to acknowlege that it's supposed to be a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) [] Actually, my beef isn't that it doesn't look like a stormtrooper, or that it doesn't use beams, or that it's not a vehicle. It's that, as far as I can tell, it doesn't *do* anything. Technic, for me, has always been about building (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, heck, there was a real person in C-3PO as well, so I think we can be forgiven... (...) Yeah! I'll never forget when it finally dawned on me... it was an issue of Marvel's Star Wars title that made it fairly painfully clear. I don't (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'd be amazed if the toy-marketing-spin-off department of Lucasfilm had anything to do with the production process of EP2; Approving (or not) this kind of toy is presumably exactly what they're paid to do. ---...--- Mark Cogan (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think I was older before I figured out that there were real people in Stormtroopers... (Never mind the fact that Luke and Han get in the suits, obviously they just ripped the panels off the robots! Yeah, that's it...I was an idiot when I was (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I accept your point when it applies to some extreme examples of this, and I too sometimes find myself questioning the relevance of certain official lego models, but I do not see that this can be applied globally. Many of these parts (half (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I agree. As a rabid mecha fan, I look at those little ball-joint pieces and such and see a great array of mecha parts. I personally can't wait. (...) Ok, that's just weird ;) -Jeremiah- "Achitecture isn't about beauty of design or integration (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) fig (...) isn't {Boba Fett minifig standing in front of the Slave I model with Boba Fett in the Cockpit}, rather, it's {Boba Fett Minifig close up} overlayed on {Slave I with Boba Fett in the cockpit}. In other words, the larger Boba Fett (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Not true. Check out the pictures of Slave 1 from the 2000 catalog: (URL) in the cockpit, Boba on the ground... Besides, with earlier information indicating 3 minifigs, why not assume that the person in the cockpit is the emperor, thus avoiding (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) But the head of the R2-D2 is basically a quarter sphere, isn't it? Even with some printing on it, it is more generally useful than a Stormtrooper helmet would be. (...) I think it is a daring move from TLC to launch a set like this, which (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) More than a passing resemblance? It was a conscious effort to capitalise on SW's popularity. Production notes from the development of the series bear this out. Not that this is *necessarily* a bad thing, mind you. I actually kinda like BG (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah, I know BG bears more than a passing resemblance to SW, but the Cylons were a cool design anyway, and way better looking than that Technic abomination, IMHO ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Feh. And you call yourself a Star Wars fan. :D It's Aldar Beedo. Not only does it look like Aldar Beedo, but he's driving Aldar Beedo's pod. What took me looking through some reference material to make out is that the engines and pod behind (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well seeing they are in the middle of filming EP2 I would bet the resources devoted to this sort of things arn't quite what they were. Eric Kingsley (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, but there is not much to say, I can hardly make him out. Jude (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well I noticed him but he is really hard to make out. I assume you are talking about the driver of the Pod Racer. I personally don't recognize this racer off the top of my head so I have no idea who it is supposed to be. Eric Kingsley The New (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No I am just suggesting a helmet. They did the head for R2-D2 in the Droid Developers kit... I am not suggesting a bunch of new parts, just one or two so the head looks right. As for would it still be LEGO? of course it would because LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) If this year is like every other, we should see some of the sets before Christmas (at least, in the USA). eric (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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I'm surprised that no one here seems to have noticed/has anything to say about the second character in the Watto's Junkyard set. Am I the only one who noticed him? eric (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) My bet is cloaked Luke from the Luke/Han/Boba three-pack (3341). But, if not... eeeexccceelent SteveC (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) It doesn't matter if anyone out here could or couldn't do better. If LEGO couldn't do any better, they should have scrapped the model at the planning stage. It's an embarrassingly transparent attempt to slap something together, throw a Star (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) fig (...) Actually, did they not do that with the Soccer Kit? Although they did add a disclaimer. Jude (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That would be very cool if you are right. Do you know when they are due? Jason F. (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I agree that the hands in the cockpit are yellow, but I seriously doubt the fig is Palpatine. LEGO has *never* done that before (put "multiple" copies of a fig in a catalogue shot- unless they're generic figs that there are multiples of in a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I don't understand this. You said that you liked the minifig Stormtrooper, which is basically a new mold and some new printed parts (I suppose). And you would also like a the larger Technic Stormtrooper to have new molds to make it look more (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) OK thanks. Shows how much I visit Lugnet now a days. My bad. travis (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yes there has been a whole lot of discussion about this in another thread. BEN (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah, its been discussed already. It appears Lego tried to insert an overlay to change the hands to the correct color, but the overlay slipped down during the scanning process and wasn't caught. Jason F. (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Nah, I think it only comes with 3 and that is Palp in the cockpit(multitalented guy, eh). The red looks like flash flair. My picture looks like his hands are yellow in the cockpit. Just my opinion. Jason F. (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I hardly think so. The alternative would be to have new molds for the specific parts like the Stormtrooper helmet or hands or feet or... Do we want that? (I don't.) Another alternative would be to have large stickers or printed parts to make (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I dunno: seems like it'd be awfully drafty... Ran [Imagining a ring of minifig archers surrounding a Technic-walled castle, cackling "Haha! Baldur was right: it *is* just like shooting fish in a barrel!"] (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ahh but TLG's designers Arn't limited to the "currently available range of LEGO pieces". They can design new parts if needed. I think the main problem is the head and all that would have required is some sort of molded mask that looked like a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) I think thats probably as close as you are going to get to what happened. I have a feeling these will be on clearence in no time. (...) No thats saying something comming from you!!! (...) Agreed, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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Has any one else noticed what looks to be like 2 sets of hands for him in the shuttle set? It seems that he has black ones, but if you look close there appears to be a yellow set too. One attached to his "cane" and the other "floating" inside his (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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This isn't meant to be directed at anyone in particular, but given the currently available range of LEGO pieces that have been seen in Technic sets lately, could anyone out there have done better? TLG's designers did a reasonably good job, given (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) (URL) should work. That's a pretty slick rendering. It's too bad we don't see what the back end looks like yet... -Bryan (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I am really looking forward to this set, not as a set but as a parts pack. Its the only set to date that has the small decorative panels in white. It also has a number of other parts in white and some in black. Plus its the only set that has (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I completely agree. They are plain ugly and utterly disappointing. And I can't see any mechanical functions other than the stupid launching thing in the hands of trooper. They don't have even the elegance/close resemblance of the same series (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sorry to tell you this but your link is dead. Greetz, Jay Oh before I forget I made a povray of the shuttle (I don't know if I got it exactly right but it's close) here: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) C-3PO is the better of the two, but they're both pretty bad. I think the problem here is both sets were guys in suits, as opposed to last year's technic droids which were all cgi constructs. Plus, half the appeal of last year's droids was that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Anybody know about the big hoses in this picture: (URL) looks like some kind of new "pneumatic" system... I wonder what kind of things shoot through these... We're also getting some big purple radar dishes... yeee! And it'll be cool to make some (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually, if you look at the picture very closely it looks like just a standard smiley. I think the "markings" you're seeing are just an effect of lighting through the cockpit "glass." Besides, the Emporer would never pilot his own shuttle... (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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The first thing that came to mind: (URL) it'll be a warm day on Hoth that I buy one. --DaveL (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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