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| | | I was just thinking about the SW sets we've seen so far from the Classic Trilogy, and I was realising that TLC is almost out of major vehicles! Forget speculation about what they *might* do next, what's left to do? *TIE Interceptor *TIE Bomber I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) <some snippage> (...) I think they could do it. It wouldn't be to scale, but I think it could at least have a cockpit area and a place below for some droids. They could use the tread thingys from the Arctic sets. (...) Could be. (...) Hmmm... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) As soon as I saw this, I remember that "primitive" on a .jpg from Mania Magazine--someone posted it here, don't have the cite atm--but it was rather nifty, and possibly do-able as a $100-class set (or shrinkable to the $50-70 range). And I can (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Ken Dowd
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| | | | | | | (...) <lottsa snippage> (...) Is this the same thing as the Imperial Landing Craft that is seen for about 3 seconds during the Stormtrooper/Dewback desert patrol scene in New Hope? It would make a great vehicle for including lots of stormtroopers (1 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Scot Jandly
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| | | | | | | <MUCH SNIPPAGE> (...) Yea, But i'd expect a TIE-I is much more likely over a TIE-B. The cockpit "ball" (i use the term loosely) wouldn't function with the TIE-B, because it has the elongated double hull. Also, in response all the T-16 comments. i (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Heightwise, replacing a minifig's legs with a 1x2 brick results in something that could be an Ewok or Jawa (yah, I realize Jawas are actually smaller than Ewoks). Using a couple of 1x2 plates in place of the 1x2 brick gives something that (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Tom Boucher
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| | | | | | | "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:ehv93tsbs5ihd10...4ax.com... (...) I know some Star Wars fans cringe when they see / hear an Ewok mentioned but I was slightly disappointed when I saw the 2k1 catalog and the AT-ST only (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Timothy Carl Buchheim
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| | | | | | | | (...) no. Timmy from Time Cruisers was a normal minifig. All minifigs are the same size. (although you can make a short minifig by using a 1x2 brick (or plates) instead of legs. (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jonathan Little
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| | | | | | (...) As nice as it would be to see Yoda, Jawa, and Ewoks that are smaller than the rest of the minifigs, Lego,sadly, isn't going to do it. Anybody who has one of the new Watto minifigs will realize that. They used the same body piece that they used (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | | (...) If it's between getting a Yoda minifig that's as big as the rest and getting a single piece Yoda (like Sebulba) I'll take the Yoda minifig... But I for one hope that Lego realizes how important it is for Yoda, the Jawas, and the Ewoks to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) There's a good way to make a Yoda with a standard torso, and other standard LEGO pieces, but it requires having them in colors that I don't own. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm glad they haven't released Yoda yet, and hope they make (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Chris Gordon
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| | | | | ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> Newsgroups: lugnet.starwars Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: What's Left? (Classic) (...) Forget (...) Never know, maybe an twin Imperial pack? (...) They could (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —James Simpson
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| | | | | | (...) IIRC, the vehicle in the garage was the Lars family speeder. I believe that the only time the skyhopper appeared was as the model that Luke wooshed around in the garage just before C3-P0 told him that he and R-2 had been been through a lot, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) While you are correct about the Lars landspeeder, the rear engine of the T-16 is visible through the doorway in the background past where 3p0 gets his oil bath. Pretty obscure, but there it is. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) I suppose, just to sate my own ego, I should point out that I actually do *know* that the T-16 is visible in the movie, and that Luke plays with the model. In fact, I could probably even point out that the model Luke plays with was originally (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Aaron West
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| | | | | | (...) Not to beat a dead Bantha, but it was seen flying in the movie. The recent theater re-releases had T-16s flying above Mos Eisly (sp?) in addition to other craft (Dash Rendar's Outrider was briefly seen shooting across the sky as well.). Sure (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Ken Dowd
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) IIRC it can be seen at the very end of ROTJ Special Edition. They cut away from the Ewok village celebration scene to show celebrations on other planets, and on Tatooine there is a T-16 that flys over Mos Eisley. Ken (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | (...) <snips all along> (...) I imagine we'll at least see a play set... the Jawas are highly recognizable. (...) Actually it did appear (very briefly) in the first film. It never appeared in flight, but it was in there. (...) We can hope for (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Adam Murtha
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| | | | | Personally, I don't think they'll do the TIE interceptor, but I think they should do a TIE bomber. That would be sweet. Sandcrawler? I don't think so. AT-AT...I hope so, I really hope so. And I hope they make it HUGE. Not like the wimpy AT-ST they (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Sun Yun
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| | | | | In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes: trimming . . . (...) Big? I can only hope. I have a bad feeling this would be seriously juniorized. Probably just a tad bigger than the droid transport so you can hold a couple driods and jawas. They'll (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) I dunno...most of *my* most anticipated sets came out in the first batch, and I don't think they dropped the ball there. I thought the X-wing was very good, and the Snowspeeder was nothing short of excellent. (...) I'd certainly go for it. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Sun Yun
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| | | | | | (...) I'm in total agreement, I love the first batch stuff. Those sets are what brought me out of my "dark ages". Lego definitely did a great job with them. But as I look at some of the more recent sets such as the AT-ST, driod escape, Falcon etc. I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —James Simpson
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| | | | | | (...) A few thoughts on the historic quality of the SW line: IMHO, the first round of '99 sets were really fantastic. The May '99 Ep1 sets were darn good (well, the pods were pretty good anyway. I guess I'm just an old-school Classics fan.) The (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) I actually wonder if there are different designers working on these SW sets. As for my guess on where the designers of the older SW sets went? Life on Mars, arguably the best LEGO theme for 2001... (...) I dunno, the podracer sets tend to have (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Tom Boucher
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| | | | | | "Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3A382DE3.8EC4D5...one.net... (...) sets. As (...) Mars, (...) I highly agree on this. I am very impressed with the three sets I"ve picked up already. It's just amazing. I love the idea for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Bradley Dale
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| | | | | (...) They did do that in Mindstorms. They could certainly exclude the expensive computer technology and make it LEGO System snowspeeder scale at the same price. (...) Am I the only one who wants TLC to make a big TECHNIC Dewback? We are getting a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) I don't know if this means anything, but some of the initial release sets are being marked 'D' on the Wal-Mart shelves. I think this means they're discontinued, as several other sets that I know are on the way out are also marked with a 'D'. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Mike Timm
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| | | | | | (...) It could very well be that Walmart is just not carrying them anyone, either not until next fall or perhaps never again. This tends to be somewhat common as many retailers change what they carry for each season. Mike (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Travis Yanke
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| | | | | (...) I too was thinking of this the other day. There really isn't much left to do besides playset type sets for the Classic Trilogy. Since the license runs til 2007 I was thinking TLC will start concentrating on EpI, EpII, and finally EpIII (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jason Fabisch
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| | | | | (...) I feel the only way to extend the SW line to 2007 is to make these two sets available. No way around it. They will make them to keep the Tie Pilot Helmet mold profitable. (...) We've seen it back when they showed the prototype of the UCS (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Josh Opotzner
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| | | | | | (...) Ah...I don't know about that. The TIE pilot mold is the same as the Stormtroopers. I'm sure the'll have plenty of places to put them in. I still think we'll get these two TIES, though...it seems obvious what TLC is doing. If they have the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Aaron West
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| | | | | (...) I realise that this is a film based list, but it is certainly possible that TLC will pursue the Expanded Universe of Star Wars if it continues to be profitable (it MAY have been there in the film stuff, like that droid transport thing-where (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Chris Gordon
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| | | | | | | <snip> (...) that (...) series, (...) time (...) that (...) I wouldn't be surprised if they did sets from Shadows Of The Empire, because almost everyone played the game, read the book, or the comics, its practically a movie! Jedi Knight sets would (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | | (...) The "concept" for Shadows of the Empire was that it would be equivalent to the other three movies in every way, *except* that there would be no movie. Hence, you have a novel, comics, toys, even a soundtrack album. (...) Well, like anything (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Greg Majewski
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| | | | | | | | (...) I pose my first question here: What is Shadows of the Empire? Never heard of it. So I guess I don't count as "almost everyone." I consider myself a casual Star Wars fan and I know a good bit about the series. But I think that TLC would not go (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | (...) offically licensed novel published by Bantam Books, therfore is considered canon material by Lucasfilm/Lucasarts. It is definately one of the better expansion books. The major character is an Imperial sympathizer/crimelord and "freind" of the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Chris Gordon
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| | | | | | | | Plus, the game was one of the better N64 games out there! (Its available for the PC too) ---...--- cg-88@home.com ---...--- IG-88 was nothing! CG-88 is all-powerful!!! Mike Petrucelli <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Mychal Zimny
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| | | | | | (...) Forget (...) remotely (...) I think we must consider that in 2002 EP II will be released and TLC will probably focus on that first and foremost. Personally, I think the AT-AT is the most recognizable vehicle but it's just too big to be (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) That's a good point. A REALLY good point. I don't remember seeing the Battle Droid Transport in Ep I...at all. Ever. Where was it? I figured the MTTs were about it. best Lindsay (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jay Cal
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| | | | | | (...) The Carrier can be seen when the battle droid commander on naboo talks to the nemoidians (sp?) through the holographic communication device. The carrier can be seen for about 2 seconds so keep your hand on that "pause" button. Greetz, Jay (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) Good Lord is that obscure! At that rate, I expect to see a Gian Speeder, a Coruscant Taxi, and myriad other barely-seen items... best LFB (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Tim Saupé
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| | | | | | | It can also be seen when the Trade Federation Army is advancing across the plains of Naboo towards the capital of Theed. (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Jay Cal
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| | | | | | (...) Gian Speeder? Coruscant Taxi? (URL) there, done that.... LOL Greetz, Jay (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: What's Left? (Classic) —Alfred Speredelozzi
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| | | | (...) <snip> (...) remotely (...) I have to agree with one of the other posts. Your idea that the large SW ships are too big for Lego to bother could be wrong. Someone had a really good idea about the Tantive IV being made into a set. Ok. Well, I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.dear-lego)
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