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Re: Who else wants an AT-AT?
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Date: 
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:35:18 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, David Eaton writes:
In lugnet.starwars, Mychal Zimny writes:
I've seen a lot of really good MOC AT-ATs on the web and I really think Lego
could do this if they wanted to.  By my estimation, to be minifig scale, it
would have to be about 40 studs tall.

As I recall the AT-AT that Kenner put out was roughly 30
feet tall in their figure size, and it wasn't all that bad, really. • ...

DaveE

I remember wanting to kill for that AT-AT when I was a kid.  Anyway, if LEGO
put out an AT-AT in a big box (size of UCS/Millenium Falcon) I'd buy one (or
two, even).

-Zak

PS - I heard a rumor that LEGO.com was eventually going to have a "build
your own set, buy those pieces" option ... how feasible is this?  That would
rule for the best MOCs.  Of course, if the MOCs are TOO good, LEGO may be in
trouble as far as toy store sales goes ...



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  Re: Who else wants an AT-AT?
 
(...) I think that the general consensus we all reached was that LEGO will most likely offer that service based on a limited number and type of parts. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Who else wants an AT-AT?
 
(...) Actually, going by the movies, an AT-AT's about 75 feet tall, which translates to about 525 mm in minifig scale which is about 65 studs tall... But 40 studs would about work for the often reported 50-feet height of the AT-AT, though... (...) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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