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Re: what's left for LEGO to make?
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:04:16 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eivind Lokken writes:
> TLC has made almost every small craft that can be made from the movies. What
> is left for them to do? They don't seem too keen on making scenery playsets,
> from what we have seen so far. It's a little early for speculations, but it
> just crossed my mind. I've seen a picture of a jawa sandcrawler, so that's
> possible. They're not going to be making star destroyers, cruisers or
> freighters!!! Maybe Jaba's sailbarge...?
> Just look at what they made last: droid escape and the battledroid carrier.
> Those are some really peripheral ships in the movies. I'm thinking that they
> are running out of ideas...
Yeah, I can think of at least one long thread on the issue already:
http://news.lugnet.com/starwars/?n=10156
Mostly they've run out of stuff, though, except for playsets of course, of
which they've done very few. A cantina scene, a couple death star scenes
(trash compactor, throne room, prison block, etc), some rebel base scenes,
jabba's palace, degobah, ewok villages, etc, would be quite welcome... but
vehicles are indeed running thin...
DaveE
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 | | Re: what's left for LEGO to make?
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| (...) attractions are clear: a chrome exterior, definitely Amidala, Ric Olie, and R2-D2; possibly Obi-Wan, Panaka, and R4-D5 (gotta get more use out of that mold. . .). This would be an entirely doable set as a scaled-down version (like the Falcon). (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: what's left for LEGO to make?
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| (...) I agree completely, my theory is that this fall we'll see maybe one or two playscenes or whatever from the classic trilogy just to tide us over until the Ep II stuff comes out in the spring. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: what's left for LEGO to make?
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| (...) There are at least three more ~$100 ships they could do from classic: the sandcrawler, the AT-AT and the blockade runner (off-scale? yes, sure, but then again, look at how off-scale the $35 shuttle is...). Possibly the sail barge too... Thing (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | what's left for LEGO to make?
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| TLC has made almost every small craft that can be made from the movies. What is left for them to do? They don't seem too keen on making scenery playsets, from what we have seen so far. It's a little early for speculations, but it just crossed my (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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