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Re: what's left for LEGO to make?
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Thu, 1 Feb 2001 17:30:35 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Mr L F Braun wrote:
> Regarding the maligned 7111, I have about 20 of those things.
See the inventory at <http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/7111>, btw.
There are about 5 pieces in this set that could be considered less than
wonderful. OK, 9 pieces, if you don't care for the four 1x4 dark gray
tiles printed with circuitry. So this set has about 55 brown,tan, and dark
gray plates, tiles, slopes, click-hinges and bricks. At the proper price,
what's to complain about?
At $6.75, they're sadly overpriced. At $5.00 (that's slightly less than
$.10 per piece), they're a reasonable price. At discounts, they're
awesome. :)
> The only parts that make my jaw clench are the
> Brown Unuseful Sloping Bits, which are only really unuseful
> until one realises that they match up with the 6x8 ex-low-slope
> roof bricks. Then they're *much* more interesting. (However
> 80 of them is still overkill--can't quite get around *that* yet.)
Plus, I haven't seen a 6x8 low slope in brown yet. :(
> Oh, and the 4x4 multi-slope with the Droid Fighter Head print--
> that's kind of annoying, too, but you *can* make them into
> fairing pieces (like X-wing noses, another thing I'm inundated
> with).
They're also good for building flatworms -- just pop them onto a 2x12
plate, or maybe a tapered wing
<http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=2413>. :) But how many
planaria do you really need?
The printing is also good for showing small slots/slits, like for hidden
weapons.
> But US$3 is as much as I'd ever spend for the set. I got most
> of mine at $1.50 or less, at which they're a stunningly good
> deal. At a half dollar each I'd take all I can get. (And I did.)
Geez, me too (but I didn't get the chance).
Steve
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| I just got done sorting 50 of them. I love it, but there's a mighty heap of useless things after the plates and such. Maybe something good will come from fiddling with all those 200 brown banana slopes. My source had 200+ copies from a Kmart. (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Disposable as a paper cup? I wonder what a Dixie dispenser for *those* would look like. Anyways, I could see a UCS-ish Droid Fighter, given the very good observation Matt made. However, I couldn't see it as an actual UCS set--its level of (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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