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Re: What's missing here?
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:38:34 GMT
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Have faith in the force young jedi. Obscure mini-figs like Biggs in the X-wing
are a sure sign of much more to come.
In lugnet.starwars, Chris Spencer writes:
> OK, Lego Star Wars is a great idea, although I have a few questions...
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> First, why two different R2 units and no Threepio?
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> Why so few sets for Eps. IV and V, two total?
> -----No walkers, ST-AT/AT-AT?
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> How come there's no horse/dragon like creature for a Tantum on Hoth?
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> What about an A-Wing or B-Wing models? Although John Van did demonstrate the
> effects of the creative ingenuity of a dedicated fan (nice B-Wing).
> Personally, I'd like to see a B-Wing over a Y-Wing any day.
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> And where are the uniform foot-soldiers of the Empire in the good 'ol white
> and black? TLG sells Rebel foot-soldiers for their one Hoth set, and even a
> maintenance guy for the X-Wing, but only the rarely viewed Jungle soldiers in
> EP. VI? Do I sense a little prejudice here? After all, what did the Empire
> ever do to lego;)
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| (...) Nah. It just means the marketers figured they would increase the appeal of the sets by using actual character-names, rather than 'generic rebel pilot'. Steve (26 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | What's missing here?
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| OK, Lego Star Wars is a great idea, although I have a few questions... First, why two different R2 units and no Threepio? Why so few sets for Eps. IV and V, two total? -----No walkers, ST-AT/AT-AT? How come there's no horse/dragon like creature for (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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