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Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 2 Oct 2001 03:05:14 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > Could someone explain to me how a mostly grey ship with red engines becomes a
> > mostly white model with orange engines? Don't get me wrong I think that is • one
> > of the best Lego sets ever. As a RBR it is kind of gaff due to the
> > color scheme though.
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> I'm with LFB on the Red-vs-Orange.
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> As for Gray-vs-White, I think the RBR is a white spaceship that got dirty.
> But Lego models don't do very well 'dirty', so they modeled a pristine ship.
Well in the movie for whatever reason it is grey. How does a ship get 'dirty'
in space? Magnetic space dust?
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> Then again, I was ticked off when TLC released a *gray* X-Wing. Since I
> knew that X-Wings were white ships that were worn and dirty in the movies...
Well the way I look at it, they were grey in the movies therefore they should
be grey in the model.
Like I stated I think the model is one of the best Lego sets ever, but the
color scheme bugs me. It should also be noted that they are advertising it
specificaly as the Rebel Blockade Runner, not as a Correllian Corvette.
Therefore the whole pristine new ship makes no sense as the RBR was obviously
not such.
-Mike Petrucelli
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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| (...) Yeah I agree - the model is simply stunning. I would've never imagined Lego to sell such a detailed model to the public. But the color is affecting my decision... Since it's white, I'm *planning* on buying one. If it was grey, I'd *definitely* (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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| (...) Maybe orange is cheaper? I don't know, but I guess it doesn't bother me so much. (...) Well in the case of the RBR maybe they flew thru a meterior storm. And in the case of the X-Wings, they can go astomospheric, so all sorts of alien dust (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Pics up for the RBR and Maul at S@H
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| (...) I'm with LFB on the Red-vs-Orange. As for Gray-vs-White, I think the RBR is a white spaceship that got dirty. But Lego models don't do very well 'dirty', so they modeled a pristine ship. Then again, I was ticked off when TLC released a *gray* (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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