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"WOW! WA-HOW! All I can say is WOW!"
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:37:44 GMT
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Hey all,
Just upon visual inspection I must say that I think the RBR will go down in
history as the greatest Lego set ever made available to the public. The
scale (it's HUGE!), proportions (correct for once concerning this particular
ship design. The electronic toy has ridiculously inflated engines!), and
the color scheme all work for me. I cannot WAIT to see the all parts in a
larger picture. My christmas list is done.
As far as the color scheme, I'm happy with white and dark red. Check out
this photo of a page from "ILM: The Art of Special Effects" with George
surrounded by models of most of the ships from the films.
http://home.earthlink.net/~xenobuzz/MyLegoCreations/georgeandmodels.htm
Though the so-so picture quality makes the colors look darker, the majority
of the models are very light gray with lots of aging and wear added in
darker grays and blacks. It would be great if TLG would make light gray
more available, but I'm always happy to get more white because a lot of my
collection is yellowed or dirty.
Funny thing is, when the first toys came out I hated the fact that not only
had they made the X-Wing's fuselage bloated (in order to fit in the equally
poorly-designed non-posable "action figure"), but they cast it in white! In
the films, the ships clearly appear light grey and being an obsessive model
builder at the time, these inconsistencies really annoyed me.
BTW, I think the Darth Maul bust is just that. Where the heck are the
sloped pieces?!
Still, it's gonna be a great xmas!
Dave
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