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Re: 7143 review
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:30:43 GMT
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Just got this one and built it. Here's one "problem" I haven't seen
mentioned: Where's the rest of the R2 unit!?!?!?! What good is a head
without the rest? That drops the whole "playability" of the set. Obi-Wan
can't land somewhere and head off with his trusty astromech droid on grand
adventures, unless he wants to carry the head. What the #%@$# were they
thinking?
I agree that the pieces seem "cheaper" lately. They just seem somehow
softer than my bricks from the '60s, '70s and '80s. When they snap
together, they don't click, they kind of thud. And lots of studs now have
molding ejector pin marks on them, obliterating the LEGO logo.
My 2 cents,
James Wilson,
Dallas, TX
In lugnet.starwars, Jason Spears writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, John R. Beck writes:
> > Picked up the set today at Meijer in Kalamazoo. Thanks to FBTB for the
> > info. It's cool enough I suppose. I like the pieces. The landing gears are
> > flimsy though. I do really like the cockpit glass. I'm at a crossroads
> > though with Lego. On the one hand I really like their Star Wars line and
> > upcoming spiderman and "horror" movie sets. They do their designs rather
> > well. Can't bash them for that. On the other hand more and more of the new
> > pieces are of considerably cheaper quality. You can hardly tell the
> > difference between lego and the rip off companies anymore. Why spend the
> > big bucks for cheap pieces? I can buy junk from mega blocks or whatever
> > their name is...
> >
> > Comments anyone?
>
> Um, sure. I agree the landing gear is flimsy. The green in the back of the
> set is ugly. The front nose seems too flat. The printing on the large curved
> slopes and the 2x4 45 slopes makes them pretty much useless (unless your
> motivated enough to brasso them). Obi-Wan is a great minifig, the hair, the
> torso, the head. Wait a sec... The head has stupid microphone and eye piece
> printing, making it useless in castle, and in any other situation where you
> don't want the minifig on the comm. The Dark Red color is neat, and getting
> more of that is good. Also the set has (at least from the top) a neat shape,
> and seams semi-swoshable. Abiet, the wings fall off really easily.
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> Overall, I think we will see a lot of these come clearance time.
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> -Jason
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> PS John, Have you thought about coming to a MichLUG meeting? We are having one
> this weekend in fact. The webpage has the details.
>
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> Jason Spears
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| (...) According to what I know about the movie the astromechs are built into the ships and all there is is the head. These are not traditional astromechs. I believe what they have is what you will see in the Movie. Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Um, sure. I agree the landing gear is flimsy. The green in the back of the set is ugly. The front nose seems too flat. The printing on the large curved slopes and the 2x4 45 slopes makes them pretty much useless (unless your motivated enough (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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