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In lugnet.general, Jon Palmer writes:
> Man I love this time of year. :D
Yah, it's like Christmas in August :)
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> 4477: Looks like a mix of gray and white with dark gray wings. Good little
> set IMO.
No, I think the wings are light gray. You can see dark gray in the 1x3
inverted slope right above the pilot's head, and the wings are far lighter
than that. I think the angle makes them look a different color.
>
> 4478: Ok. This is where it gets REALLY cool. If you've seen the Incredible
> Cross Sections book for Episode 2 you know that the Geonosian fighter's gun
> and thruster are mounted on ball joints. I've tried to figure out how to do
> this in a small enough space...but now look!! Big ball joints!! WOW WOW
> WOW. What a useful part. That fighter is perfect. And is that burnt
> orange (rust) for the wings? Hope so.
>
> Also:
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> -Sand red battle droids.
> -Three of the new 6x6 solid dishes we saw in the ISD. Very cool. And
> someone pinch me...is that a 3x3 dish?! Or is it a 3x3 disc from technic
> sets?
My jaw dropped when I saw this. This set just looks too damn cool, even if
it is made of a lot of specialized pieces.
>
> 4479: Looks ok. Fits in with the other TIE Fighters. I'll wait for a
> clearance on this one. Maybe I can get it for $8 like the TIE-Fighter.
Too derivative for me. A big eh.
>
> 4482: I'm impressed. They seemed to have done this one nicely. 6
> superball joints! Great colors in this one. 8 medium blue tiles. Some dark
> red. I'd like to know how the front with the tran neon green is built.
I wonder if the hip joints are super ball joints too. This does look like a
great set, something that an AFOL would design (which is a compliment!)
Looks like the new 6x6 solid radar dish makes an appearance here too (as
well as the geonosian fighter)
The sides of the cockpit look like a 1x4x3 trans-green panel with a sticker
or printing on it and one of those 4x4 plates with only 1 row of studs for
the roof.
>
> 4484 through 4487:
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> GIMME. Man I hope these little guys are cheap. They look like candy. :-)
> That Snowspeeder and Jedi Starfighter are my favorites.
Adorable little things, and great stocking stuffers to boot :)
>
> Adventurers:
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> Great to see this theme still going. I love the new location. A bit
> juniorized (and I don't say that much) but still cool. I can already hear
> the Castle folks collectively turning over in bed with visions of that
> sword. :-)
That scimitar is absolutely gorgeous. And it's got a stud on the hilt so
you can make pikes out of it. Wow! I love the continuing Adventurers
series. It's not ancient Greece, but it's still quite nifty.
>
> Looks like a good year in my opinion.
Ditto. I also especially like the mini-creator stuff. Looks like this is
the year for the little guy.
I dunno about the design of the basketball sets though. The double-bending
minifig legs are sort of interesting (I wonder if they're spring-loaded?)
and we can finally answer that "will all the minifigs be yellow?" question.
I guess I ought to hold off on criticising it until I've had a chance to
play the game, though.
Adrian
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