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Subject:	Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars
Date:	Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:09:37 GMT
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Selçuk wrote in message <363B1520.AD49CE44@nospam.superonline.com>... > Hey, it's not an A-wing, It's a Snow Speeder. For the B-wings, It should be > included to the first way of sets I think. Since the second way of sets • will be > featuring the new triology of old times (according to the press releases) • and > B-wing was not a part of the SW universe till Return of Jedi. Was the Snow Speeder a converted A-Wing? I thought I read somewhere that Snow Speeders were conversions of something. Jesse __________________________________________________________________ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! http://www.multicon.de/fun/legofaq.html Power-search in Deja News! http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml

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		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
No They are strictly different. When Snow speeders first appeared, there was no A-wing yet. Besides, Snow speeder is a "ground" vehicle, but A-wing is a star fighter. Actually, Snowspeeders has similarities with Y-wing fighters, since their cockpit (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
(...) I recall reading something about Snow Speeders being modified land speeders, able to handle the unusually harsh conditions of Hoth. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)

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		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
Hey, it's not an A-wing, It's a Snow Speeder. For the B-wings, It should be included to the first way of sets I think. Since the second way of sets will be featuring the new triology of old times (according to the press releases) and B-wing was not (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.starwars)

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