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Subject:	Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars
Date:	Sun, 1 Nov 1998 06:43:50 GMT
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> > The biggest disappointment is the Space Port. It looks somewhat "town, > Jr-ish" to me. I am eagerly hoping to be wrong! > > Sarah Heacock Unfortunatelly, you seem to be right. Look at these ugly proportions between the shuttle body, wings and tail...:-( Selçuk

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		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
(...) I dunno. It's certainly a lot bigger than any Town Jr. vehicles I can think of. And while I agree that the wings are too small, that's a fairly typical flaw of lego aircraft -- and since it's Lego, that's not too hard to fix. I think the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
Looks like the back half of the shuttle is a light-and-sound element. If the shuttle was any shorted, it would not have any cargo space. (see my message in the "Thoughts on 1999 sets" thread). (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)

		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
I don't think it is the Space Shuttle. I think it is TLG's own design of a Reusable Aerospace Plane. There isn't an External Tank or Booster Rockets, so how can it be a Space Shuttle? Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)

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		Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
(...) I doubt it. Those 1 page ads NEVER have All the sets for a theme in them. Just some highlights (and if I remember, some current sets don't even appear on the product catalogs in their own sets.) (...) multi-colored parrot? It looks red to me! (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)

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