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Same story here, just got back from TRU an picked up the Duel, Droid Fighter, Gungan Sub, Naboo Fighter and the large Pod Racer set. The manager knew nothing about the Sith fighter and Anakin's Pod racer sets...very, very crowded though. (...) -- (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Just got back from my midnight foray from TRU and only came up w/ Pod Race, Sub, Duel, and Droid Fighter. The manager said that was all they had. Went by Walmart right afterwards, and they had the action figures out but no Lego. (...) seen (...) a (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I'm a little bit longer than just got back from TRU (I just finished building the Droid Fighter...) My TRU (Cary NC) had the Duel, Droid Fighter, Gungan Sub, Naboo Fighter, and the Pod Racer Set (missing the Sith Fighter and Anakin's Pod Racer). (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hmmm I'm sensing a pattern. I, too, just returned from 2 different TRUs (Bloomington and Burnsville) and found no Anakin's Pod racers, and only 1 Sith fighter (which Larry P quickly snatched up:-/) Most were there for the <shudder> non-Lego stuff (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Yes, it was crazy. At the Ann Arbor TRU, there must have been 200 people. Fortunately, the Lego's were located right next to the entrance aisle, so I was out of there by 12:26AM, but I somehow forgot to get the sub set. UGH! I did get the duel, the (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I just got the Naboo swamp set at Target...very picked over Star Wars lego collection in their own Star Wars section. I did not see that the Naboo Swamp set had tranparent blue "guns" from the x-wing and snowspeeder set. man those are going to look (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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OK, I guess the question then is, has ANYONE seen Anakin's pod racer or bought it? Since I got two copies of all the others (except Naboo Swamp, if there is such a thing, same question, has anyone bought it?) I have the contents of that set via Mos (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I picked up Anakin's Pod (and the rest of the sets except mos espa) on Saturday at a small local store. It's a nice set, and I like having another R2. I still need to find a mos espa set somewhere. Mike Z. Larry Pieniazek wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I have a Naboo Swamp set. But, I got it at a Target that had made a "mistake" last week. Mike Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <372DBF69.2A281285@v...er.net>... (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The Naboo fighter has the R2. Anakins pod racer has a pit droid. (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I saw it, but bought Mos Espa Pod Race instead. I'll probably pick one up in a few minutes, if my local TRU has stuff. My wife wants more of Padme's hair. :) (...) Yup, it exists. I've picked up a couple for the parts (clear 4x4 radar (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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My impression was that TRU had the Gungan Sub, and Wal-Mart had the Sith Infiltrator. As for Anakin's Pod, it is possible that the set is meant to be sold in areas and stores which don't carry the Pod Race set. I know that often the larger sets (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I only bought one of those (I'm short on money these week, poor me (ack! Pun not intended! Don't shoot me!). But I can see buying a lot more, just for the brown plates, and those groovy brown wedges. And there were plenty on the shelves at the (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I may be mistaken but I believe that this is actually Minifig scale. It is a robot and does not have a crew and therefore I believe it is Minifig scale. Someone please reply if I am wrong. Eric (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Are those radar dishes really clear or are they trans-blue? They look somewhat blueish on the box. How many are there? (I'm thinking of them as the first possibly usable large-vehicle - e.g. 8880 scale - round headlights...) Do they have a (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Hey Lar, I went to Target Southdale this morning and they had all of the sets, including the Naboo swamp which we also didn't find at TRU. Also, LIC had it all, but only about 20 or so Naboo swamps (minus my two;-) (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.general, Gregor Benedikt Rochow writes: <snip> (...) They are plain clear, with solid center studs. -Joel (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) They're solid-centre, absolutely clear transparent dishes. The blaster things are totally clear too--logical, since they're to serve as invisible supports for the STAPs. Two staps = two dishes and two blaster guns. LFB. (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll reply anyhow--you're 100% right; look at the "non-Lego" droid fighters in relation to the rest of the 3.75"-scale action vehicles and the scale is the same. They come in threes from Kenner, they're so small, with a little "frame" (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Definitely clear. They have a solid stud. Mike (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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My local Target had both Anakin's Podracer and the Mos Espa Podrace set. Mike Robert Brunskill wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hmmm that must be the lighting on the box, because mine are completely clear, though if you've opened it, you already know by now. Tamy (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Look in the second trailer, right after (well, durring, sort of) the first Darth Maul shot. There's a short reaction shot with several battle droids and some large, four-legged machines. Those large machines are the droid fighters, I believe. (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Oh yeah, the box got me but they are even better in clear. I already tried some fiber optic effects. they look cool... Rich -----Original Message----- From: Mookie [mailto:Mookie@execpc.com] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 6:24 PM To: (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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It is minifig scale: the ship itself is the 'droid'. (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think they're only about 15-20 feet tall though -- about the height of a small tree. BTW, the new Ep1 cross-sections book is out, and it is amazing! --Todd (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I saw it in the store -- it looked really good. Steve (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You're all right. The Droid Fighter is minifig scale. I watched the above-mentioned video clip a bit more. There's another brief shot off the Droid Fighter in action, near the end of the trailer. Interesting to compare the scenes from the (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) email me if you figure out how. I was looking into it but got stumped. Jason (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm thinking to use some of the corner-hinged plates (see (URL) and (URL) for examples) to connect the legs to the main body. If this is set up right, the front legs will be shorter from the hinge to the foot-point than the back legs, so the (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Probably because that's the closest they could get to the color they were in the movie. Looking at the trailers, many of the larger and/or battle droids appear to be a "rusty brown" color. The STABs are brown also and they were a similar color to (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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