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FBTB.net posted pictures and information about LEGO's plans to celebrate Star Wars' 30th anniversary, including having five solid 14-karat gold C-3POs that people can win. (URL) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Four New 6208 B-Wing Alternate Models
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(...) Presumably because most of them are stealthy. ;-) (...) Thank you for the complements! There's not much to explain much about my building process (playing around until it looks right, basically), but if I was pressed to offer something, it's (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Four New 6208 B-Wing Alternate Models
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(...) Hi Jim, Seems these slipped in under the radar for me. Great work on the alts. They are all good builds and I wouldn't pick them as limited part builds if you hadn't told me. I have great admiration for people that can succesfully make (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Four New 6208 B-Wing Alternate Models
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(...) Thanks! You're right, those guns can be kind of conspicuous. I tried to mount them like cannons are mounted on real fighters: internally, with only the end of the barrel, if anything, protruding from the body. (...) Thanks again. Here is yet (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Four New 6208 B-Wing Alternate Models
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(...) These are fun builds, Jim. I especially like the first one for its angles and the fourth one overall. The placement of the star wars shooters in the hull works well to avoid the "I stuck a gun on here" quality that they usually convey. A (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Airlock Design
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Here's the (URL) redesigned airlock> that I've used in previous MOCs and will likely use in future works. (2 URLs) Previously used in the following MOCs; (3 URLs) AC (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Holy Cow!!! 10179 UCS Millenium Falcon on Shop @ Home
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(...) snip Oops! Things sure change within hours. Now you can pre-order it online. -Abner (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Holy Cow!!! 10179 UCS Millenium Falcon on Shop @ Home
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(...) Correct. They were never both on the Falcon at the same time, but they were both near the Falcon at the same time. This way if somebody wants to build a UCS scale Death Star hangar bay diorama, they will have both minifigs! ;) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Holy Cow!!! 10179 UCS Millenium Falcon on Shop @ Home
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Assuming that image is accurate, they have made a rather odd choice of minifigs for the set... Obi-Wan and Leia were never on the falcon at the same time. (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Holy Cow!!! 10179 UCS Millenium Falcon on Shop @ Home
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FYI: The LEGO UCS set #10179 will cost $499.99 USD for the US Market, and they (Shop at Home) are not taking pre-orders over the phone or online until next month. -Abner (18 years ago, 10-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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