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Re: Millennium Falcon Christmas release rumor/Naboo Fighter
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 7 May 1999 15:07:40 GMT
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Steve Berry <steveb@codenet.net> wrote in message
news:005501be9894$cc034260$8245789e@s-berry...
> Gang,
>
> On RTL, someone has posted a rumor that a Millennium Falcon set will be
> released in time for Christmas. Has anyone seen this post or heard this
> rumor. Any ideas of where this might be coming from? Maybe it's some type
> of cruel joke!
>
> The Millennium Falcon set would be so cool, even if the ship itself is
> juniorized somewhat, at least we'd probably get Han Solo and Chewbacca
> minifigs! And, a Christmas-time release would make sense for what would
> probably be a higher-priced set.
>
> Regarding the Naboo Fighter, I'd like to echo what others have said, I love
> this set. I think the cockpit is very well done, something that wasn't the
> case for some of the other Star Wars sets. LEGO even replicated the tan
> leather head rest using tan bricks. The targeting computer slope brick is
> cool too. The only negatives -- the flimsy engines (easily fixed) and R2
> sits a bit too high.
And the stupid thing on the bottom--what were they thinking? This makes the
X-wing landing gear look elegant.
-John Van
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