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Re: size of Lego MF revisited
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Date: 
Tue, 11 May 1999 17:18:12 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Ben Fleskes writes:

> [2] Common Star Wars folklore includes the story of how George Lucas was not
> happy with the initial concepts of the Millennium Falcon as they looked to
> Space 1999ish.  He finally held up the hamburger he was eating and told his
> model builders to build a model that looked like it.  Hence the Flying
> Hamburger/Saucer concept.

Hehe.. That's funny. But it's also weird. I remember a friend of mine, who has
talent for drawing, seriously depicting the MF some years ago, and I thought
his picture of it looked like a hamburger and had to ask him what it was. That
little situation has been something I have never quite managed to forget.

Good little anecdote. Thanks for posting it!

-Tom McD.
when replying, hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, yucky spamcake. will upset
us.



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  Re: size of Lego MF revisited
 
(...) It seems that common items are often inspiration for SW ships' appearances or sounds--the MF's engine sound eluded Lucas and Co. until they were staying in a no-tell motel one night and the air conditioner malfunctioned--making the perfect (...) (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  size of Lego MF revisited
 
As if this hasn't been hashed enough already, here is some more info for everyone. Given you are tyring to build a Lego Millennium Falcon in 'minifig' scale. And given that the Lego Y-wing and X-wing are minifig scale, here are a few numbers Length (...) (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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