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According to an article at (URL) , the Ep1 sets have set a LEGO record for most sets sold for a theme launch in a one month period. Combined with the Ep4-6 sets, LEGO SW sets have sold over a million in 3 months. Pretty darn cool. Also, I think the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Eric Lind <ejlind@brain.uccs.edu> wrote in message news:FDJ69v.MAF@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) period. (...) Excellent! This can only encourage more of the high quality SW sets. If only the quality would spill over into the rest of the line... (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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D'oh! That's not in response to Eric's post, but to TLG. Of course these sets are selling well: 1. They have great designs. 2. They are tied to a blockbuster movie - everytime TPM is advertised on TV, print, radio - all SW toys are basically (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Macross! If only my dreams were reality. Pat J P.S. When I make my Sci-Fi blockbuster I'll give Lego the toy rights for 1 dollar (and a small percentage to paid in ABS)! (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually, I think Winnie the Pooh will be a big hit in the Duplo Market. My wife is certainly looking forward to the Pooh LEGO. (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I was a little bit grumpy when I posted. Winnie the Pooh will probably be great for the Duplo market. It may even double the sale of Duplo... because I doubt that Duplo sets have stellar sales levels. And it follows my previous points 2&4: everytime (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, I for one hope they figure out that part of the success of these sets is how well-designed they are. Almost no other liscence is going to generate the kind of sales Star Wars is... and I really do hope they *don't* start liscencing out (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I agree. I hope LEGO doesn't start creating movie themed LEGO. I am very happy with my Star Wars LEGO, but creating movie themed LEGO is not really in the spirit of LEGO. Instead of chasing down cultural icons to copy I hope LEGO will put the same (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Speaking of Babylon 5, has anyone else tried to make a Starfury out of Lego? I'm in the process now, but damn it's hard! I also made a Londo and G'Kar mini-fig. I'll try to post them, altho I might make some purists mad because I actually cut (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) This same topic came up over in rec.toys.lego. In respose I created a temporary page with some pictures of my first attempt at a Starfury. It's appropriate that the discussion is in lugnet.starwars since my version is built basically from the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Brett Carver <brett@sr.hp.com> wrote in message news:377041DC.6920@sr.hp.com... (...) Quite nice, especially the use of the canopy. How many parts did you need to use that were not from the two SW sets? If only a few, you might consider a version (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I know there is a webpage with a Ldraw Starfury, but I don't remember where. I may have the dat file at home though. I think the page had a couple other mechs, including a Destroid from Robotech. Jeff (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The entire grapple is Technic based so in extra. Other than that, I think it was just a few basic plates and bricks. (...) My next version will be a serious attempt to build it using parts from only those two SW sets. If I do next extra parts, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I have a few scans of the Londo & G'Kar minifigs up on a temp web page. Peter (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hey, that's pretty cool, if your not a purist(I'm not). How about doing Dagwood from SeaQuest :) Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) web page. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) can't say I am a hugh Babylon 5 fan but I know enough that I would have recognized them as being Londo and G'Kar. I am not a big fan of Lego Mutalation either but I think you have done a great job of it. Eric Eric's Unofficial Star Wars Lego (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I (...) That's my attempt at: (URL) (1) - or - (URL) (2) Brett's is very good -- looks like a lot of playability in that one! Cheers, - jsproat 1. Ready to go away 2. Ready to stay. :-, (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) with your wing assembly -- as seen from the back -- very clever. Like I said before, it looks like it's got a *lot* of playability! A couple of requests / comments: a: Can you put it in a more permanant area? Possibly with updates as they (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Thanks. (...) I plan to. I'm working on a larger site for the "Robotics Vehicle Lab". It's primary focus will be on Mindstorms, but will have other stuff (like the Starfury). And, yes, I do have updates planned. (...) True. But I have seen (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Brett Carver wrote:> (...) I just made an attempt at a Narn Fighter using pieces from pretty much the same sets. You can see it at: (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Nice minifig scale Frazi-class fighter. I think the Minbari ships will be the hardest to make in Lego... and the Shadows... and the Vorlons... geez, Babylon 5 isn't very Lego friendly. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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