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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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