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Re: star destroyer?
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lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars
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Date: 
Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:12:57 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
David Eaton wrote:
(Is it just me or are SW scales just plain dumb? I mean a 5 mile long starship?
Why? A 100 mile diameter battlestation? The super laser doesn't need THAT much
of a surrounding platform. It's got more than a hundred million square miles of
floorspace in it! WHO NEEDS ALL THAT?

Well, if *I* were Emperor, I'd need that space just to fit my Lego
collection.  Well, it wouldn't all be for Lego, but I would need a logistics
base for the Lego-bearers, modelling slave droids, collection
administrators, piece acquisition officers, etc.  ;-)

Cheers,
- jsproat

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--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
He stands...like some sort of...PAGAN GOD or DEPOSED TYRANT.  Staring out
over the city he's sworn to...to stare out over...  And it's evident...just
by looking at him...that he's got some PRETTY HEAVY THINGS ON HIS MIND.
- Ben Edlund, 1996



Message has 5 Replies:
  Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) Ah yes, that's right. That would allow for enough room to fit my minifig scale super star destroyer! Dave (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
 
lol Sproat, consider this: Would it be less satisfying to play with Lego in the Holodeck than in real life? Is there something to actually possessing the material brick? An interesting question which for me actually has its roots in ldraw. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
  Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) Now, couple that with a replicator. :) "Computer, I want 200 2x2x3 corner slopes. Green" :) (...) Or you could load every castle set ever made and make a dozen kingdoms at war! :) (...) No, no, no. Ya got it wrong. Its "Computer: four million (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) That is a *GREAT* fantasy. I know exactly what I would do with it: "Computer: Load CLSOTW site #1, then proceed through the CLSOTW list incrementally whenever I say 'next'. Increase scale to human. Then tell the Captain I'm busy." (: James (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) Only if the computer will violate patent, copyright, and other intellectual property laws. :( (...) Just wear thick shoes -- those studded decks can *hurt*! :) Steve -- More tiles! I must have more tiles! (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) Well, here in America bigger *is* better, and so I guess Lucas naturally fell into that trap trying to sell tickets;-) [1] (...) LOL And think of the amount of Mop N'Glow you'd need;-) (...) I agree. ST:TNG et al have thought through life in (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)

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