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Subject: 
Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:30:11 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Frank Filz writes:
Todd Lehman wrote:


And to twist back to the underground theme... I just read the lasted
Mania magazine last night, and was a little disapointed to see pictures
of caves used in an article about mining crystals. I will need to send a
letter to the editor. Caves are an extremely sensitive environment, and
should not be mined (besides, most of the cave formations lose most of
their beauty when removed from the cave environment, and some are
extremely fragile).

--
What if it was a new world?  You don't know what type of rock it is.  They
might have used some new sonar imaging system to determine the caves
structural points.  I really like the rock raiders theme.  Ok everyone thank
you for your boos.  I think its really neat especially when I think of "Total
Recall" too and I make up a whole story around it.  I've even thought of
a "Matrix" story with the hovership and rock raiders.  Lets not get to
involoved into science with legos.  Rock raiders is a great theme and I know
lego probably won't keep it.  For those of you who didn't like rock raiders,
at least they gave us turquoise bricks.

Michael Perri
zerog270@aol.com



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  Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
 
(...) My point is more about what the article says and doesn't say about the sensitivity of real caves in the real world. The mania magazine pictures are of real caves. Mining a real cave would be akin to mining Yosemite. Followups to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
 
(...) Actually, remembering from my days of higher activity in F&SF fandom, Star Wars would fit in Sci-Fi, however, Isaac Asimov would be considered an SF author, not a Sci-Fi author... These days I see the same sort of disdained distinction in (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)

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