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Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:01:50 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, James Brown writes:
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> > My guess is that the list that showed up at theouterrim.com is completely
> > bogus. It just doesn't *sound* like a sensible mix of sets.
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> Why do you say that? I'm sure that even if it is based in fact, there are
Because I'm a cynic, and it sounds too good to be true. :)
Also, I find the odds of so many Mindstorms kits very slim. There is already
a battledroid in the DDK, so another one seems odd. An AT-AT kit for
mindstorms is a dream come true, but also strikes me as very hard to do,
robotics-wise, unless you make it friggin' huge.
> But let's look at the sets they released this year: X-Wing, Y-Wing, Vader's
> TIE, Speeder Bikes, Snowspeeder, landspeeder. Vehicles from all three movies,
> heavy on the "good guys". Now let's look at the sets the list had on it:
>
> A-Wing, B-Wing. Well, we know the B-Wing is a go, it's in the picture. Why
> does the A-Wing seem such a stretch? They'd be all done with the Rebel
> Fighters that way, and would have released two a year for the first two years.
Because they'd be all done with the Rebel fighters, after 2 years of a 9 year
contract.
> Slave I, Skiff: Well, we know that both a Boba Fett and a vestless/jacketless
> Han are in the works. Han only appeared that way in a handful of scenes- when
> he was frozen in carbonite and subsequently released. Thus, that 'fig could
> appear in both of these sets. Same with Boba Fett. If the Chewie rumour from
> the Falcon is true, then he could appear there, too. So these sets make sense
> from a cross-pollination of 'figs standpoint- not to mention that an all-black
> clad Luke could easily appear. I would hope for more Skiff Guards, though...
I really doubt the Slave 1 will be produced. I'm not sure why, I just think
it's unlikely.
> AAT, MTT- I can easily see either of these. I must have missed the
> announcement about no more Ep I sets, and these are both likely suspects. And
> if the "kaadu" set actually has gungans, even more so.
Yeah, these sound reasonable. Excepting that we've already got a gazillion
sets with GQJ, and I'd more likely suspect getting another Obi-Wan.
> The other ones... well, I suspect that the Mindstorm Sets are actually one set
> with multiple models. And I don't know what to make of the technic set
report.
I don't think we'll get any SW technic sets. Lego typically only produces 1
or 2 biggish technic sets a year, and face it: both of those would be big. I
can't see Lego putting out only SW technic, and I can't see them producing
more sets than usual either.
$0.02
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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