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Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:54:28 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, John VanZwieten writes:
> I disagree somewhat here. One of the major things that excited everyone about
> the x-wing, snowspeeder, and y-wing was how close they came to being to scale
> w/ a minifig and with each other. The a-wing is a disappointment only because
> it's obviously too small.
Umm. Having had the opportunity to study the production model for the A-Wing
on several occasions, both in person (at "The Art of Star Wars" exhibit in
Yerba Buena Gardens, San Franscisco, and "Star Wars: the Magic of Myth" in the
Smithsonian) and in photographs (various ILM books), I can guarantee you that
if anything, the A-Wing is too *large*, not too small.
eric
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| (...) about (...) because (...) Eric's right. If you look at any of Lucasfilm's material on ship sizes, such as the BEHIND THE MAGIC CD-ROM, or any of the books, it is very clear that the A-Wing is one of the smallest ships in the Rebel Fleet, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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| (...) about (...) because (...) Here is Ben Fleskes' original message about the relative sizes of the X-Wing and the Y-Wing: < (URL) > In brief, the average ratio comes to 2.854 studs/meters. TLG's A-Wing is 21 studs long, making the Ratio for it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Jonathan Little <piano254@aol.com> wrote in message news:FK50EJ.969@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) was (...) out (...) lot (...) the (...) sets (...) warmly (...) I disagree somewhat here. One of the major things that excited everyone about the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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