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It's true. The worthless picture that was posted a few weeks ago is the MF that will be released with some minor changes. For all of those who claimed we should have more faith in TLG... now what?! I gave TLG the benefit of the doubt when it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi, everyone, and welcome to today's episode of "Point:Counterpoint." (...) I bought it to get a huge mess o' good parts. There are a lot of pieces that just don't come freely from anywhere else. To be honest I could care less about having an (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Don't worry about that Han fig, isn't he in the Skiff set too, or doesn't he have the vest. Hmmm. Jason F. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The set is pretty bad but I will get one just to be SW complete and to get the Han w/vest and Leia figs. I was just hoping for a decent canopy so I could make my own and we didn't even get that. The overall parts selection look OK however so (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Charles Spindell <legomenace@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FKwzs8.BLM@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) MF (...) sure (...) for (...) I agree, the MF is just terrible. The cockpit is pathetic! If you're going to go the the trouble to make a new (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) MF (...) sure (...) Sorry, Reverse that I really like the AAT and don't really like the MTT but it looks great for parts. Eric (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Definitly a one man cockpit was(Re: Shoddy MF)
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(...) Well I just took a second look and this is definitly a one man cockpit. If you look at the close up you can actually see Han through the canopy and he is seated centered and back so there is absolutely no room for another co-pilot. (URL) the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Definitly a one man cockpit was(Re: Shoddy MF)
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(...) MF (...) you (...) that there isn't enough space in there to push him over to the side a few studs. It almost looks wide enough for two guys, I really hope so. Chris (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Definitly a one man cockpit was(Re: Shoddy MF)
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(...) It definitely looks to me like a second 'fig can be made to sit in there. Whether or not they do it on the official model is another story. eric (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm about to advance a very unpopular opinion, but one I think others might have, as well: I *like* the MF. Sure, it's not perfect. Ben Fleskes' is perfect (well, assuming TLG would tool up a better cockpit piece- no offense, Ben, you only had (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FKy2rL.CMB@lugnet.com... (...) MF (...) you (...) co-pilot. (...) this (...) Actually, I started to at least LDraw the exterior. I haven't gotten very far, as it is painstaking work using (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) done. (...) the (...) the (...) decorative (...) Been reading everyone's posts all day and thanks Eric, basically summed up what I wanted to say in your last paragraph. Just my 2 cents worth. Travis (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:FKy6x4.LuI@lugnet.com... (...) though. (...) done. (...) TLG makes the bricks! They could easily have created larger saucer sections, or better yet used good old (and new) fashioned slopes. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) very (...) to me (...) two (...) they (...) the (...) Actually, it is possible. I build 6-wide fire trucks, also the 6-wide hummer I posted to cad.dat.models a while back seats two across. Both figs will fit in the area if they are sitting on (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Guys, I have been eagerly waiting on the next batch of star wars kits from TLG as much as anyone. I have taken my time and looked carefully at the 2000 catalog. While I agree that the MF may leave something to be desired in terms of detail and (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Dennett <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message news:199911091805240...ate.net... (...) So they are just thrown in sitting on tiles? Not attatched to a stud? What about seats? Your fire trucks probably don't invert very often :-) -John Van (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) fit (...) and (...) What (...) Yeh, I learned the technique from Jeff Christner, "the Father of Six Wide Fire Trucks". They just sit there on a flat surface. The only way you can use seats and have it be 6W is if you do what TLG did on the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I like the new MF. the previous scan that floated around is close, but I still like it and I"m going to get it. Tom (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I tried something last night w/legos to fit 2 in six studs, and it can be done. you need to actually have them on 5 studs by 2 studs with one stud between them (this is where their arms go). the 5x2 stud needs to be centered on a 6 by some (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Can it be done if you include the thinwalls in the 6 studs? -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." tmcd <tmcd2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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