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Re: 2001 SW Lego
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:09:52 GMT
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We need a scan!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think that Lego has produced a 2001 Catalog, until there is a scan,
then i will not believe you, that you have a 2001 catalog.

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Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message
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Well, it looks like I'm in luck!  I stopped by the Wal-Mart on the way • home to
pick up a spare A-Wing Fighter, and what do I find inside but the new 2001
LEGO catalog!  Sorry, no scans yet, I just upgraded my OS and the driver • isn't
working properly, but here's a short description of the classic SW sets. • I'll
describe the Ep1 sets in a different message.

7132 - Bespin Cloud Car(TM)
This one looks pretty good.  Plenty of orange for those of you who like • it!
The only beef I have is with the canopies - they used the same piece as • the
Slave 1 (in clear this time instead of smoke) and it's just not rounded • enough.
I can't tell anything about the landing gear - probably those 2x2 'space
pillars' again.

7105 - Mos Eisely(TM) Cantina
A tiny little set, like the Lightsaber Duel or Desert Skiff.  Tatooine • Luke,
Old Obi-Wan with lightsaber, and some bricks and plates  that sort of • suggest
a
bar.  No Han, no Chewie, no Greedo, no walrus guy that gets his arm • chopped
off,
no bartender, no NASA astronaut in the background...you get the idea. • *sigh*

7143 - AT-ST(tm)
This is probably the best of the 2001 sets.  Like the B-Wing, it looks • like
they were peeking on the web to see what AFOLs have already done.  Any
juniorization is pretty minor, although the thing does suffer from the • LEGO
scale
compression thing - it's about 2/3 as tall as it "ought" to be.  I can't • be
certain, but it *looks* like they used the click-hinges for the legs, • which is my
only problem - some of my 99 SW hinges are beginning to wear a little and
don't
hold as strongly.  That could turn out to be a problem if you play with • the
model
a lot.
It looks like it's piloted by an Imperial Officer - a new 'fig for this • year.
Black uniform, black gloves, black hat.  Nobody is really surprised by • this, I
hope?

7185 - Sandcrawler(TM)
I'm disappointed.  Not just at the choice of this as the 'big set' for • this
year, but at the execution.  It looks like it's mostly made of brown • castle-wall
BURPS (OK, these could turn out to be useful, I guess).  The Jawas are, of • course,
the same size as anyone else.  It also includes a Tattoine Luke, a blue • R2,
and a
red R2.
The quick-witted among you will already have noticed something missing. • Yep.
NO C3P0, AGAIN!!!  I don't know how they could have missed putting him in • this set!
Then again, I don't know how they could have missed putting him and Chewie • in the
Falcon, either.  One moment.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
!!!!!!

Thanks.  I just had to get that out.  Eric, I'm sure you've already • noticed this,
but once again, no Stormtroopers.  Are they going out of their way to • avoid making
them?  Are they afraid kids are going to have battles with their LEGOs? • NEWS FLASH!
They already do!!!  The closest you're going to get this year is the • Imperial Officer
in the AT-ST.

Well, that's about it.  Flipping through, I see that Knight's Kingdom is • still
around, with what looks like a third faction getting involved (no more
'launching
things', of course, after that whole Nerf lawsuit)...Town still looks • Juniorized...
Rock Raiders is gone...Arctic has a couple of new sets but nothing very • exciting...
about what you'd expect.

Anyway, it looks like LEGO is holding steady.  Maybe *next* year...

J

(Note: the preceding is a work of satire.  Anybody taking it too seriously • is
in danger of being eaten by alligators unless they stand on top of their • car
and should "weeble weeble weeble" at the top of their lungs for the next • half
hour.  Thanks.)
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sakura@mediaone.net     is     Jeff Johnston • http://www.io.com/~jeffj
LEGO Want List:      http://www.io.com/~jeffj/LEGO/wantlist.txt
LEGO Trade List:     http://www.io.com/~jeffj/LEGO/tradelist.txt
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YB73m



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  Re: 2001 SW Lego
 
(...) I think some of you missed the last little bit of Jeff's message. Please read the above statement. Get it... Got it... Good... :-P Great fun thanks for the laugh Jeff, Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: 2001 SW Lego
 
Folks, It is just a facade: (...) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  2001 SW Lego
 
Well, it looks like I'm in luck! I stopped by the Wal-Mart on the way home to pick up a spare A-Wing Fighter, and what do I find inside but the new 2001 LEGO catalog! Sorry, no scans yet, I just upgraded my OS and the driver isn't working properly, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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