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Re: 2001 SW Lego
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:23:33 GMT
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Bah!
Jeff,
I have only met you once so I don't know you well. Personally I would have
never guesses that you would be up to something like this :).
I now have a new respect for your humor :).
The funny thing is that everything you wrote is entirely possible. Although if
there are no Stormtroopers next year I think I may just have to work on getting
my own molds made for the helmet and sell them. I think I could make a nice
penny don't you think?
Eric K.
Then New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Johnston writes:
> 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.)
> --
> 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
> LEGO Geek Code: SP+ CA +++ (375/6075) PI +++ #++ S--/++ LS++ Hal M+ A++
YB73m
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