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Re: 2001 SW Lego
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:28:22 GMT
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Folks,
It is just a facade:
> (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
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Scott S.
Michael Edwards wrote:
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> We need a scan!!!!!!!!!!!
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> 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.
>
> --
> Please reply on
> medwards@ukonline.co.uk
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> Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine
> Web site: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/medwards
> 174 models and going up
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> Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:3833F8ED.C0C005D7@mediaone.net...
> > 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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