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Re: Easy on the CAPS
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Fri, 3 Dec 1999 15:56:09 GMT
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I absolutely agree with John on all of his points. When I expressed my
displeasure several weeks ago, many people jumped to the defense of TLG. It
is good to see that there are folks out there that see what an atrocity TLG's
version of the MF really is.
Obviously, the MF is going to be an expensive set compared to the rest of the
SW sets. I too believe that TLG should have put more effort into the MF
because what they are releasing is a terrible interpretation of it. I would
have settled for a good design over real-life scale. Unfortunately, we are
getting neither.
By the way, I have seen all of the SW films numerous times, but I do not
recall ever seeing an escape pod. With a plethora of Luke mini-figs, I do
hope he gets sucked into the vacuum of space.
> Correction: we _were_ expecting too much from the MF. Now we're expecting 8
> hull pieces, some large plates, a new cockpit piece, and Han (w/ vest) and
> Leia minifigs. I'm at least hoping for a chess table, too, and a new
> computer piece.
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> Nobody expected the MF to be "too scale" like the X-Wing and Y-Wing are (and
> like the A-Wing should have been). We were hoping they would do the best
> possible job within the constraints of $ and space. We at least wanted a
> Kenner-like approximation. I contend LEGO utterly failed at this. I can
> almost guarantee that within 2 months of the MF's release, you will see
> posted here several modification jobs which will be _much_ better than TLC's
> and which could have been done for <$100. (Yes, I know the standard
> response: "It's LEGO, you're supposed to improve on it." That doesn't say
> anything about the quality of the original model, which is what we are
> discussing.)
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> Take the "escape pod" for example. There's $5 worth of parts completely
> wasted, as far as I'm concerned. Worse, it will take up interior space which
> could have been used for a decent corridor. I mean, what person who has seen
> SW wants to have Luke ejecting from the MF in a goofy escape pod? Is Ben's
> escape pod any more expensive? At least then Luke wouldn't get sucked into
> the vacuum of space.
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> I just don't think TLC afforded the Millenium Falcon the same level of
> respect they showed in modeling the X-Wing, Y-Wing, and Vader's TIE.
>
> -John Van
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| Charles Spindell <legomenace@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FM69LL.E5B@lugnet.com... (...) Remember after the MF was captured by the Death Star, the Imperials reported the MF log described escape pods being jetisoned shortly after takeoff. So the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Morgan Steele <MorganSteele@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FM5JxC.JBu@lugnet.com... (...) only (...) style (...) Correction: we _were_ expecting too much from the MF. Now we're expecting 8 hull pieces, some large plates, a new cockpit piece, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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