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Re: Slave-I factoids!
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 00:29:57 GMT
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Jot and Jab wrote:
> Well, it appears the new stuff is popping up everywhere now. The usual
> selection of 2000 sets mentioned in prior postings has appeared in CT (near
> Enfield, no surprise there) at Wal-Mart stores.
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> I was told by my wife that I was only allowed to buy ONE SET for myself, and
> that I must wait for Santa to bring me the rest (freakin' elf!).
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> I just got home with my shiny new Slave-I, and thought I'd share some
> commentary on this exquisite set:
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> 1. UNIQUE PIECE: clear orange 1x1 headlight piece.
As mentioned elsewhere, 6195 has this piece; since I have one but it is unopened,
yet I still have several loose 1x1 trans-neon-orange headlight pieces, there must
also be another set (the Crystal Crawler?) that had them.
> 2. DARK GREY mini-fig hands on Boba! Never seen THESE before...also, his
> helmet and jetpack are fused into one piece...
Didn't one of the UFO Aliens have dark grey hands? And I'm not surprised about the
head/pack fusion thing--I thought Mandalorian Battle Armour was a unifi
> 6. HAN LOOKS REALLY FUNNY. My only gripe is the age-old
> whining about how the 1x2x5 black "carbonite" brick with silver
> imprinting should have been a dedicated piece with molding, like
> the sarcophogi in the Adventurers sets, instead of this comic relief
> of a piece. Oh, well.
Hey, the man was FROZEN. In Carbonite. I mean, FROZEN SOLID. You'd look kind of
funny too! :)
> Run out and grab 'em, there were only three left on the shelves. I only wish I
> had an extra Hamilton on me...I wanted that Flash Speeder. I don't care what
> my wife says!!! I want a GREEN Christmas, but I want it NOW!!! :-)
Credit cards, m'boyo, credit cards...you can always pay 'em off at the end of the
month. Well, I can, anyhow.
best
Lindsay
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