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Re: New SW 2000 reviews
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Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:24:07 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Michael Perri writes:
> Well I live in Kenosha, WI and on 12/15 I decided to take a drive to southern
> Chicago and NW Indiana to the Meijer's stores for the new sets.  Well I am
> happy to say that I did get all the new SW sets except the battle droid and
> the pit droid (the battle droid is an xmas gift I know I am getting but I
> won't say how I know).  I decided to put in my two cents and maybe a little
> more about these sets.
> 
> 7124  Flash Speeder  The set has a descent piece count, a cool new minifig,
> and lots of green pieces.  The front of the set has a green nose piece that is
> from 4561, it is used in train sets.  1-10  8.5
> 
> 7115  Gungan Patrol  This is another $10 set and had limited pieces.
> Especially more Jar Jar's, NO MORE JAR JAR'S!!!  It is a lower piece count but
> the nice thing about this is I can create my Gungan army at the end of the
> movie.  All I need are more battle droids.  It is a kinda sort of descent set
> but there are other things to spend your money on.  1-10  6
> 
> 7104  Desert Skiff  Can I say yuck?  This set was a complete waste of money.
> All except for the Han Solo.  I won't complain about more brown pieces but the
> set just sucked.  The ramp was only 1 wide, that is just messed up!!!  Another
> thing is no aliens.  When I saw ROTJ there were at least 5 aliens on the skiff
> and in the lego set I count none.  If I can get one more skiff and make
> Jabba's sail barge I can renact the scene in ROTJ at least.  1-10  3
> 
> 7134  A-wing  First let me make sure the are AFOLer's that are going to go
> postal when I say this but this set rocks!  Except for the colors this set is
> excellent.  It is to scale, has an awesome minifig pilot, and technician.  The
> price is reasonable I had to buy two.  When I get some spray paint I will make
> this set even better.  1-10  9
> 
> 7144  Slave 1  Paying $20 just for Boba Fett is worth it.  The set is scaled
> down which I was expecting from lego but really nice.  The Han Solo in
> Carbonite is a nice idea too.  For $20 it is an excellent set to play with
> plus use as a reference to improve on.  1-10  8.5
> 
> 7180  B-wing at Rebel Control Center  I have always liked the B-wing ever
> sonce I first saw the movie.  It was something different and lego did an
> excellent job with a diffrent set.  The pilot was nice, the piece with the
> death star on it was good too.  For what lego could do with this  set it was
> nice.  Good piece count, detail, and playability.  I plan on buying three more
> and make a few modifications.  1-10  9
> 
> I would like to mention after I got back from my 4 hour trip from Indiana I
> found that the Wal-mart by me had the sets in stock that day.  Doh!  But the
> trip was fun plus I saved money buying the legos and I would do something like
> this again.
> 
> 
>  Mike



Saw a post of yours the other week dealing with the new sets Mike. I picked up
7137 and 7144 at Target just down the road from work here in Vernon Hills, IL
monday(right down I94 from you).  And I must say that the A-Wing is very nice
as well. I was impressed with how "bulky" it is once put together. Very nice as
I said.
As far as Slave I, well what else is there to say, it's Fett.  I am also very
impressed with it. Although it is not to scale, like many of you out there
clammer for, it is still sweet.  Plus I will be the first to admit that I
really didn't care for the "look" and size of it when I saw the first pics of
it on the net, and was a bit disappointed.  Sometime justice isn't done to a
model til it is sitting in front of you.

Travis



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Well I live in Kenosha, WI and on 12/15 I decided to take a drive to southern Chicago and NW Indiana to the Meijer's stores for the new sets. Well I am happy to say that I did get all the new SW sets except the battle droid and the pit droid (the (...) (27 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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