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Re: Newbie (to the group) Question
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Date: 
Fri, 28 Jan 2000 21:13:51 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Scott E. Sanburn wrote:

Jonathan Little wrote:

In lugnet.starwars, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:

Hey Jon! Welcome . . . .

As far as Anakin's pod being in both the larger 7171 and it's own box: I
understand the fact that they would put Anakin's pod in a small set for all
the kids that want a model of the hero without paying for two other, less
known pods. What I don't understand is why they didn't just put a fourth,
different one in 7171, instead of just reissuing Anakin's, especially since
Anakin's is available in such a small set.

Well, it seems TLG (TLC, LG, LC, etc.) marketing department is so far
out of loop on everything, the only sense that this makes is that it
makes NO sense.

Maybe they figured if Anikan's racer wasn't included in the big set, no one
would buy it?  And they needed the smaller set to balance out the product line
(from a marketing sense).

I think TLC set designers got bit by the time crunch of getting the EP1:TPM sets
ready by the release date, and cut a corner with the pod racer sets.

Personally, I wish they left Anikan's racer out of the big set, and included the
Jetsons-style observation tower used by Qui-Gon, Padme, and Watto.  Another
racer would have been cool too, but the SW sets are severly lacking in
bases/buildings, so the tower would have been cooler.

Steve



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(...) Well, it seems TLG (TLC, LG, LC, etc.) marketing department is so far out of loop on everything, the only sense that this makes is that it makes NO sense. Scott "Yes, I have more fireman, policeman, RES-Q workers, public servants, etc. than I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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