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Looking at the first picture of the TIE fighter -- it looks like there are grey "laser rifles" attached to the front of the wings. Are they laser rifles or are they a harpoon gun from a previous set? F (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Fraser <fraser@lovatt.com> wrote in message news:FpxJ47.9AM@lugnet.com... (...) rifles (...) They do look like the harpoon gun. What about those pieces on the wings that look like telephones? I don't recall seeing those anywhere. -John Van (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Looks like the old Fabuland telephones to me: (URL) Bonsma (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Sybrand Bonsma <sbonsma@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote in message news:FpxL9G.29M@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) Cool. I'd never seen those. I'm suprised they don't appear in town sets. -John Van (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Probably they are too large for minfigs. They are three suds wide, so as broad as a minifig himself. I'm seeing myself walking already with a 50 centimeter telephone :) Sybrand Bonsma (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That piece that looks like a telephone I think was in the diving set that was a lego exclusive. I can't think of the name or number but it had the whale skeleton and that telephone piece was white and you could find it there. I noticed that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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The Telephone receivers also appear on the "Ghetto Blaster" in the new 4561 High Speed Train. Take a look: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There's a white being sold in the Railway Express train set... it functions as the radio handle. You can't see it very well from this picture but it's on the green box towards the front. (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ROFL!! The Living Daylights is one of my fav Bond films. :) Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Could be belville or scala... -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yeah, I have the set, it is used to hold the flood lights. Selçuk (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The UCS sets have a bunch of novel uses for specialized pieces. Minifig shovels, spearguns, Scala vases, 2x2 barrels, astrolabes, Fabuland/Belville phones, R2D2 bodies, etc. Anyone notice that one of the side panels on the TIE Interceptor was (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I swear there is a new piece in there, too... It looks like there are blue 1x4 bricks with sidestuds... Why does everyone call that tool an "astrolabe"? It is a sextant; astrolabes are armillary spheres. (...) Yup. Obviously, someone didn't (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Doh! My fault. I think I was the first to call those by the incorrect name. Sorry. :^P ~Mark (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No Prob! Now, if I can just get people off of calling beige pieces tan... :) Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ecru, Brutus? Steve (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Oh, now that's just WRONG. You're sentenced to one hour of building with Town Jr. sets. ~Mark (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) No such luck. Tan is what it is. I got it right from the horse's mouth (Consumer Affairs) when this color first started appearing widely. Tan it is. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) :) (...) Well, it is called Beige in the Ultimate Lego Book, plus the actual color is beige, not tan. Tan is light brown, beige is off-white. Lego's bricks are a *lot* lighter than tan. Jeff "Broken mirror, a million shades of light" (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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