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Re: Vehicle year/building year? (Was: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 23:11:21 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jason Catena writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> [snip]
> > (under TLG/C's idiotic idea of only making SW vehicles,)
> [snip]
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> Is this an observation or a quote?
Merely an observation
>
> It's true enough as an observation, since the static architecture (buildings
> and the like) has been very minimal in the Star Wars sets to date. I would
> guess, though, that children's primary interest (the sets the company wanted • to
> get out first) were the ones that went "whoosh" when you flew them around the
> room. The company probably wanted to attract as much attention as possible to
> the line by allowing space battles with your friends, dodging the giant
> underwater beastie, etc.
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> Admit it, the cantina or the Emperor's tower or the 'Greet the Emporer' scene
> doesn't pack as much adrenaline as a narrow miss between a Tie Fighter and an
> X-Wing in the (use your imagination here, or a lot of black and grey) trenches
> of the Death Star.
When I was younger I always thought the 'Greet the Emporer' scene with the 6
guards was coolest scene in the movies which at that point only consisted of
the latter 2. I never saw the first movie till I was 15.
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> However, every theme I can think of off the top of my head has had some kind • of
> base, and other sets that were modelled around a place rather than a vehicle.
> It's also hard to believe that the designers of these mostly non-juniorized
> sets wouldn't have some really good ideas for static playsets.
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> So, my conclusion is that 2000 is the year of the Star Wars vehicles, and 2001
> will be the year of the Star Wars buildings.
and 1999 was... ?
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> The guy who was interviewed said it was 'very possible' that something along
> the line of Jabba or a Tauntaun would be produced, which makes me think of
> Jabba's Palace and the Hoth base as possible playsets (either of these would
> sell as well as the MFalcon will). These sets would be able to pick up on the
> momentum the line generated from the whooshy sets.
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> Of course, the alternatives (from the quote at least) are a stripped-down
> desert yacht, or Luke alone with his single-piece tauntaun on a 4x6 white
> baseplate, but I'd rather be optimistic. :)
From the interview my guesses for 2001 would be:
1 stormtrooper on one piece dewback. $2.99
AT-ST with 1 Imperial pilot/driver and (unfortunatly instead of another
imperial) a chewie with ewok $14.99
TIE fighter with Imperial pilot. $19.99
Bespin Cloud Car (orange slopes,bricks,and plates Oh Yes) $29.99
Jabba's Sail Barge $99.99
Everything else will be ep 1 stuff. Maybe an extremely down scaled Nubian for
$49.99 I'd rather have a still down scaled $99.99 one though.
I prefer to take a realistic view, that way I could be surprised instead of
disappointed.
-Lord Insanity
"A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men"
Visit me at: http://members.tripod.com/~LordInsanity
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