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Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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Thu, 2 Mar 2000 07:07:20 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Brad Hamilton writes:
> I've been very happy with the new Arctic ones. These are only moderately
> juniorized and provided a lot of neat, new parts that I've integrated into my
> creations.
I can´t say I am happy with this line. I like the minifigs and the idea a lot,
but I think it´s a bit too juniorized. What I really would have liked to see
is a "Pistenbully". I am not shure what the right translations for this is.
It´s the machine that prepares the slopes for skiers :)
> The castle sets look promising as well. I never really got into the ninja
> stuff. Perhaps I'm more attuned to Western rather than Eastern architecture.
> I haven't yet purchaced a 2000 castle set, but I will within a month or so.
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> On the other hand, the star wars sets seem to be getting a bit "sloppy" with
> the 2000 sets. The ones due out in the summer look even worse from this
> respect. The color coordination is just awful.
Actally I am very pleased with their colors. Even the MF which is just grey to
me in the movies, looks great with the choosen colors. The cockpit however is
unforgivable. I can´t wait to see the MTT. It looks like a great model and an
excellent source for wanted pieces. No matter what theme you are in, the SW-
line is the one to buy if your are looking for decent pieces.
> The town sets continue to get (seemingly) smaller and more juniorized. I
> actually got a lot of good from the old command post central and motorcycle
> shop "junior" sets from a few years ago. Those sets provided great pieces at a
> good price. Unfortunately, the new ones don't seem to continue this trend.
> 6600 (the one with the highway pieces) looks cool, but the cheapest I've seen
> it for is $70 (at Zany Brainy). The new fire station (6478) is too small and
> simplified. It has some decent parts, but you almost have to buy 2 or 3 of
> them (plus some bulk parts sets) to be able to build something semi-realistic.
Some things I don´t understand about the town theme: is arresting people,
fighting fires and building roads the only things minifigs do today ? Seems
like some boring life to me. Well at last they have some train(s) to commute...
Looking at the great list of afol-train-enthusiast, I wonder why this theme is
not getting more attention by TLG.
I am missing the old days, when I used to play with LEGO. I used to be into
the space theme only as a kid but these days every set looked great to me. The
SW-line is bringing back these feelings...
Just my 0.2€, dö
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| Ralph Döring <doe@gmx.de> wrote in message news:Fqs948.CtK@lugnet.com... (...) commute... (...) They race around in little cars, too. And fix them a lot. -John Van (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I've had mixed feelings about the 2000 sets. I've been very happy with the new Arctic ones. These are only moderately juniorized and provided a lot of neat, new parts that I've integrated into my creations. The castle sets look promising as (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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