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Millennium Falcon Opinion
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 13 May 2000 18:12:33 GMT
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Wow, having looked at all the photos from various sources, I have to say
that I probably won't be buying the Millennium Falcon set. What a
disappointment. TLG did such a good job on sets like the X-Wing and the
Snowspeeder, and even Slave I... the sets captured the essence of their
Star Wars counterparts very well, IMO.
This new Falcon is more like a Turkey.
It has the basic shape of the Falcon, but beyond that it bears no other
resemblance to the "real" thing.
1) The colors are poorly chosen (blue?)
2)The shape is hollow... check out the single-plate-thick hull in the front,
and the empty mandibles... they could at least have enclosed both sides
so you couldn't see through them.
3) The laser cannon on the roof is made from four antennas. Come ON,
LEGO, where's the little widgets or at least a few cylinders to make it look
like a laser cannon? Sheesh. My NLLSO could build a better laser
cannon than that.
4) The interior is square, with hardly any details, and it certainly doesn't
reflect any of the form present in the films.
5) That big cockpit canopy piece is just sad.
I think TLG is going to have to create a UCS Millennium Falcon before I'll
consider buying one... unfortunately, that's not likely to happen because
the cost would be prohibitive.
This seems to be another case of "It's great for the kids," but us AFOLS
are left high and dry.
Discuss.
~Mark
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| In lugnet.starwars, Mark Sandlin writes: SNIPP! (...) I have to disagree with you here, as a 15 year old, I would toss this thing out a window if I MOCed (is this a verb?) it. You are totally correct on all other points, poor design, POOPness, and (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Knowing me, I'd probably buy it if I could, but I'd end up dismantling it like I did the Tie/advanced and one of my B-wings. It looks like a better resource for good minifigs and large grey pieces if you ask me. (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Remember, Legos are TOYS, and they are made for KIDS. Don't get me wrong, I wish Lego would target us AFOLs, but they don't, and so we have to take what they give us or create our own models. That is, after all, why we like Legos. I don't have (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Well I have said it before and I guess I have to say it again. The external scale of the life-sized falcon used in the movies is 40 percent smaller than the internal sets that were used. TLC's falcon is a near perfect external scale. Of course this (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I'd like to make two points: 1) Assuming that TLC showed the final model to Lucas first, how could Lucas accept it? 2) Maybe we, as a group, should boycott the model and refuse to buy it. :) Bryan (24 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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