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Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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Mon, 15 May 2000 04:59:09 GMT
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My beefs aren't with scale. I realize that TLG couldn't make this thing big
enough, because it would just cost too much.
I stand by my comments, however, on the matters of:
- color... once again, light blue?!?! why not more dark gray? [Cost to fix
this: none]
- Filling out the mandibles... this would require about 4 1x8 bricks. [Cost:
less than a buck]
- crappy laser cannon... I feel this way about Slave I's laser cannons too
[Cost: How much do a few 1x1 cylinders and a couple other li'l widgets
run ya?]
- Poor interior... they could have at least put a couple of right angles in
there to throw off the prevailing rectangular shape. [ I think this could have
been done without adding more than $5 to cost. I'm not asking a lot in
this instance]
- I still don't like the single, huge POOP used for the cockpit canopy. I
think this could have been done better with a smaller POOP and a few
bricks. [ Cost: none - Isn't this a new piece? I think it could have been
done a LOT better... and with a standard 1x4 hinge]
I really can't accept "but it's for kids" or "aw, it's good enough" as
justification for plain lack of attention to detail. The other Star Wars sets
are for kids, too, and I think most of those were done very well, and
without compromising too much. I think TLG could have fixed my little
complaints here without adding very much at all to cost. This set just
looks like they rushed it to a deadline.
Anyway, I might pick it up when it's on clearance so I can get the minifigs
and inverse saucer parts.
I still want to see what kind of MOC freighters all you lugnet.starwars
people can come up with, despite my complaints about this set :^)
~Mark
In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Feh. I actually like the thing. I liked it in preliminary photos, and
> I still like it. Granted, I wouldn't consider it even CLOSE to being
> the end-all be-all of Falcon MOCs, but for parts it's stunning. Even
> the saucer sections look useful! Did any of us seriously think that
> this Falcon would be any more "accurate" than Kenner's model, • allowing
> that the scale disparity means no Falcon that conforms to the laws of
> physics can be fully accurate?
>
> Anyways, I'll buy this one at the 75% price point (25% off) happily.
> The way things have been going this year, I'll probably get it for $20
> next week, but just in case the decision comes up...
>
> best
>
> Lindsay
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| (...) Please explain how you can make this Piece Out of Other Pieces. Use the back of the paper if you need extra room. I don't think you actually can. eric (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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| (...) I agree with you 100%. We all expected a paired-down Falcon, but I don't think that we expected such a thrown-together and poorly-conceived specimen. Though it was designed for kids, TLC should still have taken pride in faithfully reproducing (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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| (...) While putting togrther my falcon I noticed a pattern with the different colored pieces. Example: All 1x3 plates were brown All 1x8 tiles were gray All 1x2 grill tiles were blue All 1x4 tiles were dark gray All 2x4 bricks were red All 3x3 (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Feh. I actually like the thing. I liked it in preliminary photos, and I still like it. Granted, I wouldn't consider it even CLOSE to being the end-all be-all of Falcon MOCs, but for parts it's stunning. Even the saucer sections look useful! (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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