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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 (25 years ago, 16-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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1st point: I may get lambasted, but I don't think the model is too bad... besides which, Lucas accepted most of the crap Hasbro came up with, including the poorly designed "expanded universe" series. He's also allowed numerous books to be made that (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) label (...) make (...) I agree completely. It's been said before and I'll say it again, if TLG made the Falcon to exact scale it would be horrifically expensive and probably too many pieces for the 8-12 age group. They did the best they could (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Umm. Hasbro didn't design most of the "expanded universe" line- LucasFilm/ILM did. They're based on concept sketches for various things from the movie. eric (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Perhaps I should rephrase: poorly implemented "expanded universe" series. They may not have designed the items the line is based off of, but they did design the toys. Poorly. -Bryan (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ah. I have to admit, I never picked any of them up (although I wanted to, because I liked the idea of toys based on design sketches). I was a little taken aback by the amount of things that popped up, popped out, or were "hidden" on them. If (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Funny thing is, that mold originally came from a Batman toy. I think Hasbro (Kenner) just thought it would make a good EU toy. Or did the SW version come first? I sure hope the Batman version came first. *shudder* Still, the little "shuttle pod" (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ah! I always thought it probably came from another line, because we all know toy companies love to do that (the Ewok Villiage Playset, for example, was re-marketed as the "Robin Hood: Prince of Theives Bandit's Hideout"). At any rate, it (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Well, no, they weren't called Expanded Universe, but they filled the same role that the EU vehicles fill now: Inexpensive little vehicles with one or two features.... so I referred to them as EU. Just a little faux pas on my part. ~M (...) so-called (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <gag>! How about the "Deluxe" Luke, Han, Stormtrooper, and Boba Fett? Or even the EU Speeder Bike (looked like a cross between a swoop and a humvee... :) -Bryan (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Augh! I had forgotten those. The Desert Skiff from the Deluxe Luke was actually from another toy line, if I recell correctly. eric (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Funny, "Ewok" is the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thieves-in-the-trees in RH:POT. I figured that Kevin had watched ROTJ a few times too many. While on mind-altering substances. Steve (25 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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