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Re: UCS X-Wing Review
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:40:46 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Matt Sekerak writes:
People, I feel I must put my two cents in.  First I admit that the UCS X-Wing
is a masterpiece, and put my own large scale X-wing to shame...however.
Picture this set with a good percentage more light grey pieces (or white),

That's something I wondered... How come they decided that White was the primary
color of the X-wing, when it's really more of an off-white/gray in the movies?
White looks a little bit too "clean"... but its not really a gripe, just
curious. After all, in the minifig version, they decided it was gray.  I kind
of liked the odd mismatch of colors in the nose/fuselage, but was a bit upset
when the back of the ship suddenly became all white.

the one who is $160.00 in the red.  But I really love my UCS Tie...

Question... does the UCS TIE use stickers also?  The biggest factor in my not
having it yet is that I'm concerned about the canopy piece in that set... Is
that printed or sticker?

--Karim



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  Re: UCS X-Wing Review
 
(...) Oh, and another question about the UCS TIE Interceptor... In the hand-out catalog, the ship details are gray (as I think they are on the box). In the S@H catalog, they are Blue! So which one is true to the actual model? ObUCSX-Wing: One thing (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
  Re: UCS X-Wing Review
 
I think the whole color issue is pretty difficult to deal with in the case of the UCS X-wing. The mini-fig X-wing is easy enough to accept in light grey, but I think a UCS X-wing in all light grey would not look very authentic. I think TLG should (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: UCS X-Wing Review
 
People, I feel I must put my two cents in. First I admit that the UCS X-Wing is a masterpiece, and put my own large scale X-wing to shame...however. Picture this set with a good percentage more light grey pieces (or white), for a more uniform look (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)

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