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Re: *All* sets soon available?
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Date: 
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:00:32 GMT
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Anakin Pod Racer 7131 $14.97

Mos Espa Pod Racer 7171 $89.97


I've seen the two trailers and a brief look on several Star Wars sites, but
I don't know what kind of vehicle is meant by a 'Pod Racer'.
Does anybody know or have an educated guess?

Eric



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  Re: *All* sets soon available?
 
The pod racers are the vehicles shown zipping through the desert. That is a race scene from Tatooine that Anakin is involved in. It was filmed in the Tunisian desert, and 2 days into the filming there, the entire set was destroyed by a nasty storm. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: *All* sets soon available?
 
(...) IIRC, there were some pretty good shots of the pod race in Trailer B. The pod racers kinda look like space-age chariots. There's, well, a "pod" that the driver sits in, which is tethered to two massize engines. These engines are connected to (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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  *All* sets soon available?
 
This seems odd. At a Wal-Mart in Mesa, AZ, they had only two snowspeeders left. But the shelves were cleared, and the store price/inventory labels were applied to them for all of the following: Naboo Starfighter 7171 $19.97 Anakin Pod Racer 7131 (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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