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Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:47:40 GMT
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This isn't meant to be directed at anyone in particular, but given the
currently available range of LEGO pieces that have been seen in Technic sets
lately, could anyone out there have done better? TLG's designers did a
reasonably good job, given that a lot of the parts in the Technic collection
would be difficult to integrate into LEGO models of the two that they are
integrated into in these examples.
I plan on buying a couple of each - they will be a good source of Technic
parts - one can never have too much. :-) I think they will be good for US
buyers and may be seen at discounted prices, when the stores start clearing
the slower moving stocks out. This is speculation, of course - they haven't
been released yet - but given the current trends that is what should happen.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Ray Kremer <rkremer@bradley.edu> wrote in message
news:G30z1K.5Mv@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > This has to be one of the ugliest things I have seen! If they didn't • tell me
> > what it was I would have never guessed it was a Stormtrooper.
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> C-3PO is the better of the two, but they're both pretty bad. I think the
> problem here is both sets were guys in suits, as opposed to last year's • technic
> droids which were all cgi constructs. Plus, half the appeal of last • year's
> droids was that they folded up and unfolded through strategic use of • rubber
> bands. Very cool even if it was stolen from the movie. These two new • sets
> don't look like they do anything. Oh wait. Stormtrooper has a • CyberSlammers
> gun. Whoopee. Oh well, I suppose I can have C-3PO stand next to my
> not-quite-Mindstorms R2-D2.
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Ahh but TLG's designers Arn't limited to the "currently available range of LEGO pieces". They can design new parts if needed. I think the main problem is the head and all that would have required is some sort of molded mask that looked like a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| (...) I hardly think so. The alternative would be to have new molds for the specific parts like the Stormtrooper helmet or hands or feet or... Do we want that? (I don't.) Another alternative would be to have large stickers or printed parts to make (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| (...) It doesn't matter if anyone out here could or couldn't do better. If LEGO couldn't do any better, they should have scrapped the model at the planning stage. It's an embarrassingly transparent attempt to slap something together, throw a Star (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| (...) C-3PO is the better of the two, but they're both pretty bad. I think the problem here is both sets were guys in suits, as opposed to last year's technic droids which were all cgi constructs. Plus, half the appeal of last year's droids was that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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