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Re: That AT-ST Scout Walker.
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:33:51 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > From: "Jay Cal" <janno666@hotmail.com>
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> > All I can say is that the TLG version may not look like much it has much
> > better moving leg action then my AT-ST model (
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1550 ). But the detailing
> > could have been done better.
> > The reason TLG threw in chewie instead of a Imp. at-st driver is very
> > simple: I think that children like the chewbacca fig. a lot more than a Imp.
> > officer and because chewie was prominently present in the at-st scene it was
> > a logical step for lego to include him.
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> Do you really believe that?
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> Come on man... they did it because it was CHEAP.
I agree with Jay - Chewbacca scores more "loveable" points with kids and
parents. I'm also suspicious that Lego may make us salivate for a while before
we get really cheap Stormtroopers. I'm actually giving the clueless company the
benefit of the doubt in regards to the astuteness of their marketing on this
one.
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: That AT-ST Scout Walker.
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| My comment was based on LEGO's propensity for taking the least expensive route to solve a given problem. The set is supposed to retail for $9.99. I would imagine that it's pushing that price point with the parts included. There already exists a mold (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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