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Re: no new town sets in 2001??? :-(
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lugnet.town
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Sun, 21 Jan 2001 03:33:44 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Josh Baakko writes:
> In lugnet.town, Benjamin Medinets writes:
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> > > You can expect a new Town theme to be part of a summer products release. We
> > > haven't seen all the new sets for 2001 yet.
> >
> > well, lets hope TLG will be putting out some more sets...I don't really
> > care for any of the sets they put out for 2001.
> >
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> > > I doubt it :-( I think we are going to be stuck with Police and Fire
> > > stations for a while.
> > >
> > > > .....hopefully the Harry Potter line will bring some additional sets to
> > > > add to my town
> > >
> > > ... and trains...
> >
> > I'm sure we're due for another police station, hopefully it'll be called
> > "Suberban Station" a small building type with one vehicle, one helicopter,
> > and one atv, they alternate between police and fire stations....
> > ...as far as add-ons, hopefully they add SWAT team (it will consist of
> > a large vehicle (command-type) as well as a gun-ship (a larger, more
> > armed helicopter), and a small utility vehicle much like the ESU (emergency
> > service unit) units in the NYPD, and maybe a SWAT team accessory set
> > (SWAT team Sniper - with a cool sniper rifle, body-armer, etc)
> > 2000 had the hiway construction theme going and the fire station.
> > Hopefully the 2001 (2002) town line will have besides the SWAT team,
> > a school house, with a "teacher", safety-patrol, and a couple of
> > "students". The school bus, a modified yellow version of the soccer buses
> > would look good to go with it. Another neat sub-theme for the line would
> > be Town mall/shopping center. Centerpiece: a "large" store.
> > Add ons: a "small store", a bank, food court/restaurant, different shoppers'
> > accessory packs, so you could have different stores selling different
> > items. Also, this could be used in the "down town" area of a town, and
> > you could add a "condo" add-on so you could have appartments above the
> > stores.
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> You wonder how they could have so many police & fire stations, but only a
> few hospitals, all of which are getting fairly old now. I also think they
> should have "detail" kits, possibly with fucets & specialty peices to detail
> the interiors of buildings. The store, mall, and condo ideas are great, i'd
> buy a few of each. I especialy like the SWAT team idea, i think my town
> needs a better SWAT team.
There are only two possibilities I can imagine for the return of Lego town.
Along the SWAT team theory, probably the Alpha Team sets are going to be
"the town sets" for 2001. Another possibility, and although it is a long
shot, is that Lego realized the mistake of Town Jr. It would be wonderful
to have town sets with regular pieces, but with a more modern look to them.
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| (...) While I don't really mind Alpha Team - they are all pretty unique but still too juniorized.....(especially red top dude - he is very unique and unusual) I like the "concept" of Alpha Team, what I don't like is the balance of vehicle vs. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) You wonder how they could have so many police & fire stations, but only a few hospitals, all of which are getting fairly old now. I also think they should have "detail" kits, possibly with fucets & specialty peices to detail the interiors of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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