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Re: That old set FEELING...
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lugnet.space, lugnet.town
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Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:00:11 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> Yesterday I opened a MISB 6929 Starfleet Voyager and build it. The build took
> surprisingly long time, but it was worth every minute of it. There was a FEELING
> building this classic, seeing it grow in front of your eyes, that I just don't
> get building a recent set - none of the Star Wars sets had this special quality,
> that I just can't explain.
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> Anyway, about the discussion on containers, this set actually has a standard
> container, although it is small. I picture this ship as a FedEx interstellar
> small freight ship, with Robin Castway in the cockpit, and his trusted
> basketball in the container, with an express delivery of two shovels to the
> mining planets in the far end of the galaxy.....
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> And as Castway of course have to have a Hideaway to live in, I opened and build
> a 6592 Vacation Hideaway as well. A small house, few parts, and a simple build,
> but it still gave that same FEELING, that Privets Drive just couldn't.
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> Am I the only one having it like this? Does anybody have a better word for this?
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> regards,
> Arne, Copenhagen
Stop it—you're going to make me cry.
Yeah, I've noticed the lack of real 'personality' in the new sets. Even with the
designer sets, which are really nice part packs and examples of what LEGO can
do. But they still lack. . . something.
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| (...) Minifigs? That was always what made me less interested in universal sets like (URL) 744> when I was a kid. Universal building sets have always seemed to have less 'personality' to me. After searching the database for 744, I looked at a great (...) (20 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| Yesterday I opened a MISB 6929 Starfleet Voyager and build it. The build took surprisingly long time, but it was worth every minute of it. There was a FEELING building this classic, seeing it grow in front of your eyes, that I just don't get (...) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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