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In lugnet.space, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
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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 building a recent set - none of the Star Wars sets had this
special quality, that I just can’t explain.
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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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It’s called nostalgia. I was surprised a few years ago to find that I don’t
suffer from it. I’ve probably told this story one too many times, but anyway...
Like most Space Lego fans, I lusted after the 928/497 Galaxy Explorer. For nigh
on twenty years I had wanted to have this set. Then I had the extraordinary good
fortune to buy one that had only ever been built once and was in pristine
condition.
I spent an evening building it. It was an interesting build, because the plate
construction seemed reasonably unique compared to other Classic Space sets I had
built, but when I had finished it and swooshed it around a few times, I was both
surprised and disappointed to find that it didn’t give me the feeling of
nostalgia that I expected. In fact, I didn’t even find the ship as cool as I
thought I would when I finally got it in my hands. I looked a bit dinky.
Anyway, light the torches, I’m ready to be tied to the stake now. :-)
Cheers,
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) I don't blame ya. I don't own the Galaxy Explorer, but I've played with a couple of them. It is a nice model, but to me it isn't special. I think that's because it wasn't a set I grew up with though, if it was, the story would be different. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) ... (...) Save a spot for me up there dude. I like the old sets, but appreciate them more for their place in history than as models in themselves. I had the 924 as a kid, and could build it from memory. When I came out of my dark age 18 months (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) True...nostalgia is a powerful factor in the reverence the old CS sets enjoy here, but for me anyway it's the concept of playablility that comes through in the design and basic construction of the sets that tweaks me more so than the actual (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | Re: That old set FEELING...
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| (...) Nah, I wouldn't flame you for that. It's easy to see the classic space through rose-colored glasses and I congratulate you at taking an honest, critical look at the sets. I remember when classic space came out. I really didn't know what to (...) (21 years ago, 29-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 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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