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"Joseph Gonzalez" <hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us> wrote in message
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> hey folks
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> i've been enjoying the rock raiders theme much more than i thought i • would.
> i started out buying the 4980 tunnel transport and 4950 loader dozer
> and had a pretty good time with those (though i wasn't too crazy about the
> juniorized parts and use of too many colors).
Yeah, I was too pleasantly surprised. I bought a small set "just to see what
it's like" and I immediately got ideas for new constructions! The Rock
Raider idea seems to work well as you get to create machinery in a spacey
theme!
I don't really mind the colours, it identifies the team, so when I'm
planning to have a competing digging team I can use different colours. I
feel the colours have the same purpose as in the space theme to differ
M-Tron, Blacktron, Spacepolice etc.
[snip!]
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> i'm currently cooking up some ideas for combination alternate models for • these
> sets like a mobile construction platform and/or a tank that will utilize • two of
> the large wheel-chassis elements found in the 4950 and 4970 sets. the • recent
> Town set 6474 wheeled front shovel could also easily be drawn into the mix
> somehow.
I had a mobile drilling platform in mind with the caterpillar tracks it's
"legs", and two big shovels from 4959 as a giant gripper to move the dirt
away. I can also think of rock and emerald transport vehicles, machines with
conveyor belts on them and so on!
> just had to share my fondness for the theme (which is probably in its last
> year) and yes, i'm posting this to lugnet.underground AND lugnet.general • in
> hopes of converting curious parties that have thought about it but haven't • made
> the leap to buying yet.
Hopefully the Rock Raider's theme will continue, it's a refreshing theme.
Also since Rock Raiders is a playtheme within Underground I suspect that we
can expect more playthemes (a competing digging team? more native
underground creatures? Who knows!)
--
Frank Buiting
Visit the LEGO Lexicon: http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/
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| (...) Interesting projects...I would like to see some MOCs using these pieces and this theme. (...) I am moving towards acquiring a couple of these sets... (...) I would like to see if Lego can maintain this theme and possibly improve the designs to (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.general)
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| hey folks i've been enjoying the rock raiders theme much more than i thought i would. i started out buying the 4980 tunnel transport and 4950 loader dozer and had a pretty good time with those (though i wasn't too crazy about the juniorized parts (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.general)
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