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(...) Whoaah! Someone at TLC needs a wakeup call! I didn't ever recognise it as LEGO (I first checked the 'recent uploads' at Brickshelf before I read this post). What is LEGO thinking? What marketing research do they have to back this up? "If we (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ooooooh! This Racers! Nice high detailed Model Team sets! (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) I wonder if they have "Made in Taiwan" written on them somewhere... ~Nathan =) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's gonna be kind of hard with these(1). They only appear to have "imitation" studs. Gak. 1 - I know you know that, I'm just whinging. ++Lar (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Or, better yet: collect all eight, and doubles of some, and build something new and cool and utterly unlike anything dreamed of by the people who designed the sets. (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) "Collect All 8?" Whatever happened to good old "Get the one you like best, and build something new if you get bored?" (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks like they are after the "mum, can I have that ?" market. Cheap enough for the parent to give in, and look there is 8 in the set. All getting very HTO/Impulse purchase orientated. It's worked for fast food retaurants/breakfast cereal (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep... my initial reaction was literally "ewwwwwww". And it's only getting worse the more I look at it! (...) Well - I didn't like them *that* much more... but at least they were still *lego*... (...) It's so much fun, isn't it? ;-) I do it (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow. Those ARE bad. Are you sure you didn't get hold of some McDonalds advance planning stuff? Those look like something you get in a Happy Meal, not something that has anything to do with building. Sigh. However, remember that Lego has had a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) It's not a bad idea in terms of concept only -- but it went sour fast in the implementation. It should have been more Big Daddy Roth and less junior, or Duplo, or whatever...blech...(insert fake rubber vomit here). And I really don't see the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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I just got my Nov.-Dec. Mania magazine in the mail yesterday, and inside was an ad for the new Lego Racers. Y'know, those ugly little critters we saw artist's conceptions of (in the 2001 catalog, I believe). Well, they have the actual sets in there, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Greek Mask Question (was Re: here comes the next wave of 2001 sets...)
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Mr. Istok: Since you have a pair of the better educated eyes on the subject, what scale do you imagine this green greek-style pop-eyed mask to be? The direct link should be here: (URL) would be so great to have this mask in minifig scale AND in gold (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Other new Lego for next year
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(...) For 1200$ I would expect more than a few large hull pieces with a motor. More life 5000+ pieces and a motor :-) Kev Z #142 (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Get real! They would make a whole slew of new huge pieces that wouldn't even be *close* to real Lego. There would probably be a dozen plastic panels that snap together... and then you'd pay $200 for the motor. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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My roommate sent me a link to a review of the Lego Alpha Team game. (URL) it or not, it got a pretty good review, and there are some nuggets of information about the characters that might well translate over to the theme as well. eric (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) According to the web site (URL) Available in the U.S. in January 2001 and globally in April 2001. BEN (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Very interesting. Thanks for the info :-) New soccer sets. Woohoo! :-) Just one question: How on earth is a plane made of Lego ever going to get airborne. Assuming it is the size of regular RC planes, if it were made of Lego it would weight (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Hi, I was just wondering when the expanded line of Movie Makers sets will be released. January, March, April? Thanks, Kevin Z #142 (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: here comes the next wave of 2001 sets...
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I too thought the 375 castle was the last set with the 1x1x1 windows, but then I remembered that there was a parts pack (in the lugnet database) #836, which came out in 1982, and had the large modern (4 lights) door, the 70's 1x3x4 door, the modern (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A good use for 2001 Alpha Team
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(...) ^ oops should be 4293 (...) The points I see in favor of the blue area not being flat are: 1. So much of the baseplate looks the same as the 6416/5978/4293 raised baseplate (of course this isn't sufficient in and of itself sincethe baseplate (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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