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Re: LEGO 2001
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:52:35 GMT
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I am usually pretty optomistic and I have liked many of the sub-par set
designs that LEGO has done since '96. But 2001 is the WORST new catalog
I've yet seen. Allow me to elaborate:
The Life on Mars theme...
The 7315 shuttle's whole mid section is made of that filmy plastic
sheet...that's not LEGO, IMHO.
The 7317 base is a really, really neat idea...but that pump is HUGE, and
the color scheme is so much like a Mega Blocs idea that I could have
sworn it was made by that company instead of LEGO.
What's with the LEGO Racers pages...those are illustrations, I
hope....not actual models...very cheesy, in any case.
Alpha Team...these are ok....the one new theme what is reasonable set
design wise, IMHO
I like LEGO Studios...but I consider that 2000, Star Wars is a lot like
Star Wars has been...I'm not a huge fan (I only have some of the '99 and
'00 sets because I found them on clearance), and the other themes don't
seem to have added anything.
This catalog is really disappointing...at least it can only get better.
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> Sorry to follow myself up:
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> Interesting notes abound on the fbtb scans Tim kindly
> did of the 2001 brochure.
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> 1) The top of the new TIE is a 4x4 radar with printing.
> Then again, the AT-ST side panels are 4x4 dishes too.
> 2) There is indeed a black stormtrooper as pilot!
> 3) Finally the 6x6 "AT AT foot" piece is used as an AT-ST
> foot.
> 4) The big open-mouth grin on that one Alpha Team guy is
> really, really, *really* disturbing.
> 5) Is it my imagination, or have they made a piece to mate
> click-hinges with Technic axles??? Oh, happy day! And
> they have cylindrical extender segments too! This is kind
> of cool, IMHO.
> 6) Trans-red and trans-blue canopies, and trans-red bricks!
> And, finally, bad-guy faceless soldiers. This may be the
> best year for lackeys since Blacktron I.
> 7) Watto's Junkyard: Finally, 8x8 flat discs in light grey,
> and even then with an excellent pattern for general use.
> Watto himself is made a la Chewbacca and the old Ghosts.
> 8) Darn. The TIE wings don't have 1x2 tiles, they have grilles.
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> Nothing else much to report, just getting started with the
> excitement!
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> best
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> LFB
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| (...) Wow, I really disagree with you. I am mush more excited about this year's offerings than those of the past few years. (...) That isn't a big deal, IMHO. While it does make that model a little flimsier, the set is still full of great parts- (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) Ooph! Sorry but this catalog has me more excited for LEGO than ever. I think they are definitly moving in the right direction! I am not a set collector, I just want the parts for the most part so that might be the differance. I love the Mars (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| Sorry to follow myself up: Interesting notes abound on the fbtb scans Tim kindly did of the 2001 brochure. 1) The top of the new TIE is a 4x4 radar with printing. Then again, the AT-ST side panels are 4x4 dishes too. 2) There is indeed a black (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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