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Re: LEGO 2001
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lugnet.year.2001
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:17:34 GMT
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In lugnet.year.2001, Thomas Main writes:
> 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.
Wow, I really disagree with you. I am mush more excited about this year's
offerings than those of the past few years.
> The Life on Mars theme...
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> The 7315 shuttle's whole mid section is made of that filmy plastic
> sheet...that's not LEGO, IMHO.
That isn't a big deal, IMHO. While it does make that model a little flimsier,
the set is still full of great parts- including the plastic sheet, which will
be a good generic piece, since it's patterned with a solar-energy-collector
look.
> 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.
I like the inclusion of all the purple. I don't care if the color scheme is
Mega-Blox-y, as long as the pieces hold together with LEGO tolerances, instead
of falling apart like MB.
As for the others... I really like some of the Star Wars sets, including the
AT-ST and the Imperial Shuttle... I'm incredibly happy that *finally* we'll be
getting Stormtroopers, even if it takes a big pocketbook (for now) to get an
army of them. I think that overall, the set designs for Life on Mars look
great, one of the best Space themes in years...
I'm a little saddened that there is no new Castle yet, and I really dislike the
fact that there is no indication of Town sets at all, but hey, I can build my
own Town models now- especially with the Bulk offerings giving out windows and
so on.
Overall, I'm more excited about the 2001 sets than I have been in years.
eric
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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