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(...) He's wearing a baclava...most race drivers and stunt men wear them under their helmets (fire-proof ones), and there are warm ones for cold-weather activities (skiing, snowboarding, winter mountain climbing). He is a cool head, though (It was a (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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(...) You can't be serious! That they chose red is, IMHO, just absolutely great. It's a orangish red anyway. There was a lot of orange in previous sets (snow speeder for instance) and I am glad to see these very useful parts come out in red rather (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I was wondering what that is supposed to be too. Looks kinda owlish. Now that I see it more closely it also looks like a full-face ski mask. Try putting an arctic hood over it.... John #388 (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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(...) In my humble opinion the cloud car is rather spiffy actually. It seemed to scale with the the other starfighters and well constructed. In any event in the movies they seemed reddish to me anyway. My eyes! My eyes! What's the matter with them? (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:Gozvwx.38K@lugnet.com... --snip-- (...) my (...) to discuss *my* favorite. I think the head from 4583 has gotta be one of the weirdest heads I've ever seen. I love it. I spotted this (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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(...) I share your disappointment (actually I'd rate this is one of my biggest disappointments with the SW theme), but since the model was approved by Lucasfilm I doubt the color was overlooked. Since they've made simliar decisions in the past, my (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Ken Dowd writes:> (...) Maybe they are more like Terror Birds: (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) I was just checking back at the link above and discovered that new pics have been added. Nothing for Studios Spiderman or SW EP2 but 3 of the 4 Studios Monster sets have pics as well as the Xtreme sports theme, Bionicle and Mindstorms sets. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.town)
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It's cool that we're going to get four red medium-slope corners in a $10 set, but the set should've been orange. Continuing proof that too many people in the R&D department aren't familiar with the films. Dave "Joel Hoornbeek" <joel@webaccess.net> (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Considering that Lucasarts prolly had the final ok on what the model will look like, I would imagine that there was a prototype with LEGO's bright orange bricks, but Lucasarts prolly thought it was too 'bright' and the red in use now was the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Using parts from the Harry Potter sets (particularly the new 4712 "Troll on the Loose" one) it is now all too easy to construct a Headless Horseman mini-fig. I threw this one together and snapped a few pics using the new camera (combo s-vhsc (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.harrypotter) !
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I'm in agreement with these guys. This set is the only new set that I looked at thought, "Yeah, that looks worth what they are asking." Also after doing an inventory of the parts, (1) I mentioned to my fiancee, that in a year or so, if these make it (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gp19u6.267@lugnet.com... (...) split (...) Yes, there are two red ones in the 4593 Racers set ((URL) don't know if the inverse ones exist yet. I also agree with Larry, the Cloud Car (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002)
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This is the first Starwars set I've actually built as a set in... well, since the original sets came out. It's just so darn cute. And the parts you get are very tasty. What I like best is that many many of the parts are in the set in multiple (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Darn tootin'! He was slated to be a character in my next comic book (an insane ninja assassin) but I'm not sure if I'm going to get a chance to use him any time soon. I absolutely love that facial expression! Plus, those little racers sets are (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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OH MY GAWD! Santa was kind enough to leave me a small assortment of 2002 LEGO sets this Christmas (read: I found 'em...I bought 'em...wife can complain all she wants!). I have 4790, 4791, 4792, 4582 and 4585 gracing my desk now. I just have to say (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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Yes, the majority of the set is red, with brown and dark gray accents. (I have one sitting on my moniter as I type this.) Overall, I think this is a very nice set. -Joel (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) or are the bricks in this set red instead of orange? Is it a photographic error? They should be orange. The studio models were orange. We need more orange. Can anyone confirm the true color for the set? Dave (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I just got an order from S@H which had the new January 2002 catalog in it. While the info. on the Star Wars sets has been out for a while (see set references here on LUGNET and on www.FBTB.net for example), I'll take a moment to post what is (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) try: www.fbtb.net as they have scans of the 20/02 catalog. Cloud City car is in it, and 4 "duel" sets, Ewok Attack too. James P (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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