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(...) This seems to be a common problem, though I am not sure how widespread it is. My 4593 came as you described, with two notched wheels and two unnotched wheels. I called Lego and am awaiting replacement any day now. Henry (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002)
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I just assembled the two racers which come in 4593. I'm having trouble fitting the wheel center (partref 6014 "wheel wide") into the rear wheel holder. It seens that the wheel doesn't have the notches needed to lock into the wheel holder. I compared (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002)
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"Henry Durand" <e.durand@verizon.net> wrote in message news:Gp85r0.F8u@lugnet.com... (...) mental (...) him (...) racing (...) I see what you're saying but I'm afraid that the people in these pictures are actually all disciples of Mr. Crazy Head. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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(...) To make up for my earlier blunder, here's a link to some pix of real racing balaclavas: (URL) think the minifig head captures the look quite well. Henry (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:Gp7ynB.Mxp@lugnet.com... (...) Try (...) You know thats actually what I thought it might be. I seem ot have a mental picture in my head of what these look like. Regardless I think it (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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Doh! Henry (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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Continuing this theme, baklava is a dessert; i.e. a confection, not a biome! Seth. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, not to nitpick, but actually it is a balaclava. Baclava (or baklava) is a Greek desert. Henry (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Am I crazy . . .
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(...) C'mon, these parts will show up elsewhere, and getting them in a common color like red is almost a lock. Whereas, it's now almost a lock that we'll never get this set in the proper color, the color that every other toy Cloud Car since the 80's (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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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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| | Re: New Pics for 2002 sets (was: NEW 2002!!! MONSTERS!!! YODA!!!)
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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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| | Re: New Pics for 2002 sets (was: NEW 2002!!! MONSTERS!!! YODA!!!)
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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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| | The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow
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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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