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Answer to this question Yes Here in the UK i have found a few Technic Kits have been release again with different packaging and Dates E.g. Take the following set 8852 - I have 2 different Box's to this kit, one is dated 1986 and the other i will (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo)
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So far I love the little martian sets.. the mechs are wonderful. But I'm finding that I'm having a hard time bringing myself to spend $50 and $90 for the larger sets when they don't look terribly interesting. Does anyone have an opinion on them? (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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Hi all, although we shouldn't be optimistic becuase the small fact I found out today, I still can't wait to tell you about it! Today, I *might* have found the very first re-released discontinued set ever. It's nothing important IMHO as it's been (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo) !
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(...) Hm, sadly, I think he's mistaken. Pollux comes in the big $50 mech, but the C-alien with him isn't Castor. (I think it's Canopus.) I remember wondering if Castor was going to be in one of the other sets... J (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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There is a Centauri, he comes with the red planet protector if I remember right. Box is downstairs, he's on my desk, too lazy to get up and look this late.. "jon furman" <rambocalrissian@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G5FDpB.MC9@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, now I know what set I'll have to buy myself to celebrate my birthday (June 18). Steve "Gemini" Bliss (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Oh, of course... absolutely. I'd love to see names that were completely invented words with no 'earthling' equivlant.. However the naming scheme they chose could be interpreted in two acceptible ways that I see: 1) They're named after those (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, so is Centauri... though I suppose that's open to interpretation. :) Alpha Cetauri (a binary star) + Proxima Centauri = trinary system perhaps? -- -Bones- "Being Optimized for Nocturnal Exploration and Sabotage" = (URL) = NecroBones (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Perhaps unfortunately the same can be said of Lord of the Rings. I have much higher expectations of that since it probably also has the budget and background to make a much more serious effort. John #388 (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Taste is, of course, an individual matter, but since the movie was attempting to be about D&D, it was beholden in large measure to the spirit of the game. As you yourself point out, the "writer" never played the game, so right out of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) <snip> Blah, blah, blah. I will freely admit it wasn't the best movie in the world. But I had a really good time at the movies that night, and it wasn't *in spite* of the movie I saw, it was because of it (and, having seen both Bats and (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Hmmm...somehow, I think people would rather drink coffee from "Starbuck's" than from, say, "Queequeg's." However, if anyone wants to market animal feed, I'll propose the name "Call me Fishmeal." :) ack. best Lindsay XFUT -> .o-t.fun (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hm, where's John Ladasky when we need him? :) (...) Where do you think the stars got their names? :) Well, most of them, anyways; Rigel (not "Riegel" or whatever they transliter- ated) is, I think, Arabic in origin as many stellar names are. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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Nice going eric, at least you found something to laugh at. From Yahoo Movies (URL) and Dragons (2000) Critics Reviews CNN.com: Dumb & dreadful - "...so poorly executed, you start to feel like you're watching the world's most expensive script (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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You mean the coffee place isn't named after a BG character? ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, Cassiopeia is a constellation of stars... ;) It's a good thing they didn't name any of the characters Zubeneschamali (sp?) -Bryan (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) hey, that's not weird! it's a classic reference!(1) J 1:Moby Dick (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, I think Centauri is another of the Martians from the theme. Another is Pollux. I have counted 10 different Martian figs. Each one has a different color torso/legs. None of them is repeated from one set to the next if I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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(...) Nah, They're drawing from two different sources. Life on Mars is naming characters after stars & constellations; BG used names from classic Greek & Roman mythology(1). There's just a lot of cross-over, that's all. James 1:When not naming them (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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jon furman wrote in message ... (...) What's more likely is that both BG and LOM use star and constellation names as character names. Kevin (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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