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Re: Gonk?
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:34:07 GMT
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On Mon, 31 May 1999 16:45:59 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, Jonas Marcho writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > Anyone made a Gonk yet out of LEGO?
> > What?
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> Gonk is an EG-6 power droid. He's the one in the sandcrawler in Ep4 who
> walks across the floor saying "Gonk...Gonk..." He looks like a giant
> rectangular car battery with legs. There are two EG-6's in the background
> in Watto's store in Ep1 too. And he shows up in the spoof-trailer _Trooper
> Clerks_.
I always thought the EG-6's looked like Huey, Dewie and Louie from _Silent
Running_. OK, just dug up some SR info. I guess there isn't that much
resemblance. <http://www.ed.ac.uk/~djp/prism/silent/duey.html>.
I've got to find SR on video somewhere. I don't think I've seen it since
before Star Wars came out. Well, maybe since Return of the Jedi. Either
way, it's been too long.
Steve
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| Going off topic... Silent Running is one of my favorite SciFi movies. It still shows up on the SciFi and other cable channels from time to time. Great Movie... $12.99 on VHS at www.reel.com and www.amazon.com no Lego $ 9.05 on VHS at (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Gonk is an EG-6 power droid. He's the one in the sandcrawler in Ep4 who walks across the floor saying "Gonk...Gonk..." He looks like a giant rectangular car battery with legs. There are two EG-6's in the background in Watto's store in Ep1 too. (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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