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Re: Some inside info on 2000 SW Lego...
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Thu, 1 Jul 1999 16:24:55 GMT
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Pat Justison <ra6282@email.sps.mot.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.starwars, Greg Majewski writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Steve Bliss writes:
> > > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:36:44 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> > > <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
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> > > I bet a Slave 1 would be a $30 set, just like the X-wing and Sith
> > > Infiltrator (if there are only two of them, and they keep their identities
> > > secret, why do they have a ship named after them?)
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> Two things. The Slave 1 is not a very easy ship to design well with Legos. • I
> should know, I've been working on one for a few months now. I'm not • convinced
> that there will be an official Slave1. I'm also a little scared that if it • is
> made it will contain a lot of special curved large peices.
They'll likely need special curved large pieces for the MF, too? I don't
think that will stop them, though.
> Actually now that I
> think about it you really could make it work with just a couple of special
> pieces for the base, and use non-inverted versions of boat hulls (like the • ones
> in the Naboo fighter) for the neck. The front mandible can be made well • with
> just normal slopes. Hmmmm.... It makes me wish I had Lego's recources.
> Second thing, the canaopy of the slave one is very specialized. The would • have
> to make a part that would only be used fro one set. That seems unlikely. • What
> do you guys think?
Considering they introduced 3 new canopies for the 1999 SW sets, I'd say it's
quite likely we'd see a new one for the Slave 1 and another for the MF. Then
we'll see those canopies show up in other places, too--not neccessarily in
clear.
Bottom line: I think TLG will do what it takes to make the SW models people
want most. New pieces or "unselective compression" such as the Sith
Infiltrator are insignificant compared to the profit potential of these
products.
-John Van
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| I am still getting that eerie feeling that the back of the MF could be made from the exact back of the arachnoid starbase. EEEeeepppp. That would make it roughly 1 foot wide and use a couple hundred pieces to make up the front end. Then the back (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Two things. The Slave 1 is not a very easy ship to design well with Legos. I should know, I've been working on one for a few months now. I'm not convinced that there will be an official Slave1. I'm also a little scared that if it is made it (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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