Siegfried

Ahghghhhhhghhhhhh....... :skel1: ....ahh I feel better now. No! Not again! Ahghh.... :-X :-X :skel1:

I don't want to go other places to discuss LEGO...

No! Please! I beg of you! No references to that TV show; it is sacrilege! :-X

You've never heard strewth before? Strewth! http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/STREWTH

Thanks! *wub* You are the man! .....(time passes).... What!? 8-| That means that there are other places to discuss Lego aside from EB. Ahghghghhhghghgg....... *skull*

Even so, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few takers, fake or not. Shakos are expensive and rare on BrickLink. There is a whole tread here discussing the problem. http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...=9386&hl=shakos At first I thought this was about the customs that BrickForge are supposed to be bringing out. EDIT: Strewth Norrington, you change your signature as often as Hinckley changes his avatar...

Excellent work optimus-convoy! *wub* This is going to be such a cool contest. Excellent idea Hinckley!

That is really cool *wub* , even though it does make me a little jealous! :-$ I love how the skeletons are coming out of the pit. It seems to be for a contest; "BL Dio". Help anyone?

So do I. Ultimately I try to ignore the plot holes and inconsistencies in Star Wars (and many other movies) while watching them as otherwise you find it hard to enjoy any movie. But you still shouldn't deny they exist. It is a classic case of doublethink! You seem to feel the same way I do.

I love Star Wars too, but he has betrayed me by not caring about consistancy. Ever heard of the expression Hell has no fury like a woman scorned? Well that is how it is for me as I am a Star Wars B$tch. (This forum changes B@tch to female canine!) He authorised many derivative works by others so he could make more money, but he didn't care enough to not change practically everything later, trashing other peoples work that he approved. Boba Fetts history for example was destroyed when the new movies were made, even though George originally had no plans for Boba Fett at all. (These stories have now been tweaked so the "Boba Fett" in them is now a clone called Alpha-

Yes that one is well known, and is yet another example of George changing his mind. A friend of mine (a woman) just won't shut up about it. Yes, but spare parts and supplies still need to come from somewhere. Additionally, there may be more distance, but there are more people as well. I stand by my point. No, I was not meaning the Katana fleet. If I meant that I would have said that. Besides, the Katana fleet was more related to slaved control systems. I am just saying that I think that the Clone Wars originally were not going to be versus robots. I am 100% sure on this. Sorry, I don't understand your last line. You could be insulting me, but I can't tell. Are you aware that George's name is down as the author as the first novel? (The rumor is though that Alan Dean Foster actually wrote it.) Besides, George authorises everything. Before the Zahn series there were four novels. (Not counting the Han Solo novels.) I repeat, four, so it isn't like it was that hard to ensure accuacy. (The extra one was Splinter of the Minds Eye and it generally isn't seen as canon today, although it does serve as an example of how little of Star Wars was planned.) He has always worked hand-in-hand with the authors, even with the new movies. George authorised them all, and they were all based off the original scripts. Supposedly that was an honest mistake, although I have never heard it confirmed. More about that here.

It is quite beyond me how a military station with 4 million crew members could remain a secret. All you would need is one of those crew members to blab. The USA had a hard enough time keeping under 100 F-117s a secret and they did that by using as much off-the-shelf components as possible. I used to serve on a Destroyer with a crew of 300 and the resouces we needed (food, fuel, spare parts, ammo) to keep active was incredible. The fact that the Death Star remained hidden until completion is beyond belief.

Well it is from the first movie (Episode 4). When introducing Han there is a scene with him being held at gunpoint by the bounty hunter Greedo who wants either the money he "owes" Jabba, his ship or his life. Han doesn't have the first, and doesn't want to give the second or third and he knows that Greedo will shoot him anyway so he keeps him talking while he readys his gun. When Greedo threatens to kill him Han gets in first. Later, even though many feel (including me) that it is in character, George decides that it isn't, so for the Special Edition release he adds a blast from Greedo which somehow misses so Greedo shot first, and Han shot only after this. This caused much complaints so in the DVD version George changes it again so that shoot almost at the same time (with Greedo still first) and supposedly Han dodges the blast. (I can't say that I have ever noticed it but I haven't looked either!) Why George has problems with Han, a drug smuggler, killing a bounty hunter is quite beyond me. George constantly changes his mind, and while he claims that he has a magical complete story, I simply don't believe him. Obi-wan Kenobi is a good example. In the movie he says "I haven't gone by the name Obi-wan, though, since before you were born". While this is trueish, it is only barely true. Additionally, when it is revealed that Obi-wan was in the Clone Wars Luke says "But... that was so long ago". Even though it was only 20 years before and Obi-wan looks at least 40 so it shouldn't be that remarkable. I have my own theories of what the Clone Wars was really about based on many little facts given in the movies and movie novels. As a kid I used to read the novels of the Star Wars movies over and over again. In fact, my first novel I ever read or owned was Return of the Jedi. I probably have read the novels to Episode 4-6 twice as much as I have seen them. Possibly for this reason I was sure of what the Clone Wars would consist of; Jedi defending againt an invasion of Jedi-wanna-be dressed like Boba Fett, otherwise known as Manderlorian Warriors. My thought was that these guys for some reason (probably general evilness) wanted the Jedi gone, and decided that the best way to do this was to make an army that emulated Jedi powers via technology. (For example the jet pack gives the power of Jedi jumps, the cables give the power of force manipulation, the helmet gives the power of Jedi senses and communication...) Interestingly, probably because I read the books from an early age (about 9) the name "Clone Wars" meant nothing to me. I think I thought it was a location! Even when I learnt what the word meant to me I didn't think too much about it. It wasn't until the 90s while reading the Zahn series the concept of cloning an army was blatently pointed out to me within the Star Wars universe that it all clicked for me. For those that haven't read the Timothy Zahn books, there are two cloned Jedis in the series, one a Luke, cloned from his hand lost at Cloud City, and the other a older Jedi Master. (It is rumoured that it was going to be Obi-Wan but Lucas objected.) This then gave me the final piece in the puzzle; the "Clones" in the Clone Wars were Jedis, who replicated themselves to counteract the superior numbers that the Manderlorians had. Eventually the Jedi win, but then the Clones go mad, leaving the way open for Palpatine to strike... But that is just my idea. I do think thought that looking for inconsistancies in Star Wars is a waste of time as on a whim from George a "fact" becomes fiction.

Well, it has been a while since I watched the whole show so I can't remember exactly what I liked and disliked. Kryton was one of my favourite characters and he appeared later so maybe agree after all.

I aim to please! X-D Look at all the merriment and positivity in this thread, and much of it is still Lego related. After all the negativity here lately over certain unspeakable issues, what could be better? *wub* I heavily reccomend trying bag building; it isn't expensive to try and it gave me an excuse to buy a cute Racers set. :-$

Well, that is interesting; we have almost the same camera! I have the DSC-S75 *wub* which is exactly the same as yours except you have 4.1 MP, and I have 3.3 MP, and yours is black and mine is silver. (Yours was just out when I bought mine but it cost 25% more at the time.) I bought mine about seven years ago and I still love it. I can't find anything that compares to it today without buying a SLR, which I don't want to for various reasons. Most high end non-SLRs today have silly zooms and I don't want or need that. I just want a big compact lens and my camera has that. Incidentally, mine started acting up last year and the lens started jamming. I tried to open it out of frustration, failed to, but by removing all the screws largely fixed the problem.... *wacko*

Wahoo, free heads! Doh, slow postal service!

Welcome to Eurobricks! Look forward to seeing that Ravage if it is possible. I am planning on making an aircraft transformer soon so I could use the tips!

Sorry hinckley for posting in the wrong thread. I saw the new entry, the comment, and then your complaint, and then somehow thought you were complaining to PaulC for posting his entry there. It was an honest bit of walrus confusion.

Mindless mob violence? Count me in!

Great review. *wub* I wanted this set already for the dark red parts but I want it even more now! I don't really care about the Qui-Gonn head problem; I haven't got Obi-Wan either.

They are really good. Do you still have all these together? The boat trailer was a good idea. The only time I even had a technic truck and trailor was when I made the alt-model for the new Tow-Truck. However I bought that set for parts so it didn't last long.

The answer is that George simply changes his mind all the time. Luke and Leia were not even going to be twins orignally, and probably not even siblings, but he must have thought "Hey, that 'I am your father' thing went down well last movie, how about 'You are my sister'". (The proof for this is in the script; their ages are different.) From the novels it is virtually said that the clone wars were started by the Mandalorians, but now it seems that it was a bunch of droids. Adding combat droid to Star Wars was a bigger mistake as it confuses the original triliogy. The only canon combat droid originally was IG-88 and that was good as it highlighted that they were not used for some reason; too expensive, too dangerous, too un-reliable, it really doesn't matter. But the prequals showed how good they are and this makes no sense at all because if was so easy to make a battle droid it would have been more sensible for the Rebellian to consist of droids, not people. Alderaan had no problem with money and this would have been easier that trying to recruit and train people in secret. I won't even start on the whole Gredo thing.

For example?