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In lugnet.starwars, Steve Bliss writes:
> On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:09:15 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
> <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
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> > ... Are their _any_ Lego space sets (or town
> > for that matter) which accomodate two minifigs sitting side by side?
>
> The Landspeeder. All of the cars/trucks in the Adventurers line.
> (And I'm wondering how well that one-piece passenger compartment from the
> Adventurers would work as the base for an AT-AT 'head')
I'm jumping in here late, so forgive me if this had already been mentioned.
To me it seems a ship cockpit canopy or AT-AT 'head' would have to be at least
six studs wide rather than use the one-piece ~5-stud passenger compartments
found in the Adventurers' cars. In looking at that piece in front of me with a
minifig sitting in it, the minifig's arms can rest on top of his "door", like
a human passenger can do with a 1:1 car with the windows down, but not inside
the door. In fact, the fit is perfect: the outside of his arm is flush with
the outside of the "door". The Landspeeder is better about this though at six
studs wide with thin walls (but it still needs a control stick at least! :)
But if they did use that piece, I would guess they would have to make a kind
of special cockpit piece that is slightly wider and covers or "walls in" that
passenger compartment piece or the cockpit won't be "airlocked" cuz the
minifig arms will be in the way.
My $0.02 which is often inflated and only worth $0.005.
-Tom McD.
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> To me it seems a ship cockpit canopy or AT-AT 'head' would have to be at least
> six studs wide rather than use the one-piece ~5-stud passenger compartments
> found in the Adventurers' cars. In looking at that piece in front of me with a
> minifig sitting in it, the minifig's arms can rest on top of his "door", like
> a human passenger can do with a 1:1 car with the windows down, but not inside
> the door.
This may be appocryphal, because I don't have the piece in front of me, but doesn'
t the piece in question have a stud (representing door handles) on the outside of
the "door" panels? If so (Again, I'm not sure about this), one could seal up the
cockpit by placing plates vertically on the studs... Anyway, just an odd idea
thinking outside the box (no pun intended) at midnight.
--Karim
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In lugnet.starwars, Karim Nassar writes:
> Tom McDonald wrote:
>
> > To me it seems a ship cockpit canopy or AT-AT 'head' would have to be at • least
> > six studs wide rather than use the one-piece ~5-stud passenger compartments
> > found in the Adventurers' cars. In looking at that piece in front of me • with a
> > minifig sitting in it, the minifig's arms can rest on top of his "door", • like
> > a human passenger can do with a 1:1 car with the windows down, but not • inside
> > the door.
>
> This may be appocryphal, because I don't have the piece in front of me, but • doesn'
> t the piece in question have a stud (representing door handles) on the • outside of
> the "door" panels? If so (Again, I'm not sure about this), one could seal up • the
> cockpit by placing plates vertically on the studs... Anyway, just an odd idea
> thinking outside the box (no pun intended) at midnight.
It's not appocryphal. And I'm a bit surprised that it's *you* that even
thought it could be ;-)
Yes, that piece has studs representing door handles. I suppose it could be
done. But my last part of the previous did have a big UNLESS in it :) I just
have a feeling TLG won't use it because it doesn't fit four minifigs, and it
has a solid back wall. The MF's back cockpit wall has a hatch.
See Derek's model of the MF in another strand of this thread. It's more simple
but quite accomodating.
-Tom McD.
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