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Subject: 
Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 03:57:40 GMT
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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

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: Could TLG Answer our prayers?...A Millenium Falcon
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 04:10:37 GMT
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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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