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Hi- I am still a bit dazed and stunned by a revelation about the new
hailfire droid:
look at this picture here, before you read the message:
http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp
image=http://www.rebelscum.com/toys/lego4481a.jpg
Now, this is the cause of my shock and amazement:
This model has the largest part ever made in lego!
Take a look at the parts holding the wheels on.
they are "J" beams. 1/3 of the diameter (maybe less!) of the wheel.
J beams are 7cm/10studs long!!! THESE WHEELS HAVE A DIAMETER OF
21cm/30studs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eep...oorg...aiee...
csues em whlie I revocer...
also, they are roughly 1/4 of the width of the wheel-
that makes the wheels 4 studs, or 3cm, wide!
They're gears, Jim, but not as we know 'em.
Can someone please tell me that these wheels are not that big, that my eyes
are deceiving me?!?!?!?!
-Matt, still not quite recovered from the shock...
Creator of the fastest off-roader using the mindstorm.
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| (...) I saw this picture the other day, but I didn't look all that closely and didn't realise it was technic scale. Those wheels are fairly large, although the actual size is difficult to guage from that angle. (...) Actually if you look at the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic)
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