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Re: Mythical fourth ship in 918/924/928 family
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Wed, 10 Mar 1999 08:21:48 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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> [moved here from lugnet.publish]
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> In lugnet.publish, dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu (Joshua Delahunty) writes:
> > Todd Lehman wrote:
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> > > [discussing Sony Mavica digital camera]
> > >
> > > Here's an example of a photo shoot one afternoon of a little ship (mythical
> > > sister ship of 918/924/928) -- took approximately 2 minutes to snap all of
> > > the pictures. (The date & time of the photos are recorded on all of the
> > > pictures.)
> > >
> > > http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/little918924928ship/
> > >
> > > I purposely used an old beat-up spaceguy here for these pix to see how well
> > > the details showed up. You can see bite marks in his feet. (No, not from
> > > me; I've acquired quite a lot of used LEGO from various sources.)
> >
> > Wow!
> >
> > The mailbox and door are anacronistic, but I could otherwise be
> > convinced that this baby is the long-lost 914 Shuttle. I like it!
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> I decided I couldn't bear to suffer through the indecision of an April
> Fool's Day three years in a row. Although it might've been a decent AFD
> prank, I wouldn't've been able to live with myself if it'd worked too well,
> and I just might've gone through with it this year.
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> (I guess maybe I still could. ;-)
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> D'ya like the use of the little tri-engine retro-rocket element for
> thrusters? 928 uses 4 gray 4x4x2 cone bricks, 924 uses 2, and 918 uses 1.
> The only place to go from there was 0, leaving just the little thrusters.
Oh, I meant it, it could fool me ('cept I know too much about
mailboxes) :-)
> p.s. Rats! I just *knew* you'd burn me on the mailbox element! When did
> it first appear? 1983, I think?--a full 4-5 years after 918/924/928?
1982: in 6362 Post Office, 6372 Town House, and 6651 Post Office Van,
all three of which may not have been non-U.S (I'm pretty sure that 6372
is the only to MAYBE have been U.S.).
> And
> the roof -- oops! I didn't even realize that was newer too...you're right!
> (That element came from 6951 Robot Command Center -- an '84 set -- and I
> think it also appeared in the unnamed '85 Canadian/Euro set numbered 1968).
The roof (the element, not necessarily the color -- that'd be quibbling
too much) is an '81 intro: 7 sets, all in Town System.
The HINGE for the roof, however, is '84 material.
-- joshua
P.S. gotta be honest; I was referring to the MAILBOX door in my original
post, I actually missed the cockpit door (cringe).
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