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Subject:	Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha
Date:	Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:55:07 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes: > This has to be one of the ugliest things I have seen! If they didn't tell me > what it was I would have never guessed it was a Stormtrooper. > > http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/2/techsw03.jpg > > I really, really, really hope LEGO didn't think that a Stormtrooper was a > Robot. :-(. > > I now know at least one 2001 set I won't be buying. > > > Eric Kingsley I'm not impressed with the designs either, but what does interest me is that there appears to be a new kind of Throwbot compatible piece in those sets. Look closely at the elbows and wrists of the stormtrooper. I'm guessing that its a Slizer Joint ball Fused with short length of axel. I see possible applications for mech design. Later, Todd

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		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
(...) Ugh- more ball joints that won't hold any weight. Has anyone actually gotten a Throwawaybot to stand up after having played with it for 5 minutes? I found that the joints became about as floppy as a trailer hitch after even minimal use. -- (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)

		Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
In fact, this same part is present in the Bionicle sets. Look at the chest of Lewa, Kopaka, and Tahu, and the under-arm on Pohatu. "Todd Amacher" <atamacher@earthling.net> wrote in message news:G301vv.4t2@lugnet.com... (...) tell me (...) that (...) (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)

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		What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
This has to be one of the ugliest things I have seen! If they didn't tell me what it was I would have never guessed it was a Stormtrooper. (URL) really, really, really hope LEGO didn't think that a Stormtrooper was a Robot. :-(. I now know at least (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)

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