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Re: Body Armor
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:53:40 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bianca Nebab writes:
> > There's also a very cool quasi-armor piece from the UFO space line, kind of
> > like football pads, but wicked looking. I found these after buying a UFO
> > clearance set from Zany Brainy for the big saucer sections (making a
> > rotunda). After some careful modification because there's a tab on the back
> > that gets in the way, I was able to use it along with a cape and a helmet
> > for one of my bad guys:
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> After looking through the UFO stuff, the only cheap little set I could find
> this in was 2847. Anyone know if this is still available lurking on some
> forgotten shelf? Any other sets that contain it?
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> Bruce
Kind of a delayed reaction response to my own message, but three months
later, I gave the Tuesday Morning sale a try yesterday, and found eight of
the 2847s which have the black shoulder-pads-armor. I'm not sure what I'm
going to do with the rest of the fig, but they were only a buck each.
The only helmet I found so far that worked reasonably well is the
bullet-styled one. Any good way of removing that tab on the armor (stops
the helmet from fully seating, though you can leave the head piece a little
high and it works) or just hack away with a knife? Seems kinda delicate
work for a dremel.
Bruce
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| (...) Hello Bruce! You could use an Xacto knife for best results, watch your fingers! If you don't cut of the tab on the armor you must leave the head slightly raised, advantage is a taller warrior. The red head is good for fire demons, goblins or (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| I dremeled the tab away using a small coarse sanding drum. Worked fine, though the ABS is so hard, it took a while. I've gone the X-acto route and I'd say the ABS is too hard to hand-cut the piece safely, unless you use a vise. binky "Bruce (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) After looking through the UFO stuff, the only cheap little set I could find this in was 2847. Anyone know if this is still available lurking on some forgotten shelf? Any other sets that contain it? Bruce (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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