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(...) Ahh, good point. (...) Another good point. So, they retire the old arm mold and create a new one, reuse the droid arm and things come out more or less even. And that's with added playability. Sounds like a good business plan to me. (...) As (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Words to live by. Tim (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Except in this case, they'd be creating a new mold for the skeleton torso. If I remember correctly, the current skeleton torso has ball for the shoulder to fit the socket of the arm, where the one pictured appears to have a bar attachment for (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) The answer is clear to me-- saves TLG $$$. Anytime they can eliminate a mold and "shoot two birds with one stone", it cuts their production costs. It appears to me that droid arms have been getting a lot more use than as just as arms. As a (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) arms, then they'd be holding their weapons *sideways*. The "lead" skeleton there looks like he might have a droid arm for his *right* arm (because his flail is arguably sideways), but most of the rest of the skeletons are all holding their (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:JB0Luo.Bp1@lugnet.com... (...) Why do those skeleton arms look exactly like mechanical battle droid minifig arms? IE part (URL) wonder why TLG would suddenly drop manufacturing of the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) brought to our attention? David Simmons xenobuzz@earthlink.net (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Very impressive. Very impressive indeed. I totally was not expecting the change in quality, but I guess that's what I get from having low expectations. Would anyone happen to have pictures of any of the other new castle sets? I'd be interested (...) (18 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) never getting one of those seaports pictured! (...) They look to be a mixture of AFOL building & early 90's set design. The Seaport & Gas Station aren't quite as exciting to me personally, but I still can't wait to see detail pictures. (...) (...) (18 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Dear Lego, You've restored my faith in the company. If you asked me last week, I would have said 1991 was the best year ever for Lego town. (URL) after seeing the new sets, I think 2007 might be better. And that's saying a lot. (URL) left my dark (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) Ahem That warning label should read: ** Warning: Blatant TOS violation follows ** </tweak> JOHN (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Chris- ** Warning: Self-serving blantant promotional plug follows ** Well, we have 84,000+ new Technic bricks in stock in our BrickLink store, the most of any BrickLink store. -Ted Michon Blue 2x4 Bricks (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Indeed, and I believe it already has been touched on there. And I believe any discussion of your assertion will end without consensus, as I believe there is little if any advantage either way. I still prefer using mostly studded bricks, but my (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Here's some irony - Town Jr. is what brought me out of my 3rd Dark Ages all those years ago when it first came out. I bought almost all of them because they were readily available in stores. The race car transporter, the construction vehicle (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) My assertion about the relative merits of studded/studless beams would not have an easy proof, but it might make interesting fodder for the .technic newsgroup. (Congratulations on your new curatorship, BTW!) I welcome the opportunity to (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I understand the word "enthusiasm" fits very nicely here, but what does "professionalism" as "a fan" means really? "I'm a professional fan of lego...yes, the famous toy intended mostly for children up to 12 years old..." "I'm a profeesional (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Here is a list of possible subjects for your upcoming dear lego posts. I just want to help, since I missed many of them during my absence, too, and still sorry for not being there for sharing. 1. The Colors Medium Stone and Dark Stone. 2. Blue (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Indeed they are, but the answer as I see it has been touched upon many times before - the LEGO system is constantly changing. It has always been changing, I don't see many sets with (URL) these> or (URL) these> in them any more. (...) Again, (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Having purchased the set online, no I did not have that luxury. I wanted to get an NXT, I am satisfied with that purchase, and I believe I made that clear in my original post. But I wonder why all the smooth surfaces? Why is there no way to (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Chris, not wanting to sound rude, but did you open the front flap to find the parts list right there on the box before you decided to pay good money for it? Assuming you did, you obviously still felt the set was worth the price you paid, even (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) !
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