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Re: A Discovery Mars question
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Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:38:31 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, David Laswell wrote:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Mike Case wrote:
> > Are the solar panels stenciled or stickers?
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> I can't remember what they were for stuff like the ISS and the satellite
> from the Discovery, but the Mars Rover panels appeared to be some sort of
> lightweight foam-board (about 3/16" thick I believe) with the solar panel design
> painted on. I don't remember ever seeing that material used in any sets before,
> though I suppose it might have been used in a less traditional set. The
> downside is that they will probably be more prone to breakage, but the upside is
> that they should sag nearly as much as they would if they were ABS. Also, not
> all models shown at Toy Fair have reached their final production stage (such as
> the prototype Snowtrooper helmet), so it's possible that these will not be part
> of the final design. Highly unlikely (they did look rather finalized), but
> possible.
When these were shown at BW, it struck me that the impression given by Jake and
Brad was that the foamboard was preproduction rather than production. But it
could have been a deliberate misimpression or I could be misremembering...
(I tried to suppress some memories in that general time vicinity since I managed
to dislodge some pieces from that model on display and didn't manage to get them
back on correctly... :-) )
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| (...) I don't really know one way or the other as I never bothered to ask. I had about four hours of photography ahead of me, and I was just trying to get as much variety of info during my 45-minute tour as I could (mostly about Bionicle and Star (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I can't remember what they were for stuff like the ISS and the satellite from the Discovery, but the Mars Rover panels appeared to be some sort of lightweight foam-board (about 3/16" thick I believe) with the solar panel design painted on. I (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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