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Subject:	Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town
Date:	Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:23:33 GMT
Reply-To:	Geoffrey Hyde <GDOTHYDE@BIGPONDDOTNETnomorespamDOTAU>
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:JB0Luo.Bp1@lugnet.com... > Wow, I really have been out of the loop. When was this wondrous change > first > brought to our attention? Why do those skeleton arms look exactly like mechanical battle droid minifig arms? IE part http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30377 I wonder why TLG would suddenly drop manufacturing of the original skeleton arms? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6265 It doesn't make any sense to me. The original skeleton arms have some use in SNOT building techniques - the droid arms don't. I'm hoping this is just a prototype shot error, and that we're not actually going to get lumbered with more droid arms than we can shake a minifig hand at. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde

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		Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)

		Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)

		Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
(...) Since when does most of what LEGO does make any sense?? I gave up trying to make sense out of what they do many years ago. [1] (...) I consider the new skelton to be an IMPROVEMENT. The old floppy, fall-off skelton arms were not very good. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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		OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
(...) brought to our attention? David Simmons xenobuzz@earthlink.net (20 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)

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