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Subject:	Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town
Date:	Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:41:00 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:

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.

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 train guy, I’m particularily sensitive to their use as handrails on locomotives.

JOHN

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		Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
(...) 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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		Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
"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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