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Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 23:04:58 GMT
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Jon Palmer wrote:

Tom Boucher wrote in message ...
Uhm, you sure about that?   Both wings are extended in the picture of the
box I"m looking at...

    I believe what he is referring to is that the ship is flying with its
main wing horizontally instead of how it is seen in jedi in a couple of
shots at the vertical position.
    I believe the ship is able to fly in both positions. Ideally the whole
length of the B wing is supposed to pivot around the cockpit to allow for
greater maneuvarability.

Correct the whole B-wing should be able to swing around the cockpit.  In
flight mode (with the s-foils "lowered") the ship often flies with the
body to the right. (It was in the game rebel assault 2)  In attack mode
the main body is generally pointing down from the cockpit with the
s-foils (smaller wings) extended.  Again though the whole body should be
able to swing around the cockpit.  This is what gives a B-wing its
incredible manuverablity.

    Also on the original kenner package you can see 2 of the ships flying in
the horizontal position.
--side note--If you look at ROTJ at the seen where Lando is telling Han
goodbye before the battle when Han gets on the shuttle Tydirium you can see
a b-wing in the hanger just in front of the falcon. Its of course laying on
its side but whats also odd is that the smaller wing is laying down in
reverse in the matte painting. Like towards the cockpit instead of away.

    Also as far as the packaging of the original Kenner ship and now the
Lego B-wing, perhaps they are horizontal to be shown in the largest manner
while taking advantage of the landscape shape of the lego box.
Most lego boxes seem to be wider than they are tall for a number of reasons.
The only exception I can think of at the moment is 6097 Night lord's castle.

    Palmer.

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-Lord Insanity

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(...) I know about this, but it's never utilized in the games nor demonstrated in the films. I guess you could say it spurs the imagination as far as playing with the model when you're done, but I guess I really would prefer it if the ships were (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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Tom Boucher wrote in message ... (...) I believe what he is referring to is that the ship is flying with its main wing horizontally instead of how it is seen in jedi in a couple of shots at the vertical position. I believe the ship is able to fly in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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