(...) Oops, my bad. Must've confused the single instruction booklet that came in the separate Anakin's Podracer set. Text there now says: "Contains three boxed sub-sets each numbered 7171, sharing a single building instruction booklet, also numbered (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.database)
(...) :) Use them to create a piece for display in the Minifig Museum of Modern Art? ... as the trunk for trees in flame-fauna forest? ... as fuel rods in a nuclear reactor? ... as part of the drive system in a starship? ... for frames on an avant (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)