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Re: ThrowBots elements are cool
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Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:09:46 GMT
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:54:13 GMT, Fredrik Glöckner
<fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:

> blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
> 
> >  (It's funny--the Chopper Force #8232 has a feature with a very high
> >  playability index, that also is a good demonstration of a ratchet.
> >  There's a push-button on the side that turns the rotors.
> 
> It looks cool, yes, but I try to avoid sets with Technic figures, as I
> hardly ever use them.

Ah.  I got this set on mark-down, so I was pretty happy.

It's funny -- I can never have enough mini-figs, but more than a few
technic-guys are overkill.  Maybe because they're more alike than
minifigs.

> BTW, this sets seems to be the only one which has a special piece, a 1x1
> round plate with ball joint connector.  What purpose does this have in
> the model?  How many are included?

You mean the piece that used to be the hands for maxi-fig, bendy-arm
people?  I'm not sure what it does in this set.  It might be the
connection-point for the video camera on the starboard side (which can't
be seen at all in most catalog pics).

> I was thinking of getting the set just to have those specialized parts,
> as they may prove useful when making 8880 suspension setups.
> 
> Oh, and those red 2x2x2 slopes, are they decorated?

Nope.  Stickers.  I don't think this set has any decorated parts, other
than the technic guy.

Steve
--
Today, I'm happy.  *Really* happy.



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(...) BTW & FYI & FWIW, the new version has a hole through the ball; the old maxifig-hands did not. Eric (28 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) It looks cool, yes, but I try to avoid sets with Technic figures, as I hardly ever use them. BTW, this sets seems to be the only one which has a special piece, a 1x1 round plate with ball joint connector. What purpose does this have in the (...) (28 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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