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Re: ThrowBots elements are cool
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Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:05:58 GMT
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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).


BTW & FYI & FWIW, the new version has a hole through the ball; the old
maxifig-hands did not.

Eric



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  Re: ThrowBots elements are cool
 
(...) Thanks for pointing this out. For LDraw, I'm working on the similiar 'towball with grabber' part (used in Divers sets as the robot arm claw), which has the same hole, I think. I should just make them all. Steve (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: ThrowBots elements are cool
 
Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message F6Ks7t.M6E@lugnet.com... (...) All of my old maxifig hands have the hole. (26 years ago, 3-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: ThrowBots elements are cool
 
(...) 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. (...) You mean the piece that used to be (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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