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Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
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lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 09:08:10 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.nl, Allan Bedford writes:

A similar example can be found in something as recent as the Sopwith Camel.
The wheels on that plane aren't wheels at all, but rather steering wheels
for automobiles.  They are only used to represent the tires on the plane.
Again, both clever and functional.

The Star Wars UCS TIE and X-Wing sets are also good examples.  The TIE
utilizes such several overspeciallized minifig accessories as detail
piece--phones, shovels, sextants, spearguns.  The X-Wing uses barrels as
engines.

Bruce



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  Re: Set #10021 has been spotted at Shop at Home!
 
(...) I think it comes from a time when certain objects had to be 'represented' rather than being made from a brick that was made specifically for that object. Example in this set... the sails. The bricks are made to represent the sails, not to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)

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