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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 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)

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