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Re: Star Destroyer
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:33:23 GMT
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote:
> > I already have to time my build - at Legoworld 2002 I was chatting
> > to Tim Courtney and the LEGO S@H girls and said I reckon I could do
> > it in 9 hours, as the RBR took me just over 4, and they reckoned
> > it'll take a lot longer. Guess I should have asked if I could take
> > breaks too :\
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> > Now I just have to wait ... had it on order since 1st Oct.
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> Yeah you're going to have to prove that one to us, Dan. :-)
To see if I'd make a huge underestimation I sat down last night and built
the 8880 supercar I won on eBay last week - 1 hour, then a break to watch TV
and eat pizza for 1 hour, then 4 hours of building and watching TV at the
same time (must be a family trait, my mum can smoke, read a novel, knit, and
watch TV all at the same time!). That also included a partial strip down of
the chassis when I came to put on the white parts for the steering and I'd
put 2 of the blue arms on upside down :(
So 9 hours is going to be hard to pull off, and I'm going to need breaks.
Plus I need to buy a table, I don't think my pasting table I use at the
moment is going to be able to take the weight! Then again a lot of the parts
count on the ISD appears to be "greeblies", so with a bit of luck they'll go
on quick if I get them separated out before I start. And with a new bagged
set I won't have the problem of trying to find small parts mixed in with
everything else like I did with the 8880 (I don't have anything to put parts
into for building so I just used the trays in the 8880 box, and as they were
already full after the seller had dismantled it I just started building
before sorting, which probably slowed me down a little).
> Wonder
> if we could get them to chip in an extra ISD, then we can time you in
> a controlled environment. Buahaha.
If I get to keep the ISD whether I manage the 9 hours or not, I'll do it :)
I guess I could hook up my webcam and record the building, but it'd be
pretty boring viewing :P
> I DID do them a favor by taking
> all those ship pictures so they could cheat, er...gain inspiration
> for their inter-departmental competition - they owe me! (crosses
> fingers for a free ISD)
You might have got one if you'd built the ship for them and it won :P
Talk about cheats!
Dan
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| (...) Remember, the clock starts ticking when you open the box. :-) Sort those greeblies if you will, but by all rights it should be timed. I suppose extra storage bins should be allowed... (...) I think the ISD is conditional upon you meeting the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yeah you're going to have to prove that one to us, Dan. :-) Wonder if we could get them to chip in an extra ISD, then we can time you in a controlled environment. Buahaha. I DID do them a favor by taking all those ship pictures so they could (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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