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Re: Star Destroyer
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:37:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Daniel Crichton writes:
> Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote:
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> > > 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.
> >
> > Yeah you're going to have to prove that one to us, Dan. :-)
> 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).
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...
> > Wonder
> > if we could get them to chip in an extra ISD, then we can time you in
> > a controlled environment. Buahaha.
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> If I get to keep the ISD whether I manage the 9 hours or not, I'll do it :)
I think the ISD is conditional upon you meeting the 9hr goal. :P
> I guess I could hook up my webcam and record the building, but it'd be
> pretty boring viewing :P
Plus it would be much more fun to taunt, I mean cheer, you on in person.
> > 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)
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> You might have got one if you'd built the ship for them and it won :P
With all the energy I spent resisting their pleading, I never thought about
trying to wiggle an ISD out of it. Doh!!
> Talk about cheats!
Yeah no kidding!! :-)
-Tim
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| (...) Fine. I will time all opening/sorting/building, and stop the clocks for breaks (I don't think I can hold out for 9 hours straight!). (...) But there would have to be a consolation prize for not meeting the limit, 9 hours of my time at work is (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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