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(...) I would contend that all LEGO creations are "toyish". After all, LEGO is a toy. - Orion (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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I know exactly what you mean and I agree wholeheartedly. It's just that for me the look of the click-hinge in these pieces detracts from the potential realism. Dave "Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:HotHEv.1GqC@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Last night my son (age 8) and I had a chance to play with the new World City 7043 Fire Boat: (URL) set is actually a pretty (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That was the word I was thinking of too. These are just not good. I was playing around with the big yellow pickup truck last nite at Discover Mills and it uses click hinges in the A pillars (the front posts on either side of where the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, I see that pretty clearly now. Any part that needs to be treated 'gentler' to keep from falling off the model in question definitely has an issue. (...) I'm a little more ambivalent about the click hinges because I found they were great (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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