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Re: New x-pod sets
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Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:25:38 GMT
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I hadn't noticed until William Howard mentioned it, that the clear parts
screw together as do the lid and base:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010685.jpg
Huw
"Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:HrnoDL.4Ls@lugnet.com...
> The new Argos [1] catalogue came out today in the UK, and in it are the • new
> x-pod Designer sets, which they had in stock, seemingly several months
> before their general release. The four sets can be seen here:
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> http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=4346-4349
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> These are interesting because they each come in a canister which has
> studs/connectors on their base and lids so can be used as part of the
> models:
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> Overview:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010672.jpg
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> The canister:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010673.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010674.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010675.jpg
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> with bricks in:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010676.jpg
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> The lids and base screw on; a 1/2 turn needed to remove and secure them. • The
> base of the clear tub also has connectors on it, and an axle hole in the
> middle.
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> The canisters join to each other:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010677.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010678.jpg
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> and, because Argos were selling them as a lot of 4, they also came with a
> strap which threads through their sides and allows them to be carried:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hmillington/Misc/x-pods/sp1010680.jpg
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> The strap has an embroidered LEGO logo on the end. I have no idea how this
> strap will be available normally, but perhaps other shops, which will sell
> them singly, will give them out if you buy all four. It a right pain to
> thread the strap through the holes in the canister sides, though!
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> Anyone who has taken a 'bot-kit' with them on their travels will • appreciate
> these, and space-heads will undoubtably find a use for the canisters as
> spaceship cabins, much like they did with the Duplo eggs.
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> Once moderated:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=69406
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> Huw
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> [1] Argos is a national UK high-street chain that publishes a catalogue • once
> a year, and is often the first shop to carry new lines in January and
> August.
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| 4346 has two of an interesting new element Brick 1 x 1 with studs on two sides: (URL) should provide new possibilties for SNOT constructions. Huw "Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:HroKyq.LAv@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| The new Argos [1] catalogue came out today in the UK, and in it are the new x-pod Designer sets, which they had in stock, seemingly several months before their general release. The four sets can be seen here: (URL) are interesting because they each (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space) !!
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