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Hey all, Much to my surprise, my local consignment shop had the complete theme. After looking over all the sets, I bought #4743 Ice Blade ($10) and #4742 Chill Speeder ($4). The idea seems to be Alpha Team meets Ice Planet 2002 with a dash of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:HzE3K5.MM6@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped .... ] (...) I (...) appeared (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I couldn't agree with you more. I have said it before and I will say it again, I think the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
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(...) I bought a MegaBlok Alien Agency set on sale (to compare colors) and noticed it came with a nice old style finger hinge. It works quite well, even though it's made of inferior plastic. So you're probably right about the patent. If so, it's (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
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(...) Another thing to remember is that the click hinge "clicks" and therefore means that you can position canopies and whatever else in an "open" position. Which is better for "playability" (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:HzEppu.20uG@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) imagine it (...) than (...) position. (...) You can do this with the fingered hinges as well. Even my older fingered hinges have enough friction (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I completely agree with this point, The various click-hinges were cool when I first got them in the 1999 X-Wing set, but they spread like kudzu to overtake every hinge application under the sun! They're versatile, yes, and they have the nice (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's actually about a year old at this point. Until now, though, the only sets that have used it were Clikits. (...) Combining the two is something that has to be done with a certain amount of care. It's a lot easier to build System onto (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
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(...) You could position the old finger-hinges in an "open" position as well. The only big advantage I've found for the click-hinges is that depending on variation of the click hinges that you have (earlier ones had really floppy click-action, and (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Are you sure about that? They may not be the exact same parts, but the hinge fingers sure look like a match. I'll have to test it though. I'd bet Lego has a patent on the new click hinge finger design, in addition to any patents on the hinged (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oops. Perhaps my wording was vague, but you're correct. The fingers are indeed compatible, though the bricks/plates themselves are not overly similar. I would guess that they're not sufficiently idential to be in danger of patent infringement. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HzEvxE.10qz@lugnet.com... (...) sets (...) No wonder I haven't seen them before! (...) System (...) and (...) feet in (...) of (...) the (...) parts (...) Totally agree. Dave (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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