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Subject:	Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2004 15:01:39 GMT
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> It is hard for me to imagine a good "technical reason" for the change to so > many parts from the fingered hinges to click hinges so I can only imagine it > is for patent and intellectual property protection purposes. IMNSHO the > move to click hinges across the line of hinged elements is much worse than > the color change is. 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"

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		Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
"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)

		Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
(...) 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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		Re: 2004 Alpha Team: The Good, the Bad, and the Jack Stone
"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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