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I have just purchased this set, and I am curious to know why TLG did not include a suitable body piece for the R4 astromech droid dome piece included in this set. I feel it would have increased play value for this set, and it would have been no (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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Well, the reason that the body was never included is that they wanted to remain accurate to the movie. After I saw this set, I saw the movie for a second time and looked at his starfigher. The R4 unit's head was all that there was. It was not like (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"smegged" <cintaks_erur@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GzDKGs.7IA@lugnet.com... (...) <geek> I belive according to the official site (which appears to be down at the moment) R4 is a modified, truncated astromech droid hardwired into the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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You didn't see the scene in AOTC then where Obi-Wan Kenobi takes off from the planet that has the Jedi Council headquarters, and then heads off for the planet that has Jango Fett and all of the clones on it, and R4 is loaded onto the ship. R4 also (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"Geoffrey Hyde" <ghydeSPAMBLOCK@dodo.com.au> wrote in message news:GzDx3o.9Bx@lugnet.com... (...) loaded (...) clone (...) different (...) hmm I'll check that tonite.. the site is back and (URL) truncated astromech droid was hard-wired into the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) To be fair to LEGO, the astromech does not have a body but is actually hardwired into the starfighter. (URL) I am glad you like it for what it is. I agree even though the body does not need to be in the set it would have added a lot to the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"Jude Beaudin" <shiningblade@rogers.com> wrote in message news:GzE0Lq.GLy@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) Something is seriously wrong then. When I went to the movie release of AOTC, the astromech droid plainly was inserted into the starfighter from (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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