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Re: Hi everyone from me too....
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:19:21 GMT
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Yeah definately will, Problem is no TRU up here, nearest one is Brisbane,
Good sets are very hard to get locally no one stocks the bigger sets...
Paul Baulch <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> Jason King wrote in message ...
> > I'm in Rockhampton QLD.
> >
> > I've got a lot of space stuff from when i was younger.
> > But now i Like Technics and Mindstorms.
> > Although that collectors X-wing is very tempting..
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> > Jason King
> > LugNet #665
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> Hi Jason, welcome to LUGNET!
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> The UCS X-wing wasn't a set that I was planning to buy, but when I was
> buying one for someone else during the 25% off sale at TRU, I found that a
> second one had jumped into my shopping trolley while I wasn't looking ;-)
> I'm very pleased with the set. It's very, very cool - visually it looks • just
> like the X-wing to me and it's _huge_. I have it on my desk at work (not
> much room left!) and all my non-Lego workmates come up and have a look and
> comment on how authentic it looks.
> If I have one minor gripe it's that the mechanism by which each wing • pivots
> depends on a single Technic axle, and this makes the wings rather floppy • and
> puts a lot of torsional strain on the axles (which I suspect are twisted
> permanently by now). Then again, that's probably a fun challenge for any
> Technic builder to redesign the mechanism themselves to make the wings
> stiffer.
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> So if you find it at 25% or even 20% off, I say buy it!
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> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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| Jason King wrote in message ... (...) Hi Jason, welcome to LUGNET! The UCS X-wing wasn't a set that I was planning to buy, but when I was buying one for someone else during the 25% off sale at TRU, I found that a second one had jumped into my (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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