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Re: 7470 Space Shuttle Discovery Review
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:07:18 GMT
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Lego has done space shuttles for surprisingly many times. When I was putting up
this newly released 7470, I could not help but compare it with that legendary
8480. (You see, even the set numbers share the same pattern. :-)
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> Also unique was the inclusion of a small ten page booklet of facts about
> the Space Shuttle. For some reason, while the set is actually named
> for the mission where they launched the Telescope, there isn't any mention
> of what happened on STS-31 or anything about the Hubble Space
> Telescope inside. The booklet is a nice touch.
Yeah. It does not even mention what the payload is.
> For geeks, there will be nitpicking issues: The shuttle wing is a
> lot thicker in real life, so the main landing gear (which retracts with a
> little spring loaded action through rubber bands) does poke through the
> top of the wing surface.
But so are the landing gears in 8480. I think protruding landing gears now
become a Lego tradition. :-)
It is a nice touch that Lego retains the spring-loaded landing gears from 8480,
even though the front and the main landing gears in 7470 are not connected.
> The Canadarm is also woefully underrepresented,
> as a simple appendage of new-style click joints. This is a little
> surprising, as the successes of the STS-31 and subsequent STS-61 missions
> were primarily due to the Canadian robotic arm. The use of click joints
> for control surfaces make them look a little rough.
Well, at least it is more realistic than 8480, which has a crane in place of the
Canadarm.
Given the space constrain, I wonder what we can do to make a better arm. The arm
has been my favorite part in the shuttle, too.
> The model is very well done. Given its size, it manages to fit in several
> key Shuttle features including retracting gear, a satellite to launch and
> the arm, albeit somewhat simplistic. There also positionable flight
> surfaces too.
Don't forget the movable vertical fin. It is such a beautiful design.
Cheers,
Hao-yang Wang
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