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Re: Love new pieces & colors, but . . .
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Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:03:16 GMT
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In lugnet.space, David Simmons writes:
> I love the new colors and pieces. I think the new dark blue will be my
> favorite new color. The new pieces are also especially good, particularly
> the faring pieces. The proportions and shape of the model are also much
> better than the first. It also has lots of moving parts; the storage bay,
> gun/missile emplacements, bomb drop, rotating wings. However, the inclusion
> of some of these movable "action" parts has, I think, compromised the
> overall integrity of the model.
Intregity is Key, you want to keep things similar to
the target design, but usually that intergiry is traded for,
instead, a weak structural design. When I think of this,
I try to look back to the 7130 Snowspeeder, which made equal compromise
of both integrity, and structural values. Here's what I
found.
Lots of specialized parts, particularly those that are large,
and have few studs, jeapordize the model's structure.
Lack of basic bricks and plates, cause the model to actually
lost intergrity (no kidding?) The slave one has a lot of specialized
parts, but I think they could have scaled back on those a bit.
Moving parts (systematic). When you have a lot of model parts
that move about, this in turn causes the model to grow unstable,
and if too many parts are pushed out at once, you have a disaster
of design on hand. Keep it simple.
> In part because of the modularity employed to construct the ship, the
> structural stability is very low. The ship falls apart easily when held
> from most points. The cockpit pops off with very little pressure, as do the
> farings around the wing assemblies. I was reminded of some the HP sets that
> "explode" when you try to pick them up. However, the new parts are so cool
> that I'm not bothered by this that much. Although I would have kept the set
> together a lot longer if it wasn't so flimsy.
Oh well, most of the people that buy these sets, will either
keep them unopened, or break them apart for parts, so even
though the design integrity is poor, most people won't
handle the built model anyway, unless they're SW geeks, or just
want to build the model for the heck of it...
> Dave
Just my two brickz...
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Pyrokid17@hotmail.com
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Love new pieces & colors, but . . .
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| Gents, Strange that you mention the integrity issue. I've read a few other posts describing the same problem and expected it. However, the completed model is extremely solid...definately more so than any other SW model I have with exception of the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Love new pieces & colors, but . . .
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| Sigh. Guess I'm a SW geek. It's all built models for me, although I try not to handle them unless I'm gently desecrating them in the name of truth, justice, and the American way. mo www.galacticbrick.com Where All SW LEGO Meet Their Maker (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Love new pieces & colors, but . . .
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| I love the new colors and pieces. I think the new dark blue will be my favorite new color. The new pieces are also especially good, particularly the faring pieces. The proportions and shape of the model are also much better than the first. It also (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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