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Re: B.I. Joe: A Real Imagination Hero!
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Thu, 29 May 2003 12:25:06 GMT
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In lugnet.space, David Laswell wrote:
   In lugnet.space, Gil Shaw wrote:
   You said it, bruther. Just thinking the other night that that pilot sled would be need to be held in place by magnets.

Not necessarily, though that would certainly be a novel way of doing it. Other alternatives could include light-grey Technic pins or a sparse amount of studs (like one per corner). Magnets would likely be easier than the alternatives, though the corner studs would be the least obtrusive. The big question is whether you can pull off the orange cockpit interior.

Very true, although since seeing Adrian’s wild use of magnets to get the angles in his Nebucanezzar and TLC’s use in the ISD, I’ve made a commitment to myself to try and use those little suckers more ;)

I think the mags may also give it a little more ‘play value’, so to speak. We shall see!

Cheers, -G



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(...) From what I understand, the magnets were the only simple solution (I feel that it would have been possible to mount the ISD hull plates with the right string of Technic pieces, but it might have been a bit sloppy), but the NR cockpit has a (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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(...) Not necessarily, though that would certainly be a novel way of doing it. Other alternatives could include light-grey Technic pins or a sparse amount of studs (like one per corner). Magnets would likely be easier than the alternatives, though (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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