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Ok, I'm really psyched. All my life I've lamented the fact that lego canopies have sides on them, so that if you wanted to build a wide spacecraft cockpit you would have these trans walls hanging down inside (not counting the curved trans from UFO (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) I can't remember exactly what they look like from the showroom (and unfortunately my photo is at a bad angle for viewing the cockpit), but they do appear to have a curved partial sidewall. It's better than the old square-cut canopies, but it (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) oh and while i'm at it (URL) another new canopy that I'm interested in.... anybody got one? -paul (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) If you mean the 1/2-canopy part itself, it's well-known, if only from the 2002 Ep II Slave I (where they are in both sand-green and dark blue). The middle canopy-part is of course new, and in trans-black they'd also be new new new new. And (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I highly doubt I do, but it comes in a variety of sets, including: 4587 Duel Racers 4585 Nitro Pulverizer 4589 RC Nitro Flash 4511 High Speed Train 7031 Helicopter (which also shows four white half-bushings in the 2003 PB?) 4793 Ogel Shark Sub (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Geez, I just now noticed that the same pieces come 2x each in the RC Nitro Flash in light-green. I feel blind... (...) I believe I mentioned something about the partial sidewalls, but I'm also fairly certain that the "new" bullet-train canopy (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) along the top, whereas the Alpha Team canopy has only 2x2. It also has a 45º slope rather than a 33º. Allister (21 years ago, 1-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) They are apparently also available in set (URL) #10028 Level Crossing>. Sources say it'll be $50 for 325 pieces. Also, I think 10028 has better pieces for space creations ((URL) see here>) Hope this helps, (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I don't know about you, but when I consider the idea generalised to be an "expandable curved slope system" (which it is already to some extent), I begin to get rather excited! Cheers, Paul (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) yes that's true the new train canopy has a tighter angle on the front end (non45degrees) -p (URL) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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