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Actually that piece was made to do what it does for the same reason that the front wings pop off. In the movie her ship crashes ( a nice little fight scene involving anikan landing on top of it and slicing the wing off, almost losing his lightsaber (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi guys, heres some new mini-figs i made: Orrimaarko (Prune Face) and episodes I and II Wattos. and the links: (URL) Homepage - (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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The Yoda set is basically 3 colors: Yoda's head is Sand Green Yoda's cloak is Tan (so, if you need tan, this is an excellent source!) Yoda's clothing(under the cloak) is what I call "rust"..that semi-brownish-reddish color. -Scott Lyttle (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Monica Wilbur" <monica@galacticbrick.com> wrote in message news:Gv7o1p.Ds@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) I did just this and I'm really happy with the results. Besides the problem with the click hinge on the canopy I think this is a gorgeous ship. My (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Mine is precisely like that. I mentioned something about it in passing in another post; it's very annoying indeed. The cause is precisely what you identified: The hinge piece's "tooth" is 90-degrees "off" from what you need to keep it shut in (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Totally instructive - how about figuring out a "most useful piece" ratio? What kills me the most is when I get a set with, say, 210 pieces and more than a third of them are overly specialized while another third are garbage pieces that have a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Besides Zam Wesell? Amidala/Padme, from Ep.1, maybe. White powderpuffed face w/bad lipstick on the one side, normal everyday scowly face on the other side. mo www.galacticbrick.com Star Wars LEGO Spunky Folk (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ditto for me :(. I tried something not as innovative as the rubber bands, but that worked for me all the same. I removed the green pokey up hollow piece right behind the canopy. Under that, I put a 1x2 translucent yellow plate (gotta maintain (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) "Me too" :( I played around with jury rigging it with rubber bands and got something that wasn't awful, but I eventually just decided that it was just poor design (*very* similar to the HP stairs-- I wonder if the molds were incorrectly (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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My copy is the same way, Jim. Looks like the tooth is on the wrong side of the canopy, which will flop open pretty easily - especially if the mandibles are off. -Matt . (24 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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