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Subject: 
UCS Xwing
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lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 14:57:37 GMT
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Well, I finally got my UCS Xwing and I can say its by far the best Lego set Ive
ever seen (dont have the other UCS, so can't compare).  Its 5 hours of
building are the best building time Ive had.  It really a great experience you
cant understand if you dont have an UCS set.

One thing I couldnt help noticing:
[Im not sure if this has been mentioned before, dont think so...]

The 4 Xwing lasers are not exactly the same; two of them have this 6-studs-long
-ribbed-hose and the other two have 3xtwo-studs-long-plain-tubes covering the
black axels.

Is this a design feature of the Xwing lasers or Lego did this for a random
reason I dont understand?



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: UCS Xwing
 
(...) The production models of the X-Wing had a spiral pattern painted on two of the cannons, which would seem to be what the ribs are for. You can get a good look at them in this picture: (URL) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: UCS Xwing
 
(...) Lego set Ive (...) of (...) experience you (...) Agreed! Just out of curiousity though-- anyone else have trouble with the cockpit canopy? Mine doesn't close quite completely. It binds a little bit at the large bend, and no amount of fiddling (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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