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Re: 2002 Star Wars flyer
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Tue, 11 Dec 2001 04:52:56 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Erik Olson writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Erik Olson writes:
> > > In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > >
> > > > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8840
> > > > small to be. Woohoo, white med-slope apexes! And that tail--is that
> > >
> > > It looks like a gable connector to me. I don't know what to make of that
> > > POOP behind it. But what's the difference? It's either one rare part or the
> > > other, obtainable in unit quantity, useless because the related elements
> > > are... unobtainable.
> >
> > Yeah, I meant "gable connector." I meant apexes, as a class.
> > But even a gable connector has uses...mecha builders, listening?
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> I'm aware. But, you used to get a dozen of them on one Black-n-Yellow-n-Gray
> Giant Robot (2152), then it was 2 of them on the AT-ST. And if what you want
> is a ROOF you're buying onesies and twosies, not an assortment or reasonable
> distribution.
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> Having white apexes available is a joke. A cruel joke. Lego can't furnish a
> complete slope system before moving on to the disparate bits of the next
> color. Still waiting for the gray apex bits, not to mention the green corners.
> White corners? Still rare...
True. But then again, where we stand on an issue depends on what
we build; I don't build roofs. I agree wholeheartedly that a complete
slope system--all the parts available in the old red and black sets,
in new colors--is highly desirable and useful.
However, expecting a complete roof system to come out in a single
set that isn't a building is a little unrealistic, yes? Would you
have felt better if it was a light grey gable connector? Or a
dark red one? (Please, LEGO...NO NO NO NO!)
> > This doesn't bother me one bit. In fact, when I buy actual sets,
> > I prefer fewer bricks and more plates/wings/etc--though when you
> > get into pieces that are *far* too specialized, yes, I draw a line.
>
> Well I prefer a good mixture, to reflect the Lego System in microcosm.
> Especially now that bricks are out of style in 2002. Oh wait, I forgot,
> bricks are out of style.
>
> See http://news.lugnet.com/build/?n=10871 as a doodly example.
I rather liked your tractor. :) Old McBoba had a farm...S-L-A-V-E-1
...I parted out 16 of 7144 after last Christmas, and they're great
sets (were green med-slope apexes available, they'd be even better).
I kept all of those parts, and built some very pleasant roofs out of
them for Armada stuff, which was dismantled before I came back home
so no pics. :( The *only* real problem I have with TLC brickwise
is the elimination of tubs and buckets. I could deal with sets that
have special pieces and loads of plates, or ordering special elements,
as long as I could get bulk tubs when needed. The fact that we can't
is really, really, REALLY annoying.
But I never bought sets for the brick content, save earth-tones.
"Regular" brick colors were minimal assets to my choices of set
purchase. I think basic bricks are valuable--I couldn't do without
them, that's for sure--but I have little problem with Alpha Team
and the SW lines (although the former are less attractive to me than
the latter).
> > > The main body of the ship is a pair of new larger multi-slope pieces.
> >
> > I actually rather like it, in part because I'm a fan of the new
> > slope category.
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> Can you stack these to get a larger continuous slope?
If you did, they'd be "bumpy." They're slightly rounded, after
all, and you probably couldn't do it with the 2x6 multi-slopes.
However, the "side" is still regular med-slope, and the 1x6 slopes
will fill in the other side. It's not roofing like the med-slope
or low-slope systems, but it's not intended to be. Consider it
like the rounded-end bricks, or like the Droid Fighter piece if it
were available as corners instead of one long bar. (And you can
fill in the ex-low-slope side of those with 6x8 roof bricks, btw.)
> > Well, we may agree there. It's not nearly as useful as 7130 was.
> > However, I think it will have its uses, especially in quantity (or
> > on sale, naturally).
>
> Oh yeah. I forgot what price you get them at. I am out of ambulance-chasing
> energy.
Eh, I don't chase any ambulances. I just have a few...haunts.
I can't run around ragged anymore either. By "on sale" I'm thinking
of 20-25% off, not the "preferred discount" (80-85% off).
> > > Trying really, really hard to be gracious: if there were some way that these
> > > multi-slopes could combine into larger constructions, if they somehow formed
>
> > Again, I'm much more optimistic. From the general looks of it,
> > that's going to be a very useful canopy, because it's not a half-
> > canopy like the Naboo Fighter/B-Wing canopy, but a full flush-canopy.
> > I'm already devising uses for the thing.
>
> But you still can't build a larger canopy out of it.. What if there were
> extender pieces for it.
For the B-wing/A-wing canopy? I don't think you could reach the
geometry of the "new" Jedi Starfighter canopy, I think a 4L extension
"hoop" for the old canopy would be really nice. I had originally
hoped that the Naboo Fighter would be the basis for an entire system
of canopies, but alas...
I see your point about having too many standards and special parts,
because it makes them a devil to keep track of. But I see a lot of
possibility in the new "clamshell system" slopes and canopies. I
may yet jade, of course. :)
best
LFB
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| (...) I'm aware. But, you used to get a dozen of them on one Black-n-Yellow-n-Gray Giant Robot (2152), then it was 2 of them on the AT-ST. And if what you want is a ROOF you're buying onesies and twosies, not an assortment or reasonable (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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