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Re: "Star Wars Parts" used in other themes - Toy Fair
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lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:26:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> In lugnet.general, Adrian Drake writes:
> > Those arms were used routinely in the Life on Mars
> > Series, such as 7302 and 7311, as mounts for control panels.
>
> Not to mention the fact that the Martians themselves are Battle droids with
> new heads.
> Also in that blue car (at the top of the thread) there is the piece from the
> back of the redesigned speeder bikes (in Ewok Attack 7139), as seen in this
> photo:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=91901
But this was introduced simultaneously in System (Racers) and SW
lines, so it's not necessarily a "SW part." Ditto the 6-long curved
slopes. There may be a two-year delay for parts specifically intended
for SW items, especially those that include a Lucasfilm trademark, but
not basic building elements that are included in other System sets
from the get-go.
> Alpha Team Command Patrol, 4794, has some of those longer curved slopes from
> the droid fighter:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4794
> As does the new Slave 1:
> http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair2002/tfsw71533.jpg
Those aren't the Droid Fighter ones, which are not curved. Those are
part of the curved system, and comprise (IIRC) two placed back-to-back,
possibly with a 2x2 med-slope between them. Note how they "mate" with
the canopy parts; Droid Fighter slopes can't do that. (Droid fighter
slopes are also much lower than the curved pieces being used; the former
match the 6x8 extreme-low-slope roof bricks. Try it sometime; it makes
for neat building effects even if the colors are a bit "off".)
all best
LFB
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