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Re: Wesell's vessel can't stop top
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:11:35 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jim Green writes:
> I am having a moment of disappointment with my new Bounty Hunter Pursuit set
> that I'm wondering if others are experiencing. The issue: Zam Wesell's
> ship's canopy will not stay closed. I do not know if this is something
> intentional or accidental but the canopy hinge lacks a "tooth" on the
> interior side to fit the hinge sprocket of the receiving piece. The result
> is a canopy that flops open when tilted.
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> I am of the mind that this is an oversight like what happened with the stair
> segments in the Harry Potter sets. The reason I believe this is that the
> canopy cannot be locked into the first toothed position without removing the
> ship's outriggers. Forgoing the thought of poor design, is it possible this
> section of the mold was accidentally reversed? Turning the hinge section 180
> degrees would put the tooth exactly where it needs to be to lock the canopy
> closed.
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> Can others confirm that their canopy hinge is like mine or not?
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 the Jack
Stone sets. My solution was to use the "spare" blue Technic half-
pin with stud; I snapped that into the green piece at the top,
with the stud forward, and now the canopy "clicks" when it shuts
and the half-stud sticks out just enough to keep if from flopping
open. The rubber band solution is good too, but I hate to rely
on rubber bands. :)
best
LFB
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| I am having a moment of disappointment with my new Bounty Hunter Pursuit set that I'm wondering if others are experiencing. The issue: Zam Wesell's ship's canopy will not stay closed. I do not know if this is something intentional or accidental but (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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