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Re: Custom Hyperdrive Booster Ring
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 5 Jun 2002 08:23:25 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Mark Haddock writes:
> > One problem I have with the Slave 1 that Janggo uses is that
> > the model is not airtight.. while I realize this was to keep
> > the brick count down, it sucks that this interplanetary
> > vehicle has holes in it..
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> This wouldn't be the first Lego model to have the problem though.
> Always used to peeve me too.
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> > At first I thought the Rebel Gunship was treated the same
> > way until I watched the movie and realized it was a planetary
> > attack vehicle only.. (they probably dropped them from a
> > larger ship.. )
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> Mmmmmm. They were supposed to have been landed and disembarked from one of
> the great big (wedge shaped) starships you see at the end of the movie.
Yeah, those big, wedge shaped ships... looked familiar...
**Hums Imperial tune**
Oh, and in deference to the original post, very very cool model Jason, looks
just like the thirty seconds of it I remember from the film. Gotta love the
NASA approach to space exploration, i.e. "don't need this bit anymore, leave
it behind" :-)
Just after watching the movie, in fact, I was inspired to build something of
the same ilk. Unfortunately as I don't have nearly the pieces (or any epII
sets at all), it ended up being 6 inches tall, and yellow. I named it 'I
Can't Believe It's Not a Jedi Starfighter :-P
Michael Dallaston
(predicting a whole slew of Official EpII sets, holdin' out for a grey C3PO)
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| (...) This wouldn't be the first Lego model to have the problem though. Always used to peeve me too. (...) Mmmmmm. They were supposed to have been landed and disembarked from one of the great big (wedge shaped) starships you see at the end of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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