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Re: Yet more new slopes appearing in 2003 SW?
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Sat, 9 Nov 2002 06:29:04 GMT
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   Look at the sonic cannon.  Look at the feet.  Those don't
   look like the rounded facet-slopes we've been seeing this
   year--rather, they look like half of a 3x4 wedge, which
   should go flush with the 33-deg slope system and the 45-deg
   as well.

I hate to put out your enthusiasm's fire but ...

http://img.lugnet.com/ld/7/6069.gif

I think this is that piece, there doesn't appear to be a seam on the long
side, just on the short side.

   I rather like this.

   Apologies if someone else has already noticed that, but
   it was interesting to me, anyways, that LEGO is bringing
   yet another slope style into existence--albeit one many
   of us have been hoping for, for many years now.

Don't get your hopes up - although I do wish they'd bring out a nice
compound-angle roof joint piece so I could mix'n'match the different slopes.


--
Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde

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  Re: Yet more new slopes appearing in 2003 SW?
 
(...) I called my bookie in Vegas...odds are 10 to 1 that it's a new slope. Bets are on....=) -Matt (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Yet more new slopes appearing in 2003 SW?
 
(...) Nah, if you look at that box, it's pretty clear that the facet is not two studs wide, it's only *one*. Then there's a two-stud gap, and finally a second one-stud facet for the opposing "half-6069" piece. There's no way it could really be the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Yet more new slopes appearing in 2003 SW?
 
Hi, all. Check out the nice box scan from FBTB: (URL) Look at the sonic cannon. Look at the feet. Those don't look like the rounded facet-slopes we've been seeing this year--rather, they look like half of a 3x4 wedge, which should go flush with the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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