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In lugnet.reviews, Matt Sekerak writes:
> Kerry, your review was most thorough! I do not have the time nor the
> patience to type an equally thorough response. However, I respond just
> hours after completing my own ISD...I must say you are being too critical of
> the model's integrity.
>
> I would prefer a couple more magnets per fuselage section, but they do the
> trick sufficiently.
>
> I had no problems with the model falling apart just by touching it.
>
> Very minor modifications can increase the strength of the stand.
>
> In my opinion, the set is designed for moving quite well: Just take off the
> bridge tower and upper deck structure (which just sits in place, held by
> gravity alone), flip up the ramp support, and the superstructure acts as a
> big handle!! Not too hard considering the set's amazing size.
>
> I never expected the ISD to be super durable...if LEGO were to beef up the
> design, thereby increasing the piece count, we would all be shelling out
> $350.00+ I'll do my own mods, thank you very much!
>
> Don't take my opposition for hostility - I just don't agree with you.
>
> -Matt
I must agree with Matt. I enjoyed the original review overall, but I have
"flown" the ISD around by removing the tower sections and using the internal
frame as a handle as well, and I have never had a single plate or greeblie
fall off. We're talking walking the thing from room to room in the
apartment, BTW, not just a few inches or feet. I wouldn't feet comfortable
trying to move it more than a foot or two without taking the tower off, but
so it goes.
Perhaps some of the magnets are not aligned properly? Or maybe some of the
magnets aren't at full strength? I dunno, but it sounds like some people's
magnets aren't holding as well as others. Mine are fine.
Oh, and as to the original poster's rating: I'm one of the 100s in the
rating on lugnet. Not only have I not found it that fragile, but even if
mine were as fragile as some people's, the visual impressiveness and the way
it fills a room as effectively as a great painting (IMO) with its presence
deserve higher than a 100 will allow. I don't rank based on playability that
often, though, so... if I were to take that into account, perhaps a 90. But
by my LEGO Star Wars criteria, a perfect 100 is deserved.
-Greg "Fox" Cook
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