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Re: Set 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer re-release comments
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Sun, 7 Aug 2005 21:38:20 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ryan Holtz wrote:
> Now for the bad news: The set is WAY TOO FLIMSY. For those of you who have
> not seen or built this set, let me explain the general layout of the set - you
> have a sort of A-frame built out of a large amount of 1x16 Technic Bricks for
> the main body of the craft, and that's all. The underside and the upperside are
> wafer-thin panels made out of large plates barely held together with 2xN plates,
> held onto the frame by all of four (for the underside) or three (for the
> upperside) magnets and three 2x2 patches. That is -it-. There is no easy way
> to hold the model, as it is this hulking behemoth, and pretty much every square
> inch of purchase will buckle or bend if you attempt to carry the model and are
> touching it. In carrying the finished model to my car so I could take it to
> work, I had to fetch one part that fell off onto the pavement, and I had to fix
> one of the lower panels which had buckled while carrying it. In the
> quarter-mile drive to work, the model tipped onto its side, quite effectively
> breaking off the spindly stand-type legs that hold it up, and causing both of
> the lower -and- upper panels to buckle. I spent 30 minutes sitting in the back
> of my car fixing it, and when crossing the main lobby of my place of employment,
> one of the lower panels decided to simply fall off and shatter on the floor,
> leading me to have to set the model down, go home, get the manual, and spend ten
> minutes fixing the model right there on the floor. I would go so far as to say
> that the only advantageous thing about this model for transporting it is that
> the main decks that project out of the top of the Star Destroyer are simply set
> in place, so you can easily lift them up and carry them separately.
I've transported an ISD in my car a couple of times, and I can say from
experience that you should definitely remove ALL 4 panels before you set it in
your car. The 4 panels can be placed sideways on their straight edges pretty
easily. The triangular frame can then be set on a seat upside down. The you
just find a place to put the bridge and you're set. The only thing I've ever
had fall off when I transported it this way was a single minifig binocular piece
from the gun turrets.
David "Fuzzy" Gregory
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| Forgive me if this is a rehash of what was said three years ago when the original run of the set made its debut, but being as I was 17 then and I didn't have a job that paid well enough to feed my Lego addiction (or any job at all) at the time, I'm (...) (19 years ago, 7-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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