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Re: Unused "feature" in 7675 Clone Wars AT-TE?
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Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:03:25 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, David Laswell wrote:
> I recently built the new AT-TE (one of the least interesting Republic/Imperial
> war machines as far as I'm concerned), and aside from the loss of the
> speederbike in the trunk, and 75% of the crew (if they want to use the main
> cannon, the pilot will have to put it in park and climb topside, since the
> Arc-Troopers can't sit down with those half-skirts on), it's a much more robust
> and functional-looking build than the previous one. However, there's one thing
> that really confuses me. It's clearly meant to be a moving part, but nowhere in
> the instruction book nor in the box artwork is this feature shown being put to
> use. Right in the center of the hull, there's a bar with a T-shaped top end
> that can be pulled up to stick out of the top of the hull. I tried using it to
> close the top hatches, and it doesn't really work (unless, perhaps, the hinges
> are so loose that a slight jiggle would suffice). There's only one other
> possible reason I can think of for why this would have been included, and if
> it's even remotely true it simply boggles the mind. Is it possible that TLC has
> plans in place to either release a dedicated Republic Gunship carryall, or to
> put out alternate instructions for the new standard Gunship that would allow you
> to do this with an existing set?
I haven't had the pleasure of building the AT-TE just yet. I have to wait until
X-mas until Stacy will let me have mine. However, the feature you describe
sounds very similar to the handle that was incorporated into the 10178 Motorized
Walking AT-AT so that you can easily carry/move the craft. I second Scott's
assertion that it is probably a carrying handle.
-Dave
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| (...) Ironically, I have not yet had the chance to buy the motorized AT-AT (and I missed the first one), so I had not seen that a T-bar was built into that design as well. It does make me wonder, now, how exactly they got those lumbering beasts down (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars)
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| I recently built the new AT-TE (one of the least interesting Republic/Imperial war machines as far as I'm concerned), and aside from the loss of the speederbike in the trunk, and 75% of the crew (if they want to use the main cannon, the pilot will (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars)
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