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Re: modifications to SW sets
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 7 May 1999 06:25:59 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, ben.gatrelle@nospam-bigfoot.com (Ben Gatrelle) writes:
> I'm not sure why TLG is making some of these SW sets in pieces, held together
> by connector pegs. Darth Vader's TIE and more recently the engines on the
> Naboo Fighter (1). I have substituted a 2x2 plate for the 2x2 tile which
> allows the engine to be solidly connected to the body and not flop around.
I thought the engines were detachable so that you could pop them off quickly
as you're wooshing it around the house -- for when they get hit by enemy
fire.
BTW, I like the way the tail spins around on the peg -- it allows you to
hold the model by the tail antenna and give the body of the model a spin.
Then you rapidly lower it (still holding it by the tail) while spinning,
just like in the first trailer. :)
--Todd
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| (...) [on the Naboo fighter] (...) The first thing I did on finishing the model was try that because someone (cough cough) said something like that to me- and the weight of the bulk of the fighter overcame the peg's holding tension, and the fighter (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | modifications to SW sets
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| I'm not sure why TLG is making some of these SW sets in pieces, held together by connector pegs. Darth Vader's TIE and more recently the engines on the Naboo Fighter (1). I have substituted a 2x2 plate for the 2x2 tile which allows the engine to be (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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