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Re: modifications to SW sets
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 8 May 1999 02:09:55 GMT
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Hi,
Ben Gatrelle wrote:
> 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.
Well, if you don't like that, you're not gonna like the Sith
Infiltrator--not one, but TWO levels of peg-
connection on the wings alone. The "nose" is also
peg-connected. The thing can come apart into five
pieces (not counting the Speeder and "droids"). Then
again, it's ugly as sin (the bad kind, not the good kind)
so maybe that's a minor flaw in the grand scheme.
> (1) The Naboo Fighter is my favorite of all the EP1 sets. I am SW complete
> except the Sith Infiltrator which I'll wait for a % off sale to purchase (and
> #7131).
Hear hear! I absolutely love that set. Lots of good slopes.
I think the challenge to TLG of building sets that are "actual
things" has produced models that must by definition use the
pieces we've been clamoring about for years and years! I
forget who said it, but my response on seeing the polybags
in the Sith Infiltrator box was "oooh, 2x4 low-slopes...oooh,
grey plates...oooh, grey pieces" as well. Not a pretty thing,
but for parts, all of the SW sets are phenomenally good.
-LFB (waiting for a %-off sale for Gungan Sub and Mos Espa)
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