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(...) I know what you mean. I've always felt that way around Christmastime -- I remember the Space Police II, Ice Planet, Spyrius years particularly well: I built *all day* (the next day) and was horribly exhausted afterwards -- a great Legophoria, (...) (26 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) It's also a (...) I have the same problem. I always sit there, shuffling through the unsorted pile of pieces sitting before me, a panic beginning to form that they may have missed a piece when they were packaging them. (...) I have to agree (...) (26 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Do you have a Lego SO? The only thing that kept us from fighting over building the SW sets is all those "2x" steps. :) --Nikky (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) These days, I will sort and build simultaneously. As I'm looking for a piece, I will sort out a few other pieces I notice, until I find the piece I'm looking for. Then I'll build some more, until I get stuck on another piece. Then I'll (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahh -- I'll try that next time. :) (...) It was more than just a rumor, actually. I'd call it an "account" from a reliable source. There is also rampant speculation on the subject too, of course, since the results of it are so clear. It's *so* (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) subject (...) wonderful (...) The hinge bricks are a bit large and the rear landing gear on the X-wing sucks, but the rest of the pieces make up for it. Otherwise, I agree with you completely! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I just got the Droid Fighter, Naboo Fighter, Sith Infiltrator, Anakin's Pod, and the Mos Espa Podrace. I built them in that order. Reactions: D.F.: Cool little set.. got it mainly for pieces. Not really impressed with the modeling of the (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... :It was more than just a rumor, actually. I'd call it an "account" from a :reliable source. There is also rampant speculation on the subject too, of :course, since the results of it are so clear. It's *so* wonderful (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I know *I* do... Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? Considering what they do, they are a decent size. I don't think that plate-based hinges could deliver the 'clicking' function of these hinges. And they need to have (at least) a 1x2 footprint for stability. A 1x1 would wiggle around (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? I didn't know you worked for Lucas. Why didn't you tell us? Steve (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) No no no no no -- I read LUGNET. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Funny but this is the way I usually build too. I like very much to open all packs from the set (specially if it is a large set), get out all parts into one big heap and start building. I "hunt" for every piece at the very begining, later it (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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On Sat, 8 May 1999 19:26:03 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) If only one had the money to afford a masseuse/chiropractor to be on stand-by when building! I sometimes find with the really great sets, I am so desperate to (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote in message news:MPG.11a13c6d6ea...net.com... (...) I do that as well. I was able to do the quickest build over xmas when my 7 year old brother and I were building a set together (5542). I'd find the pieces (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) In Jan. or Feb., I got myself a 5571 Big Damn Truck, and assembled it with my little brother, who was 8 at the time. We took turns - one would find the pieces while the other assembled, alternating at each step in the instructions. Actually, (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Josh Spaulding <josh_spaulding@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FBL2Ar.J2D@lugnet.com... (...) set (...) I agree for the most part. I generally build the sets to get an understanding of how some of the devices work. As an example, Lego has changed (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Good arguments, but I think they could have been two instead of three plates high. The worst one though, is the hinge used for the X-wing canopy. It could have been a plate, which would make it easier to place things behind the pilot. Don't (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Anakin's Pod Racer has these ratcheting hinges in a plate. It's what's holding up those long yellow vanes on the top and sides of the thrusters. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote in message news:3739ACB5.A314A0...ies.com... (...) But the hinge part of the plate runs parallel to the long side of the 1X2 plate, while the X-Wing brick hinge has the hinge part running perpendicular to (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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