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Re: is anyone else finding...
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Date: 
Wed, 12 May 1999 00:35:44 GMT
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blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote:
The hinge bricks are a bit large

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 too much.

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 get me wrong though, these are great sets!  Even my mother noticed
that these sets "have little pieces again" (ie, no SPUDs).  (She also
noticed the R2 wasn't quite as "cute" as in the movies)

and the rear landing gear on the X-wing >sucks

Amen, brother.

It's easily improved though.  If anyone comes up with a really nice
design for landing gear, please post it.
--Bram


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  Re: is anyone else finding...
 
(...) 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 (25 years ago, 12-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 (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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