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Re: Bubbles in lightsabers, other stuff
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Date: 
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:03:46 GMT
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It appears to me, that the lightsabres are made out of the same material as
the fibreoptic rods.  Though probably pre-colored instead of having a light
source in the handle.  :)   Those fibreoptic rods have bubbles in them as
well.

-Lee.


Steve Berry wrote:

> Have any of you noticed that there seems to be bubbles in the lightsabers?
> At first I thought this might be one of those deals where you could shake
> the element and it would glow ;-)  Now, that would be cool!!  However, I'm
> assuming this is just the way the lightsaber plastic comes out of the
> production process.  Maybe I'm seeing things...
> 
> Also, someone said the new Episode I yellow fighters use a Town Jr. drop
> plate.  It looks like they do use some kind of drop plate as a base, but it
> doesn't look anything like the Town Jr. version (as seen in 1998's police
> helicopter transporter).  And, if that's the only Town Jr. piece this set
> uses, I'm not complaining.  The rest of the fighter looks like it's built
> out of good old bricks, plates and slopes.  Another neat thing is the new
> canopy looks to be designed to slide open over itself -- much like a WW II
> fighter's canopy opens.
> 
> Steve Bliss said he didn't like the Star Wars minifig faces, but they don't
> bother me.  Space Port is another story, way too busy.  I wonder if Darth
> Vader's minifig head looks like old Anakin as seen in Return of the Jedi
> (starts off grey to hide the yellow but when you remove the helmet you see
> an old guy with a big scar)?  Nah...not LEGO.
> 
> Steve Berry
> 
> 
> 



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Also, if i am remembering right, a lot of the the trans colored atenae have bubbles in them. Probably just a result of how they are manufactured. (...) (28 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.starwars)

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Have any of you noticed that there seems to be bubbles in the lightsabers? At first I thought this might be one of those deals where you could shake the element and it would glow ;-) Now, that would be cool!! However, I'm assuming this is just the (...) (28 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.starwars)

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