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Re: LIC SW info
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Tue, 5 Jan 1999 11:21:42 GMT
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In article <3691b9e4.36125720@lugnet.com>, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
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> Speaking of Artoo, what's up with that extra ring of white between his
> hemispherical head and his cylindrical body...? There shouldn't be more
> than 1/2 mm. of vertical whitespace there, and they've got at least 5 mm.
I'd noticed that earlier - it even looks like his* head is one piece,
correctly curved & proportioned & everything, which they could have just
gone right on painting down to the edge rather than truncating everything to
the top half as they appear to have done.
My curiosity is also much aroused by the fact that there don't seem to be
any photos yet showing how they've handled the leg (?) - body joints (will
he* tip back like he's supposed to?), nor how his* little feet connect to a
baseplate (spanning 2 studs, like a minifig, would be too narrow; spanning 4
studs would seem kinda too wide; and 3 would be...odd).
Guess we'll find out, huh?
Scott, from Oregon
*Funny how we know R2 is a _he_.
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| (...) Maybe it's an artifact of the screen-printing process. From your description (I haven't look at the catalog scans lately), it sounds like TLG decorated R2's head by holding the 'head' sideways and applying the design: __ Screen / | Print -> | (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) well, he does have a pretty phallic device for interfacing with other computers. I'd say that makes him about as male as a robot is likely to get. C3PO's gender, on the other hand, is still up for debate. -Josh (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Scott Symer wrote in message ... (...) to (...) My theory is that because the verticle cylinder has cuttouts for studs, if they printed on the cylinder, sections would be missing where the cuttouts occur. This might remove an important sensor, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I might be misremembering, but isn't he referred to as male in the movies? I can't recall anything specific excep Luke calling R2 'little guy'...wait. C3P0, when they're offloading a shot-up R2 from the X-wing: 'You /must/ save him. If any of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Speaking of Artoo, what's up with that extra ring of white between his hemispherical head and his cylindrical body...? There shouldn't be more than 1/2 mm. of vertical whitespace there, and they've got at least 5 mm. 100 x :-( If there is a (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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