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Re: LIC SW info
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 8 Jan 1999 16:04:14 GMT
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Scott Symer wrote in message ...
> In article <3691b9e4.36125720@lugnet.com>, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
> wrote:
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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.
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> 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 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, panel, etc.
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> 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).
Based on my Ldraw models of the X-wing and Y-wing, I would guess that the
feet span 4 studs. At least that much space is made for R-2 in both models.
The body seems to be 2x2 round, and while the legs don't seem to extend an
entire additional stud, I'll bet the feet do. Take a look at the X-wing
inset which shows how R-2 fits into the X-wing.
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> Guess we'll find out, huh?
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> Scott, from Oregon
>
> *Funny how we know R2 is a _he_.
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