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Re: landspeeder
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 12 Feb 1999 07:29:02 GMT
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Your right... I remember it said RC Landspeeder.
So to build your own, just add a propeller to the manual landspeeder.
Lorbaat wrote:
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> David Blomberg writes:
> > I'm not particular into star wars...
> > so I have no recall of what the landspeeder should look like.
> >
> > but I did see a model very similar to the version Lego
> > is building on a Star Wars Toy Collector's web page...
> > (sorry I forget the URL)
> >
> > What struck me about that design, was that there was
> > a propeller in the center engine on the rear of the speeder.
> >
> > Is this more in keeping with what is in the film?
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> The model you saw is a remote-control landspeeder. I imagine the propeller is
> there for, well, propulsion. In the movie, none of the three engines have an
> external propeller- they are assumed to be some kind of jet turbine engine (at
> least, by me :D ).
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> The Lego landspeeder is (IMHO) an incredibly accurate model. The only
> improvement I can think of would require a new peice to be made, for a rounded
> windscreen. And that would be a waste, because it wouldn't be too useful for
> any other things I can think of (unlike the XWing/Ywing/Snowspeeder, Naboo
> Starfighter, and Darth Vader's TIE canopies we've seen).
>
> eric
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