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Re: UCS Tie Interceptor first opinions.
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 19 May 2000 20:35:48 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Chris Norman wrote:
> I am about 30% done putting this together. While I really like it, I thought
> it would be a bigger sized model.
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> I have completed the pod portion of the Tie, and I am now working on the
> wings. The pod it self is about the size of a softball. While I have no
> problem with the huge plastic dome used for the front of the pod, I do
> absolutely hate the big huge dark gray dome piece they use for the back of
> the model. The LEAST they could have done was to have made the 4 1/4 dome
> pieces. Sorry, I forgot the acronym for a very un-Lego like piece, but this
> is it.
Is the piece for the back of the pod the big-dome base part? The one used
in Neptune's Discovery Lab (and others)? Looking at
<http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6195>, the two dome-parts are
used in the tower on the right-hand side of the picture.
That's not the most exciting solution to the task, but at least they aren't
*new* pieces.
> You should have seen the confused look on my face when I was opening plastic
> bags and said "Why the &$%@ are there shovels in here?". I will take some
> pics when I am done to show all of you, why there were shovels in a tie
> fighter set, but this also was a bit of dismay, because you would think they
> could have molded a special piece for the function the shovel serves.
No way! Reusing existing parts is *much* better than making new
special-purposes pieces.
Steve
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 | | Re: UCS Tie Interceptor first opinions.
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| I guess I am just too stuck on the Star Wars Vehicles looking as close to real as possible. And when I see those shovels there, all I can see is "SHOVELS"... and it just ruins the effect for me. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | UCS Tie Interceptor first opinions.
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| I am about 30% done putting this together. While I really like it, I thought it would be a bigger sized model. I have completed the pod portion of the Tie, and I am now working on the wings. The pod it self is about the size of a softball. While I (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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