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Re: That AT-ST Scout Walker.
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Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:52:06 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Josh Opotzner writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > Actually, I quite like the AT-ST. Then again, I also liked the Millenium
> > Falcon.
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> > There are some definite details on the cab/head, and the parallel swivel-hip
> > mimics pretty closely the way the walkers moved in the movies.
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> Uh...no. The "real" AT-ST had a box-like mechanism in between the head and
> legs that housed a weight shifter and motors to move the head up, down,
> left, and right. They totally skipped this, so not only does it look unlike
> it is supposed to, but the head can't move, always in the direction of the
> legs. Even as a toy, this totally stinks. Also, with the way they designed
> it, you only need one fig to drive it; there should be one to drive and one
> to operate the head and guns. But since now theres no way to target and
> move the head, I suppose it only needs one figure.
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> This, coupled with the fact that the set has nothing but Chewbacca, make it
> a horrible dissapointment.
All I can say is that the TLG version may not look like much it has much
better moving leg action then my AT-ST model (
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1550 ). But the detailing
could have been done better.
The reason TLG threw in chewie instead of a Imp. at-st driver is very
simple: I think that children like the chewbacca fig. a lot more than a Imp.
officer and because chewie was prominently present in the at-st scene it was
a logical step for lego to include him.
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| (...) I think they could have at least made it 15 dollars, replace Chewie with an Imperial officer, and include an Echo troop (same as that comes with the Snowspeeder). -- Andrew, Agent 0007 (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Uh...no. The "real" AT-ST had a box-like mechanism in between the head and legs that housed a weight shifter and motors to move the head up, down, left, and right. They totally skipped this, so not only does it look unlike it is supposed to, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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