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(...) It is pretty obvious to me that most real life shapes cannot be accurately modeled in LEGO bricks. To be able to enjoy LEGO building, one must have the imagination to recognize complex but common shapes (e.g. vehicles or characters) in the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Chech this site, for the answers on you Technic-stuff. As far as I know the gear-anwers are no, no, no, no, no. Sorry. Klaas Meijaard ---...--- Jonathan Wilson schreef: (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) This is probably a major point where we disagree. While I'm no fan of Star Wars, I have seen the movies (and I have seen "Troops" :-) and as I have said before, I think the head of the LEGO Stormtrooper actually looks like a Stormtrooper. The (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Two white throwbot feet are in the Mindstorms R2D2 Droid Developers kit. You'll enjoy it more than swiping the crotch off a stormtrooper. -gyug (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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This set came to mind, small and probably findable. (URL) Set 6615, the one mentioned in the previous reply, is older but is shown in the latest shop at home catalog for whatever reasons. In a hurry- Nathan Falslev (URL)One came in this set: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) One came in this set: (URL) sure it comes in something else but I can't think of it now. Cheers Gary (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) These come in the Western line from 1996/97(the Indians line)Try 6709 or 6718 both of which are fairly small sets Visu (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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"Gaurav Thakur" <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message news:G344uD.CsH@lugnet.com... (...) hovercraft (...) Not sure... the dinosaur has been sitting on my desk for a year now. I'll give the other models a shot one of these days... -Rob. (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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and if so what set do they come in? 3 blade propellor as used on 8504 judge slizer and also I think on some adventurers airplanes 40 teeth gear wheel minifig pickaxe piece technic friction pin with bushing 24 teeth gear wheel 16 teeth gear wheel (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) You're right, 8880 also has 7 (forgot the trunk in that one). 8868 was an awesome set as well (my personal all-time favorite) with all those pneumatic functions, the compressor and the V6 engine. I guess you could count an extra function on (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the information; that looks pretty good...I guess I'll go for this one then. I could really use the flex cables, those worm-gear holders and some gray beams. The Control Center (with 3 motors) appears to be very nice as well. I'll (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) oops, Ihad no Idea that there was another type of racing steering wheel. What sets does it come in ? thanks Geordan (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ahh, yes! That's how I feel too. My additional fear is that I wonder if they're planning some Saturday morning cartoon commercial where they show the Stormtrooper blasting poor Threepio to bits. Violence aside, there are two problems with (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think, given the information from the Keiran (sp?) the Lego Direct Producer, the inclusion of the rubber projectile makes sense... when you have both sets, you can make the Stormtrooper shoot C-3PO and fly apart. Of course, this moves LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) The other SW models look like SW ships and things. The Stormtrooper doesn't look like something from the SW universe. If you're told, "Hey, this is a Stormtrooper," you could say, "Ah, yes, OK, that looks like a Stormtrooper," but it doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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My understanding is that they did license the name for the Indy Transport... maybe they thought the licence would carry across to the Indy Storm as well??? Speculation, not fact, so don't quote me! :) Dave (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) John, Brain Powered Mecha...very clean lines! Not really the direction I'm headed right now but cool none the less. I'm headed into the "tons o' crap way over the top" style, but I really like the arm of the Brain Powered model. Bryce McGlone (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.starwars, Fredrik Glöckner writes: Sorry to interrupt here; Just a couple of observations/questions... (...) Reliable accuracy is indeed needed for both. Lego did very well with the Pit Droid, and I have all confidence that Lego could do (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) That sounds like a good plan to me, (...) To me, LEGO is about the imagination to create new things (or to find ways to represent things), not about the imagination to see pictures in the clouds. (...) Not really. I know an entire household (6 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) No thats not it. I agree with you that it is a harder form to accurately depict without creating new parts but if they could accurately depict a Stormtrooper or other character then I would be all for it. LEGO should not have avoided the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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