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John,
A few of us got together to 'do the math' on the various sets that contain
the 'ball with axle-hole' part in them. We discovered that, using retail prices
only, Pohatu was by far the best deal. He contains two 'ball with axle-hole'
parts for $6-$7 comparted to the other Bionicle sets which contain at most one
copy of that part. C3-PO contained 5 copies for $30. None of us owened the
Stormtrooper, so we could only guess that it contained the same number as C3-PO
for $35. Can you confirm this for us?
Pohatu-the cheapest source (right now) for ball and socket parts.
-Dave Johann
In lugnet.technic, John Carroll writes:
> Thanks. That was very helpful. tho I was hoping that there were grey sockets
> and balls I guess I'll just have to use the black ones for now. oh well, I
> guess the next mech will be blue, lt gray and black. and the one i'm
> building will just have exposed black joints.
>
> I hope lego puts out a ball and socket assessory pack. I have pieces of a
> storm trooper, C3P0, Kopaka and Lewa that I have bought mainly for the b&s
> joints, just lying around (but I surprisingly used quite a few more parts
> than just the joints) but untill TLC make the B&S accessory pack. I guess
> I'll just have to keep buying those sets.
>
> John
>
> > Hi John,
> > Here's the rundown: Bionicle is the first time Lego decided to go with
> > black socket parts as their main color. White (Kopaka) and Blue (Gali) are also
> > available via the six main sets. Howeverm with either of these sets you'll get 4
> > black sockets for every blue or white one you want. Onua is black/Dk. grey. The
> > arms are dark grey, all sockets are black.
> >
> > Light grey ball arms are FINALLY available via Kopaka, meaning that those of us
> > who like to work in light grey can finally do it. The ball with axlehole part
> > seems to be available in light grey in only one set so far: Tarakava-the $50
> > Rahi set. It might be available in one of the other sets. I don't know for
> > certain because I don't own them yet.
> >
> > Dark grey ball joints were only available in the Throwbot known as Granite.
> > You'll see the cut down throwing arm version on my mecha: Sagittarius as shown
> > http://members.home.net/legomecha/lego/mecha_hi_zodiac.html The socket part has
> > never been made available in either grey to my knowledge. I'd be buying them
> > like mad if they were. The locking socket part (Lewa's Hand, Pohatu's Hand) has
> > been available in Dark grey in the Granite set and probably other sets as well.
> >
> > Sockets have been available in the following colors: black, white, red, yellow,
> > orange, blue, sky blue, tan, purple, teal
> >
> > The click sockets have been available in these colors: black, red, blue, sky
> > blue, tan, purple, teal, green, dk. grey.
> >
> > Traditional throwbot arms (double ball near 90 degree) were available in these
> > colors: black, white, tan, green, lime, yellow, light grey, dark grey, blue,
> > purple.
> >
> > Other colors for these parts may be available, but those are the ones I know
> > about.
> >
> > I hope that was helpful,
> >
> > -Dave Johann
> > LUGNET Member #524
> > Founding Member: LUGOLA
> >
> > HardCore's Haven
> > http://members.home.net/legomecha/index.html
> >
> > Beyond Bionicle: Lego Mecha Creations
> > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/legomechaforum
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| (...) Unfortunatlly there are only 4 ball & socket joints in the Storm trooper. neck, left and right shoulder and left elbow. I chose wrong the first time I picked. I'll have to check out Pohatu. Doh, I bought a C-3P0 and a Kopaka last night (needed (...) (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| Thanks. That was very helpful. tho I was hoping that there were grey sockets and balls I guess I'll just have to use the black ones for now. oh well, I guess the next mech will be blue, lt gray and black. and the one i'm building will just have (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha)
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