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Re: DETAILS: 8011 Jango Fett & 8012 Super Battle Droid
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Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:36:30 GMT
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 15:42:32 GMT, "Thomas Avery"
<thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote:
> I made a quick trip to Wal-Mart last night[1] and discovered all the new
> 2002 SW sets (except for the Yoda sculpture).
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> Here are pictures of the parts and a few close up shots:
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> 8011 Jango Fett $30:
> http://www.texbrick.com/quick_pics/8011/
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> 8012 Super Battle Droid $35:
> http://www.texbrick.com/quick_pics/8012/
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> I haven't had time to put these together yet, but I have looked at the
> instructions and the parts.
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> Jango doesn't impress me as a model. He doesn't have much movement (much
> like 8010 Darth Vader, e.g. stiff legs) and the purple color doesn't appeal
> to me. However, the ppp is most excellent and there aren't many
> overly-specialized parts. I cannot recall the exact part count, but it's
> over 400 (~430 IIRC) so it's about ¢7 per piece!
The new #2 liftarms seems nice, I know they're in R2D2 aswell.
> The Super BD is most excellent. The new joints (Mecha builders listen up!)
> are the best new part I've seen in a while. They're like a very stiff
> U-joint. You can see close up pictures and details of the parts at the
> bottom of the page (goto the 8012 link above).
Some other bloke also mentioned this to lugnet.build.mecha but I find
your information a lot better e.g. how though they are etc.. Compared
to the Bionicle joints how though are they?
Looks like it's an ordinary friction pin that holds it rotary-wise
though, could prove to weak.
> The SBD is fully poseable with the new joints and the set comes with 8 of
> them! Most of the parts are in light blue or this new kinda metallic, kinda
> pearlescent purple color (again, goto the 8012 link for pics). The SBD does
> have one mechanical feature, although I haven't built it yet so I'm not sure
> what it does (I think it raises and lowers something, like an arm). The set
> does come with one 16t gear and one 20t double bevel gear.
I think I'll have to grab one of these when I spot it :)
Thanks!
> a very happy SW and Technic fan,
> TJ
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> [1] My Trip To W-M (Houston, Texas)
> I arrived at the "Lego isle" to find nothing new. I became disgusted and
> started to walk out. However, something made me glance back as I was leaving
> and I saw Lego sets on the top shelf opposite of the normal shelves that
> Lego occupies. That area has been usually reserved for clone bricks, so I
> turned around and had a closer look.
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> They were just sitting there all cluttered together without any prices. I
> began jumping up and grabbing a few sets to look at them. I felt like I was
> playing basketball, taking "jump shots" to retrive the sets. I attracted a
> few kids who were interested and passed the sets to them. We all had a great
> time!
Now that must have been a sight! :)
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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| (...) They're also in 8010 Darth Vader. A 1x2 liftarm is part I've been wanting for a long time. I'm really happy that there are an abundance of them in the new sets. (...) They're better (in some respects) than an ordinary ball-n-socket because (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)
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