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Re: DETAILS: 8011 Jango Fett & 8012 Super Battle Droid
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:02:31 GMT
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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:46:45 GMT, "Thomas Avery"
<thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> > The new #2 liftarms seems nice, I know they're in R2D2 aswell.
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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.
A project I'm working on could sure use them to decrease bulk a tad,
but that would restrain my budget. It's too early in the building
stage to know if I'll keep the design as is or totally rebuild it.
Other than this time I don't remember me thinking a 1x2 liftarm would
come in handy. But then, I tend to build big :)
> > 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?
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> They're better (in some respects) than an ordinary ball-n-socket because
> they have "click-stops". This helps to restrain movement so that the joint
> holds its shape.
Sounds good.
> > Looks like it's an ordinary friction pin that holds it rotary-wise
> > though, could prove to weak.
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> No. The rotation is also "clickable" which means it holds its shape quite well.
Okay, now you really caught my attention!
> > I think I'll have to grab one of these when I spot it :)
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> Yes, do that! You won't be disappointed.
And if I'm disappointed you'll refund me - yes? j/k
> > > 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! :)
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> Yes it was! At one point I pulled down too many boxes and it was "raining"
> SW Lego sets!
Sounds so close to my vision of heaven!
Actually my dream is if you could buy LEGO pieces by weight, just
scoop them up in a bag and then pay per kilo. Just like in candy
stores.
Imagine hand picking beams, gears, 1x2 liftarms and joints all in a
bag and only pay for the parts you actually want/need...
/Tobbe
http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/
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Message has 2 Replies: | | Re: DETAILS: 8011 Jango Fett & 8012 Super Battle Droid
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| (...) I think you'll find many uses once you know the part actually exists and you own a few. Truthfully, I've only come across a few times when I've thought that a 1x2 liftarm would be useful. But now that I have a few of them, I'm using them all (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) UK Legofest's. He sets up loads of boxe's on tables and you just rifle through them. You put your selected parts in a freezer bag. You can get all sorts of great parts. I once cleaned him out of differential's by buying all five, by weight! (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)
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