Subject:
|
Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.technic, lugnet.general
|
Date:
|
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:05:40 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1264 times
|
| |
|
|
If you look at the design, there is a half-pin around the ancle or calf that
keeps the thigh from over extending. Mine (at first) had a problem standing,
with the knee joint being slightly out and the half pin did not prevent it from
over rotating.
my $0.02
-Phil
"Peter A. Vogel" wrote:
> Mine --- er, "my daughter's" (it was her birthday gift after all :-), stands
> just fine,
> with the heel pointing down. In fact, with the heel flat, he would probably
> topple
> backward. He really is quite stable standing.
>
> On the other hand, regarding the "pop" my daughter got quite upset that he
> only "pops"
> properly when held up. I had to take her to the movie again (gosh, I hated
> that :-) to
> demonstrate that the most obvious popping happens only when Jar-Jar is
> holding the
> droid... But I admit, it ticked me off too -- I thought it should pop from
> scrunched to
> standing (with a possible topple afterward) but it doesn't, and the
> mechanics of
> the folding make that essentially impossible...
>
> -Peter
>
> "Jonathan Little" <piano254@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:FoEJz9.87D@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.technic, Paul Davidson writes:
> > > The heels point downwards. I double-checked this when I was assembling • it,
> > > since it seemed awkward. But with both legs, mine stands very well. I • can
> > > even bump him around on my desk, and he slides instead of falling over.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul Davidson
> >
> > I realize that the instructions have the green "heel" part pointing down, • but
> > mine would not stand like that. I keep it folded up on the shelf because • it
> > won't stand. When I made the change that was suggested earlier about • pointing
> > the green "heel" backwards, it stood for the first time since I got it. • Maybe
> > I made some other mistake that is causing him to fall forward when the • "heel"
> > is pointing down. When I get a spare hour, I'm going to take him apart and
> > double check to make sure I didn't do anything wrong.
> >
> > -Jonathan
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
14 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
