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Re: Droids (8000, 8001, 8002)
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 20 Jan 2000 21:16:07 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Grant Elliott wrote:
> The
> Destroyer is absolutely incredible. It is one of the best purely mechanical
> sets I've seen come out of Lego.
> The new pieces are a novelty and that novelty will eventually wear
> off.
I think these two statements are contradictory. Seems like the construction
material and techniques used to make "one of the best purely mechanical sets"
would be more than a mere novelty.
The new beams work *very* well in the look-and-feel of these droid kits. They
wouldn't look nearly as cool with traditional studded-beam construction. And
they probably wouldn't work as well.
I think I prefer a mix of the two. The new supercar is very cool, but the body
looks even less substantial than the previous one. That's too bad, even for
Technic.
Interesting that in the 8448, the frame is built *mostly* using traditional
studded beam, plate, and pin construction.
Steve
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| "Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:e3eHOKMT+KtvuTD...4ax.com... (...) mechanical (...) construction (...) sets" (...) I agree Steve. I think that the new parts were engineered with *a lot* of careful thought. At first, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Droids (8000, 8001, 8002)
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| I just got the three droids in the mail on Thursday (Let's hear it for Shop at Home!) and all I can say is, "Wow!" Lego did a spectacular job on these three sets. The Pit Droid, though simple, is just neat. The Battle Droid can best be described as (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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