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Re: Throbot limb improvements
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 01:12:58 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Paul Gyugyi writes:
My new Pohatu(*) figure has throwbot leg pieces (part 12173) that have
a texture to the spheres.  This is really noticable on the shoulder
pieces used as hands on Pohatu, since they now stay in place
rather than flopping around.  The old legs had smooth
spheres, right?

BTW, has anyone made a Slizer parts reference, where I could
go to find out what sets have, for example, a throwbot
head in dark grey?

(*) nicknamed Potatoe  (the "toe" is because he has a
large toe thing, and because of Ex-VP Dan Quail).

-gyug

I noticed (pre-Bionicle) that there is a fair amount of variation in the arm
pieces in just the way you describe as well as some seeming to be made of a
harder/stiffer plastic. The yellow ones show more color vriation than would
be usual for bricks.

The Bionicle ball-and-sockets seem a lot stiffer than their predecessors.



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  Re: Throbot limb improvements
 
To the contrary, half of my Toa sets limb pieces (legs in particular) have become very loose. I think they didn't used to be that way. Lewa is the only set that has the textures on the leg peices - I had assumed it was wear and tear, because he is (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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  Throbot limb improvements
 
My new Pohatu(*) figure has throwbot leg pieces (part 12173) that have a texture to the spheres. This is really noticable on the shoulder pieces used as hands on Pohatu, since they now stay in place rather than flopping around. The old legs had (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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