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Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town
Date: 
Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:23:33 GMT
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Geoffrey Hyde <gdothyde@bigponddotnetdo#StopSpammers#tau>
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:JB0Luo.Bp1@lugnet.com...

Wow, I really have been out of the loop.  When was this wondrous change
first
brought to our attention?

Why do those skeleton arms look exactly like mechanical battle droid minifig
arms?  IE part http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30377

I wonder why TLG would suddenly drop manufacturing of the original skeleton
arms?  http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=6265

It doesn't make any sense to me.  The original skeleton arms have some use
in SNOT building techniques - the droid arms don't.

I'm hoping this is just a prototype shot error, and that we're not actually
going to get lumbered with more droid arms than we can shake a minifig hand
at.

Cheers ...

Geoffrey Hyde



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  Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
 
(...) arms, then they'd be holding their weapons *sideways*. The "lead" skeleton there looks like he might have a droid arm for his *right* arm (because his flail is arguably sideways), but most of the rest of the skeletons are all holding their (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
  Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
 
(...) The answer is clear to me-- saves TLG $$$. Anytime they can eliminate a mold and "shoot two birds with one stone", it cuts their production costs. It appears to me that droid arms have been getting a lot more use than as just as arms. As a (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
  Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
 
(...) Since when does most of what LEGO does make any sense?? I gave up trying to make sense out of what they do many years ago. [1] (...) I consider the new skelton to be an IMPROVEMENT. The old floppy, fall-off skelton arms were not very good. (...) (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)

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  OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
 
(...) brought to our attention? David Simmons xenobuzz@earthlink.net (18 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)

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