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Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
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Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:36:32 GMT
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:01:14 GMT, "Mike Walsh"
<mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> "Bob Hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:HD57t6.15I8@lugnet.com...
> > The more that I look at the box art for the new passenger train
> > (http://www.iltco.org/sneakpeek/boxart/?image=1), the more that I dislike
> > the engine. Maybe it is the bird beak front, or the canopy windscreen • (does
> > it come with an ejection seat?) I just noticed that the sides are only • four
> > bricks high - no train door added to those cars.
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> [ ... snipped ... ]
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> I went back and looked at the picture and something else caught my eye. On
> the back end of the 2nd Class car, there appears to be a newer version of
> this part that uses click hinges:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=2582
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> I really hope that isn't the case. The proliferation of click hinges is
> IMNSHO one of the better decisions LEGO has made. It is good part choice in
> some sets (e.g. Snow Speeder) and a terrible choice in others (e.g. Soccer
> Bus).
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> From the alternate model on the back of the box art, it certainly looks like
> this element has also succumbed to the click hinge. Bleh.
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> Mike
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I went back and looked at some of the other pictures and it looks like
several of the parts have been retooled to use click hinges.
Unfortunately, part 2873 (http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2873) has
been changed and it looks pretty ugly. The box art for 4512 shows the
new pieces clearly (on the sides of the cargo modules.)
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Oh ick! Well I guess I'll wait till I see the parts in person, but my first reaction is to say they ruined two perfectly good parts. :-\ I suppose the remake of 2873 isn't *that* bad, or it could have it's uses, but I just don't get 2582... (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: High Speed Diesel Locomotive
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| "Mike Case" <mcase@metrolink.net> wrote in message news:3e960a92.154209...net.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) It also looks like the forklift element from 4512 has also been retooled to use the click hinge: Link to really bug image: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| "Bob Hayes" <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:HD57t6.15I8@lugnet.com... (...) (does (...) four (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I went back and looked at the picture and something else caught my eye. On the back end of the 2nd Class car, there (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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