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John Byrne

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Posted: 11 August 2021 at 6:42pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

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John Byrne

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Posted: 14 August 2021 at 7:57pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Received, Ryan. Thanks again!
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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 14 August 2021 at 9:06pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

You’re welcome!
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John Byrne

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Posted: 16 August 2021 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Building the STAR WARS Star Destroyer from Lego, and finding one tiny part bears a remarkable resemblance to Thor’s hammer. Too much, I’d say, to be accidental!
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James Woodcock
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Posted: 16 August 2021 at 11:30pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply

It probably is Thor’s hammer

My son builds a lot of Lego - he has some major Star Wars ones like
Slave 1, Sandcrawler, Angry Birds sets, Mario sets & smaller stuff like
Mixles.

The strangest parts get reused - & I never cease to be amazed @ the
complexity of the internal structures & mechanisms. Some of which you
see replicated whole scale.

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John Byrne

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Posted: 17 August 2021 at 6:01am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

The strangest parts get reused…

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This I have noticed! Building the star destroyer, for instance, I see a lot of "cheating" as standard Lego parts are used in different combinations to create the argle-bargle on the outside of the ship.

It's adding a layer of respect for the designers, realizing they are presented with scenarios each time that resemble the challenge with Apollo XIII, when the NASA technicians had to create a new air filter using only what was on the two ships.

"Create a huge star destroyer model--but use these parts!"

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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 17 August 2021 at 9:01am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Yep, 'greebles' have really filled in the details on a lot of the larger LEGO sets. 
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John Byrne

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Posted: 17 August 2021 at 9:03am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

This model star destroyer is proving to be WAY more effort than it’s worth. I’m increasingly convinced the designers actually intended it to be built in Zero G.

Fitting a rocket housing—with great difficulty— and something deep inside the existing assembly went CHUNK, opening a wide gap along the length of the “keel”. It won’t squeeze back together.

GAH!!!!!!!

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James Woodcock
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Posted: 17 August 2021 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Not on that scale, but my son had the Ghost from Rebels.

That was a nightmare as bits constantly kept falling off.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 19 August 2021 at 6:54am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

The star destroyer has proven almost impossible to assemble in planetary gravity, so I have decided to display the unfinished version in front of my drawing board as an interesting "sculpture".

C'est la vie!

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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 19 August 2021 at 9:12am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

A teachable moment for JJ Abrams. 

Edited by Ryan Maxwell on 19 August 2021 at 9:37am
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Michael Hogan
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Posted: 19 August 2021 at 9:12am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

JB, you need to hire an 8-year-old. When it comes to LEGO, they have powers beyond us mere mortals.
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