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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 01 November 2022 at 3:46pm | IP Logged | 1
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Funko Pop has a ten inch version of Christopher Reeve’s Superman. Couldn’t resist. 
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         Gundars Berzins Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 01 November 2022 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | 2
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Peter, I keep looking to my left waiting for the repulsor blast!
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 10 November 2022 at 2:31pm | IP Logged | 3
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Just learned there’s a LEGO series called “Friends” (unconnected to the TV series) that is intended to be “girl-friendly”.  To this end the mini-figs that come with it are “more realistic”, meaning still cartoony but less blocky. However, they still have Lego hands, those grasping claws, which evoke disturbing memories of thalidomide. 
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 13 November 2022 at 5:01pm | IP Logged | 4
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Started the LEGO At-At. This time setting it up as an assembly line, which somewhat diminishes the pain of multiple identical assemblies. 
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         William Roberge Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 13 November 2022 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | 5
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Looking forward to seeing pictures of the finished AT-AT.
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 13 November 2022 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | 6
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This thing is gonna be as big as a beagle!
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         Paul Gibney Byrne Robotics Member. 
  
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           | Posted: 14 November 2022 at 2:33pm | IP Logged | 7
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New product idea:  Mar-a-Lego.
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 14 November 2022 at 5:04pm | IP Logged | 8
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More money for Trumf. 
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         Paul Gibney Byrne Robotics Member. 
  
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           | Posted: 14 November 2022 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | 9
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Nah, let him sue.
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         Paul Wills Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 14 November 2022 at 9:28pm | IP Logged | 10
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I still remember when I saw those At-At's for the first time in the theater. It blew my mind!
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 15 November 2022 at 2:40pm | IP Logged | 11
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Uhrrrrrrrr…..This LEGO AT-AT is showing the same problems as previous kits. Clearly not designed to be assembled in earth gravity, for one thing.  Now I’ve got the legs built and attached to the underside, I feel like I should get some red hot metal rods and push them down thru the full length of the legs to add some actual support. At the very least I feel I’m going to have to force some glue into the joints!
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         Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 15 November 2022 at 3:54pm | IP Logged | 12
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Just looked at the price of the Lego AT-AT with 6785 pieces... Cripes, that is expensive.
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