Help with Lego ISD

Goaliexam · Post by **Goaliexam** » 2003-01-10 10:43pm

Im in desperate need of some help. I finally opened up my Lego ISD I got for Hanukah, and I now have a problem. After finishing the super-structure, I have built the bottom-left plating (if you are looking in the direction the ship is pointing) the way the instruction manual/book tells you. I did that all fine, but I am having trouble connecting it. I cant seem to get both the 3 magnets and those three outer pieces to all connect and be supported. Did anyone else have this problem while building theirs? The only suggestion I have gotten so far is super-glue, but if there is an easier way please let me know. Thanks in advance.

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-10 10:47pm

POKE

well, it's not a good idea to mix Legos with super-glue.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-01-10 10:54pm

Take the whole damn thing apart, then start over from scratch again.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-01-10 10:56pm

My Lego ISD will remain safely in its box until my wife and I move into our future house (else I'd have to transport an assembled ISD, which is a not-good idea).

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2003-01-10 11:08pm

Scrap it and make an original and actually good looking ship. That's what I'd do.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2003-01-10 11:09pm

Hyperion wrote:Scrap it and make an original and actually good looking ship. That's what I'd do.

How dare you inuslt the ISD....

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2003-01-10 11:11pm

SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2003-01-10 11:24pm

Hyperion wrote:SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.

(emphasis mine)

Is this a really smart thing to say on a board full of SW fans?

Necro99 · Post by **Necro99** » 2003-01-10 11:26pm

Temjin wrote:
Hyperion wrote:SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.
(emphasis mine)

Is this a really smart thing to say on a board of SW fans?

For Compairaison, i will post a thread posted "FUCKING JEFFIE BASTARDS" in a jewish organisation board.

In other words, No.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-01-10 11:40pm

Temjin wrote:
Hyperion wrote:SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.
(emphasis mine)

Is this a really smart thing to say on a board full of SW fans?

Especially considering this is Star Destroyer .net...

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-01-11 12:26am

As I told you on Yahoo, my ISD has the same problem. The easiest solution would be to super glue the rear-most magnets on that side, it wouldn't affect the design at all, it would solve the problem, and it would still be easy to dissasemble for transportaion.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-01-11 01:24am

Hyperion wrote:SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.

*Loads gun* Your Omega is a paper tiger. Hit the gyro and it's gone.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-01-11 06:40am

Yeah, I had the problem too. What it is is that in the part where they're telling you what to put where, they tell you to put the magnet in the wrong place.

The magnet that's on the hull plate is in the right place, but move the magnet that's on the frame back. I think that's how it gets fixed.
This isn't too uncommon of a problem, large LEGO sets frequently have misprints in the first production run of their instruction booklets.

If you bought the Technic Droideka, you may have experienced similar problems. I bought the Droideka a few months after it came out, and they had already put appended instructions in the boxes that fixed the errors.

Goaliexam · Post by **Goaliexam** » 2003-01-11 10:02am

Thanks Rob and anarchist, but I wish the people here were a little more mature

. Anyways, I will try what you said Rob, because personally super-glue is too much of a hassle, especially if I screw it up the first time.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-01-11 12:56pm

Hyperion wrote:Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.

No shit, sherlock. Unlike most scifi ships, they're actually designed to be efficient. They are MILITARY ships, and damn good at what they do.

I'm sick of this style-over-substance shit.....

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-11 12:58pm

Hyperion wrote:SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

"Best looking" as in "nice porcelain toy to put on your shelf", or "best looking" as in "looks like it's actually solid, military, and tough?"

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.

HEATHEN!!!! KILL THE HEATHEN!!!!

PS. I was unaware that warships should look "pretty." The ISD looks tough, unlike your ridiculous toy Omega with its goofy rotating section.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-01-11 03:09pm

Hyperion wrote:SW sucks, so does Trek, B5's ok in terms of realism and story, but I never got into it. To me most of the best looking ship designs are original ones.

Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.

are you on drugs boy? gee i wonder what a 200 gigaton turbolaser would do to the back of that big melon you call a head....

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-01-11 04:15pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Btw, an ISD looks like a fubar spraypainted cheeze wedge, they're not pretty, give me an Omega any day over an ISD.
HEATHEN!!!! KILL THE HEATHEN!!!!

PS. I was unaware that warships should look "pretty." The ISD looks tough, unlike your ridiculous toy Omega with its goofy rotating section.

Personally I think the ISD is beautiful because of it's utilitarian design, in the same way a submarine, a tank or an AK rifle are.
(at least that's to my eyes - but then again I spent my childhood playing with ancient technical stuff and tools)