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Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Jaco van der Molen - 2025-08-18
Hi all,
Why is the angle of the arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 not straight?
It seems at an 11 degree angle?
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Orion Pobursky - 2025-08-18
This part was released in 1999 so the reason is lost to the sands of time.
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Gerald Lasser - 2025-08-18
(2025-08-18, 19:04)Jaco van der Molen Wrote: Hi all,
Why is the angle of the arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 not straight?
It seems at an 11 degree angle?
Looking at the part this seems to explain the reason, the width of the arrows are 1/16th of the cylinder.
57467_Reason.PNG (Size: 11.8 KB / Downloads: 166)
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Chris Böhnke - 2025-08-20
That part is way off from the real one anyways.
(red one is LDD mesh, blue one library file, turned around the 11 degrees)
Note, that the LDD mesh also isn't fully accurate, as that misses the noticable fillet at the bottom of the "fins". However they are straight on the real part, not angled, like in the current version.
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Magnus Forsberg - 2025-08-20
(2025-08-20, 12:53)Chris Böhnke Wrote: That part is way off from the real one anyways.
Do a complete rework, and obsolete the old.
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Philippe Hurbain - 2025-08-20
(2025-08-20, 15:28)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: Do a complete rework, and obsolete the old.Why obsolete??? just replace the code, the part will remain geometrically compatible!
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Magnus Forsberg - 2025-08-20
(2025-08-20, 16:09)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Why obsolete??? just replace the code, the part will remain geometrically compatible!
I'm assuming that the fins will be moved to be horizontal/vertical.
But if they stay rotated, obsoleting might be avoided.
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Philippe Hurbain - 2025-08-20
(2025-08-20, 16:27)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: I'm assuming that the fins will be moved to be horizontal/vertical.It would be much better. But I don't see the problem even with unrotated fins!
But if they stay rotated, obsoleting might be avoided.
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Magnus Forsberg - 2025-08-20
Can the fins from 18041 be reused?
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Jeff Jones - 2025-08-20
(2025-08-20, 18:45)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: Can the fins from 18041 be reused?
yes
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Orion Pobursky - 2025-08-20
I agree that if the only this being touched in the fins then obsolescence is unnecessary.
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Gerald Lasser - 2025-08-20
This is the current mesh for 18041 from BI
RE: Angle of arrow tip on Minifig Harpoon 57467 - Chris Böhnke - 2025-08-20
If this gets reworked, I would not like it if the fins stay rotated as is. Please make them align to the standard planes; it's rather annoying always having to rotate them this awkward angle whenever placed.
Given that, I think it will at least break the look of older models which have them rotated back to the "correct" position. I think it's not avoidable to obsolete it.