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Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels:
It’s my first time to use FTX for a post so if this fubar’s, my apologies ahead
of time.
It’s the first (and hopefully) the last time I’ll use such a long title but I
couldn’t resist. Gold star to anyone that recognizes the reference.;)
It’s also the first time I’ve used a Technic motor, gear reduction, or fiber
optics in a MOC, and I found a great use for the new 2x2x2 Click-blocks from the
Alpha Team under water sets (they make great speakers).
So, may I formally introduce you to:
Crazy Leo and the Knights!
Their first “garage band” appearance was in Columbus, OH at the August COLTC
Tuttle Mall display:
Still, despite appearing atop the local supermarket, their performance landed
them the attention of producer Tommy Brickly. He immediately signed them to a
recording contract and set about updating their stage and light show.
The band members (l-r):
Jef Studsdown - bass, backing vocals
Johnny Brickson - lead vocals, guitars, banjo(1)
Crazy Leo - drums (whatever you do, don’t ask him to sing)
Gary “Half Stud” Offset - guitars, backing vocals
Tek’nique - guitars, backing vocals (2)
They performed this past weekend with their new stage at the Dayton GATS as part
of the COLTC display (I can’t believe I didn’t get any pictures of them in the
display.. oops.) and seemed to meet with favorable response from those
attending.
The folder was just moderated (thank you!) if you wish to see more images:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=59845
I apologize for the lower quality of the lighted images; my digital camera is
old and tired and doesn’t like it when I play with exposure settings but I think
the idea of how the fiber optics function is conveyed.
I’m extremely pleased with how everything turned out with this MOC.
The fiber optic generators are spun by a single motor running off a worm gear
for speed reduction so that both generators ‘fire’ at a more reasonable speed of
once every 1.5 to 2 seconds or so. Early gearing had them firing off way too
fast (1-2x a second) for my liking.
The last lesson was learned in the field: One motor + 2 FO generators + 3
flashing lights=too much drain for 1 9v battery. The setup devoured 3 9v’s (to
my knowledge) over the first day and a half till Mike Gallagher was cool enough
to loan me a 3ft power cable to run it directly from a train regulator. That
solved the problem once for all. Thanks Mike!
Comments and questions are welcome, hope you enjoy it!
Joel J
(1) No one is really sure why he plays the banjo. No one has asked, probably
because they’re afraid of his answer.
(2) Arguably the most popular member of the band and certainly the most easy on
the eyes. It’s the green hair.
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
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Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels:
It’s my first time to use FTX for a post so if this fubar’s, my apologies
ahead of time.
It’s the first (and hopefully) the last time I’ll use such a long title but I
couldn’t resist. Gold star to anyone that recognizes the reference.;)
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Joel,
Looks really cool. The speakers are just great! I believe the title is in
reference to a Audio Adrenaline song from their album Don’t Censor Me.
Nate
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It’s the first (and hopefully) the last time I’ll use such a long title but
I couldn’t resist. Gold star to anyone that recognizes the reference.;)
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Joel,
Looks really cool. The speakers are just great! I believe the title is in
reference to a Audio Adrenaline song from their album Don’t Censor Me.
Nate
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Nate,
Thanks for the kind words. My wife was trying to help me find some 1x2 with
technic hole bricks for a speaker tower initially. I’d planned to just stick the
stud of a 2x2 radar dish in it but they were really too big and then I saw the
stack of those bricks and they were perfect. :)
You’re right on the song reference. ;) Somehow it seemed appropriate.
Thanks for the reply.
Joel J
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I love it. Great job with the band and instruments. I particularly like the
drum set and the expression of the drummer is awesome. The guitar cables are a
nice touch too, and the monitor amps... and the giant stage poster behind the
drummer.
Wish I got a chance to see the light show in action.
Hey, so what piece is that you use for the speakers? Doesn't look familiar to
me. Is it from a new set?
-The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith
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In lugnet.town, the Reverend Brendan Powell Smith spake:
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Hey, so what piece is that you use for the speakers? Doesn’t look familiar to
me. Is it from a new set?
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Read Joel’s initial post:
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and I found a great use for the new 2x2x2 Click-blocks from the Alpha Team
under water sets (they make great speakers)
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it’s this part:
‘Technic Brick 2 x 2 x 2 with Hole and Click Rotation Socket’
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/41533
--
Bill
(TooMuchDew)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
That is really cool. I particularly like the use of wrenches and corner plates
for guitars. That is probably the best rock band scene I have seen done out of
LEGO.
-Mike Petrucelli
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In lugnet.town, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
> I love it. Great job with the band and instruments. I particularly like the
> drum set and the expression of the drummer is awesome. The guitar cables are a
> nice touch too, and the monitor amps... and the giant stage poster behind the
> drummer.
Thanks for the compliments, Brendan!
I can't take credit for the 1x2x1 plates as the electric guitar bodies as I am
pretty sure I saw someone else use them with a different piece for the neck in
the past, but I don't recall anyone using wrenches as the neck.
Grin. The face of that Alpha Team fig was just too perfect to not use in the
band and it just screamed "I'm a drummer!" :)
The King Leo's castle banner happened to be the perfect size to provide backing
to prevent the distraction of seeing 'through' the structure. Hence, Crazy Leo
and the Knights. I know..pretty bad. ;)
> Wish I got a chance to see the light show in action.
One of the guys in COLTC has a digital video cam and took a few seconds of video
of the band so if it comes out I may be able to talk him into converting it to
.mpg or.avi for me. I'll post if so.
> Hey, so what piece is that you use for the speakers? Doesn't look familiar to
> me. Is it from a new set?
It's the brick that the new mecha-style arms on the 4793 Ogel Shark sub connect
into. It comes with 2 of them as I recall. I think they're in a few other sets
as well but off hand I forget which ones..
Thanks again for the positive feedback.
Joel
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In lugnet.town, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
That is really cool. I particularly like the use of wrenches and corner
plates for guitars. That is probably the best rock band scene I have seen
done out of LEGO.
-Mike Petrucelli
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That’s a hefty compliment, thank you.
It was a blast to build. Now if only they came in more colors than just red,
it’d be perfect! :)
Joel
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
> Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels:
Great stuff. I like the look. On the topic of the
lights. If you have a Mac(iTunes+os9) and a RCX
you might like this idea I had from while back
http://www.lugnet.com/~295/audiomoc
Run the show in-sync to the music!
Again props on the layout.
DaveG
Ps: Mail me/comment if anyone wants the iTunes plugin
or wants links/hints/howtos for other player-apps(OS's).
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In lugnet.town, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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Grin. The face of that Alpha Team fig was just too perfect to not use in the
band and it just screamed “I’m a drummer!” :)
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I’ve been wondering, Peeron says this face has a microphone printed along with
that hugh grin, but I don’t see it on this fig. Modification, perhaps?
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Hey, so what piece is that you use for the speakers? Doesn’t look familiar
to me. Is it from a new set?
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It’s the brick that the new mecha-style arms on the 4793 Ogel Shark sub
connect into. It comes with 2 of them as I recall. I think they’re in a few
other sets as well but off hand I forget which ones..
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4 in 4793-1 - Ogel Shark Sub
2 in 7153-1 - Jango Fett’s Slave I™
2 in 4789-1 - AT Aquatic Mech
2 in 4794-1 - Alpha Team Command Patrol
PS - cool band!
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In lugnet.town, David Goeb wrote:
> In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
> > Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels:
>
> Great stuff. I like the look. On the topic of the
> lights. If you have a Mac(iTunes+os9) and a RCX
> you might like this idea I had from while back
> http://www.lugnet.com/~295/audiomoc
> Run the show in-sync to the music!
>
> Again props on the layout.
> DaveG
>
> Ps: Mail me/comment if anyone wants the iTunes plugin
> or wants links/hints/howtos for other player-apps(OS's).
Thanks, Dave!
I've given some thought to adding actual music but in that it's (thus far) been
displayed as part of the local train club display... I'm not convinced that most
would be happy to endure my choice of music despite how cool it would be. :) I'd
be interested in other OS (win 9X) apps but need an RCX first. ;)
Joel
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In lugnet.town, Nathan Wells wrote:
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I’ve been wondering, Peeron says this face has a microphone printed along
with that hugh grin, but I don’t see it on this fig. Modification, perhaps?
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Yep. And yep. I’d actually forgotten I’d modified the head. Just took an X-acto
knife and removed the mic. I really have no use for the cool Alpha-Team heads
with mic’s. The same thing was done for the female head as it’s also an A-T head
originally. :)
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4 in 4793-1 - Ogel Shark Sub
2 in 7153-1 - Jango Fett’s Slave I™
2 in 4789-1 - AT Aquatic Mech
2 in 4794-1 - Alpha Team Command Patrol
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That’d do it! I have 10 - 2 shark subs, and one Slave I. Thanks for the
research, you just answered my own wonderings as to where I got all of them.
Forgetful people are easy to amuse - it’s always new and exciting to them :)
Glad you liked it!
Joel
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
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It’s also the first time I’ve used a Technic motor, gear reduction, or fiber
optics in a MOC, and I found a great use for the new 2x2x2 Click-blocks from
the Alpha Team under water sets (they make great speakers).
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Good call.
Excellent model. I partcularly like the drum kit.
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(1) No one is really sure why he plays the banjo. No one has asked, probably
because they’re afraid of his answer.
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What’s the definition of a gentleman?
Someone who knows how to play the banjo, but doesn’t. :)
Allister
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In lugnet.town, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
> In lugnet.town, David Goeb wrote:
> > In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
> > > Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels:
> >
> > Great stuff. I like the look. On the topic of the
> > lights. If you have a Mac(iTunes+os9) and a RCX
> > you might like this idea I had from while back
> > http://www.lugnet.com/~295/audiomoc
> > Run the show in-sync to the music!
> >
> > Again props on the layout.
> > DaveG
> >
> > Ps: Mail me/comment if anyone wants the iTunes plugin
> > or wants links/hints/howtos for other player-apps(OS's).
>
> Thanks, Dave!
>
> I've given some thought to adding actual music but in that it's (thus far) been
> displayed as part of the local train club display... I'm not convinced that most
> would be happy to endure my choice of music despite how cool it would be. :) I'd
> be interested in other OS (win 9X) apps but need an RCX first. ;)
>
> Joel
Joel,
When I read about the OS/rcx, I got thinking (yes I do sometimes...). We could
plaly I-tunes from the movie Theater (Macintosh Laptop). This will not interfer
with display of the presentation and/or the wireless camera. In the last layout,
the band was close to the Drive-In theater anyway. We could put them next to
eachother, as in real life, drive-in movie theaters are located just outside
cities, as are concert halls!
I'm redesigning the parking lot of the drive in so we can reach certain keys on
the keyboard when pushing on a fig or car. I could make one for volume up, and
one for volume down. I also have an unused RCX, you're welcome to experiment
with it.
Paul
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> > It's the brick that the new mecha-style arms on the 4793 Ogel Shark sub
> > connect into. It comes with 2 of them as I recall. I think they're in a few
> > other sets as well but off hand I forget which ones..
FYI you can get them in white in the World City Police helicoptor (there
are 2). Just dont apply the stickers :)
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In lugnet.town, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Nathan Wells wrote:
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I’ve been wondering, Peeron says this face has a microphone printed along
with that hugh grin, but I don’t see it on this fig. Modification, perhaps?
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Yep. And yep. I’d actually forgotten I’d modified the head. Just took an
X-acto knife and removed the mic. I really have no use for the cool
Alpha-Team heads with mic’s. The same thing was done for the female head as
it’s also an A-T head originally. :)
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Ah. AT heads might be the only heads I would modify (I’m strictly a purist).
Does the knife create any indention in the head where the mike was, or are you
able to scrape the printing off by itself without damaging the head?
Thanks!
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In lugnet.town, Nathan Wells wrote:
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Yep. And yep. I’d actually forgotten I’d modified the head. Just took an
X-acto knife and removed the mic. I really have no use for the cool
Alpha-Team heads with mic’s. The same thing was done for the female head as
it’s also an A-T head originally. :)
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Ah. AT heads might be the only heads I would modify (I’m strictly a purist).
Does the knife create any indention in the head where the mike was, or are
you able to scrape the printing off by itself without damaging the head?
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Well.. it depends on how cross eyed I get and how shakey my hand is at any given
time. :) I’ve got a few heads that weren’t badly marked and a few that are. In
my personal experiences with the Alpha Team heads where the blade removes the
paint it does tend to remove the surface ‘finish’/shine from the ABS.. but
again, if I do it right, that’s minimal. I’ve done a couple “Jet” heads that way
from Rock Raiders as well, removing the mic so I’d have more female faces and
one is horrible, the other couple weren’t bad.
Joel
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In lugnet.town, Allister McLaren wrote:
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Good call.
Excellent model. I partcularly like the drum kit.
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Thanks for the feedback. The drum kit idea hasn’t really changed much over the
years; I made a band as a kid and found I still like this approach the best
because it’s simple. :)
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(1) No one is really sure why he plays the banjo. No one has asked, probably
because they’re afraid of his answer.
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What’s the definition of a gentleman?
Someone who knows how to play the banjo, but doesn’t. :)
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LOL! Yeah. I’ve got a friend that is learning the banjo. I think of him as a
gentleman because he doesn’t play or practice around me. :)
Joel
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In lugnet.town, Paul Janssen wrote:
SNIPPED
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> Joel,
>
> When I read about the OS/rcx, I got thinking (yes I do sometimes...). We could
> plaly I-tunes from the movie Theater (Macintosh Laptop). This will not interfer
> with display of the presentation and/or the wireless camera. In the last layout,
> the band was close to the Drive-In theater anyway. We could put them next to
> eachother, as in real life, drive-in movie theaters are located just outside
> cities, as are concert halls!
> I'm redesigning the parking lot of the drive in so we can reach certain keys on
> the keyboard when pushing on a fig or car. I could make one for volume up, and
> one for volume down. I also have an unused RCX, you're welcome to experiment
> with it.
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> Paul
I'm still thinking about speakers really or rather where to put them. Maybe
under the stage somehow so the sound seems to be coming 'from' the band etc...
with no unsightly 'non-LEGO' speakers to be seen (cables I can live with) them
maybe it would work. I'll see what I can come up with and maybe try to
experiment some. A working light show definately has appeal. :)
Thanks for the ideas and offer. I'm sure something will work.
Joel
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
> The last lesson was learned in the field: One motor + 2 FO generators + 3
> flashing lights=too much drain for 1 9v battery. The setup devoured 3 9v's
> (to my knowledge) over the first day and a half till Mike Gallagher was cool
> enough to loan me a 3ft power cable to run it directly from a train
> regulator. That solved the problem once for all. Thanks Mike!
>
> Comments and questions are welcome, hope you enjoy it!
>
> Joel J
Cool band Joel! Hey, can this girl I know join?:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=489760
:)
Take care,
Gary
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Joel Jacobsen wrote:
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Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels:
It’s my first time to use FTX for a post so if this fubar’s, my apologies
ahead of time.
It’s the first (and hopefully) the last time I’ll use such a long title but I
couldn’t resist. Gold star to anyone that recognizes the reference.;)
It’s also the first time I’ve used a Technic motor, gear reduction, or fiber
optics in a MOC, and I found a great use for the new 2x2x2 Click-blocks from
the Alpha Team under water sets (they make great speakers).
So, may I formally introduce you to:
Crazy Leo and the Knights!
Their first “garage band” appearance was in Columbus, OH at the August COLTC
Tuttle Mall display:
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Joel that is superb, those speakers are great!
But a great band needs *LOTS* of mean looking guitars, maybe you should try to
sign a deal with Brickenrocker
Guitars?
ROSCO
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In lugnet.town, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Joel that is superb, those speakers are great!
But a great band needs *LOTS* of mean looking guitars, maybe you should try
to sign a deal with Brickenrocker Guitars?
ROSCO
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Thanks for the positive response.
I agree, which is why the banjo was done away with.. ;) Brickenrocker has some
rather nice ideas and may be the site I recall seeing before. Probably where I
got the idea for the 1x2 corner plate for the guitar bodies I used for the most
recent iteration.
Thanks for the suggestion and link. :)
Joel
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In lugnet.town, Gary Thomas wrote:
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> Cool band Joel! Hey, can this girl I know join?:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=489760
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> :)
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> Take care,
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> Gary
Thanks Gary!
LOL! She's great! I don't know if she'd with Crazy Leo's band, but a stage is a
stage.. other acts are certain to find their way to the venue sooner or later so
one never knows who might show up. :)
Joel
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Hi Joel,
I really like your band. The ingenuity of you guys (and some gals) always amazes
me, since my own attempts are still at the pathetic stage. Could you please tell
me what you used to make the bass drum? Is it a 2x2 round brick on its side,
with a tile over it, or something else?
Thanks.
Shirley.
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In lugnet.town, Shirley Kearns wrote:
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Comments and questions are welcome, hope you enjoy it!
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Hi Joel,
I really like your band. The ingenuity of you guys (and some gals) always
amazes me, since my own attempts are still at the pathetic stage. Could you
please tell me what you used to make the bass drum? Is it a 2x2 round brick
on its side, with a tile over it, or something else?
Thanks.
Shirley.
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Thanks for the compliments, Shirley!
Don’t be so quick to downplay your abilities. No one is pathetic. I’ve come to
realize building with LEGO is more like going to school -- I generally feel like
I’m a sophomore or MAYBE a junior, where many around here are Senors... and some
skipped ahead a few years. Other times I feel like maybe I got held back a year
or two. ;)
That’s the beauty of LEGO -- getting to look at other’s works is what lets us
learn faster. Without LUGNET or Brickshelf I have no idea what I’d be building
these days. Keep at it! :)
Now to keep this more on topic for remaining in .town:
You pegged it. The bass drum is indeed a 2x2 round brick with a 2x2 printed tile
from a Life on Mars set. The “drum” is mounted on two 1x1 “headlight” bricks.
I thought some of the pictures showed it better than they actually do. If you’d
like I can take an image or two of the drum kit out of the stage, it’s no
trouble to do.
Joel
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This came out when I was about 11 and I wanted it so bad.
Two problems:
1. It wasn't available in India at that time
2. None of my relatives were kind enough to shell out $120 for it
Fast forward 14 years, I'm now in the US, am employed and have some
money to spare. And I would really like this set, if for nothing else,
but to satisfy a childhood dream.
The problem NOW is that it has been discontinued. The friendly store
manager at Legoland, California suggested that this would be a good
forum to post queries on.
If any of you have this set and are willing to sell it to me (in good
condition, of course) or know of where I can get it, PLEASE do let me know.
Thank you,
Nikhil
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In lugnet.technic, Nikhil Sarma wrote:
> This came out when I was about 11 and I wanted it so bad.
>
> Two problems:
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> 1. It wasn't available in India at that time
> 2. None of my relatives were kind enough to shell out $120 for it
>
> Fast forward 14 years, I'm now in the US, am employed and have some
> money to spare. And I would really like this set, if for nothing else,
> but to satisfy a childhood dream.
>
> The problem NOW is that it has been discontinued. The friendly store
> manager at Legoland, California suggested that this would be a good
> forum to post queries on.
>
> If any of you have this set and are willing to sell it to me (in good
> condition, of course) or know of where I can get it, PLEASE do let me know.
>
> Thank you,
> Nikhil
You can try eBay:
<http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=8855&catref=C3&socolumnlayout=3&lotr=1&from=R2&sacategory=18998&BasicSearch=>
This set usualy appears from time to time.
Currently there's one, but it's ending in six hours so you must hurry.
- David
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In lugnet.technic, Nikhil Sarma wrote:
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This came out when I was about 11 and I wanted it so bad.
Two problems:
1. It wasn’t available in India at that time
2. None of my relatives were kind enough to shell out $120 for it
Fast forward 14 years, I’m now in the US, am employed and have some
money to spare. And I would really like this set, if for nothing else,
but to satisfy a childhood dream.
The problem NOW is that it has been discontinued. The friendly store
manager at Legoland, California suggested that this would be a good
forum to post queries on.
If any of you have this set and are willing to sell it to me (in good
condition, of course) or know of where I can get it, PLEASE do let me know.
Thank you,
Nikhil
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Nikhil,
Try this:
www.bricklink.com
Dennis Bosman
LEGO Trucks & Heavy Equipment
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