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| | | Hey Gang, its no secret that I love the whole Moonbase Concept. So here I am with my fourth one. I'm happy to present my latest Moonbase: (URL) Mech Bay 04>. (2 URLs) Moonbase Module - Mech Bay 04 - 1x3 48x48 Grey Base Plate Module. The Zolqwith (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Brian P. Gefrich
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| | | | | (...) Jeez Eric, that's just plain massive on both size and inspiration. I've told tall tales of wanting to do something like this as an Imperial AT-AT construction yard. This is definitely the execution of those concepts put into work here. Can't (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Right on, and thank you. (...) Excellent, they would make fine SciBrick displays, we should talk. (...) Looking forward to it. Thank you. (...) e (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Brian P. Gefrich
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| | | | | | (...) Oddly enough, I know where you work. Feel free to give the store a ring sometime. (...) Brian (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Adrian Drake
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| | | | | (...) Wow, that's massive! Very nicely done. I love the shape of the first floor/support pillars. The way they curve in and back out, and the empty space between them is very very nice. Is there any sort of appreciable interior on it? Like meeting (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) wow, thanks Adrian, the pillars seemed like a good way to get 10 studs up and at the same time provided a good footing that I could replicate in mass. (...) Mostly long corridors with smallish rooms on the ends. There is a Control Center (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | (...) You certainly don't do things by halves, do you? This thing is Awesome, both in it's scale and in the details. It's like a hundred mocs in one, all held together by the largest lump of blue and grey lego I've seen in a good while. The 4x4 (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) A hundred MOCs in one. I like that saying. It does split in to three sections. Each of the three base plates carries a section, they can be re-combined in to form new patterns. As many service gantry center sections can added as desired. (blah (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Mladen Pejic
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| | | | | LegoMaster, this is awesome! Wow, the sheer scale of it just blows me away! The complexity and detail is stunning! I absolutely love how you thought out the design of this; the two tiers of cranes, the hinged scaffolding, the ground workspace area, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Aww, you flatter me, calling me by my old nic-name. (...) Even with basic blue brick construction, part of the real challange is determining the way it will all be laid out. Then making it all gel. What you are left with is places for a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Jas Nagra
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| | | | | Yowsers! (As Inspector Gadget would exclaim). Thas one awe-inspiring creation... The scale impressess me, but its the sheer attention to detail that really excites... I love the classic space style, very futuristic yet, retro in a way. I am right in (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Thank you, in honoring the roots of the Moonbase, using classic space colors is a must for me. (...) I wouldn't bet on that. ;) (...) "...bricks and pannels..." do you mean bricks and plates? right? Really you only need a few slopes and a hand (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Mark Neumann
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| | | | | heeheheh, Wow. I just might have to make a new rig to park in front of this. Love those cranes. The look is great industrial mecha extreme. Cool.... Wish I could be there to see the moonbase. Mark (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) heh heh, hooo hooo haaa haaa, uhuh, ya. (...) Oooo...oooh Let me Guess!? Are you or did you make a New Rig! Wowie! wowowowowowowoowowowwowow, we gotta display them together. (...) No I wish I would have gotten some of those World City sets (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Timothy J. Caffrey
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| | | | | (...) Wow Eric, Mechs, Cranes, and Pipe wrenches! You really nailed it with this one, I love all the details you packed into there. And the ladders worked out great ;) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Ok, I gotta break Tim's Brick's here. Tim, helped me get started on this project. He helped me get ready, he helped sort and he helped me with trying to brainstorm the layout. Thank you Tim! The cool accent/egress ladder ways, comprised of 1x2 (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Keith Goldman
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| | | | | You are out of control E. 2 Weeks?! Amazing, no matter how long (or short) a period of time it took to build. So many details...and minis running amok...and the scale...you could imprison a small child in that thing. Not that I'm suggesting that. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Rarrrrhhhhhh raahhahhhhrahhwwhh. ....and Ukla the MOC.... Thanks, Slpeef Goldman. e (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Nick Kappatos
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| | | | | (...) Eric, Love all the little details - the container, the ladders, all the figs at work - and my favorite part, the Classic Space color scheme. At the very least, it looks like it came right from a display page in the Idea Books from the 80's, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Bob Parker
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| | | | | | | (...) Except that Eric's is waaay more detailed than anything TLC would have included. Classic Space, while nice looking, sure was kind of basic. Bob (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well Bob, we're just gonna have to get a memeber of the fairer sex to pose next to said basic looking building style to liven it up a bit. Yes. The girls of Moonbase. e (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Bob Parker
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| | | | | | | | (...) Mmmm - that sounds like a good idea for a calender. But I am STILL waiting for the Girls of BrickLink calender to be made available to the general public. Oh wait - now that I am married, what the heck am I thinking about girls for?!?! Bob (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Hey Nick, good to hear from you. Thank you for the kind compliments. I am glad you like the Mech Bay. You have a keen perception. I indeed was thinking about the idea books from when I was a kid. Imagine if I made some of those goofy bots from (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | (...) Wow, cool! I like the structure around the main mech bay, makes it more like a whole facility instead of just the bay. -Tim (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Wow, cool! I like how your gonna buy me two beers at Brick Fest, makes it more like a whole lotta hops and barly, instead of just the hops. -e (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Kyle Vrieze
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| | | | | (...) snip (...) Whoah! Very impressive! I'd like to bring a 'mech in for an overhaul, but even my biggest one would look pretty puny in that gantry (plus I'm guessing your facility is not equipped to reload gauss rifles and missile launchers :). (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Hey you need to be this high----> in order to ride this, errr, get a lube at the Mech Bay. Ahh, see but you can dump them dirt side, while I have to fix them! I think a set of landing pads next to the Mech Bay for one of your Drop Ships would (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Chris Maddison
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| | | | | (...) E, that is insane in the best way possible. I'm loving the overall "CS but better" look. Like Tim, the facility around the bay really completes the package. The sheer size of it, as well as all the detail makes it great eye candy. What I like (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks mang, tis sweet of yooos. I wanted to make the base to bristle with activity. My last base had lots of Mini-figs but you couln't see them all. So with this Mech Bay, I wanted there to be no doubt that this base was in "Action", working (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Sylvia Tresto
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| | | | (...) This is amazing, e! You bring a new standard to Moonbase and Mecha, hard to meet, but great to see. Love the detail of it and the industrial look of the whole place. Great to see the machine itself in this context! Love, Sylvi (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Moonbase Module: Mech Bay 04 —Eric Sophie
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| | | | (...) Well, thank you! My construction is basic, its all about the way it is laid out. I want to make more Mech Bays to give my Mecha a place to live and to create a display space when they are shown in exhibits and shows. Glad you like the machine (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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