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In lugnet.build.military, John O'Keefe wrote:
> One other gun that might be cool that is frequently used by SWAT forces
> would be a HK MP5.
John, you echo my thoughts exactly! The MP5 was actually the first modern
weapon I had modeled, but I thought its appeal was limited. I was wrong! I have
received many many requests for it already. I should put up an R&D page on
BrickArms to show some variants on the drawing board.
---Will
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In lugnet.build.military, Will Chapman wrote:
> The MP5 was actually the first modern
> weapon I had modeled, but I thought its appeal was limited. I was wrong! I have
> received many many requests for it already. I should put up an R&D page on
> BrickArms to show some variants on the drawing board.
>
> ---Will
Damn you, now I'm going to have to make some 'Nam dioramas...
Seriously, though, those gats are pretty awesome - I am totally blown away (no
pun intended).
I agree, an MP5 would be nice. So would a sawed-off shotgun. So would a sniper
rifle. All these ideas - hopefully my purchase today will help to fund some
further development!
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In lugnet.build.military, Leigh Holcombe wrote:
> Damn you, now I'm going to have to make some 'Nam dioramas...
I purposely decided to not mold the grenade launcher and fancy optics onto the
M4 so it could be used for Vietnam & present day use. But, no matter what I do,
someone still wants the "Night Sight" and "Launcher Thingy". :)
> I agree, an MP5 would be nice. So would a sawed-off shotgun. So would a sniper
> rifle. All these ideas - hopefully my purchase today will help to fund some
> further development!
I've been absolutely swamped with orders! I never thought I may actually run
out of items within a month, but if the pace keeps up, it will happen!
But, if that occurs, I'll be able to bring out a couple of new items a bit
quicker than I had expected.
---Will
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I'm very impressed by your work, Will...just a few potential ideas for lines of
expansion, not so much specific weapons as useful parts LEGO is unlikely to ever
make.
Grenades. These don't have to be pineapples or anything complicated; a short
section of gray lightsaber blade with a pin on top would look both modern and
menacing. An accompanying neckgear bandolier that could hold two or three
across the chest would be wicked cool, but even the grenades alone would be
better than the 1x1 green cylinders my guys have been tearing off Pirate palm
trees to lob at one another for years.
Holsters. One of the problems with arming minifigs is that they only have two
places to hold weapons unless you add more attachment points...and believe me,
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=14843 I've tried.> Something
as simple as a 1x2 piece of thin plastic with holes through it for a minifig's
leg pegs and a hand on one or both ends, worn like a belt, would allow figs to
carry a knife or revolver with something smaller than an Adventurers backpack.
An equivalent piece of neckgear (possibly incorporated into the same bandolier
above) could put a diagonally mounted hand on a fig's back, allowing it to carry
a rifle there with the same ease Castle ninjas can carry a katana.
Visors. Somebody mentioned helmets, but visors also provide a lot of
personality and might be easier to produce. NVGs for special-forces types,
full-face clear masks for SWAT teams, something similar to Launch Command
astronaut visors in smoke-black for fighter pilots...there's a lot of
possibilities. Me, I'd take almost anything more useful than goggles that'll
flip down all the way on the Adventurers pilot's caps I've given my SPETSNAZ
team.
Bipods. I understand your reluctance to get into add-on parts for weapons,
since a customized, field-strippable M4 with recognizable parts would probably
end up larger than the minifig expected to hold it, but a few carefully selected
parts usable with many weapons would probably be worth the effort. A snap-on
bipod piece designed to fit onto a round barrel would be extremely modular
across all kinds of rifle designs, without significantly expanding the size of
the host weapon.
As for actual weapons, I'm inclined to suggest the hardest stuff to build:
sniper rifles top the list, of course, but every Stinger launcher I've seen or
attempted has come in as either a TV camera with pretensions or so big it'd be
better off in its own turret. Above all, though, keep this stuff coming!
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