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In lugnet.announce, Will Chapman wrote:
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BrickArms is OPEN!
Hi all! I’ve just opened my new BrickArms store offering custom molded
minifig-compatible modern weapons (try saying that five times fast!).
Each was designed using a 3D CAD program, and the molds were made using
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines. The plastic is ABS, and each
weapon fits the minifig geometry like a glove.
They are available in black and a mid-gray (the mid-gray color leans more
towards the classic dark gray).
Visit BrickArms.com or
BrickLink!
Thanks,
---Will Chapman
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These will be the first non-lego items that I will add to my pile of bricks, in
27 years of collecting.
As a maker of metal die casting tools, I really appreciate the quality of the
tooling that you managed to come up with.
Suggestions?
MP5 and a shotgun will be a good idea. Someone also tried to mention uzi I
guess, which is also a good idea.
My personal suggestions will be WWII M1 Garand and a real machine gun like MG3
or similar
http://www.ghostrecon.net/imagesarms/mg3large3.jpg
Congrats. I already ordered 3 x 7 packs..:-)
Selçuk
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In lugnet.build.military, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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These will be the first non-lego items that I will add to my pile of bricks,
in 27 years of collecting.
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Wow, thanks! When you recieve your items, please check back and report on the
quality, OK?
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Suggestions?
MP5 and a shotgun will be a good idea. Someone also tried to mention uzi I
guess, which is also a good idea.
My personal suggestions will be WWII M1 Garand and a real machine gun like
MG3 or similar
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That MG3 looks like a wicked weapon! Larger weapons are a bit harder to do.
I’m more partial to the one-handed weapons so the minifigs can actually hold
them ;) Bipods and Tripod mounts add tiny pieces that will probably just get
lost :(
---Will
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In lugnet.build.military, Will Chapman wrote:
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SNIP Bipods and Tripod mounts add tiny pieces that will probably just get
lost :(
---Will
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May I suggest the use of black minifig hands for a Bipod stand??
Somehow, though, the enthusiasm which greets your (admittedly well-crafted)
product disturbs me. Must we include violence in our dioramas?
Doesn’t violence somehow stand in opposition to the “Play well” motto?
NOTE: These opinions do not reflect any official policy or stance of the
organizations of which I am a member. I don’t know what the official stance is.
Paul Sinasohn
LUGNET #115
BAYLUG/BAYLTC
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Doesn’t violence somehow stand in opposition to the “Play well” motto?
NOTE: These opinions do not reflect any official policy or stance of the
organizations of which I am a member. I don’t know what the official stance
is.
Paul Sinasohn
LUGNET #115
BAYLUG/BAYLTC
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Hi, Paul,
Not speaking for Will, of course, I must say your comments are well-taken.
Please understand I am coming from a completely unbiased stance myself, and I
won’t try to take a stab at the “official” take on this issue. All I know is
that I will try not to shoot myself in the foot, but I may take some verbal
potshots at a few people. Sorry, this reply is just a shot in the dark. Also, I
promise not to use bullets in this reply, although I am gunning for your
support. I have the general idea of this issue in my front sights, but I’ll
still be shooting from the hip.
Sorry...I didn’t come here to tell you that. :-)
I would point out, however, that LEGO did release some rifles and revolvers as
official elements; I believe someone in this thread already made an observation
to that effect.
In my view, Will wasn’t aiming for a promotion of violence with these custom
elements any more than idSoftware was when they came out with the Doom PC
game. I am 38 years old, and when I was in school, school shootings were
virtually unheard of, yet we played “Cops and Robbers” (or some facsimile
thereof) all the time. It was for the thrill of the Western or 1930’s serial
genres that we did so, not for love of violence.
I say it all boils down to how we educate our children - or don’t. If a child’s
parents have been replaced by the refrigerator and the PlayStation2, then it’s
small wonder that (s)he has a hard time differentiating fiction from reality --
because Mom is upstairs watching Murder She Committed and Dad is out drinking
with the boys, or maybe Dad’s upstairs watching TV and Mom’s out drinking with
the boys, I don’t know; but I digress. It’s too easy to pin the blame (for the
escalating rise in violence among our youngest generation) on Doom,
Transformers, Santa Claus Versus the Martians, or custom LEGO elements.
All this may be academic, however. If LEGO has a problem with it, I’m sure
they’ll be in contact with Will in due course. But I wouldn’t bet the farm on
it.
Hope my comments are taken in the spirit in which they were intended. It’s a
tricky issue to be sure.
Peace,
Pat
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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May I suggest the use of black minifig hands for a Bipod stand??
Somehow, though, the enthusiasm which greets your (admittedly well-crafted)
product disturbs me. Must we include violence in our dioramas?
Doesn’t violence somehow stand in opposition to the “Play well” motto?
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Comooonnn, don’t troll people like that....:-) Lego is violent, and was
violent,too. For ages.
All the “classic” castle, pirate, western sets have guns and weapons, in very
realistic forms. The two recent awesome a/c sets are artfully crafted replicas
of WWI fighter planes. I will not even talk about all the star wars line and
semi automatics/modern pistols in Batman sets. Dino 2000 and exoforce? I don’t
think they represent animal rights activists and peaceful SETI people.
And those #@??># bionicles certainly didn’t meant to be hugging each other and
make love.
And look at the all diaromas and MOCs all around...battle ships, space fighters,
starwars battle scenes, WWII vehicles...
commoooonnnn..:-)
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In lugnet.build.military, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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My personal suggestions will be WWII M1 Garand and a real machine gun like
MG3 or similar
http://www.ghostrecon.net/imagesarms/mg3large3.jpg
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I agree with Selcuk! Given the arrival of these beauties, there is nothing I’d
rather see than an MG-42 (the MG3 referenced above be indistinguishable from an
MG34 or MG42)!
I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but this is a great service you’re providing,
Will. Thanks for the initiative and hard work!
Shaun
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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May I suggest the use of black minifig hands for a Bipod stand??
Somehow, though, the enthusiasm which greets your (admittedly well-crafted)
product disturbs me. Must we include violence in our dioramas?
Doesn’t violence somehow stand in opposition to the “Play well” motto?
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Comooonnn, don’t troll people like that....:-) Lego is violent, and was
violent,too. For ages.
All the “classic” castle, pirate, western sets have guns and weapons, in very
realistic forms. The two recent awesome a/c sets are artfully crafted
replicas of WWI fighter planes. I will not even talk about all the star wars
line and semi automatics/modern pistols in Batman sets. Dino 2000 and
exoforce? I don’t think they represent animal rights activists and peaceful
SETI people.
And those #@??># bionicles certainly didn’t meant to be hugging each other
and make love.
And look at the all diaromas and MOCs all around...battle ships, space
fighters, starwars battle scenes, WWII vehicles...
commoooonnnn..:-)
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Violence and spaceships always work. Everyone knows that.
Legoswami
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In lugnet.build.military, Will Chapman wrote:
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Wow, thanks! When you recieve your items, please check back and report on
the quality, OK?
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No problem with that..:-)
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That MG3 looks like a wicked weapon! Larger weapons are a bit harder to do.
I’m more partial to the one-handed weapons so the minifigs can actually hold
them ;) Bipods and Tripod mounts add tiny pieces that will probably just get
lost :(
---Will
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What about this one then. Similar in function to your assault carbine, with much
more power (7.62mm, can take your arm of in close combat). And for your
convenience, it has also a folded stock version. If you can add the bayonett as
an integral part, it bacomes reasonably different from any of the ones you
already presented. Besides, it is what I was using during my conscription...:-)
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as12-e.htm
Selçuk
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In lugnet.build.military, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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What about this one then. Similar in function to your assault carbine, with
much more power (7.62mm, can take your arm of in close combat). And for your
convenience, it has also a folded stock version. If you can add the bayonett
as an integral part, it bacomes reasonably different from any of the ones you
already presented. Besides, it is what I was using during my
conscription...:-)
http://world.guns.ru/assault/as12-e.htm
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Another vote for an HK! :) Thanks for the input, Selçuk.
---Will
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I was watching my Police Academy DVDs and I saw some guns to suggest.
Firstly, the shotgun they use in the shotgun scene in the first Police
Academy movie would be perfect IMO.
And secondly, in the scene in Police Academy 6 where Tackleberry is
fighting the bad guy, the revolver and automatic weapon that Tack has would
be perfect IMO. Also, the automatic weapon that the bad guy has would be
perfect too.
I have no idea exactly what sort of guns these are or if they are already
on your list (anyone know what guns these are?) but they just struck me as
being perfect ideas.
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In lugnet.build.military, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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In lugnet.build.military, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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My personal suggestions will be WWII M1 Garand and a real machine gun like
MG3 or similar
http://www.ghostrecon.net/imagesarms/mg3large3.jpg
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I agree with Selcuk! Given the arrival of these beauties, there is nothing
I’d rather see than an MG-42 (the MG3 referenced above be indistinguishable
from an MG34 or MG42)!
I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but this is a great service you’re providing,
Will. Thanks for the initiative and hard work!
Shaun
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After receiving my order (the pieces are fantastic!), I had a pair of ideas that
would complement the MG42:
(1) A Potato Masher German grenade - this one would be nice and easy to do
(2) German WWII helmets - they’re so distinctive, no other LEGO helmet can fit
the bill in WWII dioramas or Brikwars games.
Thanks once again!
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In lugnet.build.military, Will Chapman wrote:
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In lugnet.build.military, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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These will be the first non-lego items that I will add to my pile of bricks,
in 27 years of collecting.
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Wow, thanks! When you recieve your items, please check back and report on
the quality, OK?
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I received them two days ago. First of all, I should say that this is the
fastest parcel that I ever got from US.
I really appreciate the pieces. They are better than I guessed from the
pictures. I even looked at them under a lupe, and I can say that they are pretty
much flawless. As I said before, your injection moulding tool is very very high
quality one, .
Congratulations for the good job.
Selçuk
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In lugnet.build.military, Selçuk Göre wrote:
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I received them two days ago. First of all, I should say that this is the
fastest parcel that I ever got from US.
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Thanks! I always ship in bubble mailers and secure the items inside ziploc
bags. I’m glad there was no hassle at customs. :)
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I really appreciate the pieces. They are better than I guessed from the
pictures. I even looked at them under a lupe, and I can say that they are
pretty much flawless. As I said before, your injection moulding tool is very
very high quality one, .
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Thanks again! I spent a lot of time with the molder getting everything as
perfect as possible, because once he starts cutting the mold, there is no
turning back!
---Will Chapman • BrickArms LLC
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