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...at NALUG's show yesterday at Capilano Mall (east end of Edmonton, AB) (URL) finished his awesome minifig scale AT-AT at about 2am while James was working on his huge and amazing (as usual) castle till 8am Andrew and John just got back from (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I've been avidly following Joel's progress on this ... great job, Joel! It looks perfect! Maybe someday in the not-too-distant future we should have a display with *3* AT-AT's? What is the articulation in the legs like? Although the legs of my (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) AFAIK that was Chris' and John's handywork. Did you notice Joel's trick with the AT-AT neck? :-) SRC LUGNet#765 (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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Thats a Whopper and no mistake :) I'd love to see a closeup of the central keep front and inside if anyone has photos -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Steve Chapple" (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) ACK! I thought it was Joel's work I'd been following, but when I looked for AT-AT projects on Brickshelf I stumbled across a bunch, but not Joel's! SO this is quite possibly the first time I got a hint of the undertaking .. which makes it even (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yup, that AT-AT was gorgeous! I'm not sure Joe posts to Lugnet, so I'll try and answer some of the questions. His knees don't bend; the only articulation is ankles and hips (but the ankles are *so* cool!) I think he ran into the same problem (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) 6-tool sprue rings :) I don't know too many of the details of how he did it, but I know that's what he used. Currently the head is single position only, but he's planning to try and give it some mobility. Same basic problem as the legs: the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) More will be coming, I'm sure. Several people were at work with cameras; I'm fairly certain there's also going to be some footage of the battle at some point, but that will likely wait until the vidiographer has time to edit the raw stock. The (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You guys are serious about there being a battle here? Was it Brikwars, or a set of Indy rules? (Hmmm, actually, I guess BW is Indy still, too ....). That's great! I'd love to hear some details and see some more pics. Was it staged as an attack (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's a gorgeous idea, using the 6-tool sprue rings. Tonight I'll try and post some pictures of the head-support mechanism I used in my AT-AT, which I think is fully compatible with the use of these sprues. Basically, it operates on the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) We didn't actually get the fight finished; we ran out of time, mostly because I wasn't able to do anything until later in the day. We used Lego Wars: TSV(1), with some only 1 major change. we added "units" so that unit on unit could be a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.castle)
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(...) The ships inside were a mixture of Joe's and John's, I believe. Some of the detail (small crane, the 2 small trains, and a fuel tower) were John's, but I slammed the rest (control room, walkway, larger fuel tank, two "vehicles", the pair of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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Yes, his AT-AT is MOST impressive. To be fair(biased more likely). I preferred his AT-AT to yours(Shaun) and Dave's(Eaton???). I make this claim as I was at Brikfest last year and had the opportunity to see firsthand your guys' Echo/AT-AT display. I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Joel - the AT-AT designer/builder asked that someone forward this: " My name is Joel McKale and would like to thank both Shaun Sullivan and Dave Eaton who's AT-AT's gave me the inspiration to build mine. I now know what a head ache it can (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.starwars)
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