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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Shaun Sullivan writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Steve Chapple writes:
> > ...at NALUG's show yesterday at Capilano Mall (east end of Edmonton, AB)
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=34407
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> > Joel finished his awesome minifig scale AT-AT at about 2am
>
> 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 AT-AT can
> bend, they cannot suport enough weight to have them any other vay but straight
> when setting it up. However, rumor has it that the new joints in the legs of
> the AT-TE might be strong enough, when doubled up, to support some weight.
>
> Along the same lines, how was standing it up? I can still recall the first
> time I stood mine up - it was literally a 90-minute exercise. Since then I've
> gotten to the point where it only takes about 5-10 minutes, assuming I have
> four hands available. How was it for you?
>
> As if that wasn't enough, there was the whole Echo base layout. Was that all
> your effort as well? Good grief, that's impressive.
>
> With the addition of the upcoming AT-AT ... I can't wait to get some
> snowtroopers, some AT-AT drivers, and some new dishes for decorating the leg
> joints.
>
> Again, beautiful job, Joel! Brace yourself for mass adulation!
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 that you did:
if the kness bend, the walker falls down. I wasn't exactly timing it, since
I was setting up castle at the time, but I'm pretty sure he took less than a
half hour to stand it up. An attempt later to move it would have taken
about 10 minutes, except we discovered that an AT-AT trying to stand on
baseplates is like the proverbial clown-on-ice. Then some structural damage
occured from (literally!) too many hands: Joe was using two hands to
support it instead of one hand somewhere else, and the bottom assembly
pulled off by the weight of the legs :( It never happened to him by himself
because he was always supporting with one hand in the middle instead of 2 on
the front/back. He's already got a plan in mind to fix the problem, though.
Upshot of that is we never quite got the shot we wanted, of the AT-AT
peering over the castle wall at the fleeing people inside. :)
The Echo Base was a combination of Joe, Chris Gray and John Koob, with (I
think) Chris and John providing much of the grunt work on building, and
Chris did most of the super-cool interior decorating. John was responsible
for the mind-boggling working hanger door. The power generator was Joe's;
one of the rare uses of Millenium Falcon hull sections. :)
I don't think it got the degree of adulation it deserved from the crowd,
though. :/ The bigger display of castle+army seemed to garner the bulk of
the oohs from the crowd, especially once we actually started running the battle.
James
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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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| (...) 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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