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Re: Gonk?
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:36:06 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, kingsleyem@geocities.com (Eric Kingsley) writes:
> > > I figure, one way to make him out of LEGO is a pair of dark gray minifig
> > > legs attached to a brick or something, but there's probably a more elegant
> > > solution using some of the techniques that the SW Ep1 LEGO sets used for
> > > the pit droids...?
> >
> > Well Here you go. I built one. I have posted a page with an LDraw Pic as
> > well as some real pics including R2-D2 for scale. I have not linked this to
> > my page yet but you can get to it by going to the following URL...
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> > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html
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> > I hope you all like it. I may attempt some other Droids at some point. The
> > best thing about them is they don't use too many pieces.
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> Excellent! He looks odd in the orthographic LDraw version, but definitely
> "comes to life" in the photos! :)
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> I especially like the way you used plates fore and aft of his legs to make
> them look shorter.
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> Is he tilted back a bit because he's 2x4 and not centered on the legs? How
> does he look as a 2x3 frame?
The 2x4 Gonk is a bit front heavy hence the tilt. I decided to make a 2x3
version. I was considering it anyway but your suggestion pushed me to it. I
do like it just as well if not better. I used a different color scheme and
took some pictures of it. I added the new Gonk to my Gonk page...
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html
I don't know what to call him though. Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. ???
He also stands without a tilt.
I hope you all like it. You can check out my other models at my site...
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/
Eric
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> --Todd
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) ??? (...) How about Qui-Gonk Jinn :) Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I love it! I don't think he needs a different name, though, does he? -- Your 2x3 Gonk is much closer to the "real" Gonk than your 2x4 Gonk is? According to the book droids book[1], Gonk's legs are equidistant from his front & back. (But the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Love the Gonk. Thanks for the directions. I always enjoyed making robots when I was a kid. If a part couldn't be used for anything else (airplane fin, jetski handlebars, metal detector) it could always be used in a robot. (...) elegant (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Excellent! He looks odd in the orthographic LDraw version, but definitely "comes to life" in the photos! :) I especially like the way you used plates fore and aft of his legs to make them look shorter. Is he tilted back a bit because he's 2x4 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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