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Thanks for taking the time to comment! I'll confess that I was torn between the choices of what to do with the bridge. Somewhere I tossed a mental coin and simply stuck with the decision. Others also have said I should have added more detail to the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Two more micros
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Yes, I scrimped on the tanker. There's always the MKII!! Everything about the Penguin was an accident...everything. I don't have a lot of white slopes, so I was just sort of placing pieces together and one thing led to another and...there was also a (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A Grest Star Wars Weekend!
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(...) Actually there were 4 R2D2s. The park had recently replaced the LEGO R2D2 at the front. And one of the tech guys at the park decided to retrofit the old one with RC control and motors of the feet and head. Most of the old figures in the park (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, FTX)
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| | Re: Spider Tank
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(...) (4 URLs) (...) I don't have much to say that hasn't already been stated... The color arrangement is beautiful... dark bley seems to actually look good on this one. That is bley, right? You make it better than grey! Oh, and the feet are cute. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | I LOVE the new 10170...
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Even though I am a committed 8 wider, I love this new container car (and the BNSF which preceded it). This set (and the newer BNSF) actually creates in me a dilemma. On the one hand, I want to show off my building prowess by constructing 8 wide (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Cute set, but I question the 'play value'. No minifig, nothing to put *into* the containers, no crane to load and unload them -- it's just something to go around the track. A bit juniorized for us die-hard Train heads, but I think the average (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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Thanks Jake! This is a great looking set, especially needed for a Monday. And this, after finding out there is now a discount on bulk track purchases in one of the online catalogs! And, yes, I am willing to be counted as a sucker. Considering all (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A Grest Star Wars Weekend!
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(...) See, we took care of the kid issue by including them on the team ;-). Seriously, I understand what you mean; wind would be a pain. (...) OK, enough with the teasers - any hints? A fleet of ISDs hanging from the ceiling, clustered around the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) This was something that caught me off-guard at Celebration III in Indy. Certainly 99.9% of the folks there were Star Wars fans, yet the LEGO booth was hopping, selling product like crazy. The ISD sold out - they were taking orders to be (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Melpomene
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(...) I like it! As a ship, it's pretty cool. I like the engines, both the large main engines at the rear and the movable landing engines. I also like the landing gear a lot. They seem to hold up the ship well, yet still fold up out of the way when (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Analysis of robot behaviours?
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(...) Actually this is a bit of a minefield - the performance of your predator ANN depends on your prey ANN and vice versa. You will have to run controlled tests but I think the evaluation criteria is up to you - length of time to intercept/avoid (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Thanks for the announcement and ILTCO pictures Mike! We were just discussing the lack of new trains this year at our RichLug meeting on Saturday. Low and behold a new Intermodal Double-Stack Car!!! Now I've got a reason to scan S&H weekly for (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tips and Tricks, was Re: Kogeru (leg framework)
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LOL!!! You beat me by a split second on this one. (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Kogeru (leg framework)
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(...) Excellent job, Mark! Those need to be added to the </build/mecha/resources (URL) section. Marco, are you familiar with that section of the site? It's set up for builders of all calibers to get inspiration from. -Dave (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Tips and Tricks, was Re: Kogeru (leg framework)
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(...) No problem man. That's why I put them there, so people could see them, copy them and build mecha. Hear that!!!! I want you people to copy it. Go to town folks. (...) I think it's a great idea. We've got (URL) the Resources> page. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Kogeru (leg framework)
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(...) Mark thank you for those pics. I think it's not only me who will learn a lot by examine this leg frame in detail. Yesterday I browsed .space for the first time. They have a design topic there. I thought of doing something similar for .mecha. I (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Mark, the reason I took this personally is because I was one of the people making this decision. I know it sometimes seems like the LEGO Group is some big, cold, floating entity in the sky, but it's a group of people just like any community. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
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(...) Don't thank me...thank the gang at LEGOFan.org... I'm up to something else entirely:-) Joe (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Terminus fast pursuit craft
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(...) The yellow flaps are nice, and you used the main colors very nicely. The integration of the SW engines on the bottom is good too. The cockpit looks a little bit too busy because of so much printing in a relatively small place. My only other (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: NovaFlare GTX
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(...) plates. That doesn't seem to work too well. And the almost-monochrome black isn't doing it for me either. The big downward-sloped bit on the front seems particularly awkward and tacked on. So do the engines on the back. The shape would be a (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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