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Back in August I showed a couple of small pics of Starbug 1 (from Red Dwarf) I finally got around to taking some real pictures of it: (URL) me what you think! (Again :-) [ j o n ] -- (URL) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.space) !
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| | Re: Starbug (again)
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Where's my fly swatter?!?! I've never seen Red Dwarf, but that is one cool looking starship ... or, whatever it is ... (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Starbug (again)
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Man, I haven't seen Red Dwarf in years... ever since the local station stopped showing it at the 2:30am time slot, but that's an amazingly tight and accurate build! Especially if you compare it to the photos from the show! WOW! As I've probably (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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"Jeffrey Benson" <jbenso1@towson.edu> wrote in message news:HE6ust.160H@lugnet.com... (...) I'm sure Lister is using it as a spatula or something. (...) Red Dwarf is the greatest British science fiction comedy -- about a miles long spaceship lost in (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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"Matt Krotzer" <thematt@comcast.net> wrote in message news:HE6xIz.1Dz6@lugnet.com... (...) That's a great time to watch 'Dwarf. Bummer that they took it off. Glad you like the bug! [ j o n ] -- (URL) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) "Brutal!" Cheers, Paul (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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Okay....this thing RAWKS. Yes...it's phenomenally faithful to the original; yes...it's using some parts that I can't even identify in ways that I'm still trying to figure out; yes....it's constructed in such a way that you get a sense that it is a (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, again, I think you have one darn cool model there that is very true to the orginal. And, again, I would love to see you build a Red Dwarf at that scale! ...Of course if you lack enough house-space for that, I might be satisfied with just (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> wrote in message news:HE7po1.1AHu@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) that (...) earlier (...) you mean the White Midget? I'd kinda like to see that one too. *stands at attention and gives Jon a Full Double (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) White Midget! Yes that's the one! :) (...) Nice! Listen to any "Smeggin' Tha Heads" lately? Oh, FYI to everyone: Here in the US, RD 1 and 2 are now available on DVD. So maybe you can get your RD fix without having to wait for it to show on PBS (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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Galactic Greetings! Sorry, I just have to post to this thread again. Just had this neat fantasy I had to share: Imagine if the next TLC licensing was with the BBC. Ahh... the Red Dwarf sub-theme for Space! With sets like... -Drive Room. Including (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) New special parts: Blue and Red lightbulbs (to switch from blue alert to red alert) A certain Minifig Untensil belonging to the Virtual Reality suit (the part that Lister wears out because of excessive use) Mimosian Anti-Matter Chopsticks (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) You complete Smeghead! :) I think I'll have Chicken Windaloo and some Lager for lunch today - and I *must* buy the collection DVD's soon (I've been meaning too but never got around)! That is one fine Starbug Jon! Spot on! Nice work on making a (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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On Thu, 1 May 2003 02:21:02 GMT, "Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote: Dude, that just rules. :) I love RD, and Starbug... ever thought about doing Blue Midget (with legs)? :) Good take on a very tough design IMHO. (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.space)
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