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SPACE! uh... TRAINS! aw, heck... (URL) been wanting to build something along these lines since the late 70's. Perhaps I should have just grown up instead. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains) !!
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That is really cool! :) I like the little ship that lauches from the flatbed car. -Anne (...) -- It might look like I'm doing (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. nothing, but at the cellular >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. level, I'm really quite busy. (v_," ; `,-\ (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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O sweet. It brings a nostalgic teer to my eye even though I've never seen it before. You just know it needs a rocket launcher a la (URL) for research purposes of course. Allister (...) Perish the thought! (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) But does the train have to go 88 MPH to launch it?? ;) -Kyle (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Naaaa... that would mean we would not have seen this neato keeno thing! It needs more cars, but.... spotlighted! Thanks for sharing. (hopefully done giggling now) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Oh cool! Neat airlock doors. Not complex, but they look very nice. The trans-yellow roof is nifty. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ~Grand Admiral (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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a rocket? on a train? then we'd have to call it the Saddam Hussein Memorial Rocket Train Car :-D -paul (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now this I like. And I thought I was the only one to combine Space and Trains (I got photos of an Ice Planet train waiting to be scanned in) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Tony, That has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen. You captured the spirit of CS so very well. Nice launcher/flat bed. Excellent engine... boy ain't that blue, grey, and trans yellow so nice together. I laughed outloud at the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! (...) No, this one has an improved flux capacitor that works at much lower speeds. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you- that means I've succeeded! (...) Of course! I do plan to add more cars, but I'll need some more grey running gear first. I only have 2 more wheelsets, and that means I can currently only do one more car at a max length of 16 studs. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, perhaps an email coach. A nuclear power car? Or even an alien autopsy car! The possibilities are... disturbing. Thanks! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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That is very cool. Like Allister said, even though I wasn't around to get any, this still brings back nostalgic feelings. (what of? My explorian sets? :) ) But anyway, I really like the way you 'space-a-fied' that train engine. The high speed train (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think not. This is a great train! I love the simplicity and small details of the cars, like the launcher and consloe and the airlock doors on the engine. Good job! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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I just have this to say. "You got chocolate in my peanut butter!" :) Jeff (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's the best combination since Reese's combined chocolate & peanut butter. The train totally successfully shows the classic space theme elements. Great job! Jeff (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, heck- that comment alone made my day. Heehee! (...) www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! I wasn't sure at first whether that door treatment would work on this model, but I really like how it turned out. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you, sir! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I find all of the "busier" themes (in both parts selection and color scheme) to be a lot harder to capture. I look forward to seeing that. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com PS- If you remember, could you please send me a mail when you post that? (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) As a wee one, I always made fun of the wide-open bases... not that I didn't love the sets anyway. And yeah, when I was putting this car together I started giggling like a schoolgirl the moment I put in the chair. And I wasn't much better when (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Exploriens was the last of the really cool space themes, and I loved it from the moment I spotted it because it looks just like round 2 of classic space. (...) That engine was crying out for that treatment. I think I might have built one (very (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you. Simplicity is the watchword with classic space. This type of creation doesn't require any fancy building technique, nor even a large range of parts. It's mainly bricks, plates, and slopes. Mmmm. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heehee! I take it you didn't see this: (URL) was posted less than half an hour before your post- I think you missed it in passing. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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DISCLAIMER: Tony, I do not usually comment on people's MOCs, because 1) I have little time on the Internet, 2) Everybody's MOCs are so DAMNED impressive and 3) My fingers would become arthritic and enfeebled from posting a message telling each (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) SNIP (...) yup, I saw your M.O.C., & immedeately posted my thought, & right after I posted, I looked at lugnet news, & there was the other Choc./PB reference--DOH! oh well, it's funny that within a half hour the same thought crossed both minds (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What? How dare you say such ugly words! That was really nice looking. I really like what you did. Make more! Scott (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've been wanting to see this since you wrote you had bought some trains, I can't seem to find the message right now, it was something like (regarding space trains): I hope you are ready beacuse they are comming! It was worth the wait and I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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No, they just lunch the opposite way of driving.... nature will do the rest :-) just as a kite. Kyle McDonald <Kyle.McDonald@Sun.COM> wrote in message news:3E42F74A.405070...Sun.COM... (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Cool.... not build a station for the moonbase project and you will have something realllllyyyy cool! S Tony Hafner <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message news:H9wuLK.LJ0@lugnet.com... (...) 70's. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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This beauty put me on the fast track right back to my childhood. Awesome Tony....truly awesome. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You got peanut butter on my chocolate! Truly a shotgun marriage of which you can be proud. (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks- I actually thought I'd get a flogging from the Train folks (except the Germans, perhaps, who seem to thrive on this sort of thing). But the response to this has been totally overwhelming. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) You have a good memory- I don't remember saying that, but it does sound like something I would have said. Wow- that must have been some time in... late 2000? I joined PNLTC in August of that year, and picked up my first 9v train soon after. -- (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Tony, this is quite possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It's inspiring me to go forward with my own scifi train ideas. Build on! Mark (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Any chance of you posting a 100% sized, hi-res image of that brick printed with the astronaut holding an open-box wrench? Actually, you don't have to post it, you could email it to me. Pretty please...?! -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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You, Tony, are a sick man. I just hope it's contagious ;) --Josh (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) A bit of infection has spread to the trains header page, ((URL) check it out. (Thanks Tony, for setting up the pic for me!) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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Heh, the best of both worlds. That's pretty darn cool, Tony. Dan (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've been thinking, in reality, this would not be a bad idea at all. Suppose one day we Earthlings would set aside our silly endless disagreements, work together and start space explaration. Why on Earth...eh ...Moon would we allow cars to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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You sir, are quite mad. And brilliant. Thats is sooooo cool. And it's so easy it's like "Duh" I anticipate the creation of more trains like this. Blacktron train, M-Tron train etc.. On another note, I now keep imagining a train that slowly goes back (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's been done... (URL) :-) (search the archives of .trains and you will find there are other ones as well!... some very cool ones too!) (...) (URL) as good of a fit, it's only got 2 of the three signature colors and not nearly as spacey (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle)
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I recall Brad Hamilton doing a very cool Ogel train for Bricktopia too. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) "Quite mad", eh? I saw your equation on the sidebar. The third picture is a little hard to discern, being so small, but it sure looks like something kind of nutty. Perhaps Michael Jackson would have been easier to recognize. And he is, after (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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"Tony Hafner" <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message news:HA2uEy.ECC@lugnet.com... (...) trains (...) is (...) recognize. (...) That's Gomez Addams crashing his trains together. [ j o n ] -- | Lego - (URL) Shipyard - (URL) Moonbase - (URL) Store (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What we really need is robots to comb the surface and rake "random" patterns into the surface to help make it look nice. But I do think some sort of rail-based transport would be the way to get around up there once enough infrastructure is in (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could you convert it to run on monorails? Allister (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Monorails have some other limitations that would prevent this model from making the transition well. But then, I certainly could make a classic space monorail. Due the the fact that monorail running gear only comes in black, I'd have to go (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) O I dunno. I just built up 6950 (speaking of rocket launchers) and that has no small amount of black in it, particularly around the running gear. That set was definitely early CS. Those big inverse trans yellow slopes would look pretty darn (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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