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Thanksgiving will never be the same. (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space) !!
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(...) are a genuis!-Semaj (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) much the same thing, but if it is gone, it's gone to a good place. <looking...looking...> Seed part spotted! <looking...looking...> Damn! That thing is armed to the beak. I ain't going anywhere near this thing with a hatchet. All those hidden (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Oh, dear god. I love it. So where's the mech with the blunderbus? Snow daddy (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Jeff (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Wow. I love everything about it- it looks really powerful in an odd demented sorta way. I just LOVE all the details. You should make a transport version that utilizes that big interior space left when weapons are removed. "You may notice the support (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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dude, that is friggin' COOL! i love the humor in this: you used a turkey, of all animals, to emulate. however, you put so much thought, time, and detail in it, it almost looks like a serious mech. a nice change of pace as far as mechs go. i laughed (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) T. Deering (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hilarity. -Andrusi && Sanity not included. (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) word choice I could find) I'll have to look at more of the pics "tomorrow" but I can say that the detailing is superb and the full-blown armor mode is freakin cool! ciao&salaam -Andrew (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Ooooookaaaaaay. One word right off the bat. OMG! Slaps hand to cheek. Palms forehead. The story! Good Lord the story! "A MK5 Oasis Class Hyperdiscombobulator" "White Meat Missiles" "The final weapon" Dude, I got over a dozen Mecha to calm down now, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Who's more scary? Adrian with his Turkey or Eric with his response? ROFL! /Tobbe (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) What I can say (or write as it happens) is that of all the things I love about the turkey I love this pic the most: (URL) looks alive good damn it! Freak! :) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Mecha Turkey? Once a Trojan Horse, always a Trojan horse.... -Dave (who loves it btw..) :) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I absolutely love it. Hilarious, yet incredibly well-built. Just one query, though. "At the base of the neck is the location of each of the Bert Class MK2 Laser Cannon Clusters." ((URL) they be built into the crotch? (People who know what I'm (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hehe, yep. When Jon posted that piece as the seed part, I thought of using it as a hatch cover. Then, when the turkey idea was formulated, I realized that they would make nifty missile covers. In fact, after the basic shape of the mech and the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Removing the White Meat Missiles and the side hatch weaponry would open up a lot of space, yeah. The only internal place where there actually NEEDS to be anything is in the center where the cockpit is, and the bottom rear portion where the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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ooookay, now who's lost their mind? Dude, this thing's less than a foot tall. Jama could probably crush it with one finger :) Anyway, your bots have nothing to fear from my mechanized turkey of death. Unless they do anything naughty around (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) That's quite a reaction. (...) It's the beady little eyes and the cocked head, isn't it. It's like the turkey's saying "what, I'm a horrific weapon of mass destruction? Nah, couldn't be, I'm just an innocent little fowl trying to make its way (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Bwahaha! Well, since the company's Riff Industries, it's pretty clear that I know what you're talking about. (That, and I've already made one Sluggy based MOC) Unfortunately, though, this turkey doesn't really have a crotch, so I had to settle (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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You had better be bringing that thing to Brickfest!!! After seeing your pics and reading Eric Sophie's response, I'm on the floor laughing so hard I'm crying over here! Scott (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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This is disturbed. Great articulation, and of course, beautiful tail. Take care, Soren (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) *GOBBLE fwooosshhhhhhh KABOOM* Sweet. ~Grand Admiral (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Noooooo its tooooo scarrrry! Cannot look, they won't listen! 'fraid. Their plates are shaking apart! 'scared. 'must'n look. ;) e (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) hard, what a piece of art you have created, and I had to share it with the rest of the FBTB community... Here: (URL) never thought that Turkeys could be that dangerous :-D Build some more Joseph Kazmo (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Wow, that's...uhm...original.... (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Not being a follower of the mech group I thought this was simply a turkey out of Technic. I chuckled a bit then clicked on a second pic - when I realized there were missiles coming out of the chest. I almost fell out of my chair with laughter. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Andrew Saada writes: <> (...) <> Just following myself up, I have now been through all of the pictures. Couple of things...The feet could not be better! Taken out of context one would still be able to identify them as a bird's (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) jellied cranberry discs of death incorporated in there somewhere! Awesome as usual! Jeff (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Nope. It's more like it's looking at me, trying to see if I'm an eatable seed or if he should just blow me to smithereens! In any case it will probably ruin my day :) "Eat? Shoot? Shoot then eat? Desicions, desicions..." (...) You should be! (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks for clarifying this and a big thanks for telling me how names like that are made. I kind of figured there was a Sci-Fi connection somwhere that I've missed being Mech-handicapped. /Tobbe (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I like it! its not exactly what youd expect but thats what makes it cool i think. i like how you did the back of it, and the shape is really good to. does it stand up wothout the stand you have in the pictures? -baz (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yes, it is self-supporting without the stand. However, the center of mass is rather far forward when it's in regular turkey mode, so it sort of leans over a bit (the shock absorber in the leg is actually slightly weight bearing, so it deforms (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'd just like to say thanks to all the people I didn't specifically respond to for all the positive comments. It's reasons like these that I really love Lugnet. The kind words (and great creations) inspire me to keep creating bigger, better, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh absolutely this'll be coming to brickfest. The head, tail, wings, and legs all come off relatively easily, so this is quite the portable bird (unlike some of my other creations.) Eric does get charmingly exuberant, doesn't he :) Adrian (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I was supremely pleased with the way the legs turned out. They were one of the things that I tried to get "bird-like" as best that I could. (...) Nothing like a little greebly-ing to make life fun :) (...) That Trigun compartment took me (...) (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Heh, no problem. We'll give you vague meaningless compliments anytime you want. :P (...) You are on the way to digestion. -Andrusi && Sanity not included. (22 years ago, 21-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general)
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Adrian, Incredi-gobble! What's cool is that it looks both formidable and goofy at the same time. The true strength of this weapon, I believe, is that as it approaches the target evil-doer vessel, the bad guy occupants inside roll on the floor (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Holy. Fricken. Molley. I get confused just looking at it...in a good way of course :) I can't get over the engineering in this beast....you really have outdone yourself in technical merit Adrian. Awesome. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) And hungry! Truly a work of art-- if only I had the colour sense, the ingenuity, or the creativity! One of the top 5 great mechs of the year for sure, and it's only March! Adrian, you are BRILLIANT! and I'm so jealous! stuart (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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