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Re: My X-Pod Creations
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Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:12:25 GMT
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In lugnet.basic, David Laswell wrote:
> The beetle (is that a stag-horn?) looked like the one from
> the instructions, but I see now that it's not the case. I somewhat
> prefer their fatter body design, but you leg design is much better
> (using hinge pieces on the pincer-feet is a waste of good parts if you
> have to use slope bricks for the last two).
I originally wanted to make a rhinoceros beetle, but then I ran out of parts
from 4349 to make a convincing horn for it.
If you stack the orange 2x3 wedge on top of the red 2x4 wedge, you can get a
thicker wing shell with a nice two-color scheme. However, I failed to make a
good body contour with this design. Maybe I should try again.
I actually like Lego's leg design from the instructions. It may not be suitable
for a beetle, but if you take a look at
<http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Arthropoda>, you will see that many critters have
that kind of legs, for example, mites and lice.
On the other hand, I cannot figure out which end of Lego's bug is the head and
which is the tail. What do you think?
> The scorpion is a wonderfully unusual choice for the Robo-pod, but I
> think it'd look stingy-er if you replaced the 2x2 slope with the black
> jumper plate and one of the 1x2 slopes.
What a good idea! Thanks.
> My favorite, though, has to be the dragon. Everyone seems keen on
> the idea of making western dragons (probably because the wedge pieces
> make good wings), but I hadn't even considered the possibility of making
> an easter dragon with that selection of parts. It reminds me a lot of
> Mushu from Mulan.
I discovered that the hinge pieces make a nice pair of stag horns, albeit in a
wrong color, so I proceeded and made a dragon with them. Then I ran out of parts
to make a good, hinged body, let alone the menacing claws. The part selection of
the X-Pods can be very frustrating.
A bunch of mini-figs can staff the dragon on sticks and walk it in a new year
parade.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions,
Hao-yang Wang
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| (...) I'd think you should be able to just match up the 2x ends, and maybe stick the other two orange dots in front of the orange wedges. (...) Oh, I'm not saying that the pincer feet don't look cool. I just don't think it's worth giving up the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.basic)
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| (...) The beetle (is that a stag-horn?) looked like the one from the instructions, but I see now that it's not the case. I somewhat prefer their fatter body design, but you leg design is much better (using hinge pieces on the pincer-feet is a waste (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.basic)
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