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Re: 2 guys on brickshelf who inspire me
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Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:25:21 GMT
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In lugnet.belville, Damien Nesbit wrote:
In lugnet.belville, brent skadan wrote:

Pardon my ignorance; are belville figures fully articulated like technic
figures? and if so are they difficult to acquire? I am getting bored with the
look of technic figures.


P.S.

Thank you for listing me as an inspiration, that’s really nice of you.

Brent (aka Brently Mills)


Yo, B!  You deserve the credit both for the scale and scope of your work, and
for your humility.
     In answer to your question, yes, Original (pre 2004)  belville figs are
fully articulated with joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips,
knees, and ankles.  The newer belville figs do not have articulated elbows
(those bastards!).
     Belville vs. techfig in favor of belville?  2 sizes of figure (adult and
child), and the hands can hold any "antennae-width" handle, just like a
mini-fig, thereby enabling b-figs to use almost any minifig accessory (and
usually looking more appropriate in terms of scale).  The negative of belville
figs?  The color palette is limited, and so are the male figures. Oh, and there
are no crash helmets for the belville figs.  If you're looking to acquire
belville figs, go to bricklink.  Most of the rarer figs are located in europe,
so shipping costs can get pricey, but you will find that the most common figs
are readily available in the US, and sell for about $0.60.  The rarer figs,
however, can be as high as $5.00.  Although I'm broke and i hate to have buying
competition, i offer that advice freely.  So shop well, killa B!  I look forward
to your creations and I promise to post pics of my own frustrated build attempts
since viewing your work as soon as they are available.
Cheers,
D.


Thanks for this useful information. The more I look at your work, the more I
like it. I always build op a scale 1:25, so for me it was a small step to put
those Bel-figs in. Thanks to you, I got some ideas and I am collecting the figs.
Living in Europe, I have to say that most of my Bel-figs are ordered in the US.
As far as I know, I am the only one in Europe who like this figs. There are lots
of them arround of course, but most of them are more or less damaged by kids
playing with them. Here, it is unfortunally not a collectors item.

B.T.W, I was the builder of that ruin. It was one of the first attempts to use
lovely Flora.



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  was Re: 2 guys on brickshelf who inspire me, is now LEO, where can I see more of your work!?!
 
(...) Leo, Leo, Leo, the large model of yours (I believe that you referred to it as "the ruins", but I'm not sure) that was photographed at brickfest was so freaking awesome. I've been trying to find more pics of your work, but I have not yet found (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.belville)

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(...) Yo, B! You deserve the credit both for the scale and scope of your work, and for your humility. In answer to your question, yes, Original (pre 2004) belville figs are fully articulated with joints at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.belville)

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