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(...) Cute. I liked the LL 928 on the crawler. Needs working payload bay doors on the orbiter, of course. ++Lar (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Arach Mecha
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(...) It is surprisingly stable, though a little heavy for the joints if the legs are positioned outwards too far. The primary fragile point (PFP? is that a valid acronym?? <G>), is where the abdomen attaches to the body - probably because I tend to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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MASA CONTACT: J. SPENCER REZKALLA PRESS RELEASE: 01-08 ROLLOUT OF THE NEW SPACE SHUTTLE INTREPID The new Space Shuttle orbiter, the Intrepid (OV-106), rolled out today at a ceremony in Belleville, Mich., where the orbiter was assembled by Rockwall (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Re: Arach Mecha
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(...) I'm not so sure about that, but coming from you, that means a lot. *8) I just hope the rest of my MOC's can provide even a fraction of the inspiration to others that I've gleaned from LUGNET so far. The feeling of participating in the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Arach Mecha
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(...) Thanks! Next? well.. I took some 300+ images over the weekend with my friend's camera. I've been building for probably 6 months but couldn't justify the cost on film and developing - so.. as I get the images edited and such, I'll be sharing (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Bart Simpson, LEGO sculpture
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answers below (...) um... let's guess about 3000 pieces (...) hmmm... around $1000 (...) I doubt it. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Bart Simpson, LEGO sculpture
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I have to ask these three questions after seeing you Bart Simpson sculpture: -What is the approximate piece count? -What would you value this piece to be if you were to sell it? -Is there any chance we will see this piece up for auction on eBay? I (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
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(...) Thanks! (...) I too wish that I always had this much time available for building. But that's what breaks are for, I guess :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
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(...) Heh...they can be fun. But I think their usage is somewhat limited...or at least, it isn't so easy to think of uses. (...) Photos, yes. Detailed, not very. I started a 16 wide powered version of the DeLorean back in March or April 2000: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
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[Please FUT .cle] (...) Thanks! (...) I hope so too...another building session would be fun...but seeing Troy's entire collection could give us all a bad jealousy attack :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
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| | RE: Back to the Future DeLorean
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(...) Thanks! (...) I'm still on winter break. I didn't do much besides build and sort yesterday, and the same goes for Saturday (when I built the Diablo). (...) Since my two geared motors and two micromotors are in use (which means the rover's (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Back to the Future DeLorean
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(...) Excellent! Dude, you make me want to run out an buy a kit with fibre optics just to try something similar! (...) Maybe (to you), but it was instantly recognizable to me as soon as I saw the thumbnails, so it can't be THAT far off (speaking of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Arach Mecha
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(...) ...Well, here's a comment: _Sweet_!!!! What a _great_ design. I like the whole thing, looks clean and simple and conveys the idea very nicely (expect some copied ideas from it :-) ...The mine delivery system is both funny and cool... momma (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The high cost of bulk brick building
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"Paul Cook" <astronut1@lycos.com> wrote in message news:G6yHtE.3K9@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) £6.75 (...) Unfortunately, my design uses 26 panes (2 1/2 packs) of those windows per storey. Hence the high cost per storey Either your design doesnt (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The high cost of bulk brick building
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(...) My design for a tower block is working out a little cheaper, but not much. Starting from a similar sized base to your tower, I'm using my 3450 Statue of Liberty as a the source of all building materials, except the windows and some internal (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Anago Battle Armor
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(...) I built something similar years ago... well, similar in that it used minifig leg articulation. I still have it assembled, and have been meaning to get better pictures of it for a while, but I entered it in The Construction Site's first (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Anago Battle Armor
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Thanks Bryan! That was my intent, to use make a hardsuit that could really, actually be worn by an entire mini-fig. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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hello all, i've put up a lego website @ (URL) there is a section called "Aesthetics" wherein i will be putting up sort of 'tutorials', more like 'tips and tricks' all related to aesthetics, i.e. how to make yer stuff look cool. all of the ideas are (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The high cost of bulk brick building
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(...) Well the prices are a bit over the top especially when you compare the prices to the 3033 Bulk Tub we can get in North America or other buckets. Sure you can get parts cheaper second hand but those chanels are not reliable. The one advantage (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Anago Battle Armor
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mladen Pejic writes: <snip> (...) thought it was really cool because it was built around a minifig. I tried to find it weeks later but I couldn't. I searched everywhere for it (except your site apparently... <G>) Thanks (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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