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Holy Cow Jeff! I lived in Tucson from '84 to '91. I came out of my Dark Ages in theWalmart on the east side in '86. We were like two ships that pass in the night. You lived on the morning side of the mountain, and I...anyone?...anyone? All (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Just a sec, let me go outside and check....... clear and sunny, hot and dry.(1) Like, duh! :-) I keep hoping for a cloudy day so I can go outside and take some photos of my _______. never mind. Damn bright sunshine 300+ days a year gets a (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) wow terry!.. i lived in tucson for 7 years (79-86)... so how's things in the sonoran desert?!?! :) J (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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Here's my net net on this discussion. The 2148/3442 (same design, different colors) design is flawed. A 2x2 turntable plate does not provide enough degrees of freedom. There are several other possible designs that do. The 6367, the 4549, and other (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Starwars Microfigure Model Catalog up on my page.
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(...) Eric, I like that a lot! :) Thanks for the complements. I've been swamped with emails recently, so if I don't reply to everyone, please forgive me. Let me thank everyone who has sent me praise and criticism of these models... Both are always (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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I've put 5 new models up on this page, and updated the TIE Prototype (Vader's fighter) after Jeremy pointed out a design error (Thanks!). It's not quite what he preposed as the solution, but I think it works well... Unfortunately, the Oblique angle (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) You honor me! I'd be happy just to sit down with a kindred spirit. As well meaning as my wife is, she doesn't always get it. <g> Thanks, Ben Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com www.marsbase.com ---...--- The few,...the proud,...the plastic. (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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First of all I was completely surprised to be mentioned in this list (by Sproat) considering how long I have been around. Secondly I have to say that sitting down with a bunch of Lego heads and a huge pile of precision A.B.S. parts with some SciFi (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I have a page up showing the current status of my Lego Tantive IV!
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Cool, I thought that the M. Falcon was like 1/2 the size. Anyway that is cool so I can build a M. Falcon from Karim's design to join my rebel fleet. Next up after the Corvette is done is a Rebel Transport. pat J (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) Possibly :-) Let me know when you finalize you times, and I might be able to take a short trip. (...) I would probably just covertly catalogue those ideas for later reverse engineering/incorporation. I am one of those people who tend to be (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) Wow, I didn't know you were so close! Barbara and I are going to Mesa Verde in Colorado this summer or fall -- wanna meet up with some Legos? :-, (...) I find that if I surround myself with talent, it gets much easier for me to, erm, "borrow" (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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(...) We're all probably pretty far apart. :-( I am in Phoenix, AZ - not _too_ far from Sproat in Orem, UT, I guess. Besides, if there were a legofest like that, I would probably not be much use.... being among so much talent would render me (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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Karim wrote in message <36F6D686.1E494319@m...ng.com>... (...) scale (...) Falcon...) It looks pretty good to me! As to scale--the Millenium Falcon is 27 meters long, while a Corvette is 150 meters long. So if it's roughly 5-6 times as long as the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Starwars Microfigure Model Catalog up on my page.
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I don't know what all the fuss is about...I heard that TLG is about to take Karim's designs and mold them as one piece specialty parts - sort of like Town Jr except for the more discerning Star Wars crowd... Karim, I've said it before, but the more (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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i think that the judge of wether a set is available should be the lego online catalog. if a set appears on either the US or European online catalogs it is a current set. also a set should be promotional if it is in huw millingtons promotional set (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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someone sent me a message saying that they were going to scan the blacktron II super vechicle instructions... did you scan it? can i have the instructions? (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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dark forest has been discontinued. i checked the lego online catalog for all countries and there were no dark forest sets on it. i think that any dark forest available from either TLG or elsewhere will be remnant sets... (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks! I've never actually done Microfig before (in a dedicated fashion). In a way, all of my models are microfig (at least micro detail), since I'm always thinking about the effect of using one piece over another and the overall form as well (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Starwars (...) I think your designs rock buddy! :) I haven't had the inclination to do microfig stuff, but if I did, I'd ask your opinion on stuff. -Tom McD. P.S. Some of my favorite minifig stuff came from piece studies on the microfig level. (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) VERY nice! I like it a lot. Good imaginative use of pieces. I'm not sure about the scale, but it seems to me that it shold be pretty close to the scale of my ships. (I've never seen a picture of the Corvette next to the Falcon...) Good work so (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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