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<snipped intro> thanks... if I'd put more thought into it, i probably could've made some retracts, but its designed to be an easy to produce ship. no need for retracts, although the black bits are, as the BG said, supposed to be computer-controlled (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) <snipped cool BG> Nice work, Anthony! I can see the Sky Crane's influence. Your's is more visually similar to the Sky Crane than my Condor drop ship was, but it's cool to see someone else got inspiration from them. I've gotten a chance to see (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) <snipped> (...) Thanks Jonathan. :) I haven't found many preferred uses for the canopy but it definately worked in this case. The HISS was more in line with the black version I made - just twin cannons. I decided that I wanted to have some (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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I have been showing my robots for years at art shows and the like, I would love for more people to do so, fact is they are are expensive, I produce a new robot once every year or two. It would be great if TLC would move towards this genre, but as I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Mark. :) I knew that the wing design was inspired from someplace. ;) Thanks for jogging my memory. It was indeed the big plane from 'Raiders, now that I think about it. I just knew it looked 'right'. :) The engines were a lot of fun to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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I trade heads and torsos all the time. In fact my Tie-Fighter storm trooper now sport a Luke Skywalker head. As well as many others. mike broam out (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yea, and there is another cool thing about your GI Joe theme, you can take the bad outta the Hasbro toys and make theme as they SHOULD be with your LEGO. One that I liked as a toy when I was a kid was that Joe HAVOC battlefield transport. I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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(...) I think that would be lots of fun. We'd have to call it something else because FASA copyrighted the term "mech" for their Battletech game. (...) No, I don't think they would. I don't think LEGO would like the fact that 99% of the mecha you see (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) <snipped> (...) Thanks, Aaron. It was an intentional thing, yes. :) GI Joe was one of the two rivals to my LEGO collection as a kid. :) I've made GI Joe vehicles before, but these turned out the best of any I've done to date. I think I'll be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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(...) Good idea! I'll go for this, gives me insentive to finish my Scorpinoid Mech. Rick "Never surrender, never retreat!" (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks - I'm excited to show it off. Its much more impressive in person. Bryce McGlone <bmcglone@ditim.com> wrote in message news:GADEGs.LLq@lugnet.com... (...) Neo-Classical (...) really (...) weekend!!! (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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Thanks for the compliments! It's good to know that people like it. Jonathan Wilson <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:3AB4092A.5099C4....com.au... (...) building (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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Thanks - I appreciate your compliments and your constructive critisism. See below: ben medinets <bmedinets@aol.com> wrote in message news:GADC85.Go9@lugnet.com... (...) The monorail intercepts the hotel on a curve, so there is unfortunately no (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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I use them in space! I have 24 of my Obsidian Commandos and they all have different heads!!! Rick (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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You know looking at all the interesting mechs created by the people in this forum it seems to me that a really great model exhibit could be put together that could pull thousands of people into a museum or some kind of expo (um mechspo). You'd think (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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a life-size Superman??? *looks for jaw on floor* Eeegad, I'm speech-less! Gary A yellow sub would be cool. Steven Coallier <scoallier@ea.com> wrote in message news:GAE2zq.Gn5@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) parts, (...) other (...) yellow (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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It's probably more a matter of taste and expediency. For example, I've changed the heads on all of my bearded warrant officers for smileys, to turn them into privates. Oh, I had to add shakos as well :-) But, speaking entirely hypothetically, if I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I think your Hello Kitty is every bit as good as Eric's Linux Penguin, and I like that piece a lot! I like the way you did the bow with the hinged parts, it's very clever. I have a lot of bricks left over also...I've done a Dogbert, and some (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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I have a couple of questions the more informed members may know about. Do builders exchange the smiley face heads from one torso to another? I know this is a dumb question but the reason I ask involves the purchase at auction of the Imperial red and (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The Black Robot was built from 88' thru 91' it took about 2 1/2 years to create , back when I was a supervisor at UPS I spent $2000 on mostly Black Tron 1 sets, I had so many extra pcs. that I added an addtional $500 and created the Red Robot (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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