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(...) I still build my first copy of any particular set. Most get torn appart immediately, if I have time. Sometimes, they hang out somewhere around the house for however long a time it takes me to disassemble the set for parts. Rich -- Have Fun! (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hi Jason. I believe Joel may be referring to the hip assembly of my "Thunderlasher" mecha in the Venusian Colonies section of my site- "Silicon Psyche"(formerly "Moonbase Io") at http:moonbase-io.web...efault.htm . Also, Colin's Lego Tech has (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Tony. Coming from a fellow Cyclone builder, being told I succeeded means a lot. I can't tell you how many hours I spent studying your pics and the drawings and scratching my head. (if I HAD hair, I'd have pulled it out..<G>). If you (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Actually, most roboriders do have one unique trick. Power and the Boss have the same function, but the others I have are different. Swamp and Dust are cool. (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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"paul hanson" <pghanson@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GAxJ25.2Az@lugnet.com... (...) MOCs (...) collection. (...) the (...) on (...) Guess we're a minority Paul.... I took me about four months to build my crane, and as soon as it was (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Nah, you're not being nosy at all :-) I've posted pictures of my chess sets before, they're on my website: (URL) Misc, Chess) One of them is a mini-set, on a 16x16 baseplate: (URL) second is a Forestmen vs. Wolfpack set: (URL) your guess (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Joel, Those look great. Those of us that have tried to build Cyclone ride armor around a whole minifig know how hard it is to do (that's why I gave up on it and took a different route). I think you've succeeded. I love how you used the binocs (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Very cool...I like it =8^) (...) I will say that micro-fig scale is growing on me, as well... I like the subtle difference between the red + blue roof desgns. (...) Marc's nagatina is elegant in its simplicity...I think the inclusion of this (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun)
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(...) I typically build, photograph, cad, then let the model sit around until I need a piece from it. I put them into cad so that I always have a record of exactly what pieces were used, and how the model was configured. There are some MOCs that I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.space, Eddy Madjid writes: <snipped> (...) Indeed I did! Todd's creations were part of the reference material leading up to my efforts. I love his creations, I just wanted to give it a go with a whole minifig. :) Sadly in Minifig scale (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hi Jay! Checked out your site and it was excellent! I especially liked the trainer Mech you built... way cool! BTW, can I suggest two things? 1 - add a what's new page, so we can get to the new stuff quickly..personally I can't wait for (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hi Joel, Have you checked out this site yet? (URL) cool renditions of the ride armors, no bike mode tho =) Cheers! Eddy (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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To All, (...) Interesting question. I used to build every set I got, for awhile, I think all I got sets for was to build, and that went on through most of my LEGO collecting years, let's say from when I was 4 till at least 16 or 17. When I went to (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I used to build every set at least once, no matter how cheesy or ridiculous. I broke that compulsion, though, when I purchased all of the Roboriders at a nice clearance. Once I built the first two, I realized they're all pretty much identical, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Build, not finish, photograph, build some more, photograph, repeat ad nauseum. Even the stuff I thought I was done with gets expanded. :) -JDF (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) <snip> Don't worry, I did build it, and trust me - you didn't miss anything. James (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) LOL!!! (...) I am the same, although I do have sets I bought for the set itself and not the parts, such as the Millenium Falcon and some recently acquired Classic Space sets. But on the most part, I look at a set as a collection of parts that (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Certainly not. In fact, I'm in the same position as you- I used to do it all the time, immediately when I got home, no matter how silly the set was or how much I had just bought it from parts. I would always put at least one copy of the set (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This one, (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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Hmmm, I must confess to the opposite problem - I very rarely build the sets at all, and purchase them for the pieces. The only exceptions from the past 5 years or so have been the first year Star Wars sets and the Life On Mars mechs. The Star Wars (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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