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Check out our latest CCC compatible MOC from our (URL) homepage> just in time for Halloween! (2 URLs) What does this MOC have anything to do with Trains? I've got several of the (URL) 10015 Passenger Wagon> on sale and figured out a way to use the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Hej! Gillade verkligen det jag såg av dina byggen.Speciellt jeeparna och jaktplanen. I vilket set kan man få tag i bra huv till cockpiten? Skulle iofs kunna tänka mig att det finns sådan i star wars serien. /Anna (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.se)
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Hi Inspired by Dan Siskind's fine model of the same gun a have build a model myself. Here is a link to Dan's model (URL) gun is nearly a identical copy but the surrounding is my own. I had to "stretch" the legs of the minifigs a little so they could (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Ancients Theme - armies, buildings, and cilivizations
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(...) Excellent! I also like to build fairly 'big.' I find trying to scale a floorplan to actual minifig dimensions dictates a pretty large building. So, if live anywhere near New Hampshire..well, my castle can whoop your castle in a bit o' (...) (21 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Short Hover Bus MOC
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Designed especially for the special among us ExtraGlobal Express is proud to introduce our very first Short Hover Bus. (URL) Hover Bus>> Enjoy, and LMKWYT! -tk CEO ExtraGlobal Express (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, FTX) !
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| | Ancients Theme - armies, buildings, and cilivizations
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I've been working on my Ancients Theme for past 3 years. I was a Castle fan but after witnessing the gigantic castles made by other Lego fans I decided to out do them. So to go one better, I decided to make MOCs far larger than a castle, so I moved (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Re: the latest in military hardware
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Trimmed: lugnet.build (...) now. (...) I'm not one of the three, but I like this one! (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(URL) those of you who follow the nation of Kelvinisgrad (I think there may be 3 of you?), this is our second magnetic-levitation vehicle. t'was loosely inspired the infamous Stalin's Organ rocket truck from WWII... just fast-forwarded 125 years or (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Speeder Bike Repair
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Check out our latest MOC from our (URL). (URL) Regards, ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Frankenstein-like walking monster on LEGO.com
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Hi everybody, A few months ago, members of rtlToronto, including myself, were approached by LEGO Direct to come up with a “scary monster” for Halloween using only parts from the new Inventor sets: 4093 Wild Wind Ups (URL), and 4094 Motor Movers (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | Re: Help me answer my nephew's question
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(...) Acutally, I've heard that some of today's special forces do the same thing. The reason being that if there is a failure in their night vision equipment, they will still have one eye that can adjust to the dark quickly. It's second hand (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: A mighty mini molded mouse MOC I made many months ago
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In lugnet.general, Anthony Sava wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] You where wrong here, it is worth posting. Glad you did. I understand the cartoon reference, he looks a bit like a scary mouse robot. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | A mighty mini molded mouse MOC I made many months ago
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I made this creation specifically for the LEGO "What will you make?" Roadshow Dallas event. I was given the task of creating new designs from one of the designer sets, and the set assigned to me was the 4101 Wild Creatures collection. Since I was (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | The U.A.R.F. (Union of Armed Revolutionary Fronts)
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The many rebel groups have united. Knowing that only through their combined strength can they stand up against the might of the "Hegemonist Infidels", the Peoples Guard military with its powerful weapons like the En-100 Warlord MBT and the new (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Latest Mecha From D-Bloc
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Hey thanks for the feedback guys! This is about my 5th mecha so far (not my second, that would be good!). And I think its the best I've done yet, however its now in peices as I always look to improve the design and look of the model. Thanks for the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Nice model, very simlilar to the superior gundam in several senses. If i may critique however it think the shoulders and arms could use a bit more detail. The arms also seem a bit skinny. The torso looks OK, i noticed the top of the pilots head (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(URL) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Projects
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(...) Hehe. I saw the list of items on lego.com (it was under LEGOLAND -> Billund -> Seasonpass) but I can't seem to find it right now. (...) Neither do I, but it did not spark the interest you (we) had hoped for, not to worry, it happens. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Mazda MX-5 Miata sports car in 8 stud wide scale
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(...) <<snip>> (...) Well done! 8 wide is rather limited :) Next stop; Koeningsegg! (URL) regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Latest Mecha From D-Bloc
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<crickets> Criminy it's quiet around here lately. Where's everybody gone? (...) Very nice build. You can't go past Japanese builders for inspiration. I don't know how they do it, and my own attempts never come close. You, however, have done better (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | 3 Small Things
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I've put together a quick webpage documenting three completely unrelated models. They are all small constructions that hardly deserved a webpage unto themselves, so I bunched the together: - A turntable (phonograph) - A Compact Disc case - A Honda (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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Wow. Great MOC! (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Uh-Oh. A enemy for my (URL)! ;) Cool bike Adrian! I really like the use of swamp green! (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) I refered to the colors, not the name. But I see now that there in fact were some Kawasaki Samurai, looks like late 60's. (...) Yeah, the wheels always dictate the size. (...) Ooops! Leg cracked! j/k. (...) Bying "a couple of copies" usually (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) Enjoy the show, Chris. You may never look at Dave quite the same again. -Rev. Smith P.S. Anyone else looking to get a head start on some good-time, low-budget, high-action holiday cheer, head on over to the Vendetta: A Christmas Story website (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: New MOC: Renault Dauphine
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(...) That a very nice model, captures the original very well. I like the rear view especially. If only lego made some small-mid sized wheels more suitable for this sort of model. perhaps if you inset them further under the body? Also would it be (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Basket maker and knife grinder
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Hello! Again I've built some small things to bring life into the medieval town. This time it's a basket maker, a knife grinder and a broom maker (what's the right name?): (URL) me, I'm a link!>> (URL) me, I'm a link!>> Bye Jojo (2 URLs) Some more (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) That's an idea, but this kit would be extremely expensive! I could probably make it in other colors if those wheels were only offered in something other than lime green. It certainly is food for thought, though... Thanks Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Adrian, It looks good, and I think lime green looks fine on a bike, it's Kawasaki-esque. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) Not really. It wasn't designed after any particular bike, I just liked the name. Maybe it's a future model :) (...) True, it is a bit larger than I'd wanted, but the size was set by those wheels, which are on the large size. If I had a (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) Is that ever purdy...wonderfully SNOTted saddle and corbin seat. Betcha this would be hot seller for those bikeheads out there...seriously. Cheers, -G (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) I think you failed the Technic scale modern motorcycle scale thing, but it's still a good MOC! Perhaps the Belville figures is a better fit? I recall something about them being bigger. Also, the "seat" is unreal. But so are the Minifig horse (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) Maybe it's just a midget on a regularly sized bike :) Thanks though Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) Thanks. Surprisingly enough, this set here: [LEGOSet 4095] Has a fair number of lime green parts, including the wheels I used on the Samurai. Eric Sophie gave me the lime green parts from one of these as he was driving back through town after (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) Woah... A friend of mine, Dave O'Malley, just gave me a copy of "Vendetta" on VHS and now I see it being discussed here on LUGNET. I guess I'll have to pop it into the old VCR today... - Chris. (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | New MOC: Renault Dauphine
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Hello, that's my newest creation: A Renault Dauphine. (URL) When I saw the real car I wanted to rebuild it at once. More pictures available at BrickShelf: (URL) What do you think of it? What would you improve? Leg Godt -Sven (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) OT: Love "Vendetta", talking about Santas with you can only give that Santa. (...) Glad to hear your human .) (...) It was just me who got the impression we were in the year 18xx from the auction pic and the first one to tell me otherwise was (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Hog SS Chopper MOC
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Introducing the new SuperSport Hover Hog chopper. (URL) SupperSport>> Features 250% more chrome, redesigned rear end exahust sytem and saddle, increased fuel capacity, and more authentic handlebars and fork with an improved headlamp. Enjoy and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) Very nice. Actually, it stands as a great rendition of a current-day sports bike too... not to mention a very clever use of lime-green elements. I know that colour doesn't currently constitute a particularly large range of elements. Believe (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Technic scale bike fun
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(...) Although I initially thought lime green had no use whatsoever, it looks perfect on a sporty bike like this. It's still enourmous for a Technic fig, but looks a little more to scale than a minifig on a turbocycle. Keep on SNOTin' --Bram (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Technic scale bike fun
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While Bram was at my house building his II-Blade, I set to work on my first Technic Fig scale bike. Ostensibly it's a turbocycle, and part of my turbocycle league. However, it's more of a miniland or techic model by scale, and town by theme. It's a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: is something burning?
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(...) Very nice, it definitely made me laugh. Now, bonus points if you can motorize the wings so they flap... *grin* JohnG, GMLTC fut .build.sculpture (just to reduce redundancy...) (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | New MOC: II-Blade
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I went over to Adrian's house today and took advantage of his collection being 5 times bigger than mine to build my first dark gray MOC. This time, the ship does have controls: (3 URLs) II-Blade> I especially like the way the rear of the ship turned (...) (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: New MOC: Don Vito
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This is really spiffy. eric (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(URL) (after moderation) Notes: the entire body is built studs-frontward and studs-backward. I tried to disguise the seam connecting the halves by not making it straight... it kinda worked. the wings are not very well connected to the body, and tend (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture) !
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| | Re: Batch of modular mecha and mecha parts!
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Thanks for the feedback. What i was trying to do with the modular mech idea was exactly what you said, allow freedom to customize models based on what they can carry.I am trying to make each new part different from the others. For example, when i (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Rensselaer Troy Building
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(...) Yes, I see what you mean. Sorry, I am not very well versed in actual architecture terms, thoa I suppose I will be learning as I continue to build! Anyway, at the top of the column are 4 1x1 headlight bricks--two facing out and 2 facing in. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: MICV MOC
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Hi Magnus- I like this vehicle a lot. You definately captured the look and feel of typical IFV's. There's some nice work with hinges and such to create the angled armor panels, and the turret is well done, too. (I like the rocket launcher (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: New MOC: Disc Racer
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Uh, wow. I really like the smooth design that everyone's doing. This will inspire me to actually build more space stuff :) -Anne (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | New MOC: Disc Racer
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I took a break from studying midterms to build a small ship, somewhat inspired by an </space/?n=27080 idea> I posted in August. (3 URLs) The Disc Racer> This was a chance to use some dark red and other parts aquired in BrickFest purchases. I really (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Batch of modular mecha and mecha parts!
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Hi, Great work there... I like the Deus mech in particular. The Wolf Legs are awsome! I don't mind sacrificing some manouvrability for armour, seems like a fair swap in my opinion, especially when it looks so good, (Crust legs!) I really like the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Latest Mecha From D-Bloc
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Hi Again! Thanks for all feedback on my first few Mecha designs. This is the latest one, insipred somewhat by the SG Mecha by Ryoichi Takagaki... (URL) I have just got my first Technic rotational click joint and its superb! (2 URLs) Loads better (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Count Dooku Star Wars UCS Miniland Scale Figure and Speeder MOCs
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Here's a link to a separate page I made for his pictures: (URL) My good friend, Count Dooku> This is the first vehicle MOC I've done for accuracy (the transforming x-wing was more just to see if I could get it to turn into a robot). I had such a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | New MOC: Don Vito
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I've been wanting to do a bust of The Godfather for a while. This evening it just sort of flowed out of me all at once. Let me know what you think...! (URL) and happy building, .Steve Coallier "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway!" (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Rensselar Troy Building
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(...) The capital is the top of the column. It looks kind of like a bracket where 1x2 plate has two side thingies offset at an angle, plus round plates on those.. never used it before, I'm guessing at what I'm seeing there. (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Rensselar Troy Building
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(...) Yea, it did. :) I hear it is much better in most of the buildings now. There has been significant renovations all over campus. Its like a completely different school. (...) I guess I don't know what you mean by capital. Most of my creative (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | BioniWars Death SToar Gunner
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I can understand the logic behind the visor design, and maybe even the reason for having just the front of the torso armored...but what the heck was the purpose of the large protrusion on the back of these guys' helmets? The best idea I can come up (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Batch of modular mecha and mecha parts!
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A few weeks ago i sprung an idea to do a mecha idea similar to moonbase using modular mecha parts. Well, here are some parts i made, using my Argos mech as a base i built a new set of arms, 2 new sets of legs, and a new head. I also put together 2 (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Rensselar Troy Building
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Hey, awesome! Troy building! Can you make some of the windows opening? Troy building used to get hot in September... What's the piece on the front of the capital? (One piece offset plate or multiple pieces?) -Erik CSYS '94 (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Rensselar Troy Building
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(...) Sure. Those are actually 1x2 red tiles attached to two black 1x1 headlight bricks. I used black so that I could get a bit more contrast. (...) Oh that is a cool photo. I wonder if it was there when I looked before. Possibly. Thanks anyway, as (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) Could that have been Daniel Siskind's Brickmania "Vlad's Tower"? With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: Rensselar Troy Building
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(...) Very nice to look at - must be spectacular in person. Well done! I'm trying to figure out how to do the same offset brickwork you've done on the corners of the building - is that a 1/5 stud offset? Obviously, you were inspired by this photo of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Rensselaer Troy Building
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(...) Of course, I spelled Rensselaer wrong. Uggh! Sorry. (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | RE: Brickfest '03 Presentation: "Building Big"
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(...) TJ, you'll be glad to kow HP is back in the calculator business with they new and improved HP49. The supplier of the Saturn CPU end-of-lifed it, so HP did a very smart thing. They wrote an emulator for the ARM and then moved all the code they (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Rensselar Troy Building
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Ok, So this is a bit of a dated release[1]. The building in question has been around for awhile, but I just now made a MOC pages place for it. My description and thoughts on this projects are written up there. :) (URL) please LMKWYT. -Alfred [1] (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.alb, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) Ho, ho, ho. @8^) (...) I'm sure I got that idea from someone else, sticking the minifig hands through the end of the chains. I think it was someone's catsle's torture chamber. (...) Thanks. It's velvet. (...) I keep getting new ideas for (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: sphere
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(...) That's so cool. I guess kids are good for something. @8^) -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build)
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| | BioniWars OOPS-9, Command BatToa Droid
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The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that the only thing that truly qualifies a Battle Droid to be the leader is the yellow detailing. Too bad they don't carry cash, or you could make a nice chunk of change by setting up a store that (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) Great as usual. Keep building. Stephane S. (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: Projects
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Hej Tobbe Well, I went to the sale and there were about 50 Blockade Runners on that day which was half way through the week of the sale. I'm going to hold out a little longer and hope for a 500kr offer. Oh, and I don't know what the etiquette is for (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Armies of Minifigs!
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Hi John-Paul Sorry, no Star Wars. We can but dream of buckets full of stormtroopers, eh! Orient Expedition is also too new I think, but I am sure they will turn up before Star Wars minifigs make an appearance. They have selected old adventurers and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | a perfect day for something new
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The planets alligned giving me the time and space to photograph some creations that have been sitting around. So without further ado... First up as an attempt at PCS. It's a deep space explorer launched from orbit and uses stars to slingshot around (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Escher's "Relativity" - a study in SNOT
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(...) 2003-10-15! Scan at: (URL) and dirty translation: "CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE It's happened again. Another impossible picture by the artist M. C. Escher, 'Relativity' from 1953, has been built with Lego. This time it's two gentlemen named Daniel (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: More Laws than You Can Shake a Stick At
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(...) I figured that was the intent, it just didn't work as well for me. (...) I'm not saying this was an invalid interpretation. As I noted in my reply to Lenny, I think that the Sanhedren's condemnation of Christ was based on this passage, or (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Do they sell buckets full of any Castle (including Ninja), Orient Expedition and Star Wars minifigs? (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Great, If you need a local contact or anything, feel free to email me. We live about two miles from Strong Museum, and have season passes (vital when you have small kids and have to survive winter in Rochester). George (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) Thanks Philo, (...) Yes. Creating a design being restricted to a given set's part inventory can be frustrating. My first real experience with this was when I was working on my first book, robots based on the Dark Side Developer kit. It took (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks... (Kevin deserves most of the praise!) This exercise is at the same time frustrating ("if only LEGO included one more Axle 3") and rewarding ("ah, this part is the solution)... Philo (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(URL) walking bird> Nice! I like the fact that you actually built "something better" than lego designers did with the same set of pieces! I tried a little to do an ankle-bending walker with the same set, but gave up quite quickly after the first few (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Very fun Philo! (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Okay, so I just looked up "smirk" in my dictionary and I should have written just plain ol' "smile". No harm intended, not for Brendan (suggesting he likes to mock) or the Christians! /Tobbe (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Slavery Ex 21:2 Great cuffs! The chair in pic 2 is nice! The carpet with all those pins, that's a new idea. Ex 21:7 Good caravan, fitting hair too :) The "Don't forget to write line" is hillarious and very fitting. Ex 21:8 Your beds are (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Once again inspired by a (URL) Clague walker mechanism>, I had fun building this (URL) walking bird> from parts of (URL) 4094 Motor Movers> set. (URL) Enjoy ! (URL) Philo> (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Chris. (...) That's the IV drip bag, which is a crystal ball turned upside down. (...) It was fun to figure out what a pile of loot should look like. (...) You could take out the whole part about the "false prophet" being Jesus, and I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hi, Leonard. (...) As I mentioned in my reply to Bruce, it wasn't meant to be offensive, but it certainly does challenge the Christian view of things. If that, in and of itself, is offensive to some people, well so be it. I think a devout Christian (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Hi, Bruce. (...) Thanks. I always look forward to your comments. (...) I was inspired when I saw Stefan Garcia's 1950s Cruisette Travel Trailer... (URL) had it in mind when I made a trailer of my own for the Slavery story. (...) Nope, though (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) The Law has been great fun to illustrate. I think I'll have one final set of stories to add in a few weeks before moving on to new territory. (...) Always a pleasure. (...) Thanks. @8^) -Rev. Smith (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Hi! Here's a pic of a Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle that I built. (URL) MICV, as far as I understand is basically an APC with enough fighting capability for it to take active part in battle, along side infantry and heavier armour, whereas an (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Brendan, very cool per usual. I liked the hitch trailer in slavery - very white trash (I see many as I look out my window :-). Also, some other notable cool things I spotted was the operating room (what is that clear thing in the corner?), the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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I will actually be getting a trip to Rochester out of this. I will be there the weekend of 14-16 Nov. eric (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels: It's my first time to use FTX for a post so if this fubar's, my apologies ahead of time. It's the first (and hopefully) the last time I'll use such a long title but I couldn't resist. Gold star (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.technic, FTX) !!
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Realy nice work, Adrian. My only comment: I believe that the bridge would look far more convincing and elegant when you taper the collums from the bottom towards the top instead of the other way round. Engineering logic predicts that you need more (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build)
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(...) that is calculated to be offensive to Christians. However, it does support the argument of Jews that Jesus isn't the Messiah. One thing that I do draw questions about is this (URL) page.> My sister (a devout Muslim) always points out the me (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Brendan, Great work as always. Some thoughts on the building: Slavery -- That trailer is perfect. Was the trailer-park guy on the Jerry Sringer show in one of your other offerings? I really like the camera angle on the floor-scrubbing picture. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Looks swell eric, and this is one of your creations that I should be able to see in person, with a minimum of fuss. Too bad you didn't get a trip to Rochester out of this. Strong Museum is a neat thing to visit, and Rochester weather in the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) You mean all the black 2x2s? I only used 1428 of them; they're cheap. It was all those 1x1s in black, yellow, and light gray that cost me some bucks. (...) Thanks for the complement :) Adr. (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Dave, and thanks to everyone else who responded that I didn't respond to individually. I'm glad y'all enjoyed it - it means a lot to me. Allister (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the complements :) Creating that deck involved a lot of number crunching (a graphing calc w/ table function is very helpful!). It was finding the "right" radius values that was the tricky part. When the idea of doing this came to me (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | On The Set With George
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Check out our latest diorama MOC from our (URL) homepage>. (URL) The shooting of the final scenes at Varykino are about to wrap-up as George talks to Anthony about some minor adjustments. Regards, ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) The Law... it's such a fertile ground for your work! Thanks for sharing. Spotlighted. (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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