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(...) (URL) That's not cool. This is cool. It's a (URL) Robotic Submarine>. It's like a robotic Jaws. Kids will tell their mommies that they don't want to go into the water because the C.W.R.S. might get them. Or not. Jason Spears | (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: **New MOC**
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(...) Thanks for the comments Jason - I've always had an affinity for the proportioning tendencies of anime and mid-century american sci-fi robots of the future, and he came about as an amalgam of those influences. It is a mech of my own design, and (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Text in walls
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(...) You may use it if you want. I can send you the BMP file if you want (much easier to edit). Mail me in interested! Still, I am looking for solutions for the 4 missing letters. I was playing around with non-english letters, got some, and was (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Text in walls
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(...) had the chance to photograph it! Jason Railton (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ribbed panel construction idea
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(...) Back to the drawing board! I could have sworn that the droopy arm type was the older one. Oh well. Tim (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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Hi all! Thanks for the help, it was very useful. I have made what I needed, and got the idea to add a font to those available - mine is smaller: (URL) have even added symbols for: - = degrees. This font is 2 bricks high (including a tile below). I (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Then it seems there is a problem. The handles that don't droop are too long to place end-to-end like that. Jason Railton (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Using newer Lego elements, it's not all that fragile if you hold it in the right places, one of which is if you pincer the whole model between the twin black 1x1 plates with eyeholes on both sides. (...) Moonbase? Did someone say Moonbase? :-) (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Ribbed panel construction idea
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(...) I have a comparison picture of those in my BS galleries: (URL) schleim, Clark (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Tim, That piece sounded unfamiliar to me so I went over to Peeron, and it appears that you've spec'd the type 1 version (URL) They indicate that it was produced from '78 to '85, which was during my dark age, which is why it seemed (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: The Parable of the Many Murders
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. This was one of those situations where I felt I just barely had enough of the right pieces to make the scene work -- to give the illusion of a vineyard. I only have one brown baseplate, and just enough brown plates to make it (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Was there a giant rock in Life of Brian? I remember the stoning scene, but don't recall a giant rock. Or did you just mean that it was similar in that there was a stoning scene at all? (...) Certainly, -Brendan (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: Smallest smooth cube challenge
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(...) Oops...that's not quite true. It's actually 2.8 x 2.8 x 3 studs: (URL) 4 and 5 stud ones are exact though :) --Bram (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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(...) Thanks. (...) I wonder how many people there are for whom that has come to be the case. Or, as I continue on, how many people will eventually be in the same boat. (...) Hey, that's not entirely true. I think I've cast Timmy in some (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Great challenge, Dave! I gave this a shot for about 45 minutes. I made a 3x3x3...but it has two tiny square holes (4x4 LDU) It uses 18 parts. (...) Hmm, my 4x4x4 took 24 pieces, but it's very sturdy. Half of those are 2x2 tiles though. It (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | The Study of Spring: Study 14
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At the last LUGOLA meeting I told the gang "I'm going to take some photos and tear it(the bridge) down." Well, I came close. My goal has been to place an arch beneath a curved deck and (URL) Study 12> was a first go but just wasn't quite it. I tried (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: How do you guys do it?
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I've only been out of my dark ages for about two years. It was the Star Wars sets that caught my eye. I bought a couple and remembered how much fun LEGO is!! The next step for me was downloading instructions from Brickshelf.com for the old sets I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Mecha - The Klymyth
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(...) Gait matrix is an old Robotics 101 term. It is representation of the temporal sequence of leg motions that a robot needs to walk without falling over. It gives the legs their coherent propulsive movement. Any autonomous walker needs to have (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) sorry i didn't post this earlier, but i really like this mecha.it has a very disproportionate "anime"look exemplified by the large feet and hands, narrow torso, and long neck. it's almost "cute". is this a replica of an actual anime mecha or (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Smallest smooth cube challenge
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So, out of curiosity, I started toying around with the smallest possible Lego-cube that is smooth on all sides. IE no studs, stud holes, technic pin holes, etc showing on any of the 6 faces. Getting a 6x6x6 stud cube wasn't too hard... a 5x5x5 was (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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