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(...) I haven't been around here in quite awhile, but thanks guys! Right now, I have many new items coming soon, some for Brickfest '04 of course. The "action arms" are undergoing a redesign, slated for a Oct. release date. For now, check out some (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Suzumushi attack cricket!
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(...) This is a fun little moc, Purple. Altho, I would have preferred if it had larger rear 'cricket' legs. Right now the front attenaes look more imposing. And what is a Ninja robot? That's too funny!! -Lenny (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Microfig creations on Brickshelf this weekend
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(...) thanks for noticing anyway. I was finally able to visit them up close during a recent trip to Chicago so I thought I'd add a couple of shots of the real buildings to my galleries. Spencer (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Microfig creations on Brickshelf this weekend
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(...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Microfig creations on Brickshelf this weekend
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Hi all, I see several great microfig creations went up this weekend. Srezkall (?) added the Sears tower and the Hancock building to this skyscraper gallery: (URL) (Justin 2576?) brought some castle-themed microfig creations to a Sealug meeting: (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) I started out just toying around with the wing idea and developed the rest from there. My approach to mixing the 2 light gray shades of elements was to more or less evenly distribute them throughout the model. (...) I think many in the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Suzumushi attack cricket!
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(URL) My cricket can whup your cricket, any day of the week. (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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| | Re: Moonbase Module: Mount SciBrick - Mech Bay 05
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(...) It is an impressive build, altho - I tend to think there should be more going on in the rooms. It seems like the minifigs are wandering randomly. I mean, sitting on an active volcano, I'm sure there is more than enough to study and research (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) Todd, Both are very nice - the bionicle/technic style of the Vedraan is very cool - plus I like large bots. The Kestrel is a very nice fighter. Interesting the choice of mixing old grey and new. Did you attempt to use it as a different color, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) Very elegant fighter; the Kestrel. I think the somewhat flat nose gives a good conrast to the slender shapes elsewhere. It's nice to see someone daring to use wings (with studs showing!!) on spacefighters. -NB (I'm a dino too, so I don't (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Santa Maria della Salute in Venice
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(URL) (...) Many thanks for your nice feedback! (...) I had some fears about the heat of the bulbs. There are two 25 watt bulbs inside the Santa Maria. And at 1000steine-Land they sometimes where on for more then 4 hours. I lifted the dome time to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: The Jamocklaquat - Original Construction Images are back!
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(...) Eric, Congratulations on getting Jama back on LUGNET. Things are now right in the world. Kevin (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Announcing: Tim and Kevin's Bot Contest!
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Hello, Tim Deering and I are hosting a bot contest. All are welcome to enter. Go (URL) here> for the rules! If more people enter, it will not change the likelyhood of us giving out prizes. Remember: A bot is a bot, but a mecha is not! (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | Schleimerspotting: Wedding Pic
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(URL) Times are hard when you choose a Schleimer for your Best Man:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Santa Maria della Salute in Venice
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Incredible! I always admire Lego buildings in (near) mini-fig scale that capture all the details of the Real Thing. It is better than MiniLand, since I can almost imagine getting enough of the right bricks to build one - and have it still fit in my (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) Thanks for the props, Eric. I did'nt intend to drop out of the community for so long, but I've been working full-time, had my computer crash on me and had to get a new one- which caused me to lose access to my website, and I've had trouble (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) Thanks, Bill. The new and old light grays don't blend too bad- Honestly, I think the combo creates an interesting effect. However, I'm not so sure about the dark grays. Later, Todd (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: SR-71 Blackbird
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Ed: The submarine is just about 3 1/2 feet long, 10 inches wide, and 13 inches tall. It is not perfectly to scale compared to the actual Los Angeles class sub, but it is well proportioned for standard minifigures, and especially the vertical launch (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | "Blue" pieces in new Alpha Team set #4742
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I recently saw the new Alpha Team Chill Speeder set #4742 [LEGOSet 4742] I looked up the set on Peeron, and it said that the blue pieces are the Medium Blue shade. The pictures on the box really look like the Dusty Blue shade (called "Sand" Blue by (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.color, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Ground eNforcer Armored Transport
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An MOC done over the weekend by accident as the AT-AT was destroyed during the clean up of my sons' rooms. Thrown into the box and later that night I started to assemble it back into shape. Thought about doing an alternate model for it and the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) --Bill. (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: wishin' on a star
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snippage (...) snippage I have a hack that does the same thing. This can be achieved using a lenghthwise 1x2 modified plate with 1 pin (jumper plate) and connect a headlight brick on top but connect it to the square hole on the back with the top (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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Cool, MOCs, I enjoyed checking them out, but the real reason I am writing this reply is this: I wanted to convey my happiness in seeing you return to LUGNET. I am so happy to see you building and posting again. You have a very cool style of building (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) Thanks, Gil. I would have like to have retractable landing gear in the design, but I don't feel that approach would have resulted in such a sleek look for the fighter. (...) I have similar bias for traditional Lego elements, but when I made (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | This is not the announced mosaic !
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Hi all, In MLCad I designed a frame (2 studs wide) for a "studs-up" mosaic that doesn't require any use of glue (!!). Before I actually start building my large mosaic, I decided to put my design to a final test. I quickly filled the frame with a (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.loc.be, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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(...) These are fun, Todd. The Kestral has a nice, slender airframe that works really well with it's 'light' designation. It's good to see that canopy in use as well. The angling of the rear fins nicely breaks up the line and gives it some (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: wishin' on a star
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(...) Well, a lot of the pieces you showed would make sense to complete the Lego system. BUT we are talking of TLC, so waiting for a solution that would make sense is most propably a waste of time. Unless of course they would need one of the bricks (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Anyone have instructions for set #309 (Church)?
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I was looking for something on Peeron today and quite by accident stumbled upon this set: (URL) there are no instructions linked from Brickshelf. The design of the building struck me as interesting, especially when I saw the piece count for the 1x2 (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: The Jamocklaquat - Original Construction Images are back!
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Woohoo! Congrats Eric. I'm truly happy to see Jama back up. I hope that puts an end to your turmoil. Mark (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: wishin' on a star
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) my wishes: (URL) & mirrored & other mixed slopes (URL) 1x2 technic liftarm-snot yay! (URL) snot yay! thanks! Jeff (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Name that Mecha
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(URL) (...) Cool mecha. As I'm not a mecha builder I'll say my favorite part is that its made of lego. But while I'm no expert in mecha, I am an expert in cheesy thumbs up photos- and you sir do a fine one. While Lenny began the trend here at (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | 2 New Starfighters- Kestrel and Bloodstar II
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Check out the U.E.S.F's "Kestrel" light starfighter- (URL) the Vedraan "Bloodstar II" droid starfighter- (URL) . LMKWYT, Todd (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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| | The Jamocklaquat - Original Construction Images are back!
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Hello, hello, hello, happy day. The Jamocklaquat's original construction images are back on Brickshelf! For reasons I cannot stomach to explain, they were removed. However, they are back up now. (URL) Try as I may, I have to create new pictures of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: SR-71 Blackbird
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<snip> (...) areas, But because you got the shape spot on, you have not lost any of the impact and the studs do not detract from the model. The cockpit and landing gear look like the real thing (cockpit in the thumbnail looks real, not lego). A (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Name that Mecha
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(...) Oh! Thanks a lot for explaining, I couldn't figure out how you did it! JP. (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: wishin' on a star
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You know this 1x2 brick hinge... (URL) I have wished for years that it was also made in a 1x1 style. Could you folks who design the parts consider it? Thank you. Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: wishin' on a star
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(...) Lots of excellent choices. I've got a bit of a wish list two. a) 1x3, 2xn tiles. Basically, tiles in the same size range as we already have in plates b) 2xn plates with a single row of studs (similar to the 2x1 with one stud) c) ball & socket (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Murasaki modular corridor system
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(...) I made it as much out of guilt as anything else. I felt really bad when I realized how hard it was to work single-connection modules in at my first MichLUG show, knowing the whole time that my second module was going to be another (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Name that Mecha
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(...) In fact I studied the Knight-Gigant pretty closely while I was building this. I love the look of it, but when you look closely there's a lot of single stud connections in there. It must be as fragile as all get-out. But yes, I was aiming to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: wishin' on a star
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(...) Deborah (and others) I made this offer awhile ago but had no takers - what the heck, I'll make it again here. If anyone has "wish list" parts they'd like to use in MLCAD but doesn't necessarily know how to author dat files, there's another way (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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