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(...) Thank you. You should give it a try, it's a fun break from the usual space and mecha. (...) Hmmm, perhaps. I've already got something along those lines, so it'll probably be a while if I do. Soren (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Thank you. I wasn't entirely happy with the photography on these, but I'm glad it works for you. (...) That's code for your mom's secret ninja compartment, right? :) Soren (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) I have the same problem with the smiley/frowny bricks. I even thought about it as I was looking at the pictures. I thought it was really creative but it didn't look right to me, cause I've always seen them as the smiley/frowny bricks. I found (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Wow! I really like the second one, the bricks with ridges on the sides look very nice. The radar dish fits nicely in the arches and inverted arches. Great MOC! :) Chris Perron (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Fantastic!!!! I am hoping you won't mind that these little cows will get copied for every train show from now on. Is anyone going to have time to make some for BrickFest? I really hope so. JB (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) While I agree that your use of the smiley/grumpy bricks is great (salvages an otherwise pretty unusable printed brick), it does point out a problem: I have a hard time seeing them as anything other than grumpy bricks. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, FTX)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:I1vw1n.131J@lugnet.com... (...) 25th, (...) will (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) brick (...) way? And (...) a (...) Those are great! One way you could make the motion a little different is to (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really like how you used the tiles on the foundation. Good work. (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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Eric- What a great concept! And implementation! And effect! You cut to the heart of what makes a really cool MOC. I'm certainly going to want to put some cows in our pasteur when I get back from BF. -Ted Michon SCLTC (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Just in time for the summer Olympics in Athens I finished the real life version of my MLCad-created Lego model of Parthenon, in approximately 1:240 scale. My model depicts the building in its ancient glory, not the sad but impressive ruins of today. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient) !!
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(...) snip (...) Erik, these are awesome! You have inspired me anew to add automation to our future layouts. A big thanks for providing the instructions as well. Jason (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Totally awesome. The sheer studlessness is breathtaking. Final Assembly Love the two-pronged and power cabled arm and the 8x8 radar dish sunk into the platform. I want another shot of just the back wall! Diagnostic Center The orange and white combo (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Those forges are really cool. I don't know what else to say. They are practically perfect. If you have and other kinds of forge modules in mind, for the love of all that is lego, don't hesitate to build them and show them off! (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) A simple idea, and a wonderfully elegant solution! Best motorized cows ever. Cheers Richie Dulin (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I missed the initial post the first time I read about this, but my first thought was magnets. My wife (a non-AFOL) thought magnets too when I showed her the video. I've noticed the train magnets are strong enough to make the magnets twitch on trains (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) snip (...) Wow Eric, Spotlighted! That is SO totally cool!!! I showed my kids and they were amazed, as am I. Truly, imho, it's MOCs like that, that will make HO modelers think twice about the "limitations of the brick". Way to go! Nicely (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Spotlighted, and well deserved. I love alt models made from official sets. It forces strong creative decisions to be made and you made them well. Are you someone who might turn this model into some building instructions for those of us who (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.space)
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(...) That's exceedingly cool. But since I don't have an RCX, it makes me wonder whether something similar could be done without it. Perhaps a small lever that's pressed by the train as it goes past, which is connected by a hidden string to the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) So simple and so very cool! That is a great piece of eye candy for a train layout, super job! jt (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks :) (...) Well, the only limit I see is from the power of the RCX and/or its number of outputs. You can easely modify the programm, by example in order to add sensors or outputs to control 3 or more cows. For my part, I have only two (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Really nice Moc. The nose reminds me of my MG3k... If you're interested in feedback, I'd suggest that you remove the 1x3 bricks from the wings and move the black "guns" up in front of the 75 degree slopes to break the otherwise flat (unaerodynamic) (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) This is officially the coolest MOC I have ever seen. Other than space and brick constraints, is there a limit to the number of cows you could rig this way? And is it possible to vary the rate of motion slightly between animals? In any case, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wow, that came out pretty awesome. I especially like the vertical engine. -Dan Rubin Chair of the Cyber-braintrust (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) These are HOT! you're the man! -Dan Rubin Chair of the Cyber-braintrust (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thank you sir, that is nice of you to say. Those darn Mechers, see what they have done! (...) Yes, two days. But it wasn't easy. The sheer number of combinations you can get with all left monkey arms slowed it up a bit. After that it was no (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Oh ya the snowshoes, I forgot to mention I used those from the Monkey Sets. Its not a Train Head, its a Mech Head. ;) I'm about a 1x1 away from a "Mechasylum". e (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'd say you succeeded! I'm always impressed when people build cool MOCs using only the parts from one set. --Bram (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Kevin, no this is my first Mecha, it was fun, but really I don't know what those Mech guys see in this stuff. (...) LOL! All of that then he said 2 2" hoses! LOL! (...) Oh no, those came in the Battrax. But I had to add 69 monkey arms (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi, Please check out my latest mosaic creation. This a “studs-out” rendering of the "Green M&M" candy character. This was created as a surprise birthday gift for the LEGO and M&M loving husband of my customer. This mosaic is 20" x 20" (4096 1x1 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) WOW! Yah, that's about the only word for it, Wow! Perfectly sized for the bots you have made and for minifigs. Someone else said that it doesn't even look lego, I agree. It's so well designed and tightly put together. No piece there can be (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Very cool indeed. I want to have one and hold one for my very own. If you're doing any more, I think a bot destruct test bay would be neat. Allister (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for shoing that even train parts aren't completely useless ;) I'm gonna be seeing that head every time I look at that train from now on. (...) Two days?! Man, I reckon you could churn these out in your sleep. How else could you maintain (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I bought a Scorpion Palace recently at deep discount, and the elephant reminded me of a mech I saw on Brickshelf that used the body parts this way. I'm buggered if I can remember who's it was though. Allister (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I had no problems connecting to ragnork7.com. Also the mountain looks fantastic. Really well done landscraping. I hope you post more pictures, I'm keen to see it from a few different angles. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, FTX)
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Well after seeing so many cool civilian space vehicles I couldn't resist of trying to build one myself. Inspired by those models I took the 4403 airblazers set and started building. I tried to build a slick model using some serious SNOT methods for (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Amazing...your mocs are so distinctive. The Diagnostic bay doesn't even look lego to me, and a great moc is backed up by great photography. These are certified grade-A, smack free mocks. Keep up the great work. -Keith p.s. don't leave these (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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As with most of your creations, the colour usage and detailing is just perfect. I especially like the diagnostic centre; very anime in look. Are you going to do any more of these? I'd love to see a "bot plant" built around all of the assembly areas. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Dude, Soren. This rUleZ! Totally! Love the look of these, especially the second one. Very creative and nice. The forges look kinda modular- do you have any plans to link a bunch of these together and make a building or something? -JHK (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Soren, if you could make these so they folded up and could be stowed in your pocket, well that would be the bomb. Like an xpod bot forge in your pocket. Really I very much like these a lot of time very good things like it nice cool zit zot (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: lugnet.build.mecha News Group Reader User Guide - Completed
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(...) I can add those. You gotta speak up, the links don't add themselves! Good point though, two good builders. ;) e (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Still Tony, you did a great job. Forgive me for not saying so earlier, I was trying to remain impartial just incase of 12, 12 hour entries. Really, you not only made a cool set of Mocs, they have real functionality to boot. Realistic. Well (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.contests)
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'Cause bots don't just pop out of the ground: (URL) BOT FORGE 01: Final Assembly (URL) BOT FORGE 02: Diagnostic Center Enjoy. Soren (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) How can thee lugnet.build.mecha News Group Reader User Guide when you left out two very important people from the builders list 1) Yutaka Minowa "Mino" who is a genuis just click on the link and his work speaksfor itself (URL) and B) This guy (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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You are a crazy mo-fo...all those jar-jar heads and snowshoes...I don't know how you do it. Seriously E, the train/head rocks...you continue to amaze. Another great addition to your mechasylum. -Keith (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) WAHH! (...) I can't argue with that. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.contests)
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The lugnet.build.mecha News Group Reader User Guide has been completed. lugnet.build.mecha (URL) News Group User Guide The goal of the User Guide is to familiarize new and current readers with the norms found in this newsgroup. Tips on posting, tips (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: A newly discovered part that may be useful to trainheads, et al
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In lugnet.build, Ray Sanders wrote: Images are now located at ... (URL) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello, regretably I did not promote the contest and respose was low because it was not executed properly. Thusly I must cancel the contest. Many thanks to those who did participate as well as offered to donate the prize. Please undertand with (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) The (URL) "What-is-Mecha?"> section of the lugnet.build.mecha User Guide is 90% completed and I am writing the remaining sections now. Parts Library images and other revisions are fourth comming. Eric Sophie co-curator lugnet.build.mecha (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) This thread has stuck in my mind for a while. First, a better link to the picture I meant to show in my original reply. (Bad form, I know... replying to my own post, but I'm fixing a poor FTX posting and adding new info... and using a new (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) It's been awhile since i posted on here but I just had to comment on your bot. Very Cool! You have become an expert. And I also have to ask what was the inspiration for using the dino bodies as shoulders and legs? :) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) but how many Clickits will there be? (...) Esoteric, hardly It's from the Simpsons. the episode where the B-Sharps feature. Barney decides to take Babershop to "Strange new places". In Moe's Tavern his Japanese conceptual artist girlfriend (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) It's good to see that I'm still known. (...) You are definitely right, I think I'm gonna lurk around a bit more... although I've moved on to an art form that isn't limited by Gravity. Oz (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Nice Mech man. Have you done this before? (...) I'm glad to see you're getting back into pneumatics. I'm hoping to buy a Star Destroyer at BrickFest for cheap. I hear it's got 435,231 T's, 237,465 switches, 4 pistons and 2 2" hoses. Awesome! (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You got it all right. Except for the 29,003 right side wedge plates. Ok the hips are a simple worm gear set up using technic triangle plates and worm gears paired to 24 tooth gears. 2x4 plates with technic holes secure them. See here: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey wow, Oz, good to hear from you! (...) Thank you, thank you. (...) I do! Don't go away! This group needs all the support it can get, we make this place what it is. Nobody ever forget that! (...) e (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thank you! I always enjoy hearing from you TM. Mecha on the brain. Really, I enjoy looking towards the future. So that is why I build Mech. I believe in a time when we learn to master this kind of technology. Lego, puts the raw essentials in (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) You got me, I fluffed it a little. But really its seven feet tall! Really it is. Ya-huh. (...) The Mech is straight forward. I think there is a bit of elegance involved in making it functional yet estetic. Using 790,000 left monkey arms is no (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) If they were the same size as the real thing, I'd label them as 'lifesize' scale. Based on your comments I'd call them 1/2 lifesize or 1/4 lifesize. (...) I wouldn't. I have always thought of macro as lifesize or more often even larger. Based (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I'm gonna drive there and get them - Biff and Sandy Retrieval Ship
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(...) Well... *if* this contest is still on, here's my entry. Name: Tony Hafner Web Page, Brickshelf Gallery, MOCpages, etc.. Where entry can be seen: BrickShelf: - (URL) MOC Name, James Bond Mission Story: The ship is Friendship 2004, and the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.contests)
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Check out this really neat folder on Brickshelf: (URL) creator calls it "microscale" but I think most would agree it's not really microscale (smaller than minifig scale). Instead these animals are sculpted at a scale much closer to real than minifig (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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(...) snip (...) You did a great job with the (URL) photo> e. It was like a clinic in big-mech joint-tech. I could make out what looked like a worm gear-large gear pairing for the "jumping-jack" movement of the shoulders, throwbot gear boxes for the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey All, I don't know if this has been brought up before, but I noticed this when I grabbed a few white 2x2 round plates for a project I'm working on: (URL) (the left being the older version) I think this has been brought up about some Technic (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, FTX)
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Great Job Sir Eric. It's always great to see what you do with the good brick. (I wonder if anyone remembers who I am... well, time to disappear again). Oz (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Dude, you've got the fever. the Mecha Fever. And frankly, I don't think you should be cured, for if you were, we would never see creations such as this. I really liked the World City train head, and the light-up eyes. Not that Mecha design was (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Dude, stop lying. I counted no more than 750,000 monkey arms. And you're still about 200,000 fig parts short of 1 million. I counted. You're just showing off, liar. Seriously though, coooooool I like that head piece. Fits your style nicely. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | The 4511 Mechsperiment
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C'mon!, You know I had too! (URL) The 4511 Mechsperiment> (URL) Some time ago, I just knew what I had to do. So finally did it. (URL) I used 1 million Mini-figs in this seven foot tall Mecha. It features 780,002 left monkey arms and 425 left white (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: B.I. Joe...relaunched!
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(...) So! Much! Fun! I love it! Jake --- Jake McKee Webmaster - (URL) BIP> (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Greetings! B.I. Joe now has a new home all to it's own.... (URL) All the content has been migrated over, as well as a couple new sections. Take a gander, let us know what you think. New updates to be rolling out soon. Cheers, Gil & Jamie (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm, let's see. Small four stringed instrument. That's not a guitar. That's a ukelele! A very nicely modelled ukelele though, although perhaps the 'waist' is a little narrow. Gettin' soulfull with that ukelele! (URL) Allister (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) Very Cool Lynyrd, well done, now do the dog too! Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(URL) Guitar is a MOC, but the Dog is not> DUH -Lord Lenyusama (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(URL) I can't wait until October when I get to display this with a string of missiles coming out of its butt... (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX) !
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(...) Wow, thanks Aaron. You know, there are a few of those models I would gladly claim as my own (of course, the kids would never let me get away with that). As for the stained glass, I'm actually working on a series of them, I have another one to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) The full state dinner implied by the drinks after set would be a fun project all on its own. Amber's main hall should have one of every thing by definition. ;-) (...) I played with that a bit by building right from the text. but it got too (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) talking with rooms as the backdrops, etc.). Some of the sequences elsewhere in the books might be quite hard (like in the first book when Corwin is driving a car toward Amber and everything changes, and changes, and changes) to capture well. I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Ha! You can't trick me into buying one of those sets. Allister (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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The best use that i could think of when i first saw them was magazines/clips for weapons on mechs. I still havent experimented with that. (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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<snip> (...) Bugger me that is some nice work. My fav is definantly the first one (green house) so simple but so perfect. Now I just wish I had more of the cockpit windows. Every one of the models is easily reconisable and perfectly done, a credit (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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The July 2004 Mecha Part of the Month is brought to us by Mecha Builder (URL) MC7>. technic,axle joiner rectangular triple spring loaded (URL) in sets.........3540 ,3541 ,3542 ,3545 ,3543 ,and 10127 This unussual part comes in the Hockey Sets. The (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) Story says he "...regarded him without expression." And he is one of the older princes...so Standard Smile on a solid-stud head [unseen under his hair] seemed funny to me. And the/a "flat" expression had to be used for the blind (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Now this... is just cool. But I must admit, the mental disconnect between Prince Julian and his Smiling Minifig Avatar is brain-breaking. ^_-; Very impressive effort. What made you decide on illustrating that particular section of text? And (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks Andrew, I'm really looking forward to it as well. Will you be bringing something for the display? Janey "Red Brick" Micro Display Coordinator (URL) Micro MOC Off!> (URL) BrickFest 2004 in Washington DC> (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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Janey, Yes, these are great! A great tutorial session idea and neat results! Thanksf for sharing. I look forward to the Micro section of Brickfest. -Andrew (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) LOL, thanks Rosco! The kids did a great job, I'm very proud of them. As for the next party, we are thinking about going big, and doing group sculpture or mosaic. Of what... we have no idea, and the when... well I think that better wait until (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) They're great Janey! When's the next micro party? And stay out of my LEGO bricks! ROSCO (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Allister- This thing is just cool. As e said, "the whole thing just gels." I could picture this with a handful of its brethren pitted against a PCS command post (similar to a scene from DuckTales that plays in the intro. No, i haven't been (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) 18 and counting . . . snip (...) snip (...) As promised, here are the pics from yesterday. (URL) Micro MOC pictures> Janey Red Brick (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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With 19 days left to Brickfest... I thought I would share a not so short story of what I did today. BACKGROUND - A few of my children's friends have taken an interest in the micro building I do. One of them even made me a few micro vehicles for my (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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(...) They did a great job with this model -- it isn't a temple though, it's a hotel. It's the Grand Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. http:images.google.c...rand+Hotel Likewise, the Merlion ((URL) isn't just an interesting build, it's in Singapore. (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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Hello dear fellows! I want to thank the forums curator for adding my SW Lego site to the links index here, and I hereby want to invite you to take a trip to my site if you are interested. There are many Mini Models, several Minifigs and some (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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Hi Robert The side profile looks great and pretty accurate. Much better than my attempt (although I do like the rather stunted version I have sitting on the shelf at home). One thing I would change on your model is the cockpit. I would probably (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thank you, and even more so, because the small pictures on the lower left corner of that other, Designer/Creator related portfolio page tickled my nose. Seeing a model of the Sidney Opera House here prompted me to sleuth some more. It turned (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build)
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Ok, I've build a new MOC on special request from Chris Paton. Maybe it's the first from the Warbird Prototype group but for know I've posted it in my standard WW2 gallery. The MOC features a retractable landing gear (only the front wheel is not (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Hi Erik I have recently finished reading Prince of Ayodhya and you were right, it is a very readable, fast paced adventure. I thoroghly enjoyed it and reccomend it highly. Thanks again for the tip! Chris (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) A lot of influences showed up in the Spartan--certainly the Marauder, but also the Cauldron Born (arms and missile packs), a little bit of Gundam in the different slopes on the feet/ankles, and some Metal Gear Rex influence in the cockpit (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, man! I didn't set out to do the solid canopy on either one, but somehow it just happened. (...) I just got fired up with school spirit, which led to the unusual colors. They were both fun builds. (...) Long live the Lenny shot! (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Wow, the movie is totally cool! It's funny - I have a hard time convincing my Architecture students that anything complicated can be done in LEGO without making it look like a toy.. These are awesome (though now my kids will be totally (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Damn you, damn you straight to hell! You are making the rest of us bulky mech builders look bad! Jealousy aside, i REALLY like the spartan. The legs are massive! It looks kinda like a marauder, with horrible leg fat. The color scheme is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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