 | | Re: Looking for ideas on using blank "minifig heads"
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"Robert Fries" <robert@servername.net> wrote in message news:I569p1.20JM@lugnet.com... (...) brown (...) are (...) Black ones can be used for "bömbs". (The xploding kind) /J (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | VIKING MUCUS FIST!!
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ok.. lets begin at the beginning... Jake McKee and Greg Hyland worked together to make (URL) AFOLs the Comic> - a comic book about us, AFOLs. On the fifth of the comic, features the AFOL Hero walking into a comic store thinking (and I quote) "I (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | New Vignettes - Princess Bride and the Matrix
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(URL) "There is a shortage of perfect breasts in this world.. t'would be a pity to damage yours."(1) (URL) Smith and Neo in a shoot off in the subway. (URL) Me shelving books at the Library where I work. Yay libraries! (URL) Thou shalt not steal. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | The Wanderer: a Clankbot
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(URL) Some nice pics in the front - older crappy pics in the back. His arms used to have an extra degree of rotational motion, but the heavy forearms had difficulty being supported, so I went with better looking shorter upperarms with better (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: New Resource
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(...) Thanks Clark, it did help and thanks for adding it - I will think about volunteering, although I have so many different classes of building that I have interest in it might be hard to focus on just architecture... Cheers, .Steve "Attack life, (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: "Spartan" medium assault mecha
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(...) Thanks, Eric. The joints do somewhat allow for larger, more stable mecha creations. However, TLG could expand on the new joint systems potential by designing 3 or 4 more elements- such as a 4x4 plate with a click-pin on the bottom for a torso (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Sears Tower Revisited
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(...) Thanks. But you have to admit MichLUG certainly has no shortage of potential candidates for that award! I was never really happy with the old model. It was dull and horribly boring to build. One of the realism goals I've been trying to achieve (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Bacta Recovery Room
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The (URL) recovery room> beside the Bacta Tank provides ample space for the recuperating patient. The 2-1B medical droid does follow-up checks on Luke after his treatment inside the tank which has now been replenished and readied for the next (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Sears Tower Revisited
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(...) Oh my. I have a new candidate for "most insane member of MichLUG." Very nicely done, Spencer! Peter (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Spiderbot...
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It does not really look like a spide to me...definetly some kind of hellish mechanized insect thought. Great MOC, I'd love to see it consuming a minifig to give it some scale. I think my favorite detail is the cranium/face...its very expressive for (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Spiderbot...
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(...) Lot's of iddy biddy pieces form the spider bot. I like it. The front and looks very cool, as does the legs and greebs. Welcome to the Mecha Builders List! e (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Waswillbe - The RG Mech 2.0
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(...) Hi Fradel, werd. The Record and Play unit is found in the heart of this set: [LEGOSet 4095] I purchased the set at the North West Brick Con in 2003. I gave the green parts to Brick Frenzy as a gift and kept the R&P component. The unit can (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Waswillbe - The RG Mech 2.0
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(...) Thanks Andrew, it was nice having you over during construction. Thank you for the sorting help. I'm swamped. (...) Ha ha ha, I call it the RG Mech. That is the name of its soul. (...) thanks brokie. e (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: "Spartan" medium assault mecha
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I like the size Mecha these joints lend themselves too. Your "experiments" are fun to see and have a recognizble style. Nice work. I really like the colors. e (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Orbital Boost Frame and I'm back!
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Jeff, another fine job. Once again, I enjoy seeing the form you come up with. I look past the connections to the core of the design. I like it. e (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Ice Cream Shop
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Amy & All, (...) This is a really nice building, and I just love that color. Lynn, my wife, is calling that color Fench vanilla, which is just too apropriate for the ice cream shop. : ) I was looking at the pictures yesterday, when she came in the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | HMLS NonSnottler
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There's nothing like a visit to a maritime museum to inspire some building, the .pirate stuff will take longer to realise, but this little vessel came together quite quickly. You may remember my earlier 20th century naval vessels of the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Waswillbe - The RG Mech 2.0
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Hi Eric. What exactly is a record and play unit? The name sounds like a camera but i guess its some kind of motor? BTW, if cherubs had a demon counterpart, this would be it. F (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: ToPleSs : the Art of building between the studs
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(...) Everyone knows about this technique ? Not sure, and I think a very few people explore it widely, and only one guy has done a presentation about it :). As you've seen, Erik has combined all these "non classical" techniques (SNOT, AZMEP and (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Waswillbe - The RG Mech 2.0
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(...) E, I have to agree with what has been said here. The overall form and once again attention to minute details is astounding. It was a sheer pleasure to see this thing evolve during its construction (merci monsieur ;-). I know I told you how I (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Ice Cream Shop
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(...) Great! Thanks for sharing, Amy. Ed (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Spiderbot...
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(...) Yeah, it shouldn't be there. I only spotted it after I took the photos...the pain of the bley thing just isn't going to go away, is it? (...) I'll see what I can do. My camera is pretty rubbish though. (...) Feel free, Andrew, I'd be (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Welcome to the monastery my children.
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Greetings all, I give you the monastery, the latest MOC from the Galactic Inquisition. This was inspired by the awesome floating idlands in the castle room at this year's brickfest. I decided that I needed to build one, and then thought I needed (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Sears Tower Revisited
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After visiting the Sears Tower for the first time this past summer, I decided my (URL) existing microfig model> was sorely in need of a major rebuild. So I completely dismantled it and started from scratch using the multitude of photos I had taken (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX) !!
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| | Ice Cream Shop
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This one's a year old. I'm just getting around to taking decent pictures of it before I tear it down. This is the ice cream shop I've shown with MichLUG and Michiana-LUG as part of the block that contains the sand red hotel and tan museum. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Spiderbot...
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(...) Pete - I dig this lil' bugger (bad pun intended ;-)! I am drawn to the leg construction and the overall spindly design. I like your choice of parts for the head...quite innovative use of "fangs". I also think the color scheme is great...but I (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: And Bracket 1 x 2 - 1 x 4, too! (Was: Warning when using 1 x 4 x 5 windows!)
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(...) [LDrawPart 3743:7] (...) I can confirm this is the case - the new hollow ones have no gripping power at all when used in hollow studs. ROSCO (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 Vignettes and some 'figs
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(...) I saw this on Brickshelf 'afore you posted it, I thought it was a vignette of Edgar Allen Poe's story a Tell Tale Heart (the one where a guy kills and butchers another and puts him under the floor boards and tries to forget that he is there, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | And Bracket 1 x 2 - 1 x 4, too! (Was: Warning when using 1 x 4 x 5 windows!)
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(...) Hi, I noticed the same fact at the Bracket 1 x 2 - 1 x 4: (URL) It seems to appear only at the newer parts of this type, which have the parts number in it. The older parts have no parts number, but the LEGO© sign. The problem seems not to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: ToPleSs : the Art of building between the studs
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Erik "brickerik" Amzallag wrote in message ... (...) after (...) Very, very nice Erik! I thought to start with when I saw your post... "oh, everyone knows how to do that"... but when I looked at the pics and saw what you had done with it I was (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PCS-L.A.S.E.R.
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I'm cross-posting this to military now, as I forgot to do so with my original post. (...) JP, thank you as always for your comments. Yes, the hovertanks do make quite a pair, the JE tank looked quite lonely before. These two will soon be joined (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: 3 Vignettes and some 'figs
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In lugnet.castle, Kevin Blocksidge wrote: snip (...) end snip Quite good for such small models, you guys are getting quite clever at creating these aren't you. As an aside from the compliments, I knew that an oubliette was a prison with an entrance (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | 3 Vignettes and some 'figs
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Hello. I made 3 vignettes. Gong Farmer and Garderobe: (URL) Oubliette: (URL) (An oubliette is a very small prison chamber with a small door at the top. Prisoners were put inside these, and were often forgotten, as is illustrated in mine) UFO (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Rodney Dangerfield, 1921-2004
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(...) Yep, those are correct. BTW, you can't tell in this pic, but that's Peter Parker and Mary Jane from 4851 enjoying the show. Bruce (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Rodney Dangerfield, 1921-2004
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(...) The head comes from 1381, Vampire Crypt, and the torso comes from 4851, Origins (I just got this set the other day). Rich (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Rodney Dangerfield, 1921-2004
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(...) Great little scene. Where does the minifig head and torso come from? -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: "Spartan" medium assault mecha
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(...) Thanks, Jeff. I think I may have finally come up with a hand design on par with Karim Nassar's minifig-leg fist (Though his has a stronger grip) But seriously (...) P.S. The head design on your Orbital Boost Frame is just too sweeet! Smart use (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Legosis Eatemupis
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I'm actually not really sure where this would go, so I took my best guess. At the LEGO Roadshow in Dallas (and most likely at all the other Roadshow locations), there were displays of creations by LEGO employees. In particular, there was this one (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Noppingen Palace by Lemming
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<snip> (...) As everyone else has stated, it is amazing, and you should be very proud. It reminds me of so many places I have visited in europe, that I became misty eyed. The fountain... the tiles... the detail... the scale... everything knocked me (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: "Spartan" medium assault mecha
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(...) Hey Todd, I like the overall chunkyness to this one. My favorite part though is the hands. They're simple and effective. I think I have hand envy. But seriously I think that Lego should put out a set like this one. I would buy it over the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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