 | | BrickCommander® 2004 Finale
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Hail MechWarriors! The year is near it's end, so I thought I really should create something special to present as the last BrickCommander model in 2004. Maybe something new from Mechwarrior 4? Something everybody would want to see? Something that (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) Very well actually. The coins are held in by lever bases and they seem to grab nicely. (...) (URL) You got it> (...) Thanks Paul! Mark (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) kwel. thnx dood (...) Evil or clever? hmmmmmm thanks! mark (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) Yeah you guessed it. Add stuff there and you loose mobility. I think I got an idea though. If I use the minifig back stud adapters, that shouldn't interfere with mobility but may allow me to add some detail. Hmmmm, thanks! I avoided slopes (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) Thanks Chris. Yeah I got the blues and both grays and blays. (so if you count blay as blue just blues and grays....) Actually this is where the name comes into play. Shades of blue. Shade. I really wanted to hit off the model using the not so (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) Well, kind of. I've always been trying to push myself smaller and tighter. This is a new benchmark. It's small and looks good. A lot of my prior smaller stuff looks dumb. (...) (URL) You got it.> (...) There's no color scheme to match the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | BrickMech Website and Rules Now Posted!
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I've finally gotten around to creating a website for BrickMech ((URL) while it's a bit minimalist, the rules are there along with links to galleries of creations and Con photos. The modular specification hasn't really changed, though I tightened up (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) he, he, thanks! (...) Yeah, I deliberated on that, believe me. But ultimately anything on that brick interferes with articulation. Thus, I left it blank. (...) I messed with some of the pics too, (URL) check this out>. I'll get my photography (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Classic Space Monument
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Attention .spacers! Now is the chance to let your voice be heard, and let the LEGO company know that we still want to see Classic Space sets, be they Legends or micro-scale. Classic Space Monument (URL) Every micro-scale town needs a Classic Space (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) I don't know, I've never been good at mecha. I like the poseability a lot, and the eyes are really clever. Do they actually stay in by themselves? I'd like to see Shade with some accessories, they usually make mecha more exciting to look at (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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well done dood, i gotta love the eyes, this mech has a lot of personality! (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) snip I absolutely love the calves and feet. You've got to have clearance for the ankle to pivot side-to-side, but you were able to recess the pivot axis low enough so that the front-back click hinge joint isn't sticking way up. In fact, you (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) Hey, this is pretty interesting...I think this is one of the smallest models I've seen with the reverse chicken leg design - one of your trademarks. I like your use of colors. I was noticing that light blue, sand blue, bley and dark grey make (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robo Platoon MOC's
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(...) It's funny - those "jet-thingies" are straight from the Robo-Platoon set, and a lot of people seem to like them - good job, Lego! The pneumatic tees are something I used for the wrists of my mecha for years. I'm glad to see that they're (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Micro 18 Wheeler
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Greetings and salutations, An 18 wheeler truck for the Lego™ Factory contest: (URL) Deep-link images: (URL) Wheeler>, (URL) from above>, (URL) end>, (URL) the side> I built a real MOC that is very similar, except I don't have any 1x1 slopes yet. I (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) I am trying to figure out the eyes thing. I like it, kind of mysterious and ninja-ish. Oh wait, I figured it out. Nice. Nice Mech, especially for your first stab at it this. (First stab, right?) You got to post the standing on one foot thing; (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(...) Wow! Dang. (...) I think it is tottally great. (...) wow (...) sweet! (...) This is so cool. Great size, cool parts, nifty Snow Leopard Tech. The upper shoulders are sweet, I like the 3x3 w/o corner plates. The hands are tried and true. The (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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(...) snippage of big pics (...) I really did :^) As other have mentioned the arches and the turrets/roof. Great rendition of an interesting existing building. One meaty MOC ! pete.w (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(URL) Here's a new mech to start your week off. (URL) Shade>. (URL) Deep Link> I've been trying to push myself lately, trying mecha stuff I don't feel that I am particuarily good at. (read: small stuff) So how do you think I did? What could be (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Military Moc Pages - Alive Again!!!
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Greetings, I hate broken links and I've been guilty of having a broken link to my build.military MOC pages for a while. Well I've moved my site finally, and it's fixed! Thanks to the curator! Marc Cook's Military MOCS - home of the Lego UHC (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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SNIPPY (...) Hi Larry, heh, I get it: ABS-ton. Thanks for pointing it out... I hadn't noticed it before. Wonder if it was intentional... BTW, to all those whore still following this thread, a similar one had cropped up here 6 months back. It still (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Any tips for building tall towers?
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(...) I've always wondered about building a tower using just 4 2X4 bricks per level arranged in a way that there's a 2X2 opening in the center that would serve as a shaft as you go upward. Once the tower reaches its final height, top it off with a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) (URL) think this might be the first mention of Abston(1), but I'm not sure. (URL) Somewhere on this site is a very touching story about a cat and lego. I read it (...) Yup, it's a great story all right. 1 - the name is a pun in case you (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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SNIP This link has been up on the brickshelf main page for a while now. wonder if anyone has noticed it: (URL) on this site is a very touching story about a cat and lego. I read it for the first time long before it showed up on brickshelf, but I (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) Thanks for sharing these pictures, Erik! Its awesome to see the under-construction pictures of this model. Also, its kind of funny how small the green monster (the wall, not the mascot... I never understood the mascot) looks in this scale. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Micro MOC: Venice
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A couple enjoy a quiet ride in a gondola. The gondolier has just successfuly guided them under a bridge. I haven't been to Venice. This creation was inspired by a trip to Las Vegas to the Venician Hotel. (URL) Venice in the afternoon More pictures (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Three new microMOCS - Houses and a Container Ship
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Hello all. I have created three new micro MOCS for the Lego factory contest, and I thought I would share them with you. The first is a Micro Container Ship. I built this mostly to do a test submission on the LegoFactory, but I ended up liking how (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !
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| | Any tips for building tall towers?
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I'm working on a module for the Great Ball Contraption, but this involves having a lot of stuff elevated way up off the plate. At the same time, I don't have a ton of bricks -- I'm a newbie to the AFOL world. So, I need to build some supporting (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Robo Platoon MOC's
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(...) don't you just love the simplicity of the smaller mecha? your little guys look great! nice proportions. that blue one has an anime look to it with those jet-thingies (love my technical jargon?). the use of the t-valve has become a staple in (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Darkred Factory
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Following in line with building with my favorite color. (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: New Moc - Stained Glass Window Mosaic
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Hi Janey, I was so impressed by your work (ALL YOUR MOCs blew me away!) at BrickFest 2004 in DC that I had to copy the idea of the stained glass windows! Since I'm more a brick technician than artist (like you!) mine is a bit more graphic than (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: Micro-scale Main Street
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(...) SNIP sniff (wipes tear from eye) I love that set! (...) SNIP (...) Well, you make the fantastic look EASY! I'm SO impressed you especially made the cowboy hat! 'Cowboy-hat-man' (as I called him when i was younger & still do) was my favorite (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Shrubbery (was Re: Cats and Lego)
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In lugnet.build, Bill Vollbrecht wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (URL) We want...a shrubbery!> JOHN (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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(...) Wonderful! Without being unappreciative of the rounded towers I really liked the castle shield at the bottom of the tudor level; it was nice to see them look so small. The whole thing was, of course, amazing! Great work, God Bless, Nathan (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Micro-scale Main Street
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I finally completed my first micro-scale model. I chose to render one of my favorite minifig-scale Lego sets in miniature scale: 10041/6390 Main Street. (URL) A MOCpage featuring the model: (URL) Brickshelf folder (once public): (URL) And, yes, I (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) Thats simple, its more fun to chew the shrubs, and bat them around. Bricks are rectangular and could hurt it you hit them too hard. And they'd be abraisive to check. That and Cats are evil. Mine are being particularly mad today, jumping about (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) We have a cat and 3 dogs. The cat is ALWAYS in the middle of whatever I am building at the time, pouncing on any stray piece that may fall from the table. Although for reasons unknown to me, he prefers the green Lego shrub piece the best. I (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) Or if you are like me, and cant wait...... (URL) Janey "Impatient Red Brick" (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Good Grief! It's Snoopy
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(...) Brilliant! I love the hinges for the eyes. Great work! Chris Perron (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) My dog completely ignores my Lego, the nearest he has come to destroying anything Lego related was when he stretched and kicked the CTRL key off my laptop while I was MLCading. However I do find that the solution to complicated SNOT type (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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