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| For some reason, it never occurred to me before to decorate my home Christmas tree all in LEGO ornaments (1). I didn't go crazy, just a few designs, but the overall impact was quite effective. Non-LEGO parts included: Tree, tree stand, electric (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.basic, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) Another rip-off (?) of fan work comes to mind: Located in a brickshelf gallery (don't recall which one) are some unofficial car parts: shopping cart spoilers, chromy wheel rims, fins etc, which are now showing up in the 2005 racer sets. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) All sarcasm aside, I would like to know whether LEGO patented this or not, as Rob Hendrix certainly did seem to have been doing this first. I did a bit of digging, this was the best query I could come up with: (URL) patents where InterLEGO is (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) That's not new...oh, wait. They copied! They lied! They have no moral character! ...the scoundrels. The world is coming to an end!! They did it all to HURT ME PERSONALLY cause they're OUT TO GET ME! Time to find a new hobby. </sarcasm> ;-) (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) Hey man-- new light up Darth Vader light-saber. Anything is possible now. (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) She rolled right over me, Keith. Said I was a hipster dufus. Said I'm not good looking enough for her. Not good looking! Keith, look at me, look at my face, huh, am I beautiful? George, am I beautiful? (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) It's kinda difficult to build the cloud of poison and pollution surrounding a lit MOC cigarette, but points to you if you can capture the effect ;-) -Tim (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) Thanks for the kind words. That would be interesting- matching 'strangers in the night' figures. Although making the woman would take guess work, being an ackward hipster is something I know well ;) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) After you mentioned that I tried some different trans-colored discs and even tried to make an olive on a toothpick but to no avail. (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) Thanks for the kind words. As for cigarettes, I never said it was meant to make her look good ;) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) Ah, but the Lego tatoo on the forehead is the mark of the real cool guy... (URL) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| Felix, this guy reminds me of that 80's Dire straights video for 'money for nothing'...not in terms of composition, but in style. Great job, you hipster dufus, and Happy new year. -Keith 'That ain't workin' (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: BrickCommander® 2004 Finale
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| (...) Your praise is appreciated, Kyle! The LEGO rescue chopper indeed is a nice set. Actually it's one of the few sets I purchased myself in 2004. However, if you were ONLY after the canopy, I would recommend to buy single elements at bricklink. I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) I haven't seen any. But then, for some reason when people think scultpure they think bumps up. I don't understand why. The only thing I'd say I'm doing much different is taking lessons learned in .space and applying them to another area. But (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) A fitting exchange for the big headed martini-man... Girl Watcher #2: She wasn't even that attractive. But still out of my reach. A sad comment on my life. Girl Watcher #1: Yours and mine both. The good Lord gave me this body, and there ain't (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Night Owl
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| (...) Kind words from the first lady of party! I find it interesting that the majority of folks who replied to this were people I had a great time with in DC. Makes me think those are fond memories for them as well. Felix (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | First experience with LEGO Mosaic
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| I ordered a LEGO Mosaic recently, and had a few thoughts about how life and LEGO are alike in some ways. Anybody interested in reading some meandering philosophy on mosaics, LEGO, and getting old can read (and see some photos) of my custom-designed (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickMechs: The Ripper and the Jolly Reaper
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| (...) When I build these 'Mechs (thus far at least), I build them for gaming at cons and such where I want anyone to be able to use them. It's still possible to build Mechs with rotating hips... the geometry of mounting them to the 8x8 plate gets a (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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| (...) Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about! (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickCommander® 2004 Finale
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| (...) bought a rescue chopper set to get the canopy, and made my own (URL) hover gunship>. (Not MW related, but inspired by the Skadi) The new Atlas is very true to the MW4 version, as well as the MC II Atlas. And the Christmas picture with the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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