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(...) John..... man, I am almost speechless! Why is there not a category higher than spotlight????? By far, you have raised the bar once again, in the micro theme. I would be totally jealous if I just wasn't so amazed. Outstanding work. I LOVE this (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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As promised to a couple of folks out there in micro land, a few pics of progress so far; (URL) 2, 3, 4 .. 9 I really did try to keep the number of modified parts under control, but the front of the TRU store in pic 2 just had to be done right, so (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale) !!
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(...) You know what else is cool? If you take one of those Soccer player green plate blocks (the kind that the soccer players fit in to via technic pin and spring shooter) the Xpods nestle right into the groove. Try it! e (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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i just realized the Xpod lids can lock together themselves. Nifty... Duh Jeff (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203 (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Mike-- I like it alot. It's like a large-scale application of a technique that dates from the 70's: (URL) Take a peak at the lower left. --Muze (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Nah! Just let him use the tri-pod (URL) like I've got another little beastie of yours to LDraw then? (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I just uploaded a picture of part of the COLTC logo at (URL) can also view the LDR file at (URL) Gallagher (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Yes it is ! If you build larger mosaics, you'll see that it gets much heavier if you only use plates. The more bricks you use, the lighter your finished mosaic will be. The best method?? In my mosaic I searched for large areas to use bricks (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) Mike, could you post some pics showing the construction detail up close, please? From the full-view pics and your description I can't figure out how it's made. Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203 (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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Hi there, I've been pondering the aesthetic issue. Last night I made a pyramid of Lego heads, illustrating the schema in Scott McCloud's book, Understanding Comics. (See below) McCloud's schema for comic characters identifies three artistic poles (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Jojo, I had not seen the previous spinwheel but this iteration is just splendid! So much detail in such a small creation (like your statues ;-). Thanks for sharing. - /-ndrew (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Nice work Pete .... thanks for posting something worth looking at. cheers steve (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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well .. once again .. you are the robot king ! Another lovely robot, this one has real presence... and what about those study feet - very nice use of droid heads. Yvonne (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Special thanks for this, because I started Stormwalker by the hips. (...) No, I won't. Do it, if you want! Build us a big mech again... (...) Again, thanks for your feedback (URL) Marco> (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Great work again Peter.........love the feet detail... nice use of the SW robots heads keep it coming. cheers steve (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello! After I got some parts from Great Britain (Thanks!) I was able to re-build the old spinwheel in brown. While I was at it I eliminated all non-LEGO parts and rearranged it a bit. (URL) me, I'm a link!>> The old one was this: (URL) spinwheel>. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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(...) Tim, This Mech is EYE-CANDY. Everytime I come to .mecha, I have to click on the picture. Great job! You should talk to Tim (the other Tim) at Used Brick Liquidators to make up a kit of these Mechs and sell them. (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey Pete, that's a awesome looking little robot. Looks like quite a bit of detail in there. I think I might fire James Stacey though, either that or get him to turn on the auto-focus. It's a shame to see such an awesome creation not get the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Self-supporting, Sturdy, Textured, Flexible, malleable LEGO Mosaic
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(...) (snip) (...) Very cool Mike! (hope you're bringing this to NMRA in July!) I've seen the 1x2's used a lot--I know Calum made a japanese fish windsock (I think) some time ago using 1x2's...he used colored bricks in the same manner to make a (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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