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Thanks for pointing out these MOC's, Eric! Some pretty awesome part combinations in there. I particularly like this one: (URL) making my own right now. . . Dave "Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:IBz5Ds.1x53@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Belville Battle Bridge, Witches with NUNCHUCKS & Manriki gusari variant
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Word. Posted a few more pics to my brickshelf account. (URL) built this out of the white mountainside BUMPs that are included in 7417 (x2) & 7412 (x4 or 5), and dark grey bumps from 4709 (x2). I geuss the main inspiration for it was realising that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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(...) Here you go (URL) on the info link at the bottom of the page. Feel free to ask any questions. e (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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(...) Eric, where can I find the specifications for the moonbase modulars? (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Kids say the darndest things (Was Re: Chili - Canine Mecha)
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(...) Or, you could just do a penectomy and then take it. ;-) Thanks for the story, Eric, I was reallly laughing! If you have any more gems like this one, I (and I'm pretty sure everyone else) would love to hear. Thanks again! Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Kids say the darndest things (Was Re: Chili - Canine Mecha)
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(...) Eric, Thanks for sharing a cute story. I would agree about leaving the anatomically correct fellas at home. But then again, if you had brought Mr. Krinkle a different P-word could have been exclaimed (although I'm not sure given the age (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | 4404- F1 update: inside details
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Hi, After many requests for instructions of my 4404 alternate formula 1 car I decided to upload some extra pics of the inside so people are stimulated to rebuild it. I don't give full instructions, because I think that would be too easy.. Here's a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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(...) My best idea for doing this flush in a 1-brick thick wall is to make a line of headlight bricks, if you can get enough in brown. You alternate one upright, one face down, one upright, one face down, all pushed together. If the last one is (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | New MOC: 30,000 piece neighborhood with minfigs that walk around
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Hi everyone! (Alternate subject for this post: "Why has Sean been so quiet for the last few months?") I was comissioned by a Dallas-area company called Healthvision to build a large LEGO model for their booth at a trade show, also in Dallas. The (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.build, Shaun Sullivan wrote: Prompted by this thread, I went back and did some further fiddling with my bricks. It turns out that the skeleton arms fit neatly in next to the tubing at the bottom of a brick- any brick, and the other half (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) There's a whole category devoted to them on Bricklink: (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Echo Base Despair (ESB Scene)
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Princess Leia has been briefed by Major Bren Derlin about the closing of the shield doors to Echo Base for the night. A stoic Leia complied, putting the safety of the Alliance base over her personal concerns for her friends. (3 URLs) Click this for (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:IByEKH.12Ln@lugnet.com... (...) 1x4 ***Technic*** plate?? What part # is that?? I have not come across a piece described as such in the catalog. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: Kids say the darndest things (Was Re: Chili - Canine Mecha)
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(...) A funny story I'd like to share while remembering this post; I have been teaching Lego Building Workshops in Hoboken. The students are mostly kids and you know how kids say the darndest things right?, well this was funny. I sometimes bring a (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.people, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | New 8mm scale Train MOC pics - Class 47 Diesel Engine, Wagons and Trackside features
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Here are some pictures of my Class 47 diesel engine, some wagons and trackside features: Class 47 diesel engine in Intercity livery: (URL) Quite a few wagons! Bogie Bolster 'D' with logs (the British 8mm scale version of set 10013!): (URL) Clay (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Moko Moko Moko !!!
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(URL) is looking for Brickshelf builder (URL) "Moko"> (23899). Any help in contacting this builder would be appreciated. Post information here, or please contact: LMHoF contacts: Mark Nuemann - *spamremove*snowleop...ternet.com Eric Sophie - (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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(...) LMAO! Oh man that rocks. A funny thing, I realized when I started to meet other Lego Fans, Sound Effects are a subtle part of what we enjoy doing. Many times have I looked over a fellow builders MOC in person and when the details and features (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Mosaic programs
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(...) I'd say it looks like the image on the right was contrast enhanced before the dithering was applied. Stand back and squint at the images to see the change in contrast. The light colors are all clearly whiter. You can also see some color (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) I’m curious about the “studs-out” orientation as well. Either up-down or left-right (front-back). Each has their own particular spatial geometry, when talking about Lego brick. It would be help if you did something like the following (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Mosaic programs
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Now we have something to compare: (URL) On the left the original image. In the middle my result with black, white, yellow, red and blue. On the right Corey's result with the same colours. I don't make artistic mosaics, they're purely mathematical. I (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: Comparing techniques (Error Diffusion Dithering)
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(...) I couldn't find the right words but that's exactly what I felt when I read your posts. So it must have been... (...) Mostly a language difference: my e-mail adress ends with skynet.be , these adresses are only found in Belgium, which is not an (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | x-pods rule
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I've been on vacation lately and took my xpods with me the results are on brickshelf: transformers made with 2 xpods: (2 URLs) and some dino's made from the yellow one - my absolute favorite! (2 URLs) cheers! (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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(...) Thanks Eric. To comment on your post on MOC pages, you said, "An Urban Combat scene! How cool! It takes time to make the Mecha let alone the scenery! Bravo! More! e " I agree. I found much more satisfaction building some Mecha that I enjoyed (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks. I wish I would have spent more time on the city. The details are wanting on almost every building but it was fun to get my feet wet with that type of micro city. As you can tell the Mechs only took me a few hours to build but the city (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hoping to overcome some of those problems in my z24 model (...) Thanks. It was my first build with Bionicle pieces. Even though the math didn't completely work on the triangular legs, I felt like it came out nicely. (...) Thanks. At first I (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) What do you mean by 'on top'? Are these butt-to-butt bricks supposed to form a flat surface, or upright walls with the studs facing out left and right, or a vertical wall with studs up and down? Can you handle sticking-out bits or studs on one (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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Hey cool, I like the Urban Combat layout, I want to see more of that! e (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Little Red Bot
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(...) (URL) Bots-by-You! (2 URLs) Build-a-Bot> by Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) The Feet are so well done. The Hands are new and pretty cool. I like how well the legs came out. This is a very smooth remake. Nice job. I always liked the head! Glad that stayed the same! Plus, I gotta say, DUDE! 6 Titan XPs! That rocks! e (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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Yo, Brian, the OmniDroid is easily the best of the bunch as far as the mechs go, but you've proven something much much more important. THE SCENE ROCKS! A few creations, in even a smallish setting make for an awesome creation overall. This is a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Three Trunk Tree and Tall Thin Tree
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Here's a three-trunk tree that I built for my railway layout: (URL) I used 2L black technic liftarms to attach more flex tubes to the central one. The white blobs underneath are geese! Also a tall thin tree next to an office block: (URL) tree uses a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Re: Kalate OmniDroid
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-snippity- Brian, The mechs themselves seem a bit on the skinny side. A bit too colorful and thin-limbed to be convincing warmechs. I like the concept of the Omnidroid, and the way you carried it out with the bionicle pieces. But what I really liked (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Kalate OmniDroid
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After building my first Mech the (URL) ABD-I> I decided that I also needed an alien race to battle (You know how Mech, unless your Eric, leads to war). So I present the Kalate OmniDroid (URL) Since I am still progressing and learning about Mechs, I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.cedarlug, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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| | Re: Comparing techniques (Error Diffusion Dithering)
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(...) i will take all the sugestions i can get! and i think all of us working together would be a good thing. it seems that you two know way more about dithering then i do. Cory, i wish i understood how you were doing your dithering cause your (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) WHOOSH... this lower half just flew over my head. I'm not very clear on exactly what you want here. But I followed your question. Have you tried log (both 1 x 2 and 1 x 4) bricks with 2L technic rods shoved up and attached to each other (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) In how large or small a space are you hoping to accomplish this reversal? I have an idea, but it might not fit in the scale you're envisioning. Dave! (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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I'm soliciting solutions to a not-unfamiliar SNOT-construction quandry: What's the best way to attach brown bricks butt-end to butt-end (the ends opposite the studs) securely, using only brown pieces that are readily available (i.e. available in (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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| | Re: Mmm. This made my day....
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(...) Yeah yeah! And during the CNE there's one in FOOD BUILDING. BTW, my dad saw the layout you guys had set up on the Canal! I think he talked to someone, but I'm not sure who. I was at my parents last night and my dad was showing me pictures on (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) They're absolutely delicious--while working in Ottawa one summer, I ate there three times a day, for a full week, primarily on a dare by my manager who said he'd authorize me submitting 21 Beavertails as "business expense" if I tried. At least (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: The Ryetsumaki - MC7 Ball Joint Frame
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(...) I have some ideas for new ball jointed frames. I keep wanting to build a spider. (...) yo, ? (...) The additional dual ball joints located beyond the main single pivoted ball joint, allow the Arm, Leg, and or Ankle, to hold the intended (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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