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(...) Sign me UP! This is great. You really captured the essence of Dilbert with about 25 bricks. Thanks Brian (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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A la Dilbert: Elbonian Airlines (URL) DaveE (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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After mod: (3 URLs) The new mecha are better proportioned than the older ones, and they hold together much better. The blue one looks like a gremlin, so I named it appropriately. Enjoy! Chris (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Kabaya Ghost Stories
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(...) Thanks, Bruce! To amswer some of your questions: 1. The original toys are made of both soft and hard plastics. With the exception of the tunnel vignette which came in one piece, they all had to be assembled a bit, but not too much. 2. In the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hi Bruce (...) It looks really very good, I think. The only (minor!) thing I think would make a neat addition would be a nod at the ever-increasing number of colours in which minifig parts are available. A 1978 group shot vs. a 2005 one would be (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Andrew. I've edited the essay to include both of those changes. Bruce (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) Nifty! You might want to consider adding how initially, minifigs were used as children for maxi-figs. And it's not terribly important to evolution, but how the little stripes are drawn onto the neck-peg for proper face rotation. Hm. Also COULD (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) Bruce, Good writeup you have there. I enjoyed the brief history lesson/refresher course. As for omissions, I think you forgot to finish this sentence: (...) "...will be represented with true skintones (i.e. shades of "peach/flesh" and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Teknomeka Instructions
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(...) The best thing about the Teknomeka instructions for experienced mecha builders is that they offer a base of joint tech that has been made very robust over several generations to support mecha from 2-2.5 feet tall. If you haven't built at this (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Teknomeka Instructions
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(...) Thanks. From three years ago, seems like just yesterday: (URL) So I calculate that it took 3x365x24 = 26280 hours! ;-) K (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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