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Hey Chris, Just a quick note here to say that they all look fantastic, but the head on the Gremlin is just uber-bada**!! In these pics, the dark blay looks kinda like steel alongside the original. Interesting. Way hecka cool stuff! Dave S. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hello Pete, I'm looking for some smaller guys to acompany minifig-scale mecha as an escort. I think I found at least one type. This Nova is so sweet. Really nice done (URL) marco> (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Chris, great work. I like the improvement in size and poseability. Allthough I liked your first squad very much (built me my own the same day) those new ones are much better. keep on building (URL) marco> (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I recently watched the movie for the first time and became inspired... (URL) Click the pic for more. Peace and white rooms, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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Thanks Bruce and Nelson. I just discovered that I had mis-remembered (and misspelled) the term; The device I was thinking of is a stereoscope, not a stereopticon. Stereoscopic images are an old means of depicting a scene. There used to be film (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Those heads rock! Very cool! Later, Chris (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Heh! The plastic toy soldier analogy isn't too far off. I sort of envisioned a mini mecha army of cannon fodder in designing these - to be munched on by Bryce's cankerworm or some other horrific large creation. But I'll keep the magnifying (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Ah. Vertical face-plant. Nice. Well done Dave. Peace and air, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) They remind me somehow of plastic army guys. Like you'd have your marching guy, your mine detector guy, your crawling guy, your belly shooting guy, your kneeling shooting guy, your bazooka guy, your machine gun guy, your commander guy, and of (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Blacktron... (pause) As we all know, Blacktron are cool. So are robots. Combine the two and you hit paydirt. These little guys are 'Rho' series mechanoids. I think there's something rather sinister about these three: (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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Presenting... The Nova Series Mechanoid: (URL) the love. Pete (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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(...) Wow! This (URL) shot> just made my eyes pop out. Best beheading ever. Keep up the good work - not only am I buying all your books, I'm getting them for my (URL) library>! Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Greetings, I know I'm probably flogging this sub-theme to death, but I'd like to present my latest turtle gallery updates: (URL) (unfinished) scaled-up versions: (URL) are good. Pete (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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(...) Aha! I hadn't noticed that. I just assumed that those were the insides of some CRAPP that I'm unfamiliar with, but hadn't looked close enough to notice the undersides of the studs. Nice. Bruce (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Hey, I appear to have an atom feed (not quite sure what that means) at: (URL) Is that what you mean? I see that there is also a link to Feedburner (URL) , so maybe I should read up on that. I gather from this that there are two different feed (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. (...) Definitely. It's a lot more time consuming to build with a ground level and then go below that, but it is a nice change of pace. Within this same set of stories, I also used upside down raised basplates to accomplish the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Excellent article. Thanks for doing the research. Only thing I would request is that you add an RSS feed to your blog. Blogger makes this really easy (under settings, then site feed) and would assist those of us who rely on our aggregators to (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Huh! I don't ever have a problem connecting, but I know that suave.net was flagged as a spammer a while back (must have been all those spams I sent out about studs and getting bigger stacks). So email *from* my suave account occasionally gets (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) That's just too funny, Dave. We need more Dilbert MOCs. :P (URL) blogged> On a different note, I find that I often cannot access your site. I think it's a problem at your server's end, because I've found this both through my internet access at (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) I really like these Mecha. I like the colors and they seem to be very durable, playable and posable! The size is great too. (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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Hi all, I've written up a history of the (URL) evolution of the minifig>. Please let me know what you think, and if I've missed anything really important. Bruce (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) David, As the others have said, Welcome & Wow. I saw a good amount of your gallery the day it was posted to the weblog on Zemi.net and it's great to place a (full) name and person with the creations. I had a post written and ready to submit on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Unbelievable! Your gundams really blew my socks off when I first started looking around Lugnet...I remember examining your joint tech for gundams 01 and 02, always wondering how everything fit together... Now I have the opportunity to see (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) <snip> These are very impressive mecha. I'm amazed at how quickly a newcomer can turn out some quality models. I look forward to seeing how your style evolves... Later, Chris (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I was thinking the same thing as I was reading the stories and looking at the mocs. I don't think I would have every described a lego creation as creepy before. Well done. All of them are nicely built with nifty techniques. In particular, I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Wow Brian! This is absolutely impressive work! I haven't been on these forums in some time but this level of execution definitely requires me to come out of the woodwork. You're a brave man to put together an instruction set for a 4000 piece (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I don't care if i'm the third person in a row to say this...but, WoW!!! Really good stuff man. You accuracy from those candy toy to Lego bricks is precise and excellent. Well done, good capture of mood... you managed to grasp the eerie and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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(...) If you build one, I'd really like to see pictures of your progress. As for what's next, I think I'm going to try to make a 70s or early 80s style giant robot skin for the Teknomeka skeleton, to see how versatile it is. If it looks good, I'll (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey Brendan, Great as always. Bethel: In 1:25 I really like the steps going down. Your MOCs usually start on a baseplate and go up, so it's nice to have one with depth. In the last pic, it's nice that the baby also follows the Bethel color scheme. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Pat, Wow! Vignette prowess really runs deep in the Yrizarry family gene pool! There is so much coolness about this series of vignettes: The mere fact that these LEGO vignettes are based on ??? (porcelain?) vignettes. The way you matched the figs (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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