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(...) Yep. When are we going to see one from you? :) (...) Hmm, I never got beyond the fluffy bunny slopes, myself, so I don't know what distinguishes them. I'm not sure exactly how I'd make a double diamond in my space restrictions, though. Bruce (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) You should. It's the (URL) most useful vignette face>. Thanks for the kind words. Bruce (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Excellent sculpting, Bruce. I recognize that face at the top. I like the way you've used height. Peace and steep drops, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Allister! Those parts come in the new Toa Hordika sets. The bummer though is that there is only one per!! Yikes! It's basically the head piece. The mask attaches to it. Jeff (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks for pointing these out Bruce. They're all good or great, but this one really stands out for me: (URL) The water surface is simple, brilliant and totally effective. Peace and surface tension, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Well done making the point, but even more well done on the vigs themselves. I smack my head at the round one. IWITOT(1) Peace and circularity, Professor Whateverly (URL) (1) I Wish I'd Thought Of That (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Classy. Thanks for posting. And thanks to my local PBS station for bringing the show to us in the US in the late '70s. For those who wonder what this is about, Google on "Dave Allen at Large." Rick C. (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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The double ball joints are very cleaver and the level of articulation is impressive. I had spent some time messing with the things awhile back and gave up due to lack of stiffness -- clearly you solved that problem. Brent (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Solid, as always. Love the use of the Toa Metru head piece as just... a head. Very menacing. Hope it's not in any contest I'm part of, or I just lost! Great use of the Pakari as chest pieces, too. Are those silver? Hard to tell with the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey Terry, Welcome to vignette-ville! I especially like the lamp in the office, and the edging along the baseboards. The Joe vs. Volcano one is nice, but I think you need to re-take some of the photos as they are fairly blurry. I especially like (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hello Vignettes fans! I finally decided to take pictures of my first vignette, which was actually a test to see if I liked making these small wonders. (URL) It's been standing there next to my monitor for two months and all this time, I was saying (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !!
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(...) Very nicely sculpted. What piece are the fingers made of? I never new that part existed, but now I've seen it I NEED to get some. By golly they'll be useful. Cheers, Allister (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Bruce Hietbrink wrote: (snip) Nice, and thanks for the index. Vignettes are really taking off! Shouldn't that slope be a double black diamond though??? (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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If the hulk was a terminator... (URL) for a contest that is currently going on. Hands! It has hands!! Look! (URL) also has alot of articulation but had to lock down the knees for dynamic posing and to bear the weight. My favorite part is the back. I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey all, Moko doesn't (AFAIK) post on Lugnet, but his (URL) vignettes> really should not be missed. Here are his most recent: (4 URLs) and I'm cross-posting to .disney because of this one: (URL) Bruce (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the cross post. It didn't quites seem "mecha-ish" to me initially. Get Well! (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.build.mecha)
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So, in checking around, I think this is the list of 10-person ISD builds? (Except BricksWest 2003, which had a 13-person team?) I couldn't seem to find the exact times for the 2 attempts made at BrickFest in DC for 2004-- I know one took 1:18:?? (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Good work. Looks like a very perilous slope. I also like that you added some height to the base to give it that death defying feel. As others noted, innovative work on anchoring the figs. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) I'm glad I saw the picture for this one before I read the description. I immediately thought to myself, hey, that's the pizza pie guy from Sesame Street! I loved that bit when I was a kid. Jeff (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hey, very nice vig, Bruce. Great looking mountain, just the right choice of fig heads, and nice job anchoring the skiing fig. -Brendan (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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Hi all, Are you brave enough to try the (URL) Black Diamond> slopes? (2 URLs) BTW, I've also added an index page to my site that links to (URL) all of my vignettes> that are spread throughout various parts of my site. Bruce (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !!
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We (the curators of .mecha, Mark Neumann and Eric Sophie) have been talking for a while amongst ourselves about moving .mecha to a location that makes it easier to find mecha related stuff on Lugnet. I am formally requesting that .mecha be moved (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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SNIPPED You sicken me. I never thought that anything more weird than the MPP or Soren's Belville fig of death could ever crop up, but it seems I've been proved wrong. This is like a Barney that has some funny mutation thing going. Gross. In other (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi Well, after the new X-pods came out and combined with the selection at Pick-A-Brick at the local store, I've been thinking of what to do with all the various dark purple, Light Purple, Purple, Dark Magenta family of bricks available. (Well - (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) Just a quick note to point out the Robot on display: (URL) Mech @ l.i.t.m.>> I still have to get some photos of the Clear Baseplate Waterbug Hotel sign. Will do. Eric Sophie (URL) Biomechanical Bricks> (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.people, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) No, thank you Marcus. I always wanted to build a (solely) ball jointed Mecha, but never did because I knew the scale of the frame had to be carefully done in order to work within the physical limits of the ball joints. Your dual ball jointed (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It was Bryce's fault! I'm telling you! lol, just kidding. I think we remebered back to an early model that used some stiffening techniques. I absouletly know that your newer and later models do not use such techniques. Your still the Mac (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(2 URLs) A little dabble into Vignettes and MLCAD. Render still needs work. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !
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(...) Can you attend? (...) I'll lead, I'm in Indianapolis! Where to respond?????? Jake? Who? This is the last piece of clarification needed!!! <SNIP> (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Oops. Good point. Now there's a faux-pas for the records. Jason R (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) This is a wonderful thing to see! The ZXRX1 Frame is an upgraded version of the frame that I had been working on for over a year now. The first attempt failed badly and I wanted to correct. So after some thought I made the MC7 frame that (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | A few new Vignettes!
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Here are some new vignettes... (4 URLs) 1) Star Wars meets Star Trek in (URL) Intruder Alert> 2) From the movie (URL) Cast Away> (starring Tom Hanks)... (wonder what's in that package) 3) Based on an idea by Anthony Sava, (URL) "I know what you (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks. I think the bley works, if you don't need too much of it. Later, Chris (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks! I like tinkering with this scale, because I think there is a lot of potential for Lego to come up better mini-mecha sets that are much better than what they have now. Later, Chris (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Ouch! Actually, I've designed most of my recent frames and mecha to use only readily available lego parts, with no stiffening or gluing required. (...) I understand some of what you're talking about - when you restrict a ball (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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The palace stairwell used in the (URL) Theed Palace Chamber> has been deconstructed to show details that were obscured by the palace walls. (URL) Front view (URL) Top view (URL) More pics on (URL) gallery> when moderated. AC (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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First, let me fall on my sword about this, I am very very late in posting this info and I sincerely apologise. As I said in this post: (URL) and down thread... LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting teams of (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.lego)
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!!LMAO!! Oh man, glue your balls, and or don't, it could save your Techs. !!LMAO!! e (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Jason. (...) Yes, I think it was bottomless :) In fact he used to joke that he lost his finger when he let the end of it rest too long in his whiskey. But I think his poison of choice may have been Irish whiskey ;) (...) They seem to be (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Very nice tribute. I especially like the glass of scotch on the table. I didn't know he'd died though. Mind you, the great Fred Dibnah popped his steam-powered clogs last year and I never knew... :-( Jason R (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Click "Next" to see the show, the ZRX1 Classified Development File: (URL) I felt inspired to experiment with this new technology. I made a new hand hybrid with reverse minifig legs and lever fingers and changed the forearm a bit to accomodate (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I used the parts linked above to make some octagonal towers in a large castle MOC I built recently. At the bottom, I attached two opposite sides (parallel) to the supporting pieces below the tower, and then let the other 6 sides "float", just (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) It's a solid first attempt. I'd recommend using tiles on some of the studded surfaces if possible. Spoilers are tough. I haven't come up with a satisfactory solution beyond the big racing type spoiler found on my Mustang. For detail, I think (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build)
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I finally unpacked (and had to partially rebuild :( ), the micro-scale station I displayed on Brickfest. I made some pictures, including many of the back or the station, because that part was hard to see because of its position against the wall. (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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(...) Thank you, that was part of my goal for this excersize. Leads one to appreciate like when your in art class and your drawing a nude subject. I'd really like to pursue emulating poses I see in real life with the ZRX1. I know some dancers, (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Bruce, That featureless white expanse was a striking image from the movie. Few directors could go there and pull it off. It seemed the perfect thing to take an 8x8 chunk out of to depict as a vignette. The (URL) pic of just the base> (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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"Mike Kollross" <kollross@nospamcomp...art.ab.ca> wrote in message news:ID9o14.1ztJ@lugnet.com... (...) Haven't done the soccer filed baseplates, but I've used Nevr-dull ((URL) with success on all other projects of this nature... -Rob (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Hits some cool poses. I'd like to see some close up pics of the specific joints. Does it hold much weight? I don't see any doubles or stiffening a la Snead. So are you planning on selling them like the bots? You sort of said you were. Plus (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I know this is a bizarre request but has anyone had any luck with removing the white dots from certain baseplates? I have a quantity of the 48x48 green baseplates with soccer field dots and I want remove the dots. I was thinking laquer thinner but (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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(...) On that note, there's a few particular sizes of 45 degrees that work well enough within Lego tolerances. Like, a 45 degree wall of length 7, 17, 24, 33, or 41 will all join up with the hinges Ondrew mentioned, and be pretty darn close to (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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(...) unfortunently the faset brick isin't very usefull past using it with another faset part. the easyist way to acheive the octagonal look is to use hinge bricks or plates and angle the walls. here's the parts that will be most usefull: (2 URLs) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Octagonal building technique: help!
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I am in the process of creating a building that has eight sides. Four of them were easy to create as they are either perpendicular or parallel to each other. The problem is with the other four sides. I tried using a "Brick 3x3 Facet" to go across (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Some of you may have already noticed this, but in case you have not, it is quite interesting that the CEO of The LEGO Group is named (URL) Jørgen "Vig" Knudstorp Ironic? Hmmm... Maybe a new line of namesake products could be introduced (you know (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: New .vignette sidebar!
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(...) How Odd. I made a sort-of error. The Vignettes in this folder: (URL) Are by a friend of his (I know that her MOCPage name is given as 'Blue D' though I'm not sure whether thats her real name too) I'll have to ask John, I suppose :-) Whereas (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) It does, and it has been updated. Thanks, Legoswami! Nelson (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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MC7 Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version. (URL) by Eric Sophie>> (URL) 'Evolution' Biomechanical Brick Kits comming soon!>> Second generation frame technology. [LEGOSet 8618] Model features Rorzakh dual ball joint single piece (URL) hip> system. [LEGOSet (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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| | Good night... and may your god go with you
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(URL) David O'Mahoney, a.k.a. Dave Allen, 1936-2005 (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Thank you for all the work. It's looking great. Peace and a side of vignettes, Professor Whateverly (URL) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) It was even better than I'd expected, and I knew it was a classic. There were some great moments of humour, too. BART was almost completed when they filmed, so they had access to things they could never get to now. Talk about being in the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm sure it was a momentary lapse, but we'll adjust your prescription just in case. The uniforms were indeed black, but the visors were small and black like the beak of a cap, and the masks were silver. I still await the production of a (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Tony Hafner wrote: (URL) (...) It's an illegal move I'm afraid - a modified metal detector. Pete (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I just saw it tonight too, crazy! What did you think? I thought it was great, even if I'm going to have to watch it again to try and understand anything. Seeing BART in there was a treat. :) Now I want to re-do my apartment again. And put in (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New .vignette sidebar!
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Hi Nelson, great job. Here are the names of some BS users as I know: Cedar Sith: Brian Pilati DickyDidier: Didier Enjray FeZ: Adam Saunders j1a3l5: John Langrish tmcsweeney: Tim McSweeney HTH, Legoswami (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) As Nathan said, you're welcome. (...) Nathan is the man! ...and will be taking care of this going forward! :) (...) (receives look from Nathan) In your day? This building style has really only caught on around the past 6 months or so! :) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) hahahahhahahaha, no. Go visit Blockbuster. You'll need to find the VHS tape I'm sure. Be sure to grab a few beers, it'll help. Mark Neumann (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Vignette - Elbonian Airlines
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(...) Brilliant! absolutely brilliant! I love it. Now I'm going to have to start making dilber vignettes. great job -mark (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) I don't get it. It's a porno? KDJ LUGNETer #203 (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hey, Sorry to respond to myself, but I tried looking around. It turns out Lenny built (URL) another trophy>, and it was fro NWBC. I also found these (URL), but those are really hard to see. Anyway, I'm cross-posting this over to .space, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, and no problem! (...) Done and done! I was just about to code the sidebar when your post popped up! (...) *Looks at Nelson* (...) Searches of "vig", "vigs", "vignettes", and "vignette" on LUGNET, CC, FBTB, Brickshelf and others (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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Hey guys, It looks good! Thanks for linking (URL), btw. A couple of suggestions: Pics. You've probably already got this in mind, but I like how some of the sidebars (e.g. space, castle, adventurers) feature a thumbnail of a recently posted MOC, that (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) :) Even beheading scenes are becoming so commonplace in The Brick Testament that I have to keep thinking of new visually interesting ways of showing them. If I had to pick a favorite, I might go with (URL) this one> just for the action it (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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Hey Prof, I've never seen the movie, so I wasn't sure I liked the extreme whiteness, until I did a quick google search and saw the inspiration: (URL) I think you captured that scene perfectly. (URL) blogged> Bruce (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) looks like they need wheels, legs, treads, or at least more convincing hover bases. And what is the head piece on #1? -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) They are indeed good. They just need an agenda. It doesn't seem to be lazing around sunning themselves, considering that they have weapons. Or do they conquer places that are good for lazing around in the sun, and then get on with that (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | New .vignette sidebar!
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We are pleased to announce an all new sidebar for (URL) lugnet.build.vignette>. Think big, build small, play well! Nelson (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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(...) Very neat! And Blacktron is always cool! (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Civil Lego Design
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(...) Let me say thanks to Rich for the referal :-) Complicated road designs are something I'm just starting to break into (it's getting all the tile). My last MOC ((URL) was my first try at a merge. Granted, I live in an area (Southern Cal.) with (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Nova Series Mk1
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(...) Actually, it sort of reminds me of some of the "cyborgs" from RoboCop II. It is really nice. Compact, articulate. Nice balance and sense of proportion. Yes. Sweet. Have Fun! C-Ya! Rich (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Ok, I'm an idiot, I see the footprint...but shouldn't the police uniforms be black? And were'nt the visors silver? Don't hit me with your baton Prof. -Keith (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) It is about time somebody imortalized Robert Duval in Lego form. Great movie, great vignette Prof, but without the standardized footprint, is it really a vignette? In any event, it is cool and a nice tribute to THX. -Keith (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX)
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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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