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| "I think I know how to get up to the cockpit!" "Great! How?" "On the remote lock key fob there's a green button that makes it automatically kneel down, lower a hand and lift the pilot up." "Cool. So let's try it!" "Aww man! I think I left the remote (...) (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: Teknomeka build
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| this is pretty cool Chris. Thanks for the write up. How long did it take you in actual build time? (once you had the neccessary parts) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: Buzz! Sting 'em!
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| (...) Looks good! Always makes me happy to see mosaics make with my program! bob (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The Gothic Cathedral
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| (...) Hi Gary, Do you have any better photos of this? It is almost impossible to see the details of the cathedral and I would very much like to as they all look very interesting. The crossribbing in the two top towers in this pic ((URL)) looks (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
| | | | | Fujita micro town from Japanese fest
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| Hey all, Apparently the annual LMO festival was held this past week in Japan. Shinya Fujita (of the LEGO Star Wars Trilogy fame) has a great (URL) microscale town layout> (3 URLs) (cross-posted to .trains because there some great micro-trains and (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A familiar uniform on a minifig MOC
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| Hi Adrian (...) It is an extraordinaryily useful substance, isn't it? :) If you haven't seem my discussion on making custom elements, have a look here for lots more techniques and suchlike: (URL) When painting that small, do you use stencils or (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Teknomeka build
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| Hey all, In March, I decided I wantd to build Brian Cooper's Teknomeka; well, it was either that or an ISD, and the Teknomeka has a smaller footprint. (URL) I'm about 99.5% done with this model, and I have to say it was really a fun to build. It (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha) !
| | | | | battle angel
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| i made this for a bzpower build contest i hope people like it (URL) we had to build a femme fatale she's super poseable, super feminine, but will definitely kick some butt. hands are glagla style, and are surprisingly strong and agile, i just put (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Military MOCs in LMO -- WWII Russian Tanks
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| Hello everyone! Last weekend(Sep.10-11),a special event for AFOLs was held in Tokyo,called "LMO JAPAN 2005". About 40 Japanese AFOLs with MOCs(military,mecha,...ace,train, etc...) gathered from all over the Japan. I brought several MOCs following (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.jp) !
| | | | | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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| (...) Yes! Now I see. (...) Ah, thanks for the link to that photo. (...) Orion was able to supply me with a hi-res photo of it, and from that it was clear that the builder is Mike Gibney, who I looked up on LUGNET and got in touch with over e-mail. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | SF LEGO at Philcon 2005: call for participants
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| LEGO programming will be returning to the 2005 (URL) Philcon> SF convention! This will be the second year with an official exhibit and events. (And the third year as part of the Children's Program, but don't let that scare you, AFOLs.) Plans include (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Buzz! Sting 'em!
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| Announcing Buzz, the wily mascot from Georgia Tech: (URL) I made this for my wife's 30th birthday last February. I guess I hadn't gotten around to uploading the pictures. Anyway, this creation was made with the help of (URL) Bricksaic>. Many thanks (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: A familiar uniform on a minifig MOC
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| Excellent work! I've never thought of using epoxy putty to build up a custom lego element, but it seems perfectly suited to the job - I do use it for all sorts of other household repairs. Love that stuff. When painting that small, do you use (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Smallest "chicken walker" Mech?
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| (...) ummm.. No - I would figure that Lego created that.. A two peice Moc would count though. Still - amusing chicken walker mech. (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: Mana Cat
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| Congratulations Eric! Maybe this is the dawn of those outside of the hobby taking Lego seriously as a tool for creating sculptures and robots. I will admit being disappointed to see such a promising project left, but then I am still heartened to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: It's here.
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| In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote: (URL) (...) Look at the centre of the picture carefully. There's an old style white-coloured 9V battery box (8x4x2 studs) placed upside-down with the help of 2 1x2-1x4 brackets (note the grey strip adjecent (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
| | | | | A brand new web page, with 7 creations to go with it!
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| Well, after 5 years and almost 2 million page views, I decided that brickfrenzy.com's late 1990's design had worn out its welcome. So I set out to design a new one. But since I am no good with PHP and CSS, I needed help. So with the assistance of a (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Smallest "chicken walker" Mech?
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| (...) Dang! You got me there Kyle :) I don't think that I could reduce my piece count to 1. Well done! Nice design too :) (Zen mode on) Is a one piece moc still a moc? (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Mana Cat
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| Thanks guys, I wanted to say, I have been avoiding LUGNET, but I'm glad I came here to read these two nice replies. There are others who only come out when there is something nasty to say. I also wanted to mention that I have been certified as an (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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| (...) The Holy-of-Holies is done entirely with (URL) gold 1x2 tiles> and the (URL) tile modified with a ball>. The anniversary bricks are actually not that shiny. They have more of a duly gold color with little sparkly bits. Mike Crowley took a (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Who is responsible for this?
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| (...) As I recall, this was the runaway hit of the mecha room on public day. "Look mommy, it's a Thomas robot!" The pics of the mayhem on the train layout turned out great! (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Smallest "chicken walker" Mech?
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| Hah! Chicken-walker! Does that mean (URL) this> is the smallest "Spider" mech ever? (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Mana Cat
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| (...) I have to say, I'm fairly well baffled by what you were up to here, but it sure looked cool. Having been to Brickfest now, I have an appreciation for the importance of seeing MOCs in person, particularly mechs. Did you know the cockpit on (...) (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) Well, if you want to show the lone pair of electrons you could. (URL) is a link to a pdf. I didn't think that sending you a 385 kB e-mail message was sucha great idea:) I thought the model was a neat idea. Unfortunately, one of the reviewers (...) (19 years ago, 10-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
| | | | | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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| (...) After looking at the full resolution picture I took, the MOC card says Michael Gibney. My photo is here: (URL) 640x480 but the full res is 2848x2136. If you want the full res version shoot me an email and I'll send it to you. -Orion (19 years ago, 10-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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| (...) I didn't build this, but I am guessing the gold is the gold 1 x 2 tiles, and it looks fantastic.... how many gold tiles would that be??.... Anita (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| | | | | Who built Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005?
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| Can anyone tell me who built the model of Solomon's Temple at Brickfest 2005? (URL) That's pretty sweet (and of obvious interest to me since I'll have to build it myself eventually). Are there more photos of it? What's the deal with all the shiny (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) Excellent Chris, what did you use for the bonds and what did you use for the atoms. And were you also able to show double covalent bonds. (which is something that would be hard to show) I would love to read the article if you want. I get so (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) [snip] (...) Actually, you can model Lewis Structures* with LEGO too. I sent an article describing the LEGO-Lewis Model to the Journal of Chemical Education, but they rejected it :( A reviewer suggested that I re-write the "article" as an (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, lugnet.edu)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) [snip] (...) Nah, you don't have to use a new piece (URL) [1] Chris 1. (URL) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) And we would call them what..... Yes! Diastereomers :) (...) not to the pedantic (...) Chris (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts)
| | | | | WARNING: Minifigures under 18 exit now!!
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| Hello everyone it's me again with another Starwars Vignette. This one is a rare sneak peak into the real Mos Eisley Cantina at its Peak. WARNING: Minifigures under 18 please exit due to some adult Preferences! If you are of age minifigures please (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Dreams: Ultimate LEGO Room
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| Sorry to respond to my own post, but some ideas are flowing over at LEGOfan: (URL) by, check it out, and add your thoughts!! Peace and Long Life, Tony Alexander (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.arch)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| Hey, Awesome post! Larry has a point with the text on the studs, but when I teach symmetry and chirality and talk about everyday objects I always put in the caveat "this baseball has such-and-such symmetry properties, igoring all imperfections and (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) LOL! I'm a chemist in my day job, so I made (URL) this>, but I didn't tackle tetrahedral shapes. (URL) Professor Dean Campbell of Bradley University teaches (URL) chemistry with LEGO> and has some tetrahedral shapes, though they are pretty (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts, FTX)
| | | | | M.A.P Razorback
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| Phoenix Battle Labs Presents: The Razorback Mobile Assault Platform (URL) In building this I drew heavily on this image: (URL) And my mental picture of this WWII era tank: (URL) Front (URL) Back (With turret rotated) (URL) All Hatches Open (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
| | | | | Droid Gunship V2
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| Not completely satisfied with the (URL), (URL) this version> has been modified heavily on the front to get closer to the details of the actual gunship. The two twin swivel guns can now point forward and the nose has been trimmed by a couple of (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) There are also some DNA models (chiral superstructure) in Brickshelf : (URL) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.edu)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) I find that animals and plants make some of the most interesting MOCs. There are families of plants whose leaves are chiral. There's one particular house plant that I can think of, but I can't remember its name. I think some types have leaves (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts)
| | | | | Re: Chirality
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| (...) I will never look at my bricks the same.... what a great idea for a lesson plan, I have written it down to tell my sister (a secondary science teacher), I am a training early childhood so chirality isn't on the curriculum :(. Is there nothing (...) (19 years ago, 8-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.parts)
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