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(...) Hey, this is seriously cute! I love that it's an extension of a set too, and not a de novo creation. (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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My congrats to Mark Stafford ===...=== (URL) Congradulation Mark! You're our IRON MECHA Champion. Thanks to everybody who participated and all the lurkers. Special Thanks to the judges for doing this hard job so fine. For me the best in this contest (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Well you've definitely improved on Uplink. I like it. It certainly looks very agile and articulated. I do love those curved slopes (with and without lips!) which you've used for armour all over. (...) The arms seem fine to me. I'm not too sure (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hello Elroy, (...) this is one more good example, for what TLC could have made out of the EXO-Force theme. You did a fine job in eleminating all the odds of the original model. Plus, this one looks much better! The idea of a Combat Mechanic is (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi Fradel, great military Mecha MOC. The color scheme and the bulkyness of the overall shape I like very much. The legs are my absolute favorite, followed by the body/double cockpit. Both are very inovative, IMO. Regarding the other Mecha shown on (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I figured this was next and I was wondering how you would make the carp pennants. And I bet that balaclava head is a daruma! :-) Your vignettes bring back memories of years spent in Japan as a child and of looking out the window on the ride to (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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A follow-up to my (URL) Hina-Matsuri (Girl's Day)> vignette, (URL) is Boy’s Day - Celebrated on May 5th. (URL) Click for images Now known as "Children's Day" in Japan (a National holiday), this is the day when sons are traditionally honored. Most (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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How many people would be interested in doing a Formula 1 race car building contest? I am thinking of doing one and wanted to see how many people would enter. The contest would be to build a micro, mini-fig, or model team scale F1 race car. Here are (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.contests)
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Thank you all for your kind words regarding my nearly-studless mecha. You all understood what I was going for: techno-organic in an unusual colorscheme. Just finishing this model was a labor of love and was far more difficult that I could have ever (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) To be honest, I don't think you need to do anything to beef up the legs. They look good to me just the way they are! However, I would try to protect the point where the leg meets the body in some way. (...) There are many different (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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After buying a few Exo-Force sets, I decided that I wanted to do something in that style. Using (URL) Uplink> as a base, I created a Combat Mechanic. (2 URLs) Brickshelf Folder> The goal was to build an exo-skeleton(1) in the Exo-Force style, but to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm glad you like it. Those joints are great but I definitely wanted to keep them armored as much as possible. You lose some range of motion definitely but I didn't want it to be a target. Thanks for checking out the other stuff too. I'll try (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks man. There will be more on the site as I continue to update the backlog. BTW, when do we get to see more of your power armor? Those thing's are great. I'd love to see a dio of a squad in action. F (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Seen on the Make blog: (URL) link: (URL) up tongue from floor...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Crap... Sorry about replying to my own post, but I forgot the credits: The loco headlamp was basically done by Tim Gould, (thanks!) and the window-as-ladder is taken off of Beat Felber's (URL) work>. Legoswami (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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Well okay they're both CAD but I'm reasonably sure the construction techniques work. First on my list is this wagon inspired by the very talented misterzumbi's (URL) box car>: (2 URLs) Long story short: Tim G. figured the SNOTing used to get the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks. I had some requests to see the unaltered pics of the Vore Del Mecha, though that's sort of like seeing a picture of a guy in an Alien suit sipping coffee before the camera rolls. ;-) It's just not scary without the flashing strobes and (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice! Very heavy-duty look, and I like how the black-and-gray scheme turned out. Having the reverse-knee armor plating mounted on a separate set of click-hinges is an inventive way of armoring-up those Exo-Force joints. I had a look at the (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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For what it's worth, I think Brian Cooper's Bandolero was my favourite right from the start. The story was lost a little on me since I don't hardly speak a word of Spanish. I am grateful for the recently posted unedited shots of the finished mech. (...) (19 years ago, 11-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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It would be interesting to see if you have found ways to use parts in an environment totally different from what it was meant to be in. Like some cute single-purpose Scala utensil in a sci-fi scene or some hopeless Duplo block... well somewhere, I (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hey Fradel. Great mech. My favorite parts are the 'beefyness' of it, weapons and censors. The design certainly fits what you were going for and I also think it can be used as a training mech. BTW, I checked out the rest of your mechs and (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Better yet. Add it at a slight angle and add a sloped roof leading up to it. Oooh! I like this train a lot. Wish I'd spotted it first ;) More Soviet trains is always nice. Looking forward to seeing it finished. Tim (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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Ah, the cab windows seemed harder to pull off than the side windows, which is why I focused on those. For the nose though, I don't see why he wouldn't be able to use the new window on the crane car in the freight set. I didn't mean the Krokodil (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) you know, I thought I would be too; before I started playing with lego as an AFOL, I only had a glimpse or two of the new colours and had thought that they were pretty evil. But now I really like the light bley, and I've come to like lime and (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Just because I'll tag Ma Goldie doesn't mean I'm blind--I simply close my eyes and remind myself that it's all for the money. Although you'd have to excuse me for mistaking them for each other--and for that matter, you too, Keith--since short (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hi Sonnich, I had to deal with similar windows on my (URL) VL23>. I first considered plane windows on their side too but discounted it for the same reason so I ended up going for a three brick by four plate brick built window which I thought (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) Thanks MkII. I've been telling Max to lay off those after mission snacks. He knows full well it goes straight to the legs. Perhaps I'll enter him on NBC's "The Biggest Mech Loser" to get in shape. By all means brag on, you earned it. I'll be (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks ME. I see you're a legs man, I'm into breasts myself. One thing I was worried about was pulling off the armor look to the legs. I didn't want the KK joints too exposed on this build. As to color, it kinda dictated the moc as I build in (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Oh Nick, if its one thing I do in this lifetime, I'll get you to appreciate crotch-mounted hardware. BTW, its not a Smart Phone in my underpants, I'm just always happy to see you. F (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi Fradel, It's a good military Mecha MOC but the legs are so chunky it looks to me like a Mech that's 'eaten' too much. Maybe you should have called it 'Max Body Fat'? I like all the 'pods' stuck on the back and the opening hatch so you can get a (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I love it. The legs, in particular - they're so magnificently chunky. The body has a nice hefty feel to it too. I like that you've managed to fit two minfigs in the body without making it too big, and there's some lovely SNOTing in there. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Congrats Mr. Stafford!! I'm thinking along the lines of Goldie. But you should be called "IronMecha Quad!" Thanks to all the participants, judges, lurkers and especially our host, "The Chairman" Mark Neumann for bringing it all (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I like my Frdel posts like I like my country roads.... rambling. (...) Being in the same 'lug, I gotta say this either happens for very, very confused people, or you made it up (like the name on your handgun registration). (...) post. The legs (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Sorry, but Star Wars isn't science fiction.:-) Really, it isn't. The technology is contrived for the sake of the story, which is why it's unrealistic. The space ships have windows! Cap ships exchange broadsides a few feet away from each other! (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm... Science Fiction has little to do with reality. Allow me to use my absolutely most favorite sci-fi space ship, Imperial (Imperator) Class Star Destroyer. I love Star Destroyers, I drool over any image of a Star Destroyer, however, at (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Listen Fradel, I know smack when I see it. Who exactly are these "people", the blind? If it's Schin, I think we have our answer. -Keith (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Oh its not smack. Its a running joke in Wamalug because several times people would get us confused for each other for some reason. (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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F-Dawg, It's a cool mech Frahdeel, I've already told you that, probably your best yet...although I think it needs a new module of your ever expanding, and award-winning mechbay to show it off. (shameless plug for dios) I have to say though, that (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi all. I don't post much but here is my lastest mecha. In the renewed spirit of Mecha builder camaraderie I thought it fitting to share it now with you all. This mecha came about because I wanted to try a two-seater variant of this guy: (URL) was (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ah, I had no idea those were Knight's Kingdom, since I don't/wouldn't own any KK. Mine came from the Creator sets - I privately refer to them as Dino-joints. I used them because they seemed to be the correct size for what I needed, and (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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