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(...) Jim, Mark, Dan, and Chris did some of this at last year's Brickfest. Here is a photo I have of that that shows some moonbase destruction, I'm sure there are better pics out there of it. (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Well, as (URL) 'promised'>, I managed to get the Beetle Bay finished for the Brislug meeting on Sunday, and Tim managed to soldier on through a hangover of fairly epic proportions to bring along his Christmas Beetle. I kinda overestimated the size (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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(...) A light sensor placed very close to the cardboard of the roll would work better wouldn't it? and an arm connected to a touch sensor that would trigger when the arm moved down just enough would work better :p Cheers, Matt (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Feel free to build a building on any common size baseplates or combination of. i.e. 8x16, 16x16, 16x32, 32x32, 32x48, 48x48 Because we are bringing these buildings together, we do ask you put your building on a baseplate to assure we can put (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice idea! :) If I may, a suggestion: remove the front supports and replace with some internal triangular bracing if possible, then you can store notes and other things underneath the lappy - good on you for using znap as well, the ugly (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.znap, FTX)
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Seven new illustrated stories have been added to the (URL) King Saul> section of the (URL) The Brick Testament> website: (2 URLs) Try to Keep Weapons Out of Hands of Israelites> (2 URLs) Rejected for Seeking God's Favor> (2 URLs) of the Philistines> (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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(...) Hi, Karl. Thanks for your thoughts. By "most recent installment", I assume you're referring to the Teachings of Jesus stuff from a month ago and not any of the many King Saul stories I've done since then, yes? I suppose the George W. Bush (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) Nice, Bookmarked. Now I just need to get my micro stuff back online :) Aaron A (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Hi Brendan, I've been away from lugnet for a couple months... so this is (I think) fairly unrelated to the 69 message mania that went before (I didn't read it all). As usual, BPS, you have managed to put together some very well assembled and (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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(...) This sounds like an awesome idea!! The combination of train/town/mecha to make a diorama of a war-torn city. Are there ay examples of what a war-torn building would look like in Lego? I can think of a number of games that would give good (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey, This looks great and I look forward to seeing the combined display. One question: The standard only talks about streets and sidewalks. What about the rest? I assume that buildings should be on 32x32 baseplates, built up to the height of the (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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The MechaHub has announced the specs for its MCP (Mecha City Project). The idea of the project is to build a large war-torn city to use as a diorama to display Lego Mecha at BrickFest 2007. (Yes we know it hasn't been announced but have faith that (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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(...) Hi Magnus, Dave, I guess it's this element? (URL) It's called "Timing Wheel" or "Tacho Wheel". It was sold in a bag of 20pcs. in 2002 (where?) and comes in these sets: Pcs. Color Set 2 Light Bluish Gray [LEGOSet 8434] 1 Light Bluish Gray (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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Dave, (...) Thanks for your kind words. Interiors on any minifig-scale vehicle are tricky. because as soon as you want to fit minifigs inside, you start wrestling with all sorts of scaling issues. Ultimately I go for a compromise between aesthetics, (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I think that I like these quite a bit! The color scheme is rich and eye-pleasing, and I particularly like the design of the treads. Also, the presentation is good and gives a nice view of the the vehicles from all sides. I also like that you (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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I like the way you haven't wasted any useful parts on it :-). (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.znap, FTX)
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A year back I got a new laptop. One of the first things I noticed was how close it was to the table surface and how little air got to the bottom side for cooling. A couple of design attempts yielded this platform, which yields a vary cool running (...) (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.znap, FTX) !!
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Greetings all, Here are a few more military vehicles I've built recently. The Raider and Invader light armored vehicles rely on their size, low profile, and speed to keep their crew safe - their armor will defeat small arms and shrapnel, but offers (...) (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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Hey all, I've thought about doing this for a while. I'm starting up a new blog as a companion to VignetteBricks. Please visit (URL), a blog highlighting microscale creations. Bruce (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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(...) SNIP... (...) Have you considered hooking it up to an RCX or NXT to alarm when the roll is getting empty? You could use a rotation sensor... Jude (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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