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Hi all, It's high time for my military arsenal to grow beyond tanks and AFVs: Check out the new Pegasus Assault Chopper. BS folder, when public: (URL) until then: (URL) Pegasus performs in the role of multipurpose assault and transport, and usually (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Don, Take a look at my BS folder to see how I've used different tracks and wheels on different vehicles. (URL) with almost all things LEGO, there is no "one size fits all" solution that works for everything. I've experimented with various track (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Showdown
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Showdown at Tokyo Hotel. When a ssassin is not enough. (URL) I made this vignette more than a month ago. I wanted to make some cyberpunk like scene, with two assassins in action. (weapons from www.brickarms.com) Some close-ups: (2 URLs) Please enjoy (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) Fradel, Sorry for the late response, I couldn't hear you over the noise of the crickets in this thread. KeithLUG doesn't respond to demands, but it just so happens you'll see more of them soon. -Keith (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Don, Brickmania, (URL) should have a link to instructions for a Panzer V Panther Tank (the link is down now, it might be up later). Thanks, George (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) You can try this for inspiration... (URL) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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Cross-posted from LEGO Military: I recently attended Brick World and I was really impressed with the city battle. There were many Mechs and AFV's. For some time I have been interested in doing AFV's. The cost of buying mass amounts of separate links (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Mecha Builders Urged to Migrate to Flickr
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(...) Or I could have meant eminent. But thanks for pointing that out! I will do my very best to neber make the same mistake again. (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I demand more coverage of the azns mEnTiOnEd. (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) My unit and I will remain behind to cover the withdrawl. Godspeed to us all and see you at the rendevous point! (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Bryce, To keep things easy to find, why not encourage common tags for the photos such as "legomecha" or "mechahub" ? Best of luck with the migration. -Tim (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Dude, even if Bryce says "omniment", you go with it. He possesses mess you up skilz. JOHN (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Mecha Builders Urged to Migrate to Flickr
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(...) I think you mean imminent. (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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With the emminent closure of Brickshelf.com the MechaHub is urging all Lego Mecha builders to migrate to (URL) Flickr>. Flickr is free and offers commenting and the ability to "circle" an area of a picture and comment on it specifically. The layout (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | 3rd Annual Summer LEGO Camp
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To all, It is time for my annual (3rd year) Summer LEGO Camp through my local Parks and Rec program. Since the last camp (URL) I have relocated from Cedar City, Utah to Spanish Fork, Utah. After the move, I found that Spanish Fork had a more (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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Submitted for your approval, a KeithLUG cooperative build with Ryan Rubino and Mike Rutherford. New-look MOCpages (URL) Or Wave of the future Flickr? (URL) As always, your witty commentary, smack, non-sequiturs and all around "crazy talk" is not (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX) !
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Thanks for all the comments! All the suggestions so far have been most helpful. It seems the story is on the right track, which is good. The two most common "constructive criticisms" so far have been regarding showing who's speaking in the dialogue (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Very Interesting! I like the cinematic feel you have achieved (I must try that sometime) and despite some dialogue difficulties the presentation is very tight, though maybe a giant 'next' button would be in order. I look forward to seeing more. God (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Very cool. I am hooked to the story already. :-) The only thing I would improve is a method of seeing who is talking. The icons idea mentioned above would work well, but even just the speaking character's name before each line would work. In (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Tom Wilson wrote: I had a good laugh and really wonder how the story is going to develop! would it be possible to tell the number of slides when announcing an episode. don't need a countdown inside the show just some info if (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Build it in yellow, turn it on it's side, and you have Pac Man. You could even hide a ghost inside! -Doug (17 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Thanks for the positive feedback. We'd hoped other folks would enjoy our strange experiment! Nicole and I really like the avatar idea, too. I'm going to play around with that and see if we can pull it together. I think that combined with some of the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: WWE Superstars in LEGO
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(...) "The Oldest Player in the Game" as we like to call him. My girlfriend and I always sort of cringe when he takes the cape off these days. Of course I used to cringe when any of the steroid-pumped musclebound wrestlers came into the ring in the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Adrian. Glad you enjoyed these. Maybe I should also build Mick a collapsible folding table that is on fire. -Brendan (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) I really like the avatar idea, it would definately help, as the cast expands. But this is a really great start. There's so much detail, I feel like you know where you are going with it (something lacking from so many web comics). The mystery (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Several months ago I built some LEGO SOMA puzzle cubes with six smooth sides. Now it was time to build something to store the cubes in. I saw that a few years ago Eric Harshbarger built a SOMA cube and nice storage box. Not wanting to just copy (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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(...) Perhaps if you gave each character a unique prefix? If you include colors with your greater than symbols, you'd probably not run out. But I think the most clear thing would be to take a small picture of each minifig's face, and put that beside (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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Thanks, Ted! Glad you enjoyed it. We're looking to do a new episode every 2 weeks. The issue of showing who's talking without speech bubbles was challenging, especially since our actors refuse to open their mouths! We're trying to get better at (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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That is really compelling. Very movie-like and something I will be following. I noticed that as it went along it got easier to tell who was speaking as it was a little hard to follow in some of the episode 1 panels. Is there a way to watch it as a (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: By any other name...
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(...) From a fellow rosebuilder, I say well done, Joe! I especially like the way you've incorporated many useless (to me, anyway) wedge plates. You've created a nice, tight pack of petals. Now, back to the Journal! :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Building Robopussy
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(...) A, I would remark that the stiffening of hinges issue could become critical, and ultimately the downfall of your endeavor. I urge you to soldier on, and seek inspiration where you find it, to stiffen that hinge. Perhaps you should seek a state (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I finally built something. Not a spaceship, nor a building. Not micro, or minifig scale. (URL) Been wanting to build a rose (that sounds SO odd) for at least two years because the design challenge is really interesting: how go you get a medium that (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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(...) (URL) Indeed> (...) If i was making a doggy-styled mecha, I'd be mainly concerned with how it looks from behind. (...) It will have a metallic robot body, which may or may not have stripes. (...) I would like whiskers, but couldn't come up (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Or grok the fullness even. Robopussy, strictly speaking, is neither mech nor mecha, but it uses a lot of the same build techinques, so this seemed like the best place to post it. I call it a 'big-fig'. (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It turns out there was a (URL) thread> about the terms! Live and learn. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice work. Now let's see the classics.... Iron Sheik, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jimmy "Superfly" Snooka, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Danny Davis (the corrupt referee), and my favorite, George "The Animal" Steele. (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) I've always thought it was: Mech = big robot with a human pilot, no gun. Mecha = big robot with a human pilot, big gun. I don't really grok mechs/mechas that much though, so I am probably wide of the mark there. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It's great to finally see cartoony stuff in mecha again. It reminds me of the stuff Felix makes. There was another guy that made something similar with action figure inspired commandos. Your moc doesn't look very feline though. It kinda looks (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Ah. Okay. I was going to suggest that having a look at a real cat might be helpful to get the look right, but if that's not what you're aiming for, then you are probably on the right track. (...) Ah. Right. Yes, I guess if something has (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Vool looking so far! Since there may not be enough female minifigs, maybe your MOC will now shed light on the lack of female mechs (or is that mechas? I never remember). (...) Maybe some big eyelashes? Or some red blush on the cheeks? (...) (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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