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(...) Microfig is a scale, not an actual figure, that is anything smaller than minifig scale. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Grrr, Hate to show my ignorance nut what is a microfig? have I missed something or are these just hypothetical? Cheers Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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followups set to trains... (...) However, they are a bit more selectively compressed than I care for. :-) Mine has two motors, of course, instead of a stubby second truck. Also, I think the shoulder isn't quite right. I never do ascii art but here (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) look-and-feel that really appeals to me. Their scale and shape kinda remind me of the spacecraft seen in the movie Independence Day. (...) I've been playing with the idea of a microfig-scale fleet for a while. My first Lego aircraft were this (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Check it out! Tell me what you think! (URL) up is a Gravwell Micro-fig scale cruiser. Later, pat (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) trying (...) :-/ That's pretty much the same conclusion I came to. Unfortunately, I can't get enough stability from that with the current design. <sigh> Back to the drawing board <grumble grumble bitch bitch> I _liked_ that design too. Maybe (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) A 3 blade rotor will give the same angle geometry but I don't beleive it is what James is asking. I believe he is asking how to anchor something to the top of this assembly that is connected to all three legs. Geometrically, there is no (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Whoops, this is not what I thought. Typing too fast. If this is 2 plates, one with 2 fingers and one with 3 fingers on the end, which coupled together take the same space as a 1x5 plate would, these are "two finger" and "three finger" hinges. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) connect (...) my (...) these (...) Have you tried a Technic 3 blade rotor? It's not *quite* what you are trying to build, but I think it should be workable. Duane (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) normally (...) to (...) a (...) Ok, it's fairly obvious I wasn't clear enough (I can't even figure out what I meant <grin>) so here is a second attempt. The part I am using as the major component of my foot design is the (aucZILLA (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That was a help, thanks Larry. I just never had thought of its name before. (...) Yeah, I've got a bunch of those, but I always seem to run out of the black ones... (...) Lucida Console is all I use in discussion groups. But it still wasn't (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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AucZILLA term for this is 2x2 - 1x4 hinge plate (or brick, it also comes in a brick version) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) like (...) the I've got a couple of what I would call a 2x1 hinge set[1]: ___ _ ___ |___|= _|___| Now, I'm only getting started and don't have a lot of sets, so I could have only gotten them from my Mindstorm RIS, 6572[2], 8222, 8226, 8735, or (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) normally (...) to (...) a (...) 1/3 (...) 2x2 hinge plate? In which set can I see this little monster? I have one like it, but it's a 2x2 plate turntable with fingers. I would also like to see the parts labeled in your ascii diagram, cuz I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think so too, but even so, TLG hasn't departed from their module... The loop on the old version was narrow enough that if you put a 1x1 tile on each side, the resulting width was exactly the same as a 1x brick in width.... the new version (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) If no one has said it yet, technic half-beams have sockets that go all the way through them, and are useful for stud entry on both sides. They are slim enough so that the studs from opposing pieces practically touch each other. Another thing (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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Josh Spaulding wrote in message ... (...) I'll take this opportunity to ask if others think the newer 8-tooth gears slide on axles as if they were a worm gear (slight exaggeration). There is very little friction to hold a 8-tooth in place. I am (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) well, an ugly solution would be to use 1x1 Plates w/ Horiz. Side Loop. This causes some problems, though, because the cylindrical part between the opposing studs on the loop won't match the smooth face of the bricks you'll be connecting. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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I've got a design problem that I'm having a hard time working around - normally I'd just drop the design, but this one has such great possibilities I'd hate to have to do that. I'm building an articulated 3-claw foot, based off of 1x4/2x2 hinge (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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The subject is under discussion in lugnet.build, which I would posit as a better group. The 1x1 with side stud is capable of changing direction in just slightly larger than 1x2 brick space. (it technically takes two of them plus a 1x1 plate) (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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