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Re: TerranMech
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lugnet.build
Date: 
Sun, 11 May 2003 22:14:13 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jim Foulds writes:
Hi gang,

  I present to you the TerranMech.  I came about with a challenge to use
the "useless" bionicle pieces.

     Huh?  I don't see any Matoran disc-throwing arms anywhere.  I thought
you said it used the "useless" Bionicle pieces...

The ball joints work nice for pose-ability, but they are not the greatest at
stability.  It takes a few minutes to stand-up and it will stand against
most jarring of the table.

     I find that the ball-joints are problematic for nearly anything that
rests on more than three ball-jointed limbs.  I built the Ghekula frog
combiner from the LEGO Club website, and it took me about ten minutes to get
the legs all straightened out so it would actually look like it was sitting
down.  Large, heavy objects just magnify the problem by causing the
ball-joints to slip when any amount of pressure is applied, but there are
tricks that people have come up with to tighten up the joints.

     Anyways, the design looks a bit off due to the Stormtrooper sitting in
the cockpit.  I'm not sure why, but it doesn't look very Star Warsy, and the
presence of a Stormtrooper says that it should.  I like the gattling guns
though.  Do they spin?



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  Re: TerranMech
 
(...) You might be surpised by the number of people that think that Bionicle and Galidor have nothing to offer the Lego realm. I find them to be an interesting challenge to incorporate into my creations. (...) I have begun to dig around to try and (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.build)

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  TerranMech
 
Hi gang, I present to you the TerranMech. I came about with a challenge to use the "useless" bionicle pieces. So after some trial and error, I came up with this: Deep Links: (URL) Moderation: (URL) ball joints work nice for pose-ability, but they (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.build)  

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