Building : 3969


Building / 3969

I have a question. —Rex Young

Hi everyone, I have a question. I just got done watching Aliens tonight and i was thinking to myself, "Has anyone made any aliens figures out of lego?" I think it would be really cool if they made marines and the aliens. Does anyone have a site or (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Alan Gerber

(...) Craig made an alien and a Ripley. See it at: (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Rex Young

Yeah i think his Alien and Ripley are very cool!!!! But i am trying to figure out a way to make some marines so i can make a couple of scenes of them fighting the aliens. Please i need some ideas and i hope you can help me come up with some ideas. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Pearson Castner

(...) Weeeel... First, start w/ green legs and a black leg connector peice. Then, use a gray/green rock raider torso, and paint the rock raider girl's helment blac/green and give it a black or green visor. Then, use an arctic back-pack and a gun! (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Rex Young

That is a very good idea, thanks Pearson!! You have good ideas, do you have any more that you can spare?? I need all the ideas i can come up with. There is one problem with that, i don't have the gray/green rock raider torso, what else could i use?? (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) I'm thinking of the Samurai body armor on top of an Adventurer outfit would work also. That armor piece is the closest thing in Legoland to a football player's outfit that I can think of... Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) On the double on the ready line! Let's pack 'em in! Go! Go! Go! (URL) a squad (1/2 platoon) of ever-resourceful U.S. Colonial Marines in urban gray camoflage, including two rifle teams and a command staff consisting of a sargeant, a lieutenant (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space) !

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Stephen F. Roberts

(...) ...oooh! a use for samuari armour!!! now I have to get some more! :-) Great job! ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Mark Sandlin

Sproat, you're awesome. ~Mark (...) would (...) football (...) in urban (...) consisting of a (...) the (...) trackers. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner

Anyone have a towl? I'm drooling. (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Yah, I guess that sarge's a babe... I love how she says "good night." ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner

In my excitment I forgot somthing =) How did your attach the katana to the back of the ninja armor? Pearson (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) If you look closely into every shot where the sword is on his back, you'll notice that only his left leg is down... The tip of the ninja sword is sticking through the hole in the back of his right foot, and the rest of the sword is resting (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Shiri Dori

Hey Jeremy, I love those marines! Your use of medieval pieces is pretty cool in this setting... I love their high-tech weapons as well. Before I say good night, allow me to quote a kid in my theatre arts class: "kill! kill!" I find that applicable (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Cool, thanks! We got ourselves a mutual admiration society going! :-, (...) You can't be shiri-ish. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner

(...) True. But you can be Shiri-esque. (Didn't spell that right, did I?) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Paul Baulch

Sproaticus wrote in message ... (...) would (...) football (...) urban (...) a (...) trackers. (...) Wow, Jeremy that armour looks very, very cool... did you get the grey helmets from Exploriens 'figs, or is there a more recent set that contains (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) I'm not sure where they came from. I *think* they are from x. Lemme dig around my instructions pile... (...) AAAAHHHH!!! No, say it ain't so! ;-) I must admit, I have been tempted to see the movie, even though I understand that it thrashes (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Marc Nelson, Jr.

(...) -Yeah, it was very different from the book, but it was entertaining in its own right. The movie was done by the same guy that did Robocop (Voerhoeven?). It has some really funny parts, especially the public service announcements and the parts (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Starship Bloopers (Was Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Paul Baulch

Marc Nelson Jr. wrote in message ... (...) it (...) but (...) understand (...) casting (...) I just think of it as a completely different story. To be quite honest, I didn't (and still don't) think that Heinlein's book would have made that exciting (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Starship Bloopers (Was Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Marc Nelson, Jr.

(...) It was just all too phony for me, the way they all just chased the bugs around like a youth soccer team, then how they got pinned down in that fort like the Alamo. The hordes of bugs did look good, though. The landings were just boring. When (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Starship Bloopers (Was Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) When you lose the armour, you lose a big part of the storyline--the corporate angle--right? It was half the book, forcibly extracted. But in its own right, it was entertaining, if only as a parody of "gung-ho" war (sort of like ID4). (...) As (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Tom McDonald

(...) Sproaticulus, I've been perusing a number of your pages lately, and haven't said anything in a bit about them, so... Good job.. Impressive.. I've sorta been wanting to try that.. Nice variety.. What set has those in grey?.. (obSeinfeld) Yada (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Jeremy H. Sproat

Tom, I hope you don't mind being a guinea pig for my news app's "reply" feature, would you? :-, Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Pearson Castner

Do continue! Pearson (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Jeremy H. Sproat

On Sat, 13 May 2000 00:35:39 GMT, in newsgroup(s) lugnet.off-topic.test, "Pearson Castner" <dengar98@hotmail.com> said: (...) May I? :-, (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Jeremy H. Sproat

On Sat, 13 May 2000 01:11:28 GMT, in newsgroup(s) lugnet.off-topic.test, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> said: (...) Sorry, I forgot, "please"? :-, (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Pearson Castner

Now Im just jealous. How does it work? Pearson (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

Re: Something so strange (Was: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.)) —Tom McDonald

(...) Your news app has a "reply" feature? Mine just has a little toolbar thingy with a few buttons that read, "R2Mee2", "Get A Grip", ":-*(_|_)", and "AWB" (which the Help describes as, "Another Waste of Bandwidth"). -Tom McD. when replying, "You (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Actually, the full name is Sproaticulus Maximus Biggus. (...) Thanks! :-, (...) I'm still not sure. I have about a dozen of them, though, so they have to be common. I'll be able to check around midnight-ish tonight. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Pearson Castner

Is it possible you got them off Ebay or somthing? I do that alot... Someone asks me why I have so many of one peice, I can't answer, then I relize I got them then in a lot or somthing. On the subject of auctions, is Auczilla any good? Pearson (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Nope. Not possible. :-, I *think* I got mine from a bunch of Exploriens sets. The "normal" helmets in Exploriens are dark gray. Also, I got at least one from a train set, #4552 Cargo Crane (1). Cheers, - jsproat 1. (URL) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Gene C. Weissinger

Very well done, Sproat, as usual... Makes me think of all those great lines and scenes from Aliens... ;) EC (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —John Robert-Blaze Kanehl

(...) I thought I was doing something new, or a little different with my mercenary designs...I see Jsproat beat me to it months ago... I wish I would have seen these BEFORE I posted my figures+weapons to .space. <insert tongue in cheek> I have seen (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Mark Sandlin

(...) Now, now. I was responding to what seemed to be an isolated post to something that was apparently non-Space-related. I didn't realize it was part of a greater discussion about making Space marines and such until I saw the other posts. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: Colonial Marines minifigs (Was: I have a question.) —Wayne McCaul

Actually, those guys are awesome. Where do you get grey helmets like that? (And is there any one set that has multiple ninja armor???) Must... Make... Space.... Marines.... Evil Wayne ___...___ "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)

Re: I have a question. —Pearson Castner

Instead of the rr torso, I geuss you could use a blacktron 1 torso. The minfig head w/ the sunglaases would also look good... (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Graig-o's Alien is way cool, as you've seen. Greg Williams has done some nifty minifig-scale Aliens as well: (URL) also has an APC and some Colinial Marines support equipment as well. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Shiri Dori

(...) You mean Craigo's Alien, don't you? :-) The one on this page: (URL) is that something else...? -Shiri (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Rex Young

Thanks for the links Shiri and Jeremy, they really helped. I tryed to build some marines from the movie aliens, but they didn't look right. Does anyone else have any ideas on building them?? Pearson had a very good idea for a marine but i don't have (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Jeff Christner

(...) In a recent BrikWars, I used the Luke torso from the Speeder Bikes set to make SpaceMarines. I also swapped some legs and arms so that on every figure, there was one dk. grey leg and arm, and one black leg and arm, on alternating sides on each (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)

Re: I have a question. —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Um, no... Um... Graig-o. Yeah. Graig-o. That's the ticket. ;-) (...) That's the one. Netscape's bogo-checker was on the fritz when I typed that. :-P Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)