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Re: 10 Starship Designs
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lugnet.build
Date: 
Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:05:50 GMT
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mattdm@SPAMCAKEmattdm.org
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Jamal Coleman <Mothergrimm@cs.com> wrote:
achieve a specific vision a certain creative freedom is used to get the
desired effect and result.  Could you actually build it?  Well, no, but then
again I'm quite certain that people who build my starships have heard of
welding and cutting, so that makes it OK.

Sure, but isn't that missing the fun of building with Lego? I mean, if
you're not going to work with the medium, why not just use modeling clay?

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  Re: 10 Starship Designs
 
(...) I quite agree. Chopping and cutting is well....almost cheating. Besides the fact that I have to wonder *who* would have enough of a particular part to go cutting stuff up like there's no tomorrow, it seems merely a copout. The real challenge (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
  Re: 10 Starship Designs
 
I couldn't disagree with you more Matthew. I'm 29, I'm an AFOL, my poor legos sat in their box for years, unused. Then one day I got them out for my kids and got the bug again but didn't have the pieces to build the things I wanted and with two (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)

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  Re: 10 Starship Designs
 
Chuck, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's an illegal construction. Sometimes to achieve a specific vision a certain creative freedom is used to get the desired effect and result. Could you actually build it? Well, no, but then again I'm quite (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)

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