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    How to build Mechs —Tim Milligan
   How do you people do it? I can't figure out how to make knees, ankles, elbows, etc. Help? (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Mladen Pejic
   Well... There's an excellent list of good mecha sites over at: (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Burkhard Schloemer
   (...) in order to get on that list. Or at least other stuff than "merely" Battletech ;) Hey Tim, ever heard of click-hinges? *grin* Primus BuS ComStar LEGO Mechcommander: www.go.to/LegoMC (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Mladen Pejic
     Ahhh... But remember Burkhard, quality over quantity; I think the list showcases some of the best mecha on the net. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Tim Milligan
   Yeah, I have like 20 or something thanks to AucZilla. But how do I build (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Andrew Todd Amacher
     (...) Ball and socket-based mecha joint design happens to be one of my specialties. Take a good look at some of my mecha android host units at Moonbase Io- http;//moonbase-io.w...efault.htm . Later, Todd (23 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Sun Yun
   (...) I do the unthinkable but it's cheap and it works. Get some Throwbot sets and a nice sharp exacto blade. Start cutting at the base of where the useless part starts. This will basically yield 8 ball and socket joints per set like the ones on the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —Tim Milligan
   I really don't like cutting things up, and I have no Throwbots. I'm really not into the technic stuff. there might be a way to attach clikers to a turntable and that would simulate a primitive ball and socket. but it would (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
   
        Re: How to build Mechs —John Aronson
   Not only bulky, but extremely loose fitting. You said you aren't into technic but do you have any aqua zone or arctic stuff? You can use the jointed peices with a techinic peg on one end and either two or three fingers on the other. That joint (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 

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