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Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:39:41 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
   Thanks for the suggestion. I suppose my giant minifig microphone looks a little dated, but I think it’s more instantly recognizable than a simple minifig screwdriver which is more like Gene Rayburn’s ultra-thin mic from The Match Game. And the screwdriver has no way to attach a wind-protector, right?

Sure it does. There are two solutions to this. One is to hold it upside down so the fat part is at the top already. The other is to hold it blade-up and put a short length of black flex-tube over the skinny part. Make sure the flex-tube is short enough (say the height of a minifig hand), and the gap between the bottom of the flex-tube and the top of the screwdriver handle will help emphasize the look of a foam bulb stuck over the end of the mic.



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  Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
 
(...) The cut flex-tube idea is a nice one, David. I always feel a little weird about using cut flex-tube. The less "purist" a technique is, the more I hesitate before using it to reconsider if there's not a more purist way to achieve a comparable (...) (16 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)

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  Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
 
(...) Thanks for the suggestion. I suppose my giant minifig microphone looks a little dated, but I think it's more instantly recognizable than a simple minifig screwdriver which is more like Gene Rayburn's ultra-thin mic from The Match Game. And the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)

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