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(...) i am also pleased with the scale. it is easy to work with in terms of joints and posing. (...) i am a big weapon fan, as you may have known. the folding cannon used to be a rocket launcher, but i liked the "tank turret" look better. i had to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) can't...stop...build...y...desire to build... (...) thanks. i originally wanted to use a head, but since the cockpit was already done, it made no sense to put a head on top of the canopy. (...) i'm glad you noticed. the minifig fingers seemed (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) of it make it look tough & realistic. the 1x1 clips & 1x2 plate with bar for joints & hands is something that i recently have been toying with; it's cool to see others have discovered it too & put it to good use! great job! Jeff (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Weapons are great. Both the fold-away weapon sytem and the submachine gun are a good touch. After seen your MOC I am convinced to start a new line of mecha. I have been thinking about it for a while now but I wanted to finish a star fighter (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I really like this MOC, it's refreshing to see such a no-nonsense, well proportioned mecha. The lack of head is nice too, as it lets you experiment with new weapon positions. I also prefer those types of blocky fingers to the amorphous, and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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i'd like to intruduce to you the TS-1 Vanguard. this is the smallest scale mecha i've made to date, but it has one important thing--an actual driver!! inspiration came from mecha by jun nishizawa and soren roberts' landmates. needless to say, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) If I can make a small suggestion? Remove those hobcaps and replace the wheels with these: (URL) . I think they would look awesome on your car! Terry (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hi Nathan, Wow, that looks great! I like all of the decorative details you have in both robot and car modes, like the decorated tiles on the arms and legs and the exhaust pipes and spoiler. The head looks great, too, very (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Mecha builders amaze me as it is, but building transforers is on a level so much beyond that... -Tim (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ahh, so you're the one who built that! I saw that on Brickshelf a couple of days ago and thought it was stupendously cool. Unlike Jon, I've always been a fan of Steampunk, so I really grooved on this one. I really like the big, blocky legs and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I adore this. And steampunk-ish mecha aren't even my favorite mecha. About every picture of this has some cool detail or building technique. Your photography and post-processing is stunning too. Oh and I just went through your other mecha (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hi again .mecha folks - (!) I'm pleased to announce I finally got around to posting photos of another recent MOC - The (19th C.) Victorian Steambot. (URL) as usual - Best, Lee (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) While this is clearly CGI work, I do remember a contest where transforming shoe toys were given out as prizes, and I'm pretty sure that's the shoe. (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) The expression in German for a "hammer" is "Hammer" as well. The tool to hit nails (or thumbs) with. (...) Thanks for all the information. The wormsrew attachment looks so simple, and now I get how you did it. Good idea! (...) Some more pics (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Okay, I realize that last link was a hoax but yo're not going to believe your peepers when you see this! (URL) this is the real deal!! Really!!! Jeff (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I didn't believe it for a second, but it's a cool link nonetheless. However, (URL) check this out>. Allister (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Ah, much more believable. The two major problems with the alleged tale were that a: there were no photos showing the car-robot-car transformation process (you know that anyone who pulled it off would actually try to post video if possible, or (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) what!!?? are you suggesting that i am merely a layman!!?? ha, ha! well, i suppose this proves it. at least i can brag about the fact that i initially saw through this clever concoction, but fell for it anyways. thanks for the enlightenment. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) *POP* goes the bubble. It'd be nice and cool, but it's apparently one of those clever "not-advertising campaigns to fool you" like they had for "I, Robot." Check this out: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) oh...my...goodness!!! that is the craziest thing i have ever seen! at first i was very skeptical, thinking that it might be a hoax using cg. but after further browsing, i am convinced! this may very well be the missing link between fiction and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Oh, wow! That rocks! (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Check it out!!! I have do do this to my mini!! (URL) huh? (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) it's kind of fun watching cars squish in Ballard like that isn't it? My insurance company hates me. yeah, I need coverage on a 250 ton war machine 60 feet tall... hello? (...) A lot of guys do the Japanese mecha mold, and that's so cool. Dang (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) hehe, hammer dude. What would be the expression in German? (...) Thanks, the only way to do it big. Along with mech builders I study the folks that do the big cranes and industrial vehicles. I mean, woof, the forces they exert on the brick, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks man. Yeah, the big ones are hard to capture. Because they are so bit the camera never does them justice, they almost don't look real. Like Eric's in that respect. You can never understand them until you see them in the flesh. The waist (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) But that's what makes them easier, yah? Neither one of us had very good looking mechs/mecha when we started, practice makes perfect. Plus, I'm convinced that these things have a life of thier own. Once you find the soul, it'll tell you what (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) And to think this thing was out on the street, (crushing 4 cars) guarding the house I live in that one morning. It's probably no secret that I will always prefer mecha to mechs but I have a lot of love for this guy. Its very tall and lanky but (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You are correct, good catch, and ever so thoughtful of you to point out my error, I'll have to return the favor at the earliest opportunity. I'm sure one will come along very soon. Hasty typing on my part, not lack of knowledge, since my (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't recall if it has been posted to .space before, but it's been up on Brickshelf for a long time. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) OK, OK, you're are definitely right. I even wonder myself why I didn't respond at once when I found this amazingly cool mecha. Over the past couple of years, the word "Hammer" has become a synonym for "very, very cool" among the teenagers in (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Stop. Hammer time! Mark, Pics just don't do this bad-mofo justice. The fact that this masterpiece only received two responses (and you can't count E because he's clinically insane), is mind boggling. Either .Mecha is dead, or something is seriously (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Er, um, I believe it was Nagano, not Nagoya. Nagoya is about 125 miles away from Nagano City, which takes about 3+ to travel by train (Ironically, it takes only about 1 hour to travel a similar distance from Tokyo because they installed a new (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Missed that thread because I just looked for "beautiful snow" which the thread never mentioned, and all I found was the BS gallery, not the original site, so even if I had searched for a URL I wouldn't have found it. But that's the beauty of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) snip ahh yes, that one was released about a year ago, originally on the LRP (Lego Robo Plan) ; a Japanese Mecha themed Web Site. tis sweet, and it appeared around the time the spacers were creating pods. We watch them and they watch us. Now (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Yup: (URL) But it's cool to see it again. This morning Sandlin and I were just talking about it and the other new(?) red mecha he made. Pods never get old IMO. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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I often nose around BrickLink looking at new folders, and I often go "up" to see what else is in there. (do you? Does anyone else?) check this out!!!!! (URL) don't think this has been mentioned before but I may be wrong... As the subject line says, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Done! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Mark Neumann wrote: snip I would't say they are getting easier to build, just that we are getting better at building them. This has all the classic stylings of the Snow Leopard Clan. The right parts for the job, poseable, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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As seen at PDX, the Hammer (click on pic to go to gallery) (URL) As the story goes two of my harder working minifigs, Jeb and Bob, were watching a light show one night. 3vil vs GA in low orbit. Now this is a somewhat dangerous activity as wreakage (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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Female? Not unless your model was Margaret Thatcher (shudder)... Cool model, just not at all feminine. I like the "weight" of the legs, and the way the shoulders seem to angle back. Soren (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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