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(...) Jon - these are awesome as usual. But what I love even more is the render and artwork. It looks so snappy it makes me want to pee. -Lord Lenyu (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Ahahahaha, that's excellent! Looks a bit like Puff the Magic Dragon. Or looks like something that would be called Puff the Magic Dragon, anyway. Very niftykeen. Adrian (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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nice use of minifig legs on the power armours :) Bob Clough (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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A Bot inspired by Jon Palmer's Robriqs (or should it be Robriques?) (URL) and a few extra botz: (URL) Enjoy it, foolz! -Lord Lenyu (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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Look to your left! Look to your right! When Horatio Spike is here, everything is tight! (URL) Check it! My second dragon, this one came to me in a vision while i was bathing, and i built him furiously a few minutes before I had to get to work. I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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"Xcalabur" <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:Hwn504.41s@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) have (...) pretty (...) Thanks! Welcome back. Stay for awhile. Kick back. [ j o n ] (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:Hwp1xK.23Fn@lugnet.com... (...) your (...) Thanks dude, glad you like it. [ j o n ] (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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I promised more pics of the team of mechs from my dropship, and here they are: (URL) I'm afraid I'm better at building them than naming or photographing them, but here goes: Striker--At 60 tons, the Striker is one of the smaller Heavy mechs. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Well, if the sheep had boots, they'd be quaking in them now. I really like this one, Jon. Especially the big clunky boots and the hunched shoulders. We also mocked up an arm in the lab and found that it has an impressive range of motion. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You probably did. I've tried searching for John's gallery but to no avail. (...) Then a big thank you to Dave...you guys have made me feel really welcome. Can I contribute anything more to the sidebar? Also thanks to everyone who posted (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey Peter, I have been checking out your work on Brickshelf too! Thank you for the kind words. I visited you MOCpages and left reviews. Gotta love MOCpages, Brickshelf and LUGNET heh? Pardon, but did I see some of your Mecha on Brickshelf in John (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Wow Jon, your an awesome Artist, that graphic is just too cool. I really like it. The nifty bot is nifty indeed. You once again have created a cool bot with your signiture personnality. kudos. e (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Pete, I'm usually not into robots/mecha but this made me go "whoa". :) Awesome job. I'd love to get instructions to make my own. :) I like how the head is repeated on the arms but it seems to make them a little too long. I think the arms would look (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello, my Mecha building friends, Eric, I've seen your stuff before...knew your work before I knew your name...I'm surely not the first person to say 'damn Eric, those robots are huge'...an unoriginal sentiment perhaps, but from the heart...good (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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SNIP (...) i've crossposted this to microscale, because im sure they'll appreciate a microscale mech. so, how kind do you want me to be? i love the arms and if i had any skeletons im sure they'd be armless by now! Rob (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Without the round 1x1 brick or cone, they're very flexible. If you put a head on top of a 5-stud brick and put these arms on the sides, the guy can salute or even drink a cup of coffee. While the round pieces look very nice, I'd guess that (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Schweet. Really cool feet/legs. I've been trying to figure out something similar for awhile - you're giving me some good ideas. And the arms are pretty nice - how much range of motion does that pull off? Slick. (URL) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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While much of the JUSTICE budget has gone to the Star Rangers to counter the constant EB/JE/TERRIBLE/3VIL/...EVIL/SHEEP threat, a portion of funds have gone to the civilian PCS sector. PCS has used these funds to order a battalion of the latest (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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Pics from the April meeting -lots of mecha (new MH from me!), and I got to show off my wirecontrol tank and Shpleemette. (URL) (Click the image, feel the love.) Soren (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.us.co, FTX)
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(...) I agree that it needs more detail to make it look, well, less like the panel-van of 31st century combat. Maybe the folks on this board will understand when I say I get more of a kick out of building Mechs knowing that there's a way to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) What an enjoyable experience this exhibit was: (URL) Lot's of people building and great weather. Good food and lots of questions. Good show for the Bio Bricks family. e (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey Kyle, I like your take on a mecha dropship, I think its an area that hasn't been explored enough, and it combines .mecha and .space nicely...like peanutbutter and chocolate. While I agree with whoever said that its a bit unrefined (ie. might (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I have emerged from deep hibernation from LEGO and whipped out a few new MOCs... IP2002 Quad cannon flyer (URL) Think of it as a sort of helicopter, but without the rotor. Built for hovering around and blasting stuff to pieces. (3 URLs) The last (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Glad you liked it! It is big, about 115 studs long by 40 wide by 42 high. I plan on a re-design someday with some styling improvements, but I thought I should document the original in case the redesign doesn't turn out. (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Praise from the "Master of Mecha"? Awesome! (...) You're not kidding when you say "years worth". I still remember the "Galaxy Explorer" (497) I got in 1979 as my best Christmas present ever. (...) I'm planning a re-design (someday) with some (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Nice ship, way bigger than I thought at first glace. Impressive. I really like the engine area. The mecha are also very nice. I don't like the sides as much: I like using plates as walls myself, and I also actually like some bare surfaces, but (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) WOW! Kyle you rock! I can definitely see years worth of LEGO spaceship and mecha design theory in this masterpiece. The ship is just plain awesome. Although it is a *bit* unrefined, I see great potential for future designs based on it. The (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the warm welcome, Frank. I love the "Judge" (URL), and you set the standard for hand-held mech weapons. I'll post some individual Mech photos before long. Glad you liked it! I can't remember seeing anyone else use the technic (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I've always wanted to build a mechwarrior-style dropship, the were always the coolest :D VERY nice engines, the xpod tops and even the lt grey barrels are very nice touches! I also like the blue missle packs on the front of the ship, very evil (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I've been seeing great mecha MOCs on the internet for years (starting with Marsbase and Pallas Spaceworks) and I've finally got some pics of my own to post. This is my big dropship: (URL) I took inspiration from the Talon dropship of the Mechwarrior (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Well, I'm back again and with a new mecha, the ogre. It started as a study to try and make a mecha that could hold rifles like a human would. I began by building an arm.I tried to give good shoulder mobility, as well as tons of elbow twist range. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Leonard Hoffman wrote: SNIP (...) thanks, I've also been thinking about the thumbnail idea lately after viewing the 'preview' screens b4 final posting on my last couple 'MOC en masse' posts, but havn't tried it yet. i'll try (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(URL) These Bots kick @$$ - your @$$ in fact. And they date your wife because you are such a wimp. Yeah, Keith Goldman, I'm talking about you! Ha! What are you gonna do about it? Huh? Huh? Nothing. Thats what I thought. -Lenny (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) (5 URLs) Jeff, these all are very creative. The tanker truck and the dump truck look very realistic - very faithful microscale reproductions. The Coupe is also very nice. The Star Trek ship and the Frieghter are my favorites tho. The Frieghter (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I think that's where it went wrong. ALL the pictures I have looked at were wider than high, so all the thumbs are compressed sideways. Once you've noticed it, it's almost impossible to ignore... (...) noticeable? As I noticed it at once, yes, (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well sure... the distortion mostly isn't noticeable. If you can't tell what the pictures are showing, then what does it matter that they're horizontally squeezed? Many of your thumbs are not very helpful at actually determining what they take (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Most images are centered enough that cropping an eighth off either side won't clip a significant part of the picture. You could also do more abstract thumbs that use only a small portion of the image, but then you would need some descriptions (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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I did these over the past few days: I made 5 MOCs simultaneously using all the pieces in set 4096 Micro Wheels: 1st, a tanker truck: (6 URLs) I was going to stop there, but wanted to make another MOC & this sport coupe is the result: (5 URLs) after (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Site looks great - nice job by Kyle and yourself. Good to finally have a solid face for an seemingly ever-changing site. :-) Side note: Looking thru all the contest entries was tre cool. Too bad I wasn't in a building mood for the past couple (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well, that's because that is exactly what we did. Jon wanted small, square thumbs. Since they were so small we figured the distortion wouldn't be that bad, compared to simply clipping the image. (This is all automatic of course. So cropping on (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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