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Inspired by Soren's admonition, I'll try to do a more complete job on this post. I've got a couple of new mechs with "chicken leg" chassis based on the technic click ball joints from the Super Battle Droid set (they're cheap on Ebay these days). The (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In response to Soren's comment, here's the "half finished mecha sitting on my desk." (2 URLs) I hope to soon have enough pieces to finish this and make some improvements. Comments and criticism welcome. -Brayton (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, the other one links there, so I figured I didn't need to. God those suits are beautiful. Hey, tell me when you get some more of Robriq 04 in stock. I wanna order a few. Soren (Working on a Robriq of his very own) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Linky goodness
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(...) Here's another really good Maschinen Krieger resource: (URL) Among other things. The whole site is awesome. (my latest bot is based on the Neuspinne.) (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Just stuff I like, places I go when I want to find a funky shape to build: (URL) Mortar Headd.com> (URL) Ghost In the Shell> (URL) TrooperPX> (URL) More cool battle armor> (URL) Maschinen Krieger.com> And feeding my other sick addiction: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Improve .Mecha Thread
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Lee Schulz wrote: I hate to nag right off, but could you please break up your paragraphs in the future? It's easier on the eyes. (...) I think we need to work on changing that in a big way. My perception is that .mecha isn't (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Improve .Mecha Thread
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(...) I think it depends on voting by the founders, and they've been pretty much dead for the last year or so. Hence, the lack of updates. That's something else we'll have to change, it's a s***ty system and it breaks up the community. (...) (BLUSH) (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Improve .Mecha Thread
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(...) I can't think of three off the top of my head, but I do have a question. What exactly are the criteria for induction into the Lego Mecha Hall of Fame? I've been knocking around this group for a year and a half now, and the LMHoF has been (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Improve .Mecha Thread
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(...) I heartily approve. I'll gladly admit I have contributed very little aside from posting my occasional finished projects because I don't really have any discussion history with anyone and feel a bit like an outsider, but I read .mecha (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Skullbot
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(...) be (...) mmm, glowing... -bm www.brickmodder.net (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I put some white dishes behind them and it makes them a little brighter. Ok, no you're right..it's 3vil. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I actually made 6 legs but went with 4 in the end to keep it more compact. Seeing these swarming over a moonbase...red eyes glowing...now that would be 3vil. I agree. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Moobot
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(...) Thanks. I was glad the crouching and tailgate height worked out myself. I think more identifiable features like faces and stuff will probably never be a Robriq thing. Not sure why, I'm just goin' with it. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thankee sai. I have a short list of stuff coming up. One bot I wanna make is a much larger, industrial version of this (walking platform) for Trevor's Astro Lift subtheme. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks JHK. Though it's basically a pickup truck-bed on legs, so I'm not sure how organic it is. ;) (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I like to think it has sensors in that dome up front. I also like to think it has a crackly recorded "moo" sound that it makes occasionally. You know, so it's life-like. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Working on a New Robriq
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(...) You're the 3rd person to mention war of the worlds. I see a trend... (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Working on a New Robriq
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(...) I do plan on making a steampunk bot, but this isn't it. And good to hear it looks a little scary. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Working on a New Robriq
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(disclaimer: I don't know what faction this is designed for... so I give away anything, I'm very sorry!) Hmm...for some reason, it looks kinda steampunkish to me. The large, skeletal arms look like there's some sort of pneumatic (I think that's the (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Working on a New Robriq
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(...) That is soooo nifty. It's like how I pictured the aliens in 'War of the Worlds'. Actually, it strike an amazing resemblance to this briefly pictured mining droid thingie in the pilot miniseries of GI Joe. Cool. -G (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Working on a New Robriq
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I got stalled on this one near the end. I have to work on some other projects soon so I thought I'd show what I'd built so far: (URL) Can you figure out which theme it's for? The few of you who know keep quiet! (Hint: It'll be armed) (URL) [ j o n ] (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | The Improve .Mecha Thread
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Like the title says. Give at least three ways to make .mecha a better, more mindblowing newsgroup. No more half-hearted complaints, let's thrash out just what we want to do to rock everybody's moms harder and longer. Just two restrictions I'd like (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Moobot
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Nice bot, though does it have any visual sensors? ...that can pick-up colors? ...such as red, for example? Sorry. Couldn't resist the obvious joke. Again. Roy W. (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Moobot
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(...) Nice. I like how it can crouch down for unloading. I would have given it a head (a cow-ey snouty one), but I'm not about to tell you how you should design a robriq :-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Skullbot
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Cool, but it needs 6 legs for the creepy factor : ) It'd be cool to animate a bunch of these swarming over a moonbase ! (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Globriq 01
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(...) This is just soo... beautiful man. Soo beautiful. at first I read this as glob-riq rather than glo-briq. heh funny how that little accent changes the meaning. ahh the silly things that make me smile i like kittens -lenny (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Moobot
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(...) Jon, wow! This project is turning out better than I ever imagined it would. What's next on the to-do list? EB-Robriq? IR-Robriq? Rasta-Robriq? Can't wait! -Lenny (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) As said before, that's sweet. Wow. This is awesome- a perfect, orginal combo of organicness and a machine. Can't wait to see more tech west stuff. Maybe you could rip off some ideas from that Rockfish movie... some techwest ideas there. -JHK (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Toradoch Systems approached Robriq recently. They wanted to build a bot that could be sold to small-hold farmers and ranchers in the New Malpaso colony out in the frontier. The result is a seamless fusion of Toradoch and Robriq technology. Moobot: (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Globriq 01
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(...) Oooo creepy! Now you're both freaking me out.... Peace and yikes!, Professor Whateverly (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Very creepy-archnidy cool. Like the use of the skeleton bodies. And the big red eyes really stand out against the black and white. Almost moreso than usual, as if 3vil itself permeates from them....<cold shudder>. -Chris (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Globriq 01
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(URL) a joke I told Rob Hendrix to fit one of his LED mods into robriq 01. Rob freaks me out: (URL) So awesome. I can't find another group that seems to be for butchering er brickmodding, so I posted here. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) We're currently researching an Iron Reich Robriq. Details soon. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Why thank you. That's kinda the whole idea behind this. Theme mashup. I have a lot more planned along these lines. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (URL) myspace> (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Ohh, my bad, I see it now. ..and it can see me comming from any angle. Yep, freaky. e (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) [ j o n ] - I too agree that this is a neat contractual alliance. As Gil said, "A nice smoosh of zemi concept and 3vil aesthetic." -ªþ§aada ...awaiting the stolen JE Robriq (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Your mom's on fire (New MOCs)
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Man, what a rip off that subject line is! Even though I don't like the whole mecha w/ medieval weapons genre, these mocs are pretty freaking cool. That sword the white one carries is amazing. Great job, but next time you use that title, I expect to (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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You have to love any moc that encorporates the undead. Great turret, I'll take 60. Robriq is out of control. -Keith (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Skullbot
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(...) Mmm...capitalism... In all seriousness, though, it's a cool bot. The eyes on either side provide an interesting spin, and the use of oddball parts (namely the skeleton torsos) really shows versatility in design. The skull on top is a very nice (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It's skull-a-licious! Seriously...nice smoosh of zemi concept with 3vil aesthetic. I dig. -G (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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