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Hey all! I'm really glad to see everyone so interested in getting things moving again. Due to the insanity of my workload, I haven't been able to build for any real stretch of time for few months - meaning I've been having a hard time getting enough (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Okay, I'll bite. I've been lurking for a while because I'm in the middle of moving. All of my lego is in storage! I'll resume once the dust settles... What is your name? Jeff Ranjo How old are you? 38 What does real life mean for you? (In the sense (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Robriq Moobot
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(...) Diggin' it! Do its 'feet' make a plopping sound as it ambles along? (I dunno, it just looks like it would amble.) The 'pickup bed' makes it very practical. I can see herds of these heading west with the settlers. I especially like the last (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: State of .mecha
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(...) Probably a good idea. I don't have any malice towards other styles. I love almost all LEGO building. What I mostly mean is that I think the content of the group should strive to meet the coolness that is its name: Mecha. I think this is the (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm going to head off a long and flame ridden argument by asking for clarification here. What, exactly, does this mean? (...) Doesn't Toshiro count? Soren (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) (snip) This is an excellent post. While I believe that LEGO is cool because you can build whatever you want, I think that for a long time most of the creations in .mecha aren't even Mecha. They can be some cool creations but they don't really (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | State of .mecha
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Hey all. I've been in contact with one of our old posters, one Stuart Immonen by name, and he gave me permission to post this message. I have not altered it except to clean up line-wrapping and spelling. Any errors should be assumed to be my own. (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Soren Roberts wrote: What is your name? Kyle Vrieze How old are you? 31, old enough to have enjoyed a lot of classic space as a kid. What does real life mean for you? (In the sense of what you do outside of the hobby: work, (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Two assault mechs, one anti-mech aircraft
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Kevin Heckel wrote: snip (...) Hey, I tried to reply once already, and something went wrong. Sorry if the original reply eventually shows up and I end up repeating myself. These are the only mechs I've built so far using the (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Two assault mechs, one anti-mech aircraft
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snip (...) Thanks, man! Glad you liked it. The Skrylitch is looking sweet! (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Daniel Hamann wrote: snip (...) Thanks for the compliment! And may I also say that I will be looking at the CSC photos for weeks! Awesome work! You could probably start a business just hauling the creations of the .mecha crowd (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I googled the comic and found a site with a pic where you can sort of see the missile launchers (the top picture on the page). (URL) (...) It is fairly playable, you can pick it up, set it back down, put it in the dropship, etc., and it won't (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: What is Best in Life?
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(...) It probably uses magnets in some hitherto unknown fashion. ;-) It could 'walk' if it could lower the centre to the ground and then swing the legs to the next position, which gives new meaning to the word 'ungainly' hehe...I can picture it now, (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) The design looks compact. Cool. (...) Yes, he said dropship. (...) Oh that is sweet. Great photos, great post. e (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Lego Mecha Hall of Fame - What do you think?
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Sanchez wrote: This is an awesome post. (...) right on, that's what we talk'n 'bout. (...) This is turning out to be a great idea. These are things that would make it better. (...) I always wanted to do that! So did (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Improve .Mecha Thread
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(...) Not me, just Dave, my fellow .mecha insomniac. (...) Trust me, I'm not usually this optimistic. Or this creative, for that matter. It's the magical mushrooms :). (...) Don't worry about it. Soren (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) lol...I found it amusing and cute. Soren was posting while I was updating the sidebar the other night-that's how why the changes seemed to have a timeliness to them. I love posting while others are on, but since I tend to post at what is (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Okay, 'scuse me. Don't know where that came from... Soren (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Lego Mecha Hall of Fame - What do you think?
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the day i first discovered the LMHoF i was inspired to even greater heights in Mecha engineering and design. i used it as a resource, studying the ways of the masters, how they crafted their designs, how they constructed joint articulations, (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) aw, NUTS!! please forgive me for the faux pas. i'll go back to my cave. (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It should be noted that the front page of .mecha updates are due to the curators, your sentence structure suggests that maybe you think Soren did it. The (URL) curator list> will show you who the curator(s) is or are for a particular group. (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) fantastice ideas, soren. also, my compliments on updating the sidebar. i just wanted to praise you for your creativity and optimism towards the evolution of build/mecha (wow-did i just use those words?). one thing, though: my internet access (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) No, no, not at all,,, in fact I,m VERY glad you quoted me... I would have brought it up eventually, but it's better that you did. Thanks! (...) I think you hit the nail on the head with your comment there. An off-site area is not necessarily (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: What is Best in Life?
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(...) To read two references from The Film in one post....Crom has blessed us. Back to compiling my Valeria archive. (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I just did some checking before I posted this. I wouldn't want to post something incorrect. There have been just as many posts in frequency and number in .castle as before and after Classic-Castle was created. I would even argue that there has (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Mecha under construction: Make-a-Mecha 1-2-3-4
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If you guys hurry up you can build along with me. Make-a-Mecha Here are the first four steps. Feel free to follow these outlines or what ever suits you. First thing to do to make a Mech is to build a head. Here is the head of a new Mecha I am (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: The Lego Mecha Hall of Fame - What do you think?
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(...) -snip- (...) oh hey Thanks for saying that, oh (URL) Honored Member> of the Lego Mecha Hall of Fame! Our true nature has been revealed through your wisdom, oh coveted breathren of metal skin, ala ABS. Speak it and make it so, oh co creator of (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I suppose back then we didn't know how to put it politely. TBH, I think we also liked the mystery. Perhaps now it should be made more clear for the present times. Remember when Shazam visited the "Elders". (...) Thank you. (...) Question is: (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Lego Mecha Hall of Fame - What do you think?
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(...) As I see it, the LMHoF, is a fairly inclusive organization that embraces a wide range of design styles-minifig, microfig, and stickfig scales, brick-based and technic-based techniques, and even quasi-mecha MOCs such as my own droid host units (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You got it Agnes. (...) Chris, love what you said, but I really love that phrase! I quote C-Mad......."...I see a ton of coolness in what it could become." If we could all just live our lives like that on this planet, maybe things could be a (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thank you. (...) Thank you. (...) Hmmm. Okay, I respect that. Fair enough. I guess back then things were simpler and we just went ahead and did it. Like why call the sherif, if you can just wack the gofer off the pourch with a stick. You (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Allister McLaren aka 'Allister' (...) 1099450506 seconds (...) Engineering Draftsman - pipes and tanks. (...) Im kinda partial to (URL) this one> (...) Mark Sandlin's Deep Frah. Tony Knaak's Pork Grind. Jeff Ranjo's White Mega-Deus. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I think that's a reasonable system. I never knew that before. It might be worth putting this on the new website. (...) Did it help? From your descriptions further down, it seems it didn't. Still, I respect that choice. (...) Fair enough, but (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) YES! There's one lurker. Let's see how many more we can get. You're quite welcome. Soren (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I am new, and this seems to be an ideal way to introduce myself. Hopefully I will assemble a photography setup soon so that I may display my MOCs. I met a small percentage of you all at BFPDX 04, but unfortunately, had no mecha assembled at (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Sweet. And sorta scary too, if you're a minifig. Very cool leg design, and nice piercing "Iron Reich will destroy you" glowing eye. I'm reminded of those little spiders in Minority Report, clicking down the halls...except this would be just a (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie wrote: -big snip- (...) Yo E. I figured this I needed to reply to, since we did talk about it for all of about 10 hours in the Saturn to and from NWBC. 42 skedoo all the way! :-) The LMHOF has served me very well, (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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-Snip- I think you guys rock. I have no issues with your collective desires/aims for the site. I think you guys made a great decision in sticking to your own opinions only and I respect your efforts. I also approve strongly of your desire to (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Glad you enjoyed it! I love the chunkiness in the legs and torso of the Masakari and Daishi. They're among my favorites from Mechwarrior, along with the Shadowcat and Loki. (...) Responses like yours are why I started posting to .mecha in the (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | The Lego Mecha Hall of Fame - What do you think?
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(URL) When the LMHoF was created back in August 2001, the Founders wanted to present a fan created resource and archive honoring Mecha design. At the time, building Lego Mecha designs was in it's infancy. So when you wanted to see the few designs (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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