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(...) Killer hardsuit Chris! It's amazing how small yet "hardy" it looks. I like the colours a lot also, and it looks like you tried to group them as best as you could. I do think you could have given more spice to those weapons, nothing radical, (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I really like this. Like Kyle, it gave me a lot of valuable inspiration on how to build small things while still maintaining a detailed look. I've been trying for some time to build small, but it hasn't worked out. Obviously, 1*1's in all flavours (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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This is good, I like it. It's small, it's beefy (great shoulders), it's not something you want to see walking down your street touting guns. The color scheme works really well. Very well executed. Just when I had seen Brayton's hardsuit and thought (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I tell ya, I'm having the same problem. Everything I come up with either doesn't work or would take a month... (...) Oooh nice. I like the geometries on the cockpit. (...) Yeah, but it's infantry hardware. Anything but would look silly. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Now that's almost scary. Scary in the "I hate you because I can't figure out how you did that" scary. :-) Seriously, very cool to see a mecha with more than two arms. And the way you totally entombed the fig is top notch. Well done. The only (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey guys, I've been racking my brain lately and having some serious mecha block, trying to come up with something to help get the steam rolling again amongst the .mecha community. After many, many, many rebuilds, I finally have something I like. (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Haha! Nice one Kyle. Seriously though, I'd say my MOCs are average at best, compared to some of the stuff that is seen here and at .space. I guess it's 'cause I've been posting here for so long that people like my creations in most part due to (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brayton Orchard wrote: -snip- I really like this hardsuit. It takes real skill to build joints and limbs (and a cockpit!) at this scale, and I don't have it, so I'm always on the prowl for ideas to improve my technique. Thanks (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mladen Pejic wrote: -snip- How do you improve the .mecha group? Get Mladen to post more often! Of course, that could backfire because we'll all be so busy drooling over the photos that we'll neglect our own projects, and we (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Please make more photos and descrip of the laser. I'm interested. Mmm, modding goodness... "Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:Hy2HHD.1MAq@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) Skrylitch>:¬ (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) (URL)¬ (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Correct ABS-Robotics (URL) Link>: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Construction pics of the (URL): Current Status (URL) The Chest features a laser pointed at a Crystal Ball peice. Eye Lights by John Barnes. Bread Board Laser Brick Mod by <http//:www.abs-robotics.com/ Rob Limbaugh> (3 URLs) #5 Make a Chest (URL) #6 (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) " I bet it does it has a good presence." That's what I ment to type. Spelling Issues. my bad. e (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I bet it dies it has good presence. What was the first and last parts you made? What was the build like? e (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I wanted to comment on this, but have been taking my time - mulling over what to say about it. Here we go: (...) Agreed. (...) I'm not certain what forces Stuart is referring to here. Last I checked, this group is very supportive of one another. (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hi Bill! It's good to hear a dissenting opinion, but I'm not certain I agree and here's why: (...) The first mech I ever built was of the chicken walker variety, the second was an ED-209 redub. I love mechs. Many folks around here love mechs. They (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Okay. Those are mecha too, welcome. Anyone who's told you otherwise is exceptionally ignorant. (...) (sarcasm) Yeah, because, y'know, we have no respect for Mladen's Mobile Platforms, or Mark Neumann's giant Mechs, or Karim's dragon. We just (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm glad you think so, I tried hard. (...) It's a work in "progress". (...) Thanks! (...) I haven't been able to get much critique as of yet, so I thank you. Looking at it in a different light I can see exactly what you mean. I'll fix it. I am (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Mmmmm... Okay, here's an idea. Instead of mounting both sets of arms directly above one another, move the lower pair forward two studs. It would take a bit of rebuilding but it would give you a lot more room to expand the shoulders. Soren (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) To ever strive towards a cool place to share Lego Mecha Designs here on LUGNET, I suggest the following three ideas as per your request: 1. When posting, feel free to carry the conversation on towards how you built something or way that lead (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Lee! OMG, so you made that! Yikes! Awesome! Please do finish it! Please do discuss any design issues. Please do post more pics. Please do tell us what part you are building next! Wow, what, how, what! e (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, John Carroll wrote: wow, it's John Carroll, hey what's up man? e (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey Joseph, you certainly got the look. And hey wait, you got Lego parts trays like the...some of us! Welcome brother! Hey but you could beef up the knees a bit, other than that it is pretty lean and done nicely. e (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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NEAT-O! great pix too, this is sweet. um, dang, a batallion of these would be cool hey. I can imagine it working. Limbs and all. nice. e (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Whoa, wait a minute. .....e (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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What is your name? Eric Sophie aka, Legomaster, Biomechanical Bricks How old are you? 33, 34 in July. Really. What does real life mean for you? Living, learning, evloving my mental state. Showing kindness. Being understanding. Hitting the gas and (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Dave, here are the poses you asked for. (3 URLs) There's a couple more in the folder. (URL) -Brayton (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hey cool! Its Biggs from the Herc Bay! Welcome! Although I must point out: This group shares in all Lego Robot Designs. Mechs, Mecha, Quads, Hexapods, Dropships, what ever. NOT just anime stuff, that would be exclusionary. I make my own kind of (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ah, so you are the one responsible for Bigs Herc bay? Excellent work! (...) Although i am certain that this group will always accept mecha/mechs in any form, i think that many who build lego mechanized walkers tend to go with mecha, which (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) What is your name? -Brayton Orchard How old are you? What does real life mean for you? -High school, soccer, etc. Favorite personal mecha MOC? -My favorite is always my newest MOC. Then I look back a couple months later and say, "Wow, what was (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I'm not say they are crap. They work fine up to a certain scale, after that though, you have to either stiffen the ball-joints somehow (I don't like modding my parts), or find another joint system. (...) Thanks Dave! I understand what you're (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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As a builder myself I have an issue with the concept of this group focusing on the Japanese "MECHA" concept. In brief, I dont do designs of this type. I do designs that would more likely be called MECHS. In reality I don't do Mechs either, I do a (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Mr. Rabadan! I recall you building several handheld weapons for your hardsuits, so I know how you like weapons and stuff. :-) (...) Thanks again. (...) Ah... I understand how it is when you're busy and can't build. I hope you find some (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hello MP. My favorite part of this mecha has to be the weapons and the space thrusters addon. I cannot get enough of them. You really capture the weapons design and the purpose they serve. I also enjoyed what you did with the legs and the (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hey Brayton. I love seeing new hardsuits, especially with whole minifigs in them. It is very unique. The four arms are cool. I would really like to see some action shots to see how poseable the hardsuit is and also how the pilot (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Soren, I agree with you that the shoulders need bulking up. However, there is so little space between the two arms that even a 1 x 1 plate would destroy some of its posability. If you can think of a way around this, I'd love to hear about it. (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mladen Pejic wrote: Happy dance! Mladen's back! and with a gloriously technicolor creation, no less.... (...) Flimsy? Hmmm...to each his own. Granted, I've been staying away from them for awhile now, but that's only to devise (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Very nice. I love it when someone posts a model and I have no clue how it goes together. If we can both make Brickfest let's have a hardsuit sumo match :). The only thing that bothers me is the shoulders, I think they could use a bit of bulking up. (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Criticism? No chance of that from me on this model. This is simply one of the coolest looking hardsuits I've ever seen and the four arm interpretation of the hardsuit is just obscenely sweet! Further proof that color isn't everything. (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Great job. Obviously your Lego creativity & building skills are NOT limited! Jeff (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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