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(...) Hey wow, Oz, good to hear from you! (...) Thank you, thank you. (...) I do! Don't go away! This group needs all the support it can get, we make this place what it is. Nobody ever forget that! (...) e (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thank you! I always enjoy hearing from you TM. Mecha on the brain. Really, I enjoy looking towards the future. So that is why I build Mech. I believe in a time when we learn to master this kind of technology. Lego, puts the raw essentials in (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) You got me, I fluffed it a little. But really its seven feet tall! Really it is. Ya-huh. (...) The Mech is straight forward. I think there is a bit of elegance involved in making it functional yet estetic. Using 790,000 left monkey arms is no (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) snip (...) You did a great job with the (URL) photo> e. It was like a clinic in big-mech joint-tech. I could make out what looked like a worm gear-large gear pairing for the "jumping-jack" movement of the shoulders, throwbot gear boxes for the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Great Job Sir Eric. It's always great to see what you do with the good brick. (I wonder if anyone remembers who I am... well, time to disappear again). Oz (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Dude, you've got the fever. the Mecha Fever. And frankly, I don't think you should be cured, for if you were, we would never see creations such as this. I really liked the World City train head, and the light-up eyes. Not that Mecha design was (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Dude, stop lying. I counted no more than 750,000 monkey arms. And you're still about 200,000 fig parts short of 1 million. I counted. You're just showing off, liar. Seriously though, coooooool I like that head piece. Fits your style nicely. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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C'mon!, You know I had too! (URL) The 4511 Mechsperiment> (URL) Some time ago, I just knew what I had to do. So finally did it. (URL) I used 1 million Mini-figs in this seven foot tall Mecha. It features 780,002 left monkey arms and 425 left white (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ha! You can't trick me into buying one of those sets. Allister (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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The best use that i could think of when i first saw them was magazines/clips for weapons on mechs. I still havent experimented with that. (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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The July 2004 Mecha Part of the Month is brought to us by Mecha Builder (URL) MC7>. technic,axle joiner rectangular triple spring loaded (URL) in sets.........3540 ,3541 ,3542 ,3545 ,3543 ,and 10127 This unussual part comes in the Hockey Sets. The (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Allister- This thing is just cool. As e said, "the whole thing just gels." I could picture this with a handful of its brethren pitted against a PCS command post (similar to a scene from DuckTales that plays in the intro. No, i haven't been (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) A lot of influences showed up in the Spartan--certainly the Marauder, but also the Cauldron Born (arms and missile packs), a little bit of Gundam in the different slopes on the feet/ankles, and some Metal Gear Rex influence in the cockpit (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, man! I didn't set out to do the solid canopy on either one, but somehow it just happened. (...) I just got fired up with school spirit, which led to the unusual colors. They were both fun builds. (...) Long live the Lenny shot! (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Damn you, damn you straight to hell! You are making the rest of us bulky mech builders look bad! Jealousy aside, i REALLY like the spartan. The legs are massive! It looks kinda like a marauder, with horrible leg fat. The color scheme is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Kyle Vrieze wrote: -snip-> (...) Coolness! I think the solid canopies rock! Like it could ram something with its nose and still have transparency from within the cockpit. (...) I like the size, the colors and the style of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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EFO Industries is proud to present g.h.i.z.m.o.!©, gYROSTATIC hUMANOID iNTELLIGENT zINGY mOBILE oBJECT: (URL) g.h.i.z.m.o.! is a diligent bot that is versatile and capable of carrying out a plethora of tasks, from directing traffic to helping you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! Count me among those interested in seeing more joint tech examples. Eric has certainly done his part in that regard, but in the scale I like to build in, I just don't know if the worm-gear-box joint is workable. (I know, I should get (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I hope I stay on the good side of that fine line between having a style of my own and repeating myself. Suggestions and constructive criticism are always appreciated! Something I usually like to do on humanoid mechs is use some (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Biomechanical Brick Kits - Brick Fest 2004
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Biomechanical Brick Kits - (URL) Little Yellow Bot version 02> - For Sale at Brick Fest - More pictures and announcements comming soon. (URL) Eric Sophie (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: "Crab" Tank Mecha
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(...) Super! :-) (...) Thanks Allister, I like how you explained that. I'm glad I was able to succeed with this mecha, because it was a bit of a break from the way I built previous ones. (...) Yes! I've been waiting to hear you say that. Judging (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It's about 38cm tall - that's about 15" in old money. (...) We in the Eastern Block are a peace loving people though. Guns are merely a necessaary evil used as a last resort to protect ourselves from the imperialistic scourge of the PCS. This (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hehe. Inspiration can come from anywhere eh? These are good looking mechs. I especially appreciate the skeleton shot. I should do that sometimes. This is, after all, .build.mecha. It's an interesting style - very brutish, but realistic, if (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Now that I've got a stable internet connection here at work I can finally post about this. I'm quite impresed with the scale of this one Mladen. I really like how you've taken the detailing of your larger mecha and scaled it right down without (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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The lugnet.build.mecha User Guide is comming along nicely. Take a look. e lugnet.build.mecha (URL) News Group User Guide (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Gorgeous mechs you got there! You really have a style of your own Kyle. The mechs look so crisp and vivid that one would think they were ripped straight from some Saturday morning cartoon. I also greatly admire the way you built the Spartan mech. It (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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When Allister McLaren built his (URL) this mech> , Rick Hallman suggested he name it the Spartan, because it had green on it, and Rick is from "MSU country", meaning he lives nearby Michigan State University. Well, I graduated from Michigan State U, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Haha! Thanks Keith, and pay no attention to the way I name this MOCs... I give them silly names just so I can easily refer to them later, instead of saying, "hey, remember my LX13.4 Z000 YC500 Mecha?" (...) Hehe. ;-) (...) Well, people here on (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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M, this thing is money. For some reason it reminds me more of an insect than a crab though. The moc posesses the powerfull thighs of female eastern european olympic swimmer that you just don't see on mecha anymore. But I must complain...where are (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Snip (...) I'm using 640x480 right now. I'm thinking of going with higher res pics and shrinking them down in photoshop, so I can keep the pixel count higher. The mech came together fairly quickly, starting with the legs. I was fairly proud of it (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) :-O (...) Good, you paced yourself, so as to prevent a complete Sophie-freakout. (...) Thanks, I'm using a Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera now... Meaning I finally have all the control I have longing for; shutter speed, aperature, focus, etc. I (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Soren, I gotta pass along another compliment. Instead of just being silly. The two main images for these creations are just phenomenal. I gotta say, the lighting, the MOCs, they are just beautiful. (2 URLs) Excellent. e (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) There's like 79 cool things per square inch! Nay Stud! ok, I sat quietly, silently, and enjoyably looked through each picture. Quality pictures, as always, a given. Unussual design, as always, a given. Excellent blending of very cool pieces, a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Hahaha. Beautifully comedic. The execution is very stylish. My only complaint is the lack of a bushy, waxed moustache. Soren (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) DOOO...OOOD!!! DUUUUUUUDE DOOOD DUUUDE DUDE! DOOOOOOD! (...) Dude! (...) Duuuuuuude. (...) Ohhhhh dude! (...) Duuu...uuude. (...) Oh my, this is both hilarious and wildly cool at the same time! I can't get over it. The way you made this thing (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Welcome! Oh so you made this one modular. Should be cool for interchangability. I recognize most of the parts, but I look forward to new pictures, I can't make out some of the details. Also, be sure to check the size that the camera is taking (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Yes, they flop around a lot to the sides. I used part (URL) 2476>, FYI. (...) Yeah. Good suggestion nonetheless. (...) Thanks again. (URL) Mladen Pejic> (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It worked. How free is the movement on those autocannon-- do they tend to flop around, or are they pretty stable in train? (...) I don't know, you might be able to do something with the Technic Driving Ring Extension...in dark grey on the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I smell a challenge. Soren (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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