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Wow!! That hair/visor combo is awesome! Here's another totally brickin' cool building tip I'll have to preserve on my shelf somewhere so I don't forget it. Superb work, Kevin! Oh, the hardsuit is cool, too! :-) Dave "Kevin Blocksidge" (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Mecha Action - Updates
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Updated: (URL) .mecha>. Enjoy! e (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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So much fun to build alternate models! This time it was a big joy building this female humanoid of the official Titan XP set: (URL) And one pic of the back: (URL) Cheers, Nathanael (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Breaking News from the NWBC 2004
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Breaking news from Snow Daddy about the NWBC 2004! (URL) Mark Neumann wrote: ""NWBC04 was a raging success I'd say. The gang did a great job. We'll have to see where that puts us for 05. The highlights for me: I won four awards: Best Medium Mech: (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, FTX) !
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| | Re: Cybernetic Turtle
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(...) Anyway, this design is kinda cool. I like the alternative designs. (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Updated: (URL) .mecha>. Requested thumb link from David Simmons. Enjoy! e (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I think it's nice when builders come up with an interesting design and do different versions of it in different color schemes. It gives the viewer more perspectives on the creation. I also really like the transparent disks with the orange and (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I can not figure out how all that stuff is held on to that minifig. Nice solution to the helmet-clearance problem. Nice work! Very reminiscent of some Japanese hardsuit designs I've seen on Brickshelf. (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Tronabee Mech! Looks cool but can't do squat!
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(...) refine (...) moc's (...) speak. (...) orginal and creative idea. they look cool, especially next to that black light. however, at the same time they detract from the overall design of your mecha. i see you went with the new click hinges. those (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Tronabee Mech! Looks cool but can't do squat!
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(...) ah,welcome to mecha bliss! now that you are aware of the intricacies of mecha-building, you can now see the lure of it. the whole idea is to refine your skills, with each passing creation, until you reach a point where moc's take on a life and (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Well, looks like we finally got some Mecha Action. Pardon me while I don' my Star Trek out fit and dip out to a Halloween Party. Then I'll make some updates to the side bar. Heck if I know where my partner is to help. Nice work everyone! e (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Cybernetic Turtle
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(...) Cheers boys, I've been fiddling with alternate designs this morning...and I've got these moc turtles: (URL) heavily armed Blacktron one, (URL) these ones in CyberCare colours, with groovy see through casing. A bit like a limited edition X-box, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'm lovin' it 2 Pete,...nice work as always...shame magpie didn't have a tortoise. cheers steve (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hello! Last weekend I made a hardsuit. I was calling it "a little mecha that goes right around a guy like a little suit" until Lenny reminded me of the much more succinct "hardsuit". Anyway, I've finally had time to photograph it. (URL) (click the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Tronabee Mech! Looks cool but can't do squat!
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Hey all, After my first foray into mech building (you can view the mixed results below) I must say I have much more respect for mech builders than ever before! Mechs are hard! They are demanding, uncompromising, dictators of exactness! I'll get 'em, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I love it. Cute, elegant, evil. A bit like the Blue Peter pet. -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Presenting the terrifying robot tortoise (of death): (URL) slow and lumbering. What it lacks in speed it makes up for with its gentle wisdom, long battery life...and unquenchable desire to kill all humans. Enjoy, Pete (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha) !!
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they say that imitation is the best form of flattery...well, i'm definately flattered. (URL) i am awed at how this guy replicated my design just from pictures. (20 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Interview with a Sorting Bot
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(URL) Interview with a Sorting Bot on LEGO.com (URL) e (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) That white one is cool, especially his head. And don't you be knockin' unobtainium! Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) As RoscoHead would say, "No wuckers!!!" Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I dig the Popeye forearm and foreleg proportions too, good style. And nice earrings! ;-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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I appologize for replying to my own post, but my newsreader didn't x-post to all the newsgroups that this thread was reaching : ( (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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(...) Any true apology would be coupled with an effort to correct what you did wrong. I have asked you privately to cancel that post, and now I ask you publically. Situations like this continue to hurt the prestige and appearance of SciBrick by (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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(...) snip (...) *apologize LOL, always just slightly off, story of my life! Spell boy spell! e (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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(...) org, I posted a .txt file that has been sitting in my computer. Later I realized I had already posted the same (URL) message> a year ago. In the process I offended Lenny, and I apologoze for that. I felt the core reasons and goals for the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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In lugnet.org.scibrick, Eric Sophie wrote: snip (...) snip (...) Eric, I thought you quit Scibrick ?? -Tom McD. (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Inspiration - Real Mecha Builders
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(...) NMX04-1A (2 URLs) link fixed Mechanized Propulsion Systems (2 URLs) Best of luck to these projects and those who are helping to build them. Enojy! e (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Inspiration - Real Mecha Builders
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Real Mecha builders and projects: NMX04-1A <www.neogentronyx.com (URL) Mechanized Propulsion Systems (URL) Best of luck to these projects and those who are helping to build them. Enojy! e (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Steambots
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Hey cool, I like the white one and my Mom does too. e (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Steambots
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(...) You turn it of. JP. (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Nice Retro looking robots too. I like. I recommend to anyone who like this kind of Retro Science go see "Steam Boy" if at all possible. It is Katsuhiro Otomo's first feature film since "Akira" and I believe that Sony is distributing it. I saw (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) In seriousness to a joke of a post, via air. I am a air computer maintainer. Professionally. So, I maintain a analog computer. Hence why if you look around, you will find my posts sometimes tagged as :analog computer programmer: or suchlike. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Steambots
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(...) How do you run the control algorithms on steam? Is it all open-loop mechanical activation? --B (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Sometimes I think you build stuff just so you'll have an excuse to create those crazy captions and commentaries. Well played. Do they ever shoot blasts of steam as an attack? (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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You don't know my mother. Thanks for explaining steam as a power source. My favorite steambot is the short legged one. And I like steamrice. JP. (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Steambots
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(URL) Steambots aren't powered with fancy-dancy unobtainium power-fusion or uber-posh magic crystals. No. Steambots are powered by STEAM, yeah, thats right, steam as in evaporated water for all you science geeks out there. And when they run out of (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Wanderer: a Clankbot
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(...) a very creative mech, lenny. even without reading your post, i knew it had a "western" theme going. nice choice of colors and shapes; they definately give it a gunslinger look. all it needs is a long coat a-la william munny from "unforgiven". (...) (20 years ago, 18-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The Wanderer: a Clankbot
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Lenny, I actually like the Wanderer better with the weaponry, even though the pics weren't as good. Maybe it's because the shotgun and pistols show off the arm/hand posability a little better. They also add some detail to an otherwise somewhat plain (...) (20 years ago, 17-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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