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Wow Jeff. I'm gonna have to get some of those ball and socket joints. they give a more life like and flexible feel. my mech still looks kinda stiff. John (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Way cool, Todd. Does it get more powerful during a full moon? What about a pack of 'em? Bryce (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Cool! Me like! Very original indeed! The animal-ness is rather well done! Keep it up... --Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) 2x1 control panel tile and one hinged joystick on each side of the seat. Later, Todd (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Very cool! It's nice to see completely original mecha every once in a while. What's the inside of the cockpt look like? It looks like you have enough room to do a nice detailed interior. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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This is the first mech that I have built. I had tried earlier but my earlier attempts never got past feet and stick like legs that would colapse when I touched them. I am very happy with the legs of this mech. But I am waiting for more LEGO to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Check out the Fenris in the U.E.S.F. section at Moonbase Io. See it at- (URL) . LMKWYT, Todd (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Not only bulky, but extremely loose fitting. You said you aren't into technic but do you have any aqua zone or arctic stuff? You can use the jointed peices with a techinic peg on one end and either two or three fingers on the other. That joint (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Excellent stuff. Easily beats the crappy sets LEGO is releasing. Primus BuS ComStar LEGO Mechcommander: www.go.to/LegoMC (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I think that it might work because there are ball joints at both ends of the throwbot piece, but that can still be done (and fairly easily, really) with the new ball-with-axle-hole piece, although it begins to require a shocking amount of (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hips are the hardest joints to make. I'd have to say shoulders are a close 2nd. Here's a link to a mech I think Eric may have been talking about: (URL) more specifically (Using three) (URL) a shoulder (Using two) (URL)All of that said... if (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) They're definitely (...) Hmm...I'll have to see how that works...it seems to me like it would prevent the leg from moving, though...anyone have any pictures to illustrate more clearly? (...) I'm glad it's not wussy. 8) I think 'wasp' and (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Ooohh... Nice! I *really* can't wait to see this!!! (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Techinc 3P0s and Stormtroopers) and experiment with some Mecha... I read in another post that you said the hip joints are the biggest problem spot- I know that some folks that use Throwbot parts for the hips have used double ball joints- that (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks! The pose was accidental, it just happened to be the most stable 'action' pose that I could get (mecha standing at attention are not very interesting, although that's the pose I used for the cockpit shot - not that you can tell), and it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Nice pose! This mech looks ready to kick some butt. The rifle is great. I like the wings/jetpack also. Are those throwbot joints on the ankles? If so does it stand well? Bryce (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yeah, adding those tiles and bits helped to break up the shape so the arms didn't look like bricks. Nice rifle! ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(URL) construction team poses with the completed Beam Assault Rifle (BAR) for a group photo. A test firing mishap where the engineers underestimated the power of a twin muzzle blast and almost disintegrated themselves led to the gun being nicknamed (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Right-o. Made a couple of changes, took a bunch more pictures. Hopefully the arms look better now with the added texture and visual interest. (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hm. I've been pondering this for a while, and I'm not sure the picture shows the arm well - it's certainly not just square. (Well, OK, the right forearm is - the left one has a gun mount on it that isn't really visible in this pic - it's in (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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