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(...) legs. Neat, simple head design. Also like the thing you did with the wall sections and grill tiles on the back. Later, Todd (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks guys. I feel its a definite improvement over my last anthropoid effort, "Samson". I took Mark Sandlin's advice about detailing the back a little more. I glad you liked my foot and hip designs. Ever since I got those new ball joints I've (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:56:16 -0700, Todd Amacher wrote (in message <G94I1t.Hy5@lugnet.com>): (...) Nicely done! I really like your foot design. One of my biggest bugaboos is ankles. I usually have to limit movement to 2 dimensions. I played with the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Todd, I see you've moved into the technic axle ball socket joints very well. This new mech looks great. I can't believe you fit a cockpit into it. I can't seem to fit a cockpit into any of my mechs. Very cool whip. I also like to ankle joint (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) That's cool- I especially like the head. I'm trying to use those curved pieces a bit more these days. But I don't expect I'll ever do highly-articulated mecha like this. It's just not my area. And I have enough trouble getting time to work on (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hey, that's one sweet machine! And I learned that some of the 2x2 bricks-with-technic peg have technic receptacles in the bottom. That will aid my future mecha efforts. (When I feel up to building another) :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Whoops! I've been working with this model so long I totally forgot! Sorry! Ben (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Check out the Thunderlasher in the Venusian Colonies section at (URL) . LMKWYT, Todd (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Oh My! I like it, very nice job.... I had launched the link then did some other stuff and came back to it. I just stared at for few minutes and went Oh My!. I like the style of the rendering and all that. Like one of the others mentioned it (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) What I meant was, it uses elements in colors that they aren't produced in, like the canopy in Dk Gray. So if I wanted to build your particular mecha, I'd have to make it out of various colors, which would throw off the nice color scheme. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:40:39 -0700, Mladen Pejic wrote (in message <G92pFr.5F7@lugnet.com>): (...) Thanks Mladen! Thanks everyone! Ben (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:09:35 -0700, Mark Sandlin wrote (in message <B6B80EFE.D106%sandl...ink.com>): (...) Hmm, perhaps my textures are off, but it's just light gray, dark gray and black. The sensor pod is white, the antenna is yellow and the eye is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I saw this long before this post, but didn't want to post it here since I knew you were going to do it... Anyways, excellent job Ben! I think that this is one of the BEST light (small) mecha I have ever seen. The way you don't try to hide the LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Very nice! Very cool mecha, and neat anime/comic book coloring! Can't wait for more pics of the Arapahoe! Ps, Nice to see you are back to building! --Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I like the comic book effect on the rendering. Too bad it uses colors not available in RL. :^( ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) fantastic! Great job. eric (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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After a long drought, I finally have a teaser pic of the new mecha for Marsbase.com. Check out: (URL) plan to redo all the vehicles and mecha on marsbase in this way. That means dat files for everything. (!) It'll take a while, but I think it will (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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The outcome of the battle between Zero Two and Zero Three: Senator Phil "photo op" Bancroft of the Earth Federation congratulates the heroic pilot from the elite 22nd Mobile Suit Corps whose single BAR shot shattered the Dark Gundam which had been (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I've posted some new MechWarrior images including some of MOCs at: (URL) I welcome your feedback. - Ken (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Since Mark S. already mentioned that I was working on Starscream, the in progress picts are at (URL) apologize for the really fuzzy pictures, but Bryan was at a hockey game so he lent me his camera (thanks dude!) and we find out just how bad a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks! I actually got most of my inspiration and design features for Kodotai from your Ronin and Karim's Ryu (IIRC). Two great mecha, for sure! :) Jeff (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks! I liked your first one, too, and I hope you make more! (...) Thanks again! I'd like to be able to make it in gray, but the windshield piece only seems to come in black, green, brown, and white. :\ Jeff (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:49:57 -0700, Travis Dickinson wrote (in message <3A8B19A5.949599F4@b...uth.net>): (...) Thanks for the nod! Great work. I *really* like your captial ship. Mucho impressive! Ben (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 7:14:26 -0700, Jeff Stembel wrote (in message <G8r3K2.19B@lugnet.com>): (...) <snip!> (...) Jeff, Nice mecha! Do a detect a leg and hip inheritance from my Ronin mecha? Great work! Ben (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thank you. In regards to the beam saber, I copied Ben Vaughans' design by using exhaust pipe pieces. Here's a parts list for the hilt: 1 2853.dat technic engine crankshaft 1 32029.dat technic connector w/ axlehole 1 3749.dat technic axle pin 1 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) improve my skills. =) (...) -- dataAndrew (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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At the last Wamalug meeting I got a bunch of new pictures of my first mecha, Kodotai, in various poses. I still haven't finished the hips and thighs, put I thought you all might like to see them anyway. :) (URL) I snapped a few pics of what I have (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I bought a few of them when they were on sale at eToys a while back. This is what I did with mine: (URL) "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hi, I went to Walmart today and they had some Lego on clearance, mostly Star Wars from 1999 and Rock Raiders. I got the Granite Grinder for $7. This set is pretty cool. It's not as good as the Robo Raptor or Raider, which use the same walking (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Hehe, neat. =) -- Genekinesis Technologies (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Good job for your first mech. You can view mine here: (URL) name is Mecha Chicken Walker. -- Chef ICQ:84584424 AIM: Jedi101673 (URL) <me@gradzone.com> wrote in message news:3A7A0BDA.637F38...one.com... (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I kinda revised it a few times, but its pretty much my first one I've built. Main website is (URL) is at (URL) Technologies (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Cooper writes: ... (...) Your photographic layout / site design is really very well done; and you're absolutely right... it's very dramatic this way. (...) Too many pizza ads, eh? Well the pictures you do show are very (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) In that case, just post the DAT file. 8^) Seriously, that's some unbelievable work. Every now and again I get it in my head to build a big model like that, but I can never conceive of it properly. It is, as you say, inspiring to see it (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Thanks Anyway. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Klaupacius" <klaupacius@aol.com> wrote in message news:G80yJA.Brq@lugnet.com... (...) it? (...) presenting (...) at (...) together, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) I wish I had enough brick to build something large enough to take more than a couple days. I just don't have the volume necessary to make some of these astoundingly large vessels. I suppose that's ok, since I don't have anywhere to store (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Of course, last night after I posted this I kep ton with my search and within 5 minutes or so had found what I was looking for. The song is by Limp Bizkit, entitled "A Lesson Learned". Isn't that always the way? *chagrined shrug* -shaun (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) I use my docudrama photo style to tell a story, rather than just presenting a bunch of random shots, since it's more inspiring that way, offering the most bang for the buck. It isn't really practical for me to provide enough pictures for a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Shaun, You might try posting this in the lugnet.publish.cinema newsgroup... you'd be more likely to get a response there. I do know however that the artist is Limp Bizkit. The name of the song might or might be "Actions Louder than Words". Couldn't (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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<snipped> Brian, rather than make a whole new post congratulating you and then reply to this one, I'm just lumping it together. :) Simply incredible..! I've marvelled at your joint ideas since your first chapter, and the Gundams in general. That you (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) One of the things that I highly recommend for speeding your building time is SORT THOSE BRICKS! Once you get things sorted, it cuts TONS of time off your build process because you aren't digging through piles anymore. ~Mark "Muffin Head" (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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All I can do is gawk in amazement. Any chance of more detailed frame shots for us people who want to copy it? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Hi all, Quick question for everybody. A couple of weeks ago Robert Thomas posted a wonderful short LEGO film entitled "Jacked", which can be seen and heard here: (URL) anybody know what the name of the song used as the soundtrack is, and who sings (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) The brick is the frying pan and my poor brain is the egg, no question. Bryce (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Getting faster and better can be regarded as an unfortunate side effect of building, when you build primarily to keep your brain from consuming itself in your free time. You always have to buy more Lego... This is Brick. This is your brain on (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) okok..but they didn't take 6 months. So I think that 1 month for an truly experienced, talented, imaginative designer is plenty of time to think up such a creation. Like yourself! :^) Heh. This amount of praise must be tough! ~Trev (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, maybe one of my small ones. Most of my medium/large size MOCs take between 7-10 hours. The Mithrandir actually took about 15, guesstimating. :^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah...I'm one such a budget, I can't even blink before I run out of parts. I need a LOT more plate before I can attempt that. Brick, I have. I have literally reached the point where I don't have enough 1x1 and 1x2 PLATES to make a MOC. I (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Uh, <picks jaw up from floor> hey, K, i use the pic of the other two side by side as my background pic, can we get a pic of all three? meanwhile, what do you say to something like this? (Matrix ref) I mean, am i the only one who feels like just (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks. Can't wait to see your new design, Ben. Its been too long since you last posted a mecha (BTW,your Kodiak and Ronin mecha rock!) Later, Todd (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Well you dont have to copy em... just do something similar... make a mobile suit instead of a gundam. Do something cool like Gouf Customs chaingun that is on his shield.... Peace, -- Z. Unger fusion@refraxion.com AIM: ErrorY3K or MojoJojo535 ~ eBay: (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) The Sazabi is interesting, and red, but I'm probably only going to do customs in the future rather than clones. Copying designs accurately is a lot more difficult, and not quite as fun, obsessing about details. "K" (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Zero Three statistics: Construction time - six Lunar months (one Earth month) Number of parts - thousands (thousands) Height - 100 feet (28 inches) Cost - $400 million ($400 - etoys Lego blowout saved a couple hundred) "K" (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Amazing!!! I don't think I can say anything that hasn't been said. It is incredible. I don't know if this has been asked before, but do you have any idea for a piece count for it? How long did it take you to build it? And how much for one? ;-) -Adam (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Uh...what he said. :^P mmm...mmm Guuundaams mmm...mmm Those bad boys had better stay out of my customer's shipping lanes, or else some bureaucrat is going to get an earful! ~Trev Astro Lift Co. (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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I can't think of anything that hasn't already been said... but I'll repeat the sentiments anyway- absolutely incredible. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Yehaw.... that looks sweet.... For your next project are you gonna make a mobile suit looking something like a Zaku or Gouf, or Sazabi...one eyed MSs are sweeeeeeet! Peace, -- Z. Unger fusion@refraxion.com AIM: ErrorY3K or MojoJojo535 ~ eBay: (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) If you get death threats from a friend of mine, don't mind them, they're nothing at all. I pointed him at your site, and now he's decided he must build one himself, and he's not sure his wallet can handle it. :) Me, I know my limits. I'd have (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Thanks for all the praise. The next chapter will deal with the upgrading of 01 and 02 with new technology and parts skimmed from the 03 project by the crafty Klaupacius. Yes Senator, the Earth Federation did indeed pay for three Gundams. Ah, the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Holy geeze! Wow! As has been said before, when are we gonna see a battle? --Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) I gave up. It kept melting. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Brian, Stunning...just stunning. The jetpacks are one of my favorite parts. Your presentation rocks too. I'd love to see it IRL. Any chance you're coming to California? :-) Bryce (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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YOU RULE!!! Oh man! This is amazing Brian, truly amazing! I mean the size of your creations is just mind-boggling!!! And the fuel tanks are an excellent touch, not to mention the beam sabers, and well... everything else!!! BTW Dang! That BAR is (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Um, whoa. I don't think I'll be building anything that impressive for a LONG time. Very nice work. I love the way you've used copious amounts of plates to provide a visually interesting shape. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) What is that? Listen...do you hear it? I think that's the sound of the bar flying clear through the roof. Amazing, Brian...simply amazing. Every thing I see on all of the Gundams is awe-inspiring. How you build to such a massive scale, and (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) simply because of the color scheme. When will we see the mechs in combat? :D eric (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) could try makeing Zenon/bad guy mecha. Either way Zero 3 is fantastic. -John Aronson (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Gah duh. DUH!!! *drool* ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Golion was a Godaikin toy. I was fortunate enough to have him as a kid; a relative who was coompletely unaware of Voltron picked it up for me for my birthday one year along with a couple other Godaikins. I had a real thing for them as a kid; I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Chapter Two in the verbose yet visually interesting Dark Gundam saga is complete: (URL) posting since it's a space mech... "K" (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space) !!
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(...) Voltron was originally a Chogokin or Godaikin in america or europe. He was originally called either Go-Lion or Lion bot (I always get these confused...one was a Korean knockoff) Anyway the name "Voltron" (and Vehicle Voltron) is an american (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:44:11 -0700, Todd Amacher wrote (in message <G7sC5o.3zL@lugnet.com>): (...) Good design! As it happens, I'm using the same method on my latest as well. Heavy Gear/ Votoms / Assault Suits Valken type mecha. Nothing fancy, just (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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I know I'm kinda late in replying, but... Nice work! The arms look alot better, much less boxy. And I love the rifle. Very good use of those funky black peices in it. Now I have to get a C3-PO. --Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Sounds cool! Can't wait to see it! (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I believe I'm about 65-70% done, give or take. Technically, it could be a freighter - certainly a freighter class, but it's not presently laid out as one. At quick count, it's about 54 studs long, not counting the engines. With them, it's (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks Joel! When are you going to finish your starship? Furthermore, how big is it? (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) that. I have a lot of those kinds of pieces left now that I'm close to finishing my first 'original' starship. Joel Jacobsen (URL) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) <snip> My apologies to the group.. I'm not sure why that last message was transmitted twice, as I remember only doing it once. -Tom McD. when replying, "Time for your spamicillin, Mr. McDonald..." (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'll bet that was slimy an' moldy.. but that's good.. All the other conventional antibiotics have been discovered. (...) The dog got it. They don't care if it's been sneezed on or not. (...) So we *won't* see your tribute to Salvador Dali done (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ohhh... I knew it all along... ;-) (...) Great! Yeah, those new joints are revolutionizing everything. (...) Ahhh, come on Jeremy, aren't you itching to amaze us with your superior micro-fig modeling skills... ;-) (...) (URL) (...) Thanks (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I'll bet that was slimy an' moldy.. but that's good.. All the other conventional antibiotics have been discovered. (...) The dog got it. They don't care if it's been sneezed on or not. (...) So we *won't* see your tribute to Salvador Dali done (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Behind the fridge -- boy was it tight back there. But I *finally* found that Reese's cup I lost. Now if only I could find my poor meatball I lost when somebody sneezed... (...) I have another microfig theme in the works, but it's coming along (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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"Ahhh... Sproaticus we meet again..." ;-) Thanks Jeremy! Where have you been? I really wish to see another line of Kriegsmacht... <drool> (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) better now! :-, Very cool design, Mladen. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Ben. What did you think about its hip and shoulder design using the new ball joints in combination with the 2X1 axle-specific beam bricks? Later, Todd (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) I figured I wasn't the first to do this. Both Dave Johann and Dan Jassim have told me to make the same type of hand. (...) I agree that the beefed up hands fit Unit03's look better. (...) Yeah the fingers ended up looking much more evil than I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks Pat (Hough, not to be cofused with Pat Justison)! BTW your Armed-Merchant ship is pretty cool as well. I really like the colour scheme and the exterior detail, i.e. solar panels, engines, etc. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Yeah, seeing ANY parts go to waste is a tragedy. For any role-players out there, does this remind you of Battledress in GDW's MegaTraveller? Nice work, Mladen! Pat Hough (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Good job Bryce. I agree with Bryan; they look very creepy and will definitely go well with the type of mecha you are building. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) one of the first things I messed around with using the LoM hinges was a very similar hand! That and some birdlike 'talons' - both worked out OK but I didn't have any mecha to put them on so I never did much with them. J (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I originally made a hand like this for Unit03 with parts from a couple of AT ST sets, and another using just SW click hinges for the fingers. The beefier SW hinge hand seemed more in character with a gundam so I went with that. The thin (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:27:50 -0700, Todd Amacher wrote (in message <G7oJAE.6EA@lugnet.com>): (...) Let me guess, they operate in wolf packs, right? 8) Great job, really unique! Ben (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:52:36 -0700, Bryce McGlone wrote (in message <G7r6vo.Fv0@lugnet.com>): (...) Heh, now let's see the rest of the mecha that hand attaches to. 8) Ben (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Yes the color scheme is very well done. I really like all the power suits that have been coming out lately. Bryce (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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This is the hand to the new mecha I'm building. It's a cop out way to use the new LOM click hinge pieces, but somebody had to do it. (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Ontario there's a guy who has spent most of his life making a bear-proof suit. CBC did a documentary on him some time ago. The best scene is the guy standing in the suit being hit by a large poleaxe and not being hurt at all. The idea is that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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Thanks Mark! The colour scheme was very much accidental, like the MSP. BTW I might make a Transport for a bunch of these suits, since they seem to be quite "economical", in terms of parts needed to build each one. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I like the mixture of red, tan, and black. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) No, but its does have raging nanotech flea problem and for some reason is quite fond of 20 foot tall fire hydrants. Later, Todd (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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