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(...) Cajun who?? ;-) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hey, I'm interested in seeing pictures! Let us know! e (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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oh! my bad, ill use of adjectives. I wrote the reply late in the wee hours. I see as it says. cool MOC though. e (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks, Eric. Although, if you read the back story, you'll notice that the last thing a Rhino would be seen doing, was scampering. 8) Think big, slow, and lumbering. Think "TARGET". 8) Thanks, Ben ---...--- Ben Vaughan (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Hey Eric - Awesome! Congrats. :-) I'm also doing a window display with a fellow NILTC member (Ondrew Hartigan) for the Christmas season. This is at a local independent shoe/repair store. We're getting a bit of press for it too - I'll post (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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i'm going to have to agree with anne. bionicle never really interested me because they seem so distant from the lego norm. i own two of the same bionincle because i realized what fantastic potential the ball joints have for mecha. HOWEVER, after (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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T-Knaak! You rock! That Hard suit is the biggity bombada bad! Props due to M-dawg. Really great how you did that. The Cycle is sooooo coool. Now we just gota merge the Hard suit and that Cycle! Now that would be just pippity pow wadda-ta my tippi (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Nice work Ben. I digg'n the parts and the design is sweet. Good Mechastruct Entry. I can just see the Rhino scampering around. Graceful yet heavy in looks. e (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks Dave! Your a Good Friend. I too had no idea when I was just futz'n around with a Pile of Blue Lego! (...) Dave just think, mmmmmm, Orange Quarter Ovals in the Upper Legs, Brown, Green, Trans, and other Unbound Color Guru you could rock it! (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst)
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Yay! I got a paying gig! I negotiated a rental price to display the GG Mech at Vector Comics in Bayonne! Whooo Hooo! $$$ Awww yeah...! Great, so time to look for more gigs! At this time of year it gets Dark early so it was tough getting good (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thanks, Unfortunately, no it can't hold a mini-fig. I didn't really want to build to the minifig scale. That's why you won't find this on the normal Marsbase mecha pages. 8) This tank draws its' inspriation from the FMV of a certain mecha video (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I did try a layer of superglue (all I had to hand) and it seemed to work a little, but I suspect with another coat or two it might work. Nail polish sounds like a good idea. It probably goes on a bit thicker and I can get away with a single (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Exactly. Another way to look at DOF is that it is the number of things that have to be specified to define a particular configuration of the system. In other words how many RCX outputs does it take to drive. Another thing to keep in mind is (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
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Hey cool stuff Tony! that hard suit looks really good, nice colours and very cool joint ideas there! I might have to steal them :P Your other stuff looks good too, keep it up! -Geordan- (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Woah! That is AWESOME! such a clean design, those legs are so cool, and I love the turret can it fit a minifig? Great job Ben, yet another masterpiece. You have my vote on this one ;) -Geordan- (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Ahh..I see. Thankye John :) -G (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) This is how the levers connect: (URL) first saw this a long time ago- I believe it was from a post that you wrote, Gil. It was about a few Japenese websites- and one of them had a cool semi-mecha that used the lever-joint idea. I belive the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) The builder's name is Geordan Hankinson and the stiffening technique is located here: (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) For me, I just don't have any of the bionicle stuff to get started. I'm too busy with the regular brick projects these days :) -Anne (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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i found an idea posted by someone (i can't remember who) who mentioned that if you cut a small piece (about a centimeter) of a small rubber hose (like the pneumatic tubing only smaller) and place it in the socket, it increases friction substantially (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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