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All right, here goes: Colors: A little freaky at first, but you just can't go wrong with Sand Green. The light gray doesn't bother me at all. Design: Ehhh, not very impressed beyond the joints. Shoulders look flimsy. Do they hinge upwards? (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | SOPHIE!!?? WHY???!!! OH WHY????!!!
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I get on the internet, check here 1st, then go look at brickshelf. What draws my eye?? A new GORGON, a horrible sight that moved me to tears. (URL) SOPHIE? OH WHY?? (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Schwerpunkt a.k.a Focal Point
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(...) see how (...) more (...) off (...) Well, right now it's just a skeletal model so it has plenty of room to twist a bit. Actually, I just now had a thought: If you attach the bottom (or top, I suppose) to a piece that has left-right movement (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, Paul! The color scheme grew out of a need to build those shoulders since the curved half panels aren't available in Dark Grey. I wouldn't mind revisiting the model design with a different colorscheme, but at this point, the parts (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Getting the stuff for mecha
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(...) Ouch! Triple whammy! The only suggestion I can think of is to find someone to buy for you, who would act as an intermediary to purchase parts for you in exchange for a cash payment. This is a slow, potentially expensive way to go and requires (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Schwerpunkt a.k.a Focal Point
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Dave, For what it's worth, I really like the color scheme. The sand green is probably one of my favorite Lego colors. I really like the head and the shoulders look pretty cool as well. I have a potential suggestion, though I don't know if it will (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Hope ya'll don't mind me asking a question here (especially John Harrison since he started this). I'm still studying and therefore don't have a credit card. My parents would never let me use their credit card to purchase stuff over the internet. And (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Schwerpunkt a.k.a Focal Point
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Hello everyone! It feels nice to be back with a new MOC, especially one that was never supposed to be a completed design. (URL) Ideas starting from BW2k3 Schwerpunkt aka Focal Point Closeup Pic (thanks to Bruce Lowell) (URL) Other pics to be added (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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"ssenkrahsemaj" <jamesharkness@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HL32pw.24qB@lugnet.com... (...) mecha? (...) a (...) and (...) of the (...) collection (...) parts (...) simple (...) this (...) Yeah, after looking at a few retail sets and then (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I used to buy sets alot spending a lot of my money and only getting a few of the pieces that I really wanted. Now I just shop on bricklink. My lego collection was greatly increased when I started shoping there. I just go through the parts list (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) I've posted most of the relevant articles on this page: (URL) a compendium of most of the 'how to' of mecha building. It will be growing again shortly as I've found a couple of more things to add to it. Regarding how other people build, the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Eric pretty much covered it all. I, too, give high props to the Exo-Toa for a good parts selection. It's tough to pin down any single set at this point that has what you'd need, but any set that includes joints is a good starting point (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | What's LMO?
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Hi, all. I would show you some ways to LMO as a guide. (...) Yes. LMO means L EGO M ilitary O ff. "Off" is a popular word in Japan meaning "Off-Line Meeting Event". LMO was held 6 Sept. 2003....ya, just a week ago :) 30 Japanese builders gathered to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.mecha)
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:HL1Gn5.731@lugnet.com... (...) limits (...) Do you know any good articles on doing hip joints? I am shopping right now and looking at brickshelf and the lugnet.build.mecha site it is quite (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks Frank. I got the very basic torso design from a Japanese mech builder (can't remember the bs folder) quite awhile ago. I'd like to see those 5 you spoke of - it's fun to see how people modify existing designs. (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I recently discovered an overexposure tool on my camera, and am making good use of it. :-) (...) When you get some time? What?! Bro, these things take like 5 minutes to put together when you've got the parts in front of you. Not hours (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Heh. For whatever reason I got all Saturday Night Fever for a second...Gamuts on the dance floor. Heehee. :-) (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hey, it's all about the benjamins. And for the right price, it has anything you want it to have. :-) (...) Democratic scum. Your day will come. (Actually, I'm trying to work on a PCS moc right now, but keep hitting roadblocks. Gotta love (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Getting the stuff for mecha
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(...) Those are good they give you some raw materials to work with..... (...) The entire Make and Create Line, Designer sets of the same creed, any Technic sets you can get your hands on. Sets with parts that utilize the clip system, (the size bar (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Getting the stuff for mecha
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What are good sets to get the appropriate bits for mid - small sized mecha? I am interested in building one or two but only have blocks, technic and a couple of (imho) bionicles that got given to me. What are good sets to look out for? Do you guys (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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