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Re: New MOC: "Prowler" Autonomous Battle Tank
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 00:45:08 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, David Rabadan wrote:
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Hello Mladen
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Heh, I finally made use of the precious few sand green elements I had.
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You certainly made good use of them.
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Thanks.
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I have none of those nifty, wide Technic treads, so my only option for
building anything close to a futuristic MBT was to make a multiped mecha
with a turret.
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You know, I could just picture the Prowler with those treads and it
would look just as awesome, maybe even more so.
Did you consider a Hover Tank of sorts?
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Heh, I did consider a hover tank. But I think simply reinterpreting modern tank
designs as futuristic hovering vehicles is wrong. Being able to fight in a 3d
environment would drastically change the shape of a tank. My
“Mammoth” tried to give a new
perspective on what a hover tank might look like.
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The turret proved too small for a minifig, so I sort of copped out
and made this an “autonomous” tank. Bah, one day I’ll make a turret that can
fit those chubby minifigs. ;-)
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I have been considering the autonomous tank idea since I saw the
Scarab on Karim Nassar’s site.
http://www.karimnassar.com/pallasspaceworks/products/scarab.html
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Yeah, I love all of Karim’s work. He was really a pioneer in the whole LEGO
mecha building thing.
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Then I also saw it in the Patlabor movie I practically began buiding
one but then decided to keep going with the power armor projects.
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Patlabor II is awesome, I think everyone can agree to that. :-)
LOL, just remembering how they shot up those cables with shotguns brings a smile
to my face. Oh, and the regular tanks and attack helicopters are beautiful too.
That movie was definitely made with style.
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I enjoyed this one greatly. Thanks man.
Take care.
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Thank you again David. Take care as well, and I can’t wait to see what will hold
these.
Mladen Pejic
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| (...) Oh yes. Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese Stanley Kubrick. Now if only he could handle his characters better... Be warned, though. The Patlabor TV series and OVAs are nothing like the films. (...) Yeah, a 12-gauge the size of a streetlamp is (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: "Prowler" Autonomous Battle Tank
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| Hello Mladen (...) You certainly made good use of them. (...) You know, I could just picture the Prowler with those treads and it would look just as awesome, maybe even more so. Did you consider a Hover Tank of sorts? (...) I have been considering (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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