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Re: Finally!!!
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lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space
Date: 
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:47:38 GMT
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"Minifigs just can't have armor built around them in Lego Bricks, is what I've
found."

Oh yeah, check this out: http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~milovan/XRQHS.htm

I don't know if this what you mean by armour, but it's close enough!

Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://tor-pw1.netcom.ca/~milovan/index.htm

In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeremiah VanderMark writes:

Yes, the arms are built on pins, so the weapons are really modular. I've • built
these in a bunch of different mission configs with different weapons. Maybe
later I'll put some of them up on Brickshelf.

That would be excellent!

I'd love to see some of these guys in a BrikWars game. Great unit - cheap,
easy to mass-produce, and reasonably powerful. Cool.

Yessir, that's what I was thinking.

P.S.- I've been thinking about the Terminator armor, and I think it's really
going to be tough to build. Hmmm.... any suggestions?

Uh... well, really personal armour (like Terminators) is something I've wanted
for minifigs ever since I was a kid watching Robotech's "Invid Invasion" • series
(with Cyclones).  Unfortunately, I can't think of many ways to implement it...
Minifigs just can't have armor built around them in Lego Bricks, is what I've
found.  The best I can do is some arm-guards.

eric



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  Re: Finally!!!
 
(...) It's funny, I was just looking at pics of that shortly before I posted what I did... I've done exoskeletons like this before, too. For example: (URL) of the type I'm talking about being hard to model in minifig scale can be seen at: (URL) down (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)

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(...) That would be excellent! (...) Yessir, that's what I was thinking. (...) Uh... well, really personal armour (like Terminators) is something I've wanted for minifigs ever since I was a kid watching Robotech's "Invid Invasion" series (with (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)

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