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Re: BLACK BEAR
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Date: 
Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:15:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Neumann wrote:
I see the commonalities with the Cub, Cub into Bear?  Pretty tricky you.

The Cub transforms in to the BLACK BEAR, growing long slicing fingers and a
matching attitude.

I also see the evolution from Little bot to Cub to Bear.  you're covering
stuff more, but the overall shape is still a bit blocky.  I think I'd skip on
doing every color of Cub/Bear unless you have a particular desire to do so,
or think you have a market for it.

Little Bot? That design is like 5 years old.
Who said I was going to build more of them?

I think the hands need more beef to them to be worthy of the title "bear"
paws.

Its just a name, not a name sake.

There's an annoying gap there in the foot, though it looks as if to be a
digital edit goof so I'm not sure.

White wash. No missing pixels.

Black on black is hard to do, your photograph though shows the detail fairly
well.  Black is kind of hard to do.

In person, it looks better.

The body is a nice shape.  I do like that.  Except for the nipples.  Trans
nipples began to frighten me.  Thinking of lights coming from an exited bear
tromping through the wilderness... reflected nipples might just frighen me
more than reflective eyes.  :o

Bahhhh haaa, that's funny. LOL.

I think mostly I would like to see you really push yourself.  You have
defined this style really, really well.  For example: you got the tech savvy,
do a transforming bot.  Start easy, four legged to two legged.  Then get more
complicated.  How about adding features of the namesake?  Make Black Bear
more bearlike.  Ruffs, claws, shorter, fatter, huskier, drooping lower black
lip. That, I think, would REALLY be something.

Mark, chill, just let me have fun. I push myself plenty enough.
This was just an excersize to re-create the design.
When The Cub is sold in Mech Bay 09, I didn't want to loose the design.
So I built another to study it.

I have some requests to create instructions for The Cub.
Building the BLACK BEAR was a step in that process.

Now, if the name sake gives you ideas, well that is another story.
A story for another build. Have at it.

Thanks for your feedback.

e

P.S. I only had 4 of the six pairs of binoculars in black needed to build the
hands at the original specifications. So, I built an alternate set of hands.

I had to decide if the hands were a good fit. Then I decided what the heck, the
hands are cartoony and they reflect the mission capabilities of the transformed
Cub.



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(...) Well, I can't resist... (2 URLs) Dare you. Soren (19 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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I see the commonalities with the Cub, Cub into Bear? Pretty tricky you. I also see the evolution from Little bot to Cub to Bear. you're covering stuff more, but the overall shape is still a bit blocky. I think I'd skip on doing every color of (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)

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