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Re: Welcome to the Building Arena, IRON MECHA
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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:01:23 GMT
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Episode III: Attack of the Decidedly Ironic Super Surprising Higher Construction Lego Brain Winter Wheel Function Component... of Doom!

(The episode title has changed? So I’m a revisionist like Lucas. Deal.)



The big surprise component is... A Robo-pod lid. Betcha didn’t see that coming. Heh heh.

A note on the ankles. I was wanting to use four of these: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/48171 (Thanks for the link Rosco) but it’s not in any of the Exo-Force sets and I can’t afford to get hold of them just for this contest. As a result, the solution I’ve had to adopt means that my ankles can rotate in 3 planes instead of just two and allows for the pose seen above. We’ll just have to see if this increased flexibility pays off.

Next episode: Oh no! Copying other students’ work is not allowed!

Cheers, Paul.



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Part 4: Oh no! Copying other students' work is not allowed! Well, we're getting close to the final design. I was pretty sure that the Exo-Force joints were going to be the right choice as I had always planned on an ultra-lightweight body: (URL) Also (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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Chapter II: The Mysterious Disease - Bluefootitus Thanks for your encouraging words Mo. As it is, I think I can scrape together just enough white pieces from my other sets except for one of the feet. Consequently today's prototype is suffering from (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)

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