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| F-Dawg, It's a cool mech Frahdeel, I've already told you that, probably your best yet...although I think it needs a new module of your ever expanding, and award-winning mechbay to show it off. (shameless plug for dios) I have to say though, that (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| Hi all. I don't post much but here is my lastest mecha. In the renewed spirit of Mecha builder camaraderie I thought it fitting to share it now with you all. This mecha came about because I wanted to try a two-seater variant of this guy: (URL) was (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA Results!
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| (...) Ah, I had no idea those were Knight's Kingdom, since I don't/wouldn't own any KK. Mine came from the Creator sets - I privately refer to them as Dino-joints. I used them because they seemed to be the correct size for what I needed, and (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for having me as a judge, and for all your efforts. The creativity and variety was great. I'd like to say that this was a difficult set of MOCs to judge, and there were a lot of entries I saw that I really liked. In the constraints of (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) He means the Knight's Kingdom (action fig) joints. I wouldn't avoid them. They're nice and strong and bloody useful. Really the legs just look a little small for the arms, if you used the joints again in the legs and covered the actual hinge (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Congrats Stafford! First a mention on the SciFi wire, and now this. Kudos to "Ironmecha Stafford", as you should be addressed from now on. I also must dole out some kudos to Fradel because I called him out to enter, and he beat me like a red-headed (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Hmmm, good explanation. If we're equating 'self-consistency' with 'realism' then I agree with you. A good mecha design is not going to have any 'out-of-place' details. I guess I misunderstood your initial argument. but on the other hand: (...) (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Sorry, not up on the lingo - What is a KK2 hinge? So that perhaps I can avoid them next time. Appreciate the compliments. Congratulations to every entrant, especially the winner's circle. (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Philip K Dick, among countless others, has also addressed this. His distinction between sci-fi and fantasy was similar but more fundamental: if an element of the story is considered impossible, then it's fantasy. Not "improbable" or "currently (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) This is like the difference between Fantasy and Science Fiction, which I often like to explain. :-) Science Fiction requires some intellectual rigor and logic. You can certainly make up weird new science, but it has to be self consistent. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) I don't have enough experience to be up to a serious discussion on this point, beyond the subjective platitude of 'if I like the way it looks then it's a good mecha'. I mean, the only lego mecha I've seen in real life are my own! But: I'm not (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| With this collection of creations arrayed here, I think it would be interesting if we had a discussion on what we each think defines a good mecha model. My favorites in the list seem spread all over the place, so I must have different notion. Mecha (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| I won? How in the heck did that happen? Wow! Thanks judges... the cheques are in the mail! :) What a week! My Cthulego gets Boingboinged, then that's picked up by the Sci-Fi Channels Sci-Fi-Wire website then I'm contacted by Bizarre magazine who are (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) congratulations! (...) well, it was named Humphrey, but I suspect it was wise of you to ignore this, I may not have come 5th... I'm well pleased with this result! I think I shall celebrate by shaving all my hair off. Well, I was going to do (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Congrats! Btw, is "You go from studless to many studs in places" supposed to be good or bad? :) Mike (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Discussion on ALL Of The Iron Mechas
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| (...) Thanks. I'm glad you like it. The color kinda influenced the name but I was also thinking of the crabby look for the Invid from Robotech: New Generation(Inbit/Mospeada). BTW, I dig the red striping on your mech too. F (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) WOW, that rocks! That is a great entry! Congrats to Mark Stafford! (...) -Snip- (...) Yes! At the begining of the next month, challenge us again with a new sketch! (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| Greeting my Iron Mecha masters! Welcome to all the spectators! The judges have given me their results and I have tallied them. First, I'd like to say that this has been a blast, and quite the competition. I also have a few thanks I'd like to say. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| (...) (URL) this shot>; the inertia of those big legs floating behind as the mecha moves forward. The tiered slopes on the lower part of the torso do look a lot like part of a lobster, is that why it is named so? The angling on the top canopy is (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Thanks! I like the description 'clean'. (...) I think judgement should be reserved on that point until I've built a few more! (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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