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Re: Mecha for 2001, similarities?
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 04:14:09 GMT
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On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:11:21 -0600, Lorbaat wrote
(in message <G305Ex.HMq@lugnet.com>):
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Ben Vaughan writes:
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> > Anyone notice anything familiar about the hip design?
> > Here's the pic of TLC's mecha:
> > http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/2/sys09.jpg
> >
> > (sorry for the huge size)
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> > Check out the hip instructions from Colin's site:
> > http://www.geocities.com/vrey_oneida/garhip.html
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> > Gah! It's just a juniorized version. Grr... Somebody restore my faith in
> > the creative genius of TLC. Please.
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> I think you're being a little overly paranoid. There are only so many ways
> to
> model a human-like hip given the parts selection in LEGO- and since they Life
> on Mars mech uses click-hinges, where Colin's hip uses Technic parts, I'd go
> so
> far as to say that it's entirely possible that the designer never even saw
> Colin's hip design, let alone consciously ripped it off.
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> eric
Hmm, perhaps. I hope so, but I remain unconvinced.
Ben
--
Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
http://www.marsbase.com
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| (...) I think you're being a little overly paranoid. There are only so many ways to model a human-like hip given the parts selection in LEGO- and since they Life on Mars mech uses click-hinges, where Colin's hip uses Technic parts, I'd go so far as (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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