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Re: Jeremy Sproat
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 03:19:26 GMT
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did you by chance base it on the Fasa "Warhammer" mech? the resemblance is
uncanny... if so it's a very good likeness. if not... YOU LIE!!! (j/k, it's
still a very nice mech, and i like how you did the torso and legs and
connected them. is there some way to lock them together, not so they can't
rotate, but so they won't come apart accidentally?)
"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:GAIxEG.L9u@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie writes:
> > Like it like it like it like it like it Would consider building one • Multiple
> > the scale? http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=488
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> Do you mean many models in this scale, or this model in a larger scale?
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> If the former, maybe.
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> If the latter, maybe. ;-)
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> This was really just a sketch, me exploring how to use the Throwbots
> ball-and-socket joint parts. I hope to return to this model (it's one of • my
> all-time favorites mecha) with this general layout. I could probably go
> bigger and still be in minifig scale, but the length of the limbs are
> somewhat limited by the length of the Throwbot parts...
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
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| (...) Actually, the "Warhammer" was a design lifted from the Robotech series, which was in turn lifted from several Anime series. The "Raidar X" mecha was one of 13 (IIRC) designs FASA was forced to 'give back' to the company that produced Robotech. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: Jeremy Sproat
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| (...) FASA acquires and recycles designs from anime. This is the Macross original J.S. was emulating: (URL) think FASA also has a clone of this other mech, which is pretty lame since it was designed to accomodate a 50 foot giant Zentradi: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Jeremy Sproat
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| (...) If the former, maybe. If the latter, maybe. ;-) This was really just a sketch, me exploring how to use the Throwbots ball-and-socket joint parts. I hope to return to this model (it's one of my all-time favorites mecha) with this general (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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