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Re: New Mecha: Kierbis
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:20:57 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Adrian Drake writes:
> Thanks to being burned out with my sculptures after finishing Geoffrey, I
> decided I needed a change of pace. With all these origami mecha bouncing
> around, I decided I'd give it a try. I needed a different color though, as
> most of the other normal colors had been used, so I decided to see what sort
> of a mech I could build using almost exclusively orange bricks. The Kierbis
> is the result. It's entirely orange, except for the hinges. Take a look.
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> The main page:
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> http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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> The Kierbis page:
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> http://www.brickfrenzy.com/mecha_kierbis.html
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> Enjoy!
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> Adrian
This is certainly a nice design, a uniqoe design, and certainly a good
design for a small mecha but the orange, especially if you added some white
pieces, screams 'Go Vols." I live in Tennessee, need I say more, Adrian? I
believe that the Volunteers are a very overstated team but then again, this
is mecha, not a discussion site for college football. The truth is, I like
your mecha, I just wish that you would make a red mecha but the harnesses
may not be in the color red so hence you are stuck with the orange pieces.
Jesse Long
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 | | Re: New Mecha: Kierbis
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| (...) I think the point was the availability of orange pieces. Orange isn't as widely available as green for instance. It makes building a challenge when a rare color is featured prominently. The challenge seems to be the point and Adrian has done a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | Re: New Mecha: Kierbis
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| (...) I think you're reading a little too much into the color :) After all, I'm from Ohio, so I'm a Buckeyes fan (when I do much of anything with college sports). However, both the Browns and Bengals use orange in their uniforms, and I am a fan of (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | New Mecha: Kierbis
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| Thanks to being burned out with my sculptures after finishing Geoffrey, I decided I needed a change of pace. With all these origami mecha bouncing around, I decided I'd give it a try. I needed a different color though, as most of the other normal (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce)
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