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Re: The Cankerworm
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Thu, 13 Sep 2001 14:16:32 GMT
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Bryce,
In lugnet.build.mecha, Bryce McGlone writes:
> Wow! Thank you Stuart. I was trying to make a super organic feeling (mecha).
> The whole project kind of spiralled out of control a bit. The same thing
> happened with the Q model. I really like that we all fight the same design
> problems in this group. I don't think the engineering aspect of mecha
> building is really understood or appreciated outside of lugnet.build.mecha.
It's funny to see you say it spiralled out of control (current tragic events
notwithstanding)-- it appears to be so very much the opposite. The 'master
plan' seems so obvious after completion, but I'm amazed (awestruck,
baffled...)at how it could have possibly begun from an assortment of bricks
and plates (I know, that's simplifying). I wonder if any of us really have a
direct through-line from beginning to end-- the fun (and frustration) of
lego (for me) is in experimentation. I try to find out what works well, and
even the failures tend to have some 'sense' to them-- the brilliance in the
toy's design, I suppose.
Which brings me to what you call the engineering aspect-- I am utterly
amazed at how little lego has changed in what, half a century? lego is so
completely backwards-compatible it's mind-boggling-- recently someone posted
on brickshelf a way to connect two 2x2 bricks back-to-back by inserting two
modified 1x2 tiles (vertical L-shapes) in the hollows-- WOW! (shame on me
for not knowing who) I am constantly dumbfounded by the genius of the
*original* design-- the one that makes SNOT and other techniques work so well.
I do agree that this group pushes further than any other the (very elastic)
boundaries of what can be done-- I hope to be able to see some of your stuff
(and others' fab creations) IRL.
back to it...
stuart
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> And I love this sentence :"You've managed to completely abandon lego as an
> assemblage of individual pieces-- rather, it's become a living, breathing (?)
> single entity in your hands.
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> Thank you for the praise. It makes me feel good for two reasons: 1)I was
> really afraid that people wouldn't "get it". It's nice to see I was wrong.
> 2) I feel that I've connected with other Lego artists through my work.
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