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Re: Mystery Mech spotted
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:13:41 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Neumann writes:
> There's been an unidentified mech spotted. Take a look and see for yourself;
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7772
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> Also, there's more. You see I haven't come up with a good name yet and so I
> thought it might be fun to see what LUGNETters come up with.
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> So e-mail me (snowleopard@foxinternet.net) with your ideas and the most
> popular name gets its brand on this Mech.
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> Mark
Mark -- that's a great design -- does it have an interior? Looks a smidge
small for one, but I never write it off w/o asking. :)
It looks very - Locust-like ala Battletech.
I'd suggest Grasshopper but they're just small locust. ;)
It's a sweet design and great use of parts..
Hmmm.. I have GOT to get some of those throwbot/bionicle joints... I just
can't convince myself to spend the money just for those pieces, though. :)
Joel J
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| (...) Naw, no interior, but I did think of it except that all the internals are what is holding the arms together. Also, I was keeping the wieght down so that the ball joints held up. (...) Yeah, that was the inspiration, especially with the arm (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| "Joel Jacobsen" <jacobsen@oar.net> wrote in message news:GLrM6t.KFw@lugnet.com... (...) yourself; (...) so I (...) Hmmm... (Adam puts on his nerd hat) The Grasshopper is -considerably- larger than the Locust. 70t vs. 20t? The stats for it are here (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) Actually, locusts ARE grasshoppers at a very specific time in their life: when they're swarming. In fact many grasshoppers exhibit changes in exoskeleton coloration due to release of pigments following a chemical signal. So there is really no (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| There's been an unidentified mech spotted. Take a look and see for yourself; (URL) there's more. You see I haven't come up with a good name yet and so I thought it might be fun to see what LUGNETters come up with. So e-mail me (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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