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Re: MOC - Autobot Bitstream
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Fri, 7 Feb 2003 18:58:11 GMT
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Woof! Very smooth. Like you say, who knows what kind of car that is, who
cares! It looks cool enough. Dig the way the legs come apart and then the
poses, Great! Can't say I'd cut my peices, but that's me. This turned out
great!
Mark
In lugnet.build.mecha, Jeremiah VanderMark writes:
> Hey all,
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> Finally, I have something new in the way of mecha :)
>
> For some reason, I'm on a huge Transformers kick lately. I've been seeing
> all of these cool Lego renditions, but it's been so long since one of them
> actually *transformed*; I figured I'd remedy the situation.
>
> Meet Bistream, Autobot Data Specialist:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits01.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits02.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits03.jpg
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> Transformation sequence:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits04.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits05.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits06.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits07.jpg
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> Striking a pose:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits08.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits10.jpg
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> Mug shot:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits09.jpg
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> Relaxing at Autobot HQ:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/Bitstream/bits11.jpg
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> I spent a week or so designing & engineering the guy, so I knew how he'd
> work ahead of time, but I can't believe how quickly he went together - from
> start to finish, about three hours including digging through unsorted bins.
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> Obviously, his vehicle mode is a sports car of some sort, though exactly
> which model is a mystery - I figure he's a Civic or something, just modded
> beyond recognition :) The design originally came from the Honda Insight, I
> guess, since the rear wheels are set so far inside the body.
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> Part Mods (since I can't *ever* build something without cutting some ABS
> first): All 4 wheels needed to be held by 1 x 2 wheel holders, which don't
> exist. I ended up cutting two '2 x 2 plate w/ wheel holders' in half. Also,
> not so much modding as... uh... customizing... is the face. I took a plain
> grey minifig head and added some Stikfas [1] decals.
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> PLMKWYT!!
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> -jeremiah-
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> [1] http://www.stikfas.com
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| (...) Thanks! Yeah, the cutting itself is pretty hard to bring myself to do. It's a good thing, too, otherwise I'd have all sorts of custom parts laying around :) I do make sure I absolutely need to mod before I do anything drastic - I spent lots of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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