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Subject: 
Re: It Lives Again!!! (MOC: Metal Gear Rex)
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Date: 
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 03:57:01 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Anthony Babington writes:
> The most fearsome weapons platform ever created rises once more.
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=41446
> 
> I built this guy once before, and was never quite happy with it, for various
> reasons. then, a few nights ago, I was showing a friend my b-shelf gallery,
> and I looked at the old version of Rex and said "wow... I really liked that,
> but I could redo it better than before..." so, by 9AM, after 6 hours of
> continuous work and no sleep whatsoever, it was done once more... (10AM,
> actually... it took me a bit to realize that I'd forgotten to engreeble it
> properly.)

Whoa O.O

  Very cool. I've always loved Rex, and your original model's been my
favorite rendition. This new one just fleshes it out more and brings better
proportions in. Sweet. I think my favorite change is adding those 'damaged'
bricks into the regular grey. Really adds some character.
> 
> the original version can be found here:
> 
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21347
> 
> please let me know what you think, what I should change, what you want
> detail pics of... I will probably make instructions for this one, especially
> if fols are interested (I already got one e-mail asking about it)

Ooh, instructions would rock. My only suggestion is a custom Solid Snake
for Rex to step on :) I think there was a really cool one on Brickshelf.

Thanks for posting this, it's incredibly cool.

-jeremiah-

My MOCpage:http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/83



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