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Subject:	Re: It's a Mech...It's a plane...It's, uh, both?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha
Date:	Sat, 31 May 2003 04:28:05 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Adrian Drake wrote: > Transformers, more than meets the eye... > Transformers, robots in disguise. > > Okay, so it's not an actual for real Transformer from the TV show, but hey, it's > nifty enough. Presenting for your perusal, Talisaro. > > http://www.brickfrenzy.com/space_talisaro.html > > SNIP > Enjoy! > > Adrian I like the bulk of the torso & legs; the arms may be a little thin, but not that bad. on a bit off-Lego-topic is the general observation that all the transformers i've seen here on Lugnet have used major vehicle body parts for mech body parts; they don't just fold the shell of the vehicle onto the back of the bot form so the bot body can be sculpted like this example of Armada's Red Alert: http://www.transformers.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.9034/dn/default.cfm a massive part of the body is simply folded onto 'his' back revealing sculpted/scrawny legs. I don't like it. a windshield here, or small panel/wing there is o.k., just not the major body parts like that example. I know the original (G1) decepticon jets had both wings folded to either side of their robot body, but the wings were relatively secondary in mass & it made for the effect like the robot had wings too; the decepticons could fly, so it made sense and it looked cool. anyways, cool transformer-the wings on the bot look wicked cool like the G1 tranformers too. I'm partial to the flying/sleek ones. Jeff

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		Re: It's a Mech...It's a plane...It's, uh, both?
(...) The G1 Transformers like Starscream were a heavy influence on this design. The way the cockpit folds, the position of the nose, and in a small way the way the arms fold were influenced by the design of those old Transformers. Like you say, the (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)

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		It's a Mech...It's a plane...It's, uh, both?
Transformers, more than meets the eye... Transformers, robots in disguise. Okay, so it's not an actual for real Transformer from the TV show, but hey, it's nifty enough. Presenting for your perusal, Talisaro. (URL) by Paul D'Urbano's transformer: (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha) !

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