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(...) Sorry, Gil. Calypso was a refitted minesweeper, not a cutter. ;-) James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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Joe, I really like your rendition of Calypso. I remember watching "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" as a kid - that model brought back memories. And the overall playability reminds me of the (gasp) Tente ships I had as a kid, too. Play on! (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Cool! The cutter shape you've coaxed out of the plates is perfect and using the 1x1 smoke tiles looks amazing. My fave part...the little sea 'copter. How fun is that? Looks like a delicious candy I could eat. Great build Joe...sell the design (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! The real thing will be a minifig scale version (which will be ridiculously big, of course)...and it will be a while in planning and building. And the chopper was one of the fun side projects! Joe (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) I think he knew that with the reference to how John Denver died in an experimental plane crash... (...) I love the boat! There ate two ships that, since I was a kid, I've really really appreciated--One is the 'Big Canoe', the other is the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Um, I think you'll find that John Denver wrote them. Very nice boat though. If this is just a 'proof of concept' I look forward to the real thing (is it going to be minifig scale, or another microscale one? Add another vote of approval for the (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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Snif!.... a tear came to my eye... very nice ship, very nice feel. I love the yellow chopper, very nice use of the minifig transparent head for the canopy! JP. (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) (snip) I love that shot!!! Micros look so awesome when shot from the figs perspective. (...) Well I think it's wonderful. Nicely played Joe, excellent micro ship, with amazing details and styling. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Cool boat, Joe! And those lyrics! You could be a songwriter furshur! Just be careful flying those experimental airplanes;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm To work in the service of life and living In search of the answers of questions unknown To be part of the movement and part of the growing Part of beginning to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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(...) Congrats to all that participated, here is a list and pics of the (URL) winners.> Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Miniland is the brick-built world at the Legoland parks, occupied by 5-6 inch figures built of normal bricks: (URL) a couple of AFOL versions, see Sean Kenney: (URL) Mike Crowley: (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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To see such discussion on the attributes and definitions of micro-scale is quite exciting. I decided to open up my PowerPoint on the topic and see how I originally defined it. "Microfig--anything smaller than minifig scale. May assume that a person (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) Okay. We'll simply call them "sub-mini-super-micro figs." :) For instance, (URL) these tiny astronauts> or (URL) my tiny Starfleet figures>. And what exactly is "stickfig?" (...) Yes. If such a model fits in your hand, it's merely a "small (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Yes! This is exactly the point I touched upon in my WTC design paper(1). I've dubbed this type of technique as "mind's eye modeling", which I describe as "creating a model that visually matches or exceeds what a typical person expects to see. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) Ahhh...O.K. I think I see what you mean/meant. You're talking about a builder-manufactured "microfig" rather than something like the LEGO-manufactured "minifigs". (...) I think you've hit on what I was trying to suggest earlier. That this (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) I am a micro newbie. I followed the general "a micro fig is a 1x1 round" guideline for BrickFest and built a building. It was a total blast to do although in my opinion actually quite difficult to get the desired look. A very intriguing (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Well my micro creations have varied from about 1:100 to 1:250 or less, so I obviously think that the actual scale is fairly flexible. For instance, though I know some will disagree, I think (URL) comes within my notion of micro. And I think (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Oh, good. I always enjoy articulating ripe potential-yet-unvoiced notions. (...) It seems the *convention* (not a standard) espoused by Ashley Glennon and Janey "Red Brick" is that a "microfig" be a 1x1 round cylinder (optionally with a 1x1 (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Hello all, IMO, Microscale is really in a development stage, and although there are some key players that have done some outstanding work and have for years, most AFOL have yet to dabble in this scale. Micro is a delight because with in a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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