 | | New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | The Maneki Neko, literally "Beckoning Cat," is a good luck charm used widely in Japanese business establishments and homes. It is believed to invite in fortune and good luck to its owner. In Japan, the hand sign to ask someone to come towards you is (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —Adrian Drake
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| | | | | I couldn't get the detail images to load. Is there a problem with the html? I got the thumbnails just fine, though. Adrian (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) The ".jpg" was missing from the image URL. It's fixed now. Sorry about that! --Bill. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | | | (...) the large images from being displayed, as Adrian pointed out. This has been fixed. Sorry about the inconvenience. --Bill. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —Anne Carasik
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| | | | | Lucky cat! :) Very, very cool. I haven't thought about doing this as a sculpture, but I'm really impressed. :) I like the raised kanji. Su-goi! I checked out how you did the arms. Very interesting. -Anne (...) -- It might look like I'm doing (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks. I've been wanting to build a new sculpture for almost a year but have been stuck with "builders block"... finally I got this brainstorm. (...) Sonna koto! The arms come off for transportation. I have had no end of trouble especially (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —Anne Carasik
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| | | | | | (...) I haven't had builder's block--just havne't had the time to work on my LEGO projects (in escrow on a house, don't move until March 8). But one of the only things NOT packed is my LEGOs :) (...) Yatta! :) (...) Makes sense. I do have one (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) Congrats on the house! I've built a few town things for the BayLTC layout, but I've had trouble getting a sculpture idea to take form. I recently acquired a big tub of used miscellaneous LEGO, mostly basic bricks, and that was what got me (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —Bruce Hietbrink
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| | | | | Will, Very nice. Whenever I go to a Japanese import shop I see lots of this little guy in porcelain. That's a very unique idea for a Lego sculpture. Bruce (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks! Yes they are pretty ubiquitous in Japanese shops. Some Chinese restaurants have them too. There are actually several kinds; some are for good luck and some are for money; the kanji on the coin the cat is holding and which arm is raised (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —Eric Sophie
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| | | | Hi Bill! this is a nice sculpture. I like the wide angle shot. good work! e www.mylegomaster.com (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | | | | | Re: New sculpture: Maneki Neko (Japanese good luck cat) —William R. Ward
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| | | | (...) Thanks!! It's not as poseable as one of your mecha but one could replace the arms with arms in a different pose perhaps? hehe... --Bill. (21 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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