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Subject: 
The town under the observatory
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Date: 
Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:30:57 GMT
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I thought it would be fun to build a castle village, while at the same time
I wanted to see if I could my small Mindstorms collection for something
other than robots.  This is the result:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=20509

The telescope uses the Mindstorms microscout to turn in circles until a
light shines on it, at which point the lens moves up and down.  You can kind
of see the microscout below the lens in this picture:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=201932

The waterwheel is powered, too, just for the heck of it.  The rest of the
village is an assortment of buildings and landscapes I thought would look
cool, plus a cameo by the Blacksmith's shop.  I'm sure there are
anachronisms galore, as this is my first castle village and I was making no
attempt to be historical.  I just wanted to see what I could come up with.

I appreciate any comments, and hope you enjoy.

- Kenn



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  Re: The town under the observatory
 
Hi Kenn, Nice Town! I really like it. You have a lots of details piled up on top of each other. Makes for a fun treasure hunt, looking for all the stuff you put in there. My foster son especially liked the chewies and ewok selling apples. He also (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.castle)

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