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Subject: 
Automated Castle
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic
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lugnet.castle
Date: 
Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:54:32 GMT
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Tired of lazy guards that just stand around all day? Bored of ghosts that offer
no surprises? Want the portculis to open for you? Want to see one minifig whack
another? Introducing the Automated Castle:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=112730

Now with a video clip.

Roy Nelson



Message has 7 Replies:
  Re: Automated Castle
 
Some intriguing ideas there, I kept .technic in as I believe the operational mechanisms would have sufficent merit for discussion there. Would you care to share construction details with some of the designs - they look simple but I think there's (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic)
  Re: Automated Castle
 
(...) Ok, THAT'S cool. How did you get the two towertop fighting figs to move sideways without falling off whatever they are attached to? (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic)  
  Re: Automated Castle
 
Very awesome Roy!!! I am very impressed. I especially like the fighting soldiers. - John "Roy Nelson" <legoroy@telus.net> wrote in message news:IsCoIw.16t1@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Automated Castle
 
WOW Roy! That's just superb! HUZZAH! I raise my goblet of mead to you and toast your fiendishly clever creativity! Excellent job with the video as well, those dissolves are very nice! Saved to my hard drive so I can show my friends! Dave S. "Roy (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Automated Castle
 
(...) This is awesome! I need to build more automated MOCs. Thanks for the video clip... When I saw those Black Falcon guards moving, I thought how that movement would look good in a MOC of a cuckoo clock! :) "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
  Re: Automated Castle
 
(...) Roy, Now THIS is the use of RCX that I always expected of AFOLs! This is so cool. I love that you worked so hard to hide any hint of the technical bricks or computing bricks. It just looks like a great but static castle, until things start (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Automated Castle
 
OH MY GOODNESS! That is so cool! WOW. I checked out all the photos and the video! (btw thanks for making the video!) Ok back to being blown away ----> WOWOWWOWOWOW ~Drool~Drool~Drool~ My fav moving part is the two figs on the top of the turret. The (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.castle)

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