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(...) I'll have you know that this has been an especially difficult contest! Jack Skellington is TOUGH in minifig scale!! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.disney, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.build.contests)
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Announcing the Grand Opening of "When You Brick Upon A Star"... You all know I'm not that wordy (especially after 3 hours of HTML/Image work) (URL) enjoy, and... Enter The New Contest! That's right, We have a new contest, just in time for (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.disney, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.build.contests)
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Here is #2 of 3…. For those who aren’t from the bay-area here is a piece you probably haven’t seen. This is the Sunol water temple located in Sunol Ca, a very small town southeast of San Francisco. Famed San Francisco architect Willis Polk, who (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.disney, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Well, this isn't good (especially for the Disney board here)
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(...) I've seen Donald Duck on ebay as a kit from bildo. I don't find myself too terribly impressed with the Bildo sets I've seen, mainly because they are pretty expensive. The Tokyo Disneyland/DisneySea sets are cooler because they are small models (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.disney)
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(...) I just discovered "bildo" on ebay. Apparently a few others have made Disney construction toys. for example: (URL) Duck? and others including Scrooge. (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.disney)
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(...) My version is about 3 feet long. And it's taken over my work table. As to scale, it's about minifig sacle..I say about because the interior is a little too small for the minifigs. (...) I took a look at that really cool site. Neat info. I have (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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Hey Joe - I like this a lot! You've captured a very distinctive shape in all of her Victorian glory. The brown look great (and was - as someone else said - a brave choice) I once contemplated building a Nautilus myself, but more true to the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Yep it IS a lot of brown:) It wasreally fun trying to figure what parts were available in the color. Thanks for the compliments, too. I really worked on the bow to make it 'feel right. It took a little time and some tries to get the curves (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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Wow. That is a LOT of brown. The bow is awesome, very textured and sculpted. Love the use of the TIE canopy. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I picked brown mainly because it would be easier to photograph and also because it was the closest to rust that I could think of at the time. I wasn't too interested in a gray version, even though the movie version is a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Thanks for the compliments! I try very hard to keep to a pure Lego material, but on Chernabog, I had to use a different approach:) Chernabog's wings are made of 4mm plastic sheeting, available at probably a building supply store, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) I think it's great! You've captured the shape very well. Brown was certainly a very brave colour choice, but it's really paid dividends for you. Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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PERFECT! Your other creations are incredible too. Im a fan. What material did you use for chernabog's wings they are awesome? (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Try: 0024, 0025, 0028, 0030, 0031, 0033 and 0034. There's more, but I'll leave those for the moderation:) (...) Thanks..they weren't easy to find:) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Thanks! I had to do some serious thinking to get the 'teeth' on the spine done. The vertical fin is held to the hull with 2 hinge plates to allow the angle I wanted, and the horizontal 'teeth' use hinges to match the shape of the ship. As for (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Not yet...I have a pretty simple base right now, but got some ship hull halves this past weekend, so a full fledged diorama is definitely being thought of!! Another thought I had much earlier was to do a attack diorama, as this model's bottom (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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(...) well.... 0018 and 0021 weren't. You could explore further if you wanted to! As for: (...) Yes, indeed, "hat" is on Brickshelf, 0020 clearly shows Nemo wearing a "hat". Dig those divers too(1)... Hope that helps. Er, that is.. hope "hat" helps. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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Hi Joe, It looks awesome! Can't wait till the folder is moderateed to see the details. The TIE window works great, btw, and the parts near the nose with the arches with slope bricks (if that makes sense). Bruce (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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Very, very nice. This just begs to be made into a diorama half submerged attacking a sailing vessel or steamer! But then, maybe hat is on brickshelf.... (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: "The Unofficial LEGO Disney Villain Contest" Winners
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(...) Ahhh, Crap! That's what I get for typing this up after scrubbing my face with cold-cream for 20 minutes trying to remove makeup... I appoligize profussely fer tat letttle sliip in spelliing Am looking forward to seeing more Disney creations in (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.disney, lugnet.build.contests)
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