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Re: New sets for 2001... finally (Pictures)
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:22:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > From: "Paul Gyugyi" <paul@gyugyi.com>
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> > BTW, is there an agreed-upon catagory name that
> > covers Throwbots, Roboriders and Bionicle?
> > Could we call them collectively "Slizers"? (since
> > I think that is the coolest name to come out of TLG in a while).
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> I think the term you're looking for is: SPUDs
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> <gdr>
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> ~Mark
I built a helicopter out of parts from Amazon, Electro, Jet, and a few
assorted pins and axles. (Okay, the rotors aren't Throwbots either, but at
any rate they're mounted on Amazon's central gear.) And yes, it is more
than a Throwbot with rotors, it's a helicopter that happens to have a
Throwbot throwing arm in the tail to make it look less spindly. I'd post an
image if I could, but I'm the guy with no scanner OR digital camera OR
anything similar in nature. And of course there *wouldn't* be any LDraw
Throwbot parts...
Anyway, my point is, Throwbots aren't completely SPUD. They're PATUI
(Pieces with About Three Uses Inventable). First use: Throwbots. Second
use: combine with Znap (I'm told this works well). Third use: the
helicopter. Yup, they're PATUIs.
Oh yeah, and the name Slizers works.
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| (...) That is so cool! I have Jet and Amazon already, so I'll get Electro next to try your suggestion. Here's what I've done so far- Jet- mechanized Velociraptor Jet- mechanized Brachiosaurus Amazon- mechanized Ostrich Amazon- mechanized Anaconda (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: New sets for 2001... finally (Pictures)
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| So how many years ago did I coin the term SPUD (single purpose useless decorative)? I believe it was directed at the large Pirate items, rowboats in particular. The Bionicle torsos have a gear assembly: turn a wheel in the back, and the arms go up (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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