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Re: New sets for 2001... finally (Pictures)
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Sat, 28 Oct 2000 07:27:19 GMT
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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 and down.
In my mind, I think of the Slizers as what I would have
liked the old Micronaut toys to have been: interchangable,
expandable, etc. (Actually, I turned Blaster into a
reasonable looking Acroyear). I'm glad Bionicle is keeping
the same scale as the throwbots and adding more accessories
(claws, swords, etc). It's like the generic action-figure
construction set.
Oh, and ZNAP works well to make buildings and things for
the slizers to run around on and shoot each other.
Oh, and I have the throwbot leg and hip joints modelled
in LDRAW (unofficially). LMK if you need them.
Todd, can we have a Technic->Slizers newsgroup added?
-gyug
In lugnet.general, Andy Verner writes:
> In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes:
> >
> > > From: "Paul Gyugyi" <paul@gyugyi.com>
> > >
> > > 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).
> >
> > I think the term you're looking for is: SPUDs
> >
> > <gdr>
> >
> > ~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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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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