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Re: July LEGO Mania Magazine
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 20 Jul 1999 18:09:25 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> Wow! If you have reading the Mania magazines, you should take a glance at
> the current issue. Along with the usual advertising dreck content, there
> are some great models on the member contributions pages. The normal
> kid-creations seem to have averaged slightly better than usual, but the
> real treats are these:
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> A very large, mostly-to-scale firetruck (hook-and-ladder?). The picture
> shows a technical drawing of the truck, hanging behind the LEGO model. I
> wonder if the kid drafted the diagram as well as building the model?
Fire Truck? (Grabs Mania magazine from mail and looks) Wow, that is a
great model, makes me want to scrap all my fire trucks and start over again.
Looks like it is built as an 8 stud wide vehicle. Someone hold back
John Neal, Mr. 8 wide.
> A very nice mecha model (no age given for the modeler, so I'm assuming it's
> a 'grup).
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> A life-size replica of the kid who won the recent building contest (his
> creation was an *amazing* carousel). The replica is very great, especially
> with the kid standing next to it. Too bad it's a ringer (created by TLG
> masters).
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> There is at least one more nifty submission, but I don't have the magazine
> with me, and I can't remember what it was. Another creation by a teen
> maniac.
The TIE Interceptor?
> Steve
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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 | | Re: July LEGO Mania Magazine
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| (...) I'm just starting to build 6 and 8 wide cars and trucks (robots and spaceships are more of my staple), and while I think those are pretty good widths relative to minfig width, I find that the vehicles end up looking ridiculous on my road (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: July LEGO Mania Magazine
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| (...) Yeah, that was it. Not quite as nice as some stuff that's been announced here on Lugnet, but still quite cool. Mania magazine should do an article on those nutty adults who play with LEGO and put their creations on websites. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Wow! If you have reading the Mania magazines, you should take a glance at the current issue. Along with the usual advertising dreck content, there are some great models on the member contributions pages. The normal kid-creations seem to have (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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