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Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:31:11 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> writes:
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> > John Neal wrote:
> > > consider this: Would it be less satisfying to play with Lego in the
> > > Holodeck than in real life? Is there something to actually possessing
> > > the material brick? [...]
> >
> > [...]
> > Personally, I would get a huge kick from holodeck Legos, since I wouldn't
> > have to spend money on the pieces (instead I'd have to subsidise the huge
> > cost of the holodeck), and I could choose any user interface I want, from
> > "Brick-O-Rama Tactile GUI v2.5" to "Space God Point-N-Click". Plus, the Web
> > pages would be staggeringly awesome. You wanna see my new dropship model?
> > From the inside? During a stormy descent over Saturn? With Mynoks? :-,
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> Man, that would be great!!! You could build any set even if you didn't have
> all the pieces you need, because the holodeck could create any pieces that
> you're missing!
Now, couple that with a replicator. :) "Computer, I want 200 2x2x3 corner
slopes. Green" :)
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> Wanna play with the original yellow castle for a while? "Computer: Load
> LEGO set number three seven five. Run program."
Or you could load every castle set ever made and make a dozen kingdoms at war!
:)
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> Need more 2x4 bricks? "Computer: two million 2x4 bricks, red and black.
> And tea, Earl Gray, hot."
No, no, no. Ya got it wrong. Its "Computer: four million 2x4 bricks, gray
and green. And Strawberry soda, extra fizzy." ;)
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> Man, but what I'd really wanna use the holodeck for would be to play inside
> a LEGO model after it was built! -- to exist at the scale of a minifig. You
> can't shrink yourself, but you could ask the holodeck to make the pieces
> gigantic. :) "Computer: increase model scale five thousand percent."
> And the pieces would *be* that big! "Yeah man! let's drop down through the
> atmosphere of Saturn and go Mynok hunting!!! Reeeooowwwww! Blap, blap,
> blappppp! Fizzoooooo!"
A castle siege would be more fun.
"Look out, m'lord! They're bringing up 6061 Siege Tower to attack 6067 Guarded
Inn!"
"Quick! Send someone to find Robin Hood and his Forestmen in Tights!(1)"
Jeff
1 - Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
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| (...) Well, if *I* were Emperor, I'd need that space just to fit my Lego collection. Well, it wouldn't all be for Lego, but I would need a logistics base for the Lego-bearers, modelling slave droids, collection administrators, piece acquisition (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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