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Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:30:56 GMT
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:12:45 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:

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!

Only if the computer will violate patent, copyright, and other intellectual
property laws. :(

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!"

Just wear thick shoes -- those studded decks can *hurt*! :)

Steve
--
More tiles!  I must have more tiles!



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  Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) I was thinking the same thing-- hopefully squishy bricks will be the rage by then;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: star destroyer?
 
(...) 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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