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Re: Fest week of 21st?
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Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:25:08 GMT
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David A Karr wrote:
> > Todd and I had a great time at David's place. That gun is amazing, and
> > we got to see the Lego Valdez as well as the most worn down piece of
> > Lego I've ever seen. David still has lots of his bricks from 1962 onward
> > and many of them were clearly played with nonstop for years. Some of
> > them had the printing completely worn off the studs!
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> The printing probably wore off while I was testing all the prototypes
> of the LEGO gun. :-) The projectile is "flipped over" so that it rubs
> stud-to-stud against the barrel and other internal parts.
Say, David, have you thought about modeling the mechanics of the gun in LDraw?
I'm sure many people would love to see how it works on the inside!
> > All I can say is that David has a charming family who showed us every
> > gracious hospitality, despite the fact that we were 3-way geeking out at
> > a very rapid rate of speech.
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> Thanks, I enjoyed having you both over. It's too bad that with the
> last-minute planning we couldn't bring in more of the LUGNET members;
> I hope I'll have a chance to meet the rest of you some time.
Crispin Richey of The Construction Site said they're planning to have another
grown-up play day soon...I think in July. They usually make an announcement
a few weeks ahead. I went to the one last summer on August 2 and met about
20 people -- it was fun! Hope you can make it to this one!
--Todd
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| (...) Actually James Jessiman made an LDraw model way back when, but I don't know where it is---at that time the technology I had at hand was adequate only to reproduce the GIFs of each step, so that's what I have on my Web page: see the "Model 96" (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| (...) The printing probably wore off while I was testing all the prototypes of the LEGO gun. :-) The projectile is "flipped over" so that it rubs stud-to-stud against the barrel and other internal parts. (...) "With Vacuum Cleaner." (...) Thanks, I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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