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I was trying to post it in the announce.moc group but for some reason it
won't let me post there. I meant to just post a simple test message but
since I had already written all this out, I just posted it to off-topic.test
anyway, thinking it wouldn't be posted there either. I've been trying to
post it to the appropriate groups but I am still not able to, despite having
gotten the "setup results" email from Lugnet saying that the server is ready
to accept my posts. Anyway, thanks a bunch for cross-posting to .general;
I've been itching to get some feedback!
I'm glad you like the Manta; that's actually my favorite one so far, even
though I didn't own the toy. There's supposed to be small wings in the front
as well, but I ran out of room for any more built-in mechanics. I'm going to
try to redesign the back wings to try and make room for the front wings, but
it's probably not going to work. I may just try to figure out a way to just
connect them seperately.
At the moment, I'm trying to figure out what vehicle to do next...I really
want to do the Hurricane, a '57 chevy, but it's a complex vehicle especially
with the mechanics that it would need to turn it into its attack mode.
Garett
In lugnet.off-topic.test, Stefan van Zwam writes:
> I'm not sure where these SHOULD go (being relatively new at this too), but
> these creations are far too great to get lost in the .test subgroup! Hence
> the cross-post to .general.
>
> As a child, I have watched the series quite a few times, and I liked it a
> lot. My cousins had the Manta you rendered so cunningly in Lego. It was one
> of my favourite toys when I went there (after their Lego, of course), and I
> know it quite well. I even remember trying to fit wings under some of my own
> Lego vehicles when I was young... but that didn't work out well with 4-studs
> wide cars.
>
> Well done, a great way to crash into LUGnet!
>
> Yours enthusiastically,
>
> Stefan.
> ---
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> http://www.yellowhead.8m.com/
>
>
> "Garett Yoshimura" <garett@carrotnetwork.com> wrote in message
> news:HBMwIs.1Hww@lugnet.com...
> > Howdy all!
> >
> > This is my first post on Lugnet...and these are my first building • projects!
> > Anyhoo, when I was a young lad, I built a 4-wide minifig-scale tractor rig
> > based on the Rhino--a tractor rig from the M.A.S.K. toyline (check this • link
> > if you don't know what M.A.S.K. is:
> > http://www.albertpenello.com/mask/toys.html). It had a working battering • ram
> > (i think) and it had the rocket in the back but that was pretty much it. • It
> > is now some 15 or so years later and I've decided to make a better, more
> > accurate version of one of my favorite MOC's from my childhood.
> >
> > And so the Rhino was my first project, and it turned out decent IMO. I'm
> > pretty sure some things could be done better, but I'm quite new at • figuring
> > out how to do certain things with lego's. My second project was the Gator,
> > an off-road jeep that had an attack boat hidden inside it. My most recent
> > project was the Manta, a Nissan 300ZX that turns into an attack plane.
> >
> > Here's the link to my galleries on Brickshelf:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Mista-Carrot
> >
> >
> > With all these MASK vehicles, the toughest part has been figuring out all
> > the mechanics and the best way to implement them. So please take a look • and
> > let me know what you think! I'd especially like to hear from those who
> > played with MASK toys as a child or watched the cartoon.
> >
> > Garett Yoshimura
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