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Re: rtlToronto12: Trebuchets proposal
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Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:53:09 GMT
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Of course, some of us have neighbours, too...  and this is my impression
of what a neighbour would hear:

<faint whirring>
<mumbled shout>Fiyuh inna hoe!
<BLANGKRUNCH against the wall>
<insane giggling>
repeat....

My neighbour would find it entirely amusing....
seeing ABS getting launched via the Mindstorm stuff.

I think that we could design a standard Lego "shell" to fire easily
enough.  ABS is a fair bit denser than water, so if we build something
4x4x3.1 or 6x6x5 out of plates, it should be pretty heavy and pretty
dense.

And if you're worried about destroying it, mock one up outta mega
blocks.  Or wrap it in neoprene.

.... or your "favorite" Lego Theme... like Jack Stone or Bionicle...
stuff you'd really like to throw.... (cough...cough...) I mean give
away (another example...those bricks with eyes...)

;)

Ben



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(...) What about launching your mini-fig of choice? Finally, a good use for Jar-Jar... It doesn't really matter if they fly 'well', just that they all fly the same. If a golf ball is used, everyone is going to end up doing a lot more walking, trying (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) Of course, some of us have neighbours, too... and this is my impression of what a neighbour would hear: <faint whirring> <mumbled shout>Fiyuh inna hoe! <BLANGKRUNCH against the wall> <insane giggling> repeat.... I think that we could design a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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