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Re: 3723 Minifig Sculpture
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Mon, 20 Nov 2000 20:55:21 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Chris Langstaff writes:
> Has anyone done anything creative with their minifig sculptures? I would
> love to see pictures, hear ideas, etc.
I did not buy the set, but a built something close to it by looking at the
pictures in the catalog. I started with the head and ran out of yellow 1xN
plates - so I but a clear yellow dome on top. Then I thought, I'll put a
couple of mini-figs up there to drive the big-fig - no ... the MEGA-FIG. I
like to call it "Mega-Fig the Destroyer", but its also known as "Junior".
I always wanted to build a mech! Like most of what I what I build, I have a
general idea as to what I want in a model, but the specifics are constantly
refined and altered during the building process. The way I attached the
eyes, with a technic half peg, gave me the idea to have fiber optic eyes
that flashed - the fiber optic strands fit real nice into the half pegs.
Well, next thing I knew I had micro motors in each arm spinning the hands,
pnuematic cylinders moving the arms, a compressor, and an RXC contolling the
whole thing. I have upload some images to BrickShelf -
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1859
Dan and Jen Boger have some pictures and a video they took at the Greenberg
train show in Upper Marborro, MD (September 2000) on their web site -
http://www.peeron.com/pics/Greenberg092000/
Here is a picture of one of the eyes lit up -
http://www.peeron.com/pics/Greenberg092000/thumbnails/junior5.jpg.html
I had nowhere near enough green 1xN plates for the hat, so I made mine black.
Bob
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: 3723 Minifig Sculpture
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| Bob, When I saw 'Junior' for the first time while perusing Brickshelf, I had a hearty laugh! The dome idea is hilarious! I wander what we'll see people doing to the maxi fig next? Perhaps somene is up to the task of turning it into a transformer of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews)
| | | Re: 3723 Minifig Sculpture
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| (...) Bob, That's really good work - extremely close to the 'real' one I bought from just a catalogue image. Good use of Technic and pneumatic pieces to make it move - I want to do the same but alter the the legs somehow to make it walk. It's a big (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | 3723 Minifig Sculpture
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| Haven’t seen many posts on the 3723 Minifig sculpture lately. I just got one last week from S@H (it was backordered for awhile). Definitely a return to the LEGO ‘basics’. I like it so much I’m considering giving up my Technic stuff (I can’t believe (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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