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(...) Hate to be blunt, but it won't happen. The closest thing LEGO got to a violent "realistic" line was Wild West, and it was cut short after two years. Gundam? Please LEGO, no! No more licenses! Just my 2 bricks, (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Hmmmmmm...this may not be a bad thing. It might finally be the kick in the butt necessary to get Lego to wake up and release more modern sets, and get past their anti-violence fears. At some point they simply have to go ahead and do it.. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) This is so cool, Leonard. I was going to do something similar a while back, but chickened out. I'm interested to see how all this progresses. Please let us know all the details; the failed ideas, the inspirations, the jackpots. The model (if (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Probably some technic beams & pins could hold the arches together nicely & give it more strength (URL) Jeff (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Guess who's got a new digital camera... I was playing around with one of those 'useles' portals from [LEGOSet 7201] and a bubble canopy, and this was what eventuated. See the video to watch the light and sound in action. (URL) post mod folder> pics (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
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(...) you see, all the different renditions is what i find so interesting, the very point of this project! i think sometimes people look at something amazing like jassim's Dragonstar, and think he just built it. i imagine that he must have worked (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Yep, but to get the joint strength, you'll need to re-inforce the sides of the cylinder brick. Solution: switch to an r2-d2 body instead like so: (2 URLs) This way, not only do you have your joint, but you have SNOT wherever you need it. It's (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Is that a napkin? ;-) (...) I find that my stuff goes through too many renditions to document every step. There are too many times where a design is scrapped halfway through the process for me to subject everyone to all phases of every (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | The EBKD Kalashnikov Project
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Greetings, comrades, I'm announcing a new project of mine. I am going to document every step in the creation of the new Eastern Block Attack Frigate, the 'Kalashnikov', the flagship of the Junior Marshalate and personal ship of Jr.Mar. Leonid (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Jeff, that's pretty cool. I wonder what would happen if you put a 2x2 cylinder brick: [LDrawPart 3941:15] inside of a couple 1x4x1 arches: [LDrawPart 3659:15:2] Is that possible with some SNOT to hold the arches together? --Todd (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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