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<ducks> Anne Carasik has offered to take over the MoonBase page and I'm gonna let her. :-) Just lettin you know what's up. It'll probably take a week or so to make the change but I'm sure it's for the better. Right now I'm going to work on the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space) !
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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(...) Hmm. Heh. I'm only German and Chinese! ^ ^ (...) Ja comrade! (...) :D (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Tired of walking across the moonbase?
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(...) Thanks Paul. The handlebars evolved from an (unpublished) origami mecha design. I thought it was too perfect to not be used, so I tossed a set on my (URL) Gamut hardsuit>. Then while I was tinkering with the neck-stud piece, it just clicked. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Tired of walking across the moonbase?
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(...) I love those handle-bar thingies... I just wish I could have thought of such a fantastic use myself! Well done. Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Found on BrickShelf
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(...) Sweet indeed. Nice use of chrome... and I love the "crest" effect of the 2x6 wedge slopes. I'll have to borrow that one... Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 1000Steineland 2003 images
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(...) (URL) Thanks Jan-Albert! You have been faster than me once again.... I wanted to do a Lugnet posting this evening, but now I see you have already told nearly everything we have seen at the 1000steine-Land 2003 in Berlin. Maybe I should add a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Puffin Personal Runabout
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(...) I just finished copying this ship to get some more building practice in and I am awed how swooshable this is despite the rather awkward design. It is just so cute and small this! Love again, Sylvi (22 years ago, 5-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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Wow how did I miss that!? Cool. -Mike Petrucelli (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Why do these things always have to land in dense jungles...?
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Nathan (and to all posters :-) ), Do us a favor (on dialup AND high speed)... cut down the file size on those pics. For instance: (URL) is a whoppin' 244K Compare that to: (URL) at a meager 61K Lower resolution pics with minor detail loss (if any) (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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(...) I was wondering on how to do it, until I saw your nacelles and had a wave of trekkie nostalgia. they are inspired by outer rim nacelles, but structurally pretty different. a mix between your idea and paul hartzog's cool engine thingie idea. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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(...) snip (...) Pack as much in as you can. Look at the amount of room an engine takes up in a modern jet fighter or automobile and apply that porportionally to your ship. That was my guidline for the (URL) Grimlock>. snip (...) That's all the help (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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-snip- (...) well, you see, it could be. the construction isn't all that complicated or hard to do. honestly, i urge you to look through my mocpages.com project (accessible through my link below), and get some ideas on how to move your building (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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(...) why thank you, Paul. (...) Yes, I know this. Unfortunately for me, I don't have any 6x6 corner plates in any color other than light grey. Perhaps a trip to bricklink might be in order. An example of my lack of parts and the inconsistencies (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Why do these things always have to land in dense jungles...?
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Greetings, .spacers. There has been an update for those of you who have been following the mysterious events regarding two alien probes, seen (URL) here> and (URL) here>. Almost a month after some 300 sample-gathering probes landed on Earth, Deep (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Tired of walking across the moonbase?
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I love those neck-stud thingies. :-) (2 URLs) -Chris (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Another Classic Space Figure
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(...) Inspired? Plagiarized is more like it. :-) I had thought about making him in black, but originally wanted to save that color for a gun, camera or metal detector. In the end, I scrapped them all and built the probe. I might still have enough (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Another Classic Space Figure
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Ooo.. I like (and I'm flattered to see I inspired someone). I would have preferred to make mine in black, but black's very difficult to photograph. Oh yeah.. I'm still working on my ray gun and flag, so hopefully I'll have updates by the end of the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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(...) Gil, thanks for the kind words! Interior detailing is really some of the hardest to do, especially when it turns out that it is almost impossible to see (much less photograph). The shower and bath room are like this, but also the bunks and the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Kalashnikov is ready for Battle.
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(...) Yeah, color was something that I decided to wait until the end to work on, relying on adding colored tiles and plates to the exterior. I imagine this as an early type of long range ship, so paint was added generally along a 'spine', except (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Some pictures (Re: New set 10129)
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Hello! Some pictures of the Lunar Lander: (6 URLs) There are quite a lot of very useful parts included. Besides the model itself is very nicely built. Bye Jojo (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hey Paul, Thanks for the comments. Over-greebling? Heh, well, it's just so much fun to do, and i guess i tend to get carried away. The "side thingies" are escape pods, and maybe also mini-shuttles that could be re-used. However, there are (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Another Classic Space Figure
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Inspired by (URL) Anne's minifig sculpture>, I decided to build one of my own - in blue. I also added a flag per Adm. Giddens (URL) comment>. When he was done though, he looked a little lonely - so I built a companion from (URL) set 6802>. Pic 1 (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Found on BrickShelf
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Quite the impressive work here... especially as its made to fit a Technic-scale figure. He has it listed as a submergence vehicle, but the design just screams space. (URL) Matt (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: How to build a floating space station?
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(...) Unfortunately for Joshua, just at that moment several smartasses were sitting waiting with their hands poised over their keyboards. Very funny, guys... fortunately you were mostly amusing ;-) Joshua, I've been thinking about something similar. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: How to build a floating space station?
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In lugnet.space, Joshua Brunstad foolishly places a target on his chest: (...) [LDrawPart 2610:0][LDrawPart 2610:14][LDrawPart 2610:36][LDrawPart 2610:46] Blacktron: Hawaiian Vacation... ;P (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Puffin Personal Runabout
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(...) Hey, small can be cool! This is great. I love the shape, and use of those yellow highlight pieces is just great. You've really nailed the look of a really small MOC down. Cool. So, how's progress on that 400 stud capital ship in your basement (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Found on Brickshelf
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(...) That's simply frikkin brilliant. I'm constantly amazed by the builder's imagination and technique. (2 URLs) >> (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: Picard I
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(...) Looking good! You've got the greeblie look down, and its really starting to look like a good probe. I like those video cameras as greeblies. But I'm afraid I still have a little nitpick- I think the 'arms' and antennas are a bit to random. If (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Redesign of my microship...
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(...) iT LOOKS great, nATHAN! Oops, dang caps lock... but it has the really nice lines of a civlian luxary liner. Nice job. Only I critisism I have is that I think it would be nicer if the gray was a bit less random. Still, a great job! (2 URLs) >> (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: From the Lost & Found files...MiniSpiff
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(...) Lovely! (Oops! Do I get my head cut off now?) That's really cool. Nice to see that those Scumco engineers haven't been sleeping on all their slimy nightshifts... and the original MOC by Chris is cool, too. Interesting color scheme, and nice (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | What camera do you guys use?
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My birthday is coming soon, and so I've asked for money. I'm saving up for a new camera, and currently my eye is on the (2 URLs) s602. > It has a 6x zoom, extremely fast shutter response and burst rates, a good macro- 1 cm focus (although this has (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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| | Re: Tell me something to build
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(...) Space tanker, like those trucks with the big tanks of gas you see on the highway. (2 URLs) >> (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Mars Exploration Rover already on sale???
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(...) Dave: Now I know I am not your credit card, but I would bet that you paid $75 USD for that Mars Rover. When the rover was first shown at the Toy Fair in New York in February, the price was $90, but when it first showed up at Shop@Home (did you (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I seem to recall reading something like that in the transcript. However the instructions show no RCX incorporations at all. The rover, when fully built, appears to have room 'inside' for an RCX, but I'm trying to work out in my mind how to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: "... you got a buncha guys about to turn blue" -CapCom
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I had similar doubts at first, then I translated a couple of the words in the post and noticed "exclusive" and "$45.00"... (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: How to build a floating space station?
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In a word; clear bricks. Ok, two words. But still... -Stefan- (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hi Dave, If I remember correctly, at the BricksWest keynote Brad Justus mentioned that the MER was designed to work with an RCX. Is there any indication or instructions for that included with the set? Thanks, Paul D. (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ahh, the clouds have cleared and my vision has been restored! Nicly done Steve. That sale price is much closer to the value of the set, imho. Alas, the problems with owning the first one on the block--an extra 15 dollars! Oh well. Still a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Mars Exploration Rover already on sale???
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(...) The purpose of this post was not that the set was available from Shop@Home or if some people got it or not, it was to inform people that this is a new set and it is already on sale! (22 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Mars Exploration Rover already on sale???
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(...) Got it, see pics of it being built here: (URL) down to bottom) Is a nice set, with a wide assortment of pieces. But didn't we already discuss this? The 'solar panels' are fun to watch fold out, and the other little gizmos--basically steering, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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