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(...) I was actually thinking bricks when I wrote this, but there are 1x2 plates with click-hinges sticking out the top of 'em, on one half. Not sure which sets have 'em; I think I got some from one of the Life on Mars mechs. -JDF (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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thx for the comments, seems no one else replied, is this ng thinning out? -paul (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | Impressive Creation
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On Brickshelf, Eric Sophie has posted a giant 6-foot LEGO space mech type thing. (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | finally Chairs Chairs Chairs
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well, normally i would wait until i put these on Et in Arcadia Lego @ (URL) incredibly busy and may not get to it for some time so, (amazingly lucky for you) you get to view them NOW!!!! (URL) Chairs Chairs and they're public domain, i'd love to see (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thank you. (...) Great! I'm looking forward to it. I'm kind of new around here, so I am glad someone more established is willing to run it. What would the rules be? I've noticed that some of us are more strict than others about what (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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House Kareth photographed Pics of House Kareth have been added to the minifig section of Et in Arcadia Lego @ (URL) much -paul (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Contest Info and IP Address change
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howD all, my site Et in Arcadia Lego has changed to (URL) update your bookmarks also, info about my contest as well as the original post i posted to lugnet have been added to the "News" page thx much -paul (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.underground)
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(...) Who said anything about interstellar? I've been thinking only in terms of tooling around the Solar System... I don't think Lego is up to the task of a hard SF interstellar ship, but an interplanetary ship is a realistic goal. --Bill. (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) station he designed; a raytrace image can be seen at this URL: (URL) that space station supposed to spin around, creating artificial gravity? I had always assumed that its "down" was the pointy part at the bottom of the image. (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I was referring not to a rotating disc/ring but to a pair of pods connected by a shaft, rotating about the center of that shaft. The gyroscope effect would be generated to some degree but it would be a lopsided one. My understanding about (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I usually assume Velcro, which is what real astronauts today use. (...) Trouble is, gravity radiates out in all directions from a single point (the center of mass). Unless your ship is spherical, it doesn't make much sense - at the extreme (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's even come up on Lugnet before... (URL) love the Moller Skycar. I remember first hearing about it on CNN a couple years ago... eric (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, this is really cool. I remember when Popular Mechanics ran an article about this back in the 80's :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Gee, seems like only a couple of months ago I was having fun tossing together the Supersucker 9000 model for the Classic Space contest. Today on AO-helL they were featuring the real thing! Check out: (URL) Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ooooh, tethers. I like that idea. Though I dunno how to build it in Lego. :) In fact, one could do something like this where both sides are habitation modules, and have an "elevator" that climbs and descends the tethers should minifigs need to (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A sobering day in the life of the Taranis (was Medium freighter)
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(...) hehe.. and that was a docking incident, even.. o_O lysdexics of the world untie! (not poking fun, I do have mild dyslexia) Joel J (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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(...) Woo hoo! :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:tftfat0suhi02f1...4ax.com... (...) hydrogen (...) Any ionozed atom reacts to a magnetic field (since it has charge). I always assumed a Bussard ramjet requires a *big* electromagnetic scoop, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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J.D. Forinash <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:9889lg$s7$1@ana...net.foo... (...) cannot (...) parts (...) right (...) rotational (...) probably (...) in (...) implies (...) minifigs (...) How about this: build a large drum (or box) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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| | A sobering day in the life of the Taranis (was Medium freighter)
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(...) Well... the intrepid crew of the Taranis had a.... docking indecent it seems. While attempting to land at the Jericho Tactical Industries starport orbiting the friendly planet of Jacobsen III, they were forced to take last minute evasive (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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