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I seem to remember a classic space set that only consisted of 5 mf scale robots made from common pieces. Ring any bells? I scrolled through the set listings, but the closest I could find had just a couple robots paired with some spacemen. Any help (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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Kevin, (...) I don't remember any set with five minifig scale robots. There have been a few sets like a space minifig set with two robots in it, and other sets with one or two robots, but I have never seen 5 together. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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You're probably thinking about the scene in 6000 Idea book: (...) robots (...) listings, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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Kevin, (...) Yes, isn't there another robot picture in the following idea book? Scott S. (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmmm... are you sure you weren't dreaming? :-) The first "official" Lego robots at Minifig scale that I remember came out circa 1994 in the Spyrius line, and they were made from the standard set of minifig pieces. (URL) you thinking of the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Now, I'd not seen THAT before. Very interesting designs indeed! Maybe I AM dreaming, but I think I saw a pic of five (or so) robots of this type: (URL) course, minus the spacemen. If I recall, the pic seemed of "official" quality and setup, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Mike Clemens writes: [...] It comes out looking a little (...) Oh... fudge. Stupid non-monospace fonts. Sorry about that totally unreadable diagram. I'll try to find some ldraw pics of the parts if anyone is truly interested. - Mike (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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Kevin, (...) Did they look like this? (URL) so, there is a picture, let me see if I can find it: (URL) there they are. Are these it? Scott S. (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Unfortunately, no. They were all smallish and constructed very much along the lines of the ones here: (URL) , only more of them. I've been trying to track this image down for a couple months. I originally saw it on sale on ebay some time ago, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Alright, smaller than. (...) Hmm... maybe it was either a whole bunch of robots in various sets put together, or it was just a custom creation by somebody. I can't recall anything, I am totally stumped. Drat! I hate space questions I cannot (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) What about 1785 Crater Critters? It's a weird boxed set for building robots, with no mini-figs included. Could this be it? Dave (jot and jab) xxx...xxx (24 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I think he means the size of a minifig(little lego guy) or MF for short. alex (24 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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In addition to the robots mentioned in the idea books here (...) The minifig set that came with two robots here (...) set (similar to the pit droids in the Star Wars Pod Racer sets). Some time ago I cut and pasted the robot parts of the instructions (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Inspired by Kevin's nagging memory, I decided to give this a try -- namely, making a set of robots out of standard pieces. (URL) kind of cheated, since the "normal" pieces I used all came from my big Plano box of (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) robots (...) listings, (...) Set 6702 contained two robots along with 4 classic space minifigs. That's the only one I remember. (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Please do not make direct links to image files on this website except where explicitly permitted. (Links to any web pages here are perfectly OK though.) The correct link would be: (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) These are cool! I don't think you "cheated" at all. I like the hover-bot. --Bram (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) stopped/slowed coming up with original uses of pieces in nifty small designs... --Bram (24 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I agree....May I have permission to add the hoverbot to my collection of Misc. space characters? I like the comedic aspects of a couple of your creations...I haven't experimented w/ robots in years... Gee....and I thought I was (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) this a try -- namely, (...) all came from my big Plano (...) pieces-too-rare-or-s...r-storage. All the robots are (...) like the hover-bot. (...) I agree....May I have permission to add the hoverbot to my collection of Misc. space characters? (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes: [...] (...) Go ahead -- I'm happy to pull any of them apart if the pictures weren't clear. I'm fond of the thin-bot, myself, but you can't relaly make out much of the detail from the black pieces. (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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