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After seeing how neat of a cockpit the Duplo Egg was, I aquired one for myself, and here is the resulting ship. (URL) - This is what I did with the cockpit/egg some of you saw on Saturday. +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page - (URL) Store (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Jason, I really like the way that's turned out. The two of you have inspired me to go looking for one of my own! LFB (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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This is really great. But you know what I was thinking of? The ship from the last starfighter. Yours is reminiscent of that, but I think only because of 4 guns and the egg. However, that could be a neat idea for a MOC. You would probably want a blue (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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Jason & All, (...) Egg cockpit design is a neat idea. Great job, Jason! : ) Scott S. -- (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks. It was fun getting all those do-dads into that space. Although the egg has a lot more space in it that I orginally thought. Really the trickie parts was figuring out how to attach the engines to the rest of the ship. -Jason +---...---+ (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks. I looked for some pictures of the ship from "The Last Starfighter" but I couldn't find a really good picture. The eggs are pretty cool. I could see having a whole room full of them, using them as sort of techno-incubators, with some (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks. I look forward to seeing yours. -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page - (URL) Store - (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ls_ses@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsM3uD.M4A@lugnet.com... -snip- (...) Yeah thats a great idea! ;-) -Jon -- | The Galactic Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Your name and Alphabet project were mentioned a number of times at the MichLUG meeting when I showed the cockpit off. I, without question, "borrowed" the idea from you. -Jason +---...---+ Jason Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page - (URL) Store - (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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"Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsMFMp.4rs@lugnet.com... (...) MichLUG (...) the (...) Oh by all means borrow away. I love sharing ideas. :-) -Jon (building Nanobase 4 soon) -- | The Galactic Shipyard - (URL) My Lego (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Jason Spears writes: snipped (...) snipped If it helps, here is the best shot of the ship I could find on short notice: (URL) Bob (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Mark Sandlin has built a really cool MOC of the Gunstar from "The Last Starfighter". (URL) Trotter (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Duplo egg uses (was: New Star Fighter - (EG-206))
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(...) The top halves make great spacey monorail stanchions as well- just top off with a pair of black 2x4 bricks and a 2x2x2 landing gear piece. That adds up to exactly 10 bricks high, which matches the regular stanchions. $2 per stanchion is pretty (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The pics I used for inspiration were actually on (URL) built a model of the Gunstar and I used the photos for reference. My model doesn't follow the Gunstar 100% however. I took a bit of artistic liberty and added the extra missile doors at (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com jains.has.it <-- Jain's Guide www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- the wildlinks Start planning for BrickFest 2002! The AFOL Community's Premier Fan Run Event! www.brickfest.com (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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