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Attention spacers! Things are a little too quiet in .space at the moment. The reason, IMO, is obvious. We need a new fad. Look at the past fads which have spurred a good deal of creativity: Mecha (the mother of all fads... so big they got their own (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) All good ideas. I especially like the one about ships with concealed weapons as I have tried to do this in some of my own designs too. Perhaps it should be for hidden 'anything' though, not just weapons. But first let me answer why you may be (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) grey canopy instead o' red... but that's me ;-) ) It looks like a personal fast cruiser that goes POP GUN PODS FRAK! Excellent. Give us some more pics!!! Chris <>< P.S. SPACE! (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Sounds good. I've got a few pink elements that I've been trying to find a use for. I'd been considering a pink pod, but maybe they could go into something all new. Either way, I'm not done with pods yet. (...) I really like this idea. I'd been (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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Aye...it has been a little quieter lately. Messageboards seem to go through cycles tho'. I'm sure that everyone's part counts will go up around Christmas with the release of the 2003 SW line in some areas, plus the under-the-tree additions. Always (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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Yikes, I haven't posted here in a while...I read Paul's bad news and I really wanted to wish him the best. Hey Gil, how's things? Anyway, I'm in Star Wars mode these days, residing more often over at that other great LEGO site (which is experiencing (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) You forgot one: Hoverbikes! Paul had a contest with those and most people made 2+ of em :-) (...) That's the thing with fads, you can never predict what they will be. It needs to be simple, yet easy, and still cool to succede in .space. Here's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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"Kyle Keppler" <kyle@kepplah.com> wrote in message news:H56MM5.IEn@lugnet.com... (...) :-) (...) Ah, that's the word I was looking for, not turbocycles. Remembered a bunch of futuristic rideable thingies, and couldn't remember what they were (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> wrote in message news:H55sJ3.Hsy@lugnet.com... (...) What are these new fads in Castle? (I couldn't be bothered reading the group. After about the fifth castle or the fiftieth (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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"Chris Giddens" <cgidd1@aol.com> wrote in message news:H55x1L.55u@lugnet.com... (...) an (...) personal (...) pics!!! (...) Uh, thanks :-) I really love these new big long slope elements, even with the printing. More pics eventually... I have to get (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm surprised that after Mladen Pejic's Pixie was revealed that powered suits didn't take off more than they did. They've got the hallmarks of a neat fad - they don't require 100,000 parts to build but they're complex enough and open to near (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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pixies...i could've sworn those were going to be the next new thing. i was almost positive. alot of people made versions, and mods, and though i didn't build one, it did inspire me to see how small i could make one of my powersuits, the Grunt (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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Things go well, my friend. A little busy these days, but the building continues if only sporadically over the last little while. I've seen your updates over at FBTB...the tweaks and tucks to your MOC's are improving on an already fantastic canon (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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You know, that's very true. Mladen's suits are a blast. There were few variants (a firefighting suit....my apologies to the builder for not being able to recall his name) that were really spectacular. The manned mini mech (M3?) are a real catchy (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I could understand not everyone cares about mini-fig characters, but how on earth would you have read .castle and expected not to see *castles*?? Anyway, since this is .space, I will just point out a couple of posts elsewhere that might answer (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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Thanks Gil, glad to hear that all is well. My shuttle MOCs will forever be works in progress...it's great to have something to fall back on when that cursed builder's block sets in! Later. -Matt (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, there was a turbobike AND a hoverbike fad. So you were right both times :-P. (...) Heh, don't hold your breath, it'll be a bit :-/ --Kyle (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah, I saw them. Very nice - A quick search of brickshelf reveals William Toenjes as the builder. My favourite variation, though, was this one : (URL) by Timotheus Deering. (...) <flips over to brickshelf againg> O yeah, I remember that one. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) battle armor suits, i've gotta give credit for inspiration of that particular model, and the barbarian (slightly larger: www.brickshelf.com/c...?i=233783) to Jeremy Sproat. it was his stickfig mecha that i initially looked at and said "add a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Just a very timid suggestion (from someone who is only posting in .space for the very first time - hello all!). Seeing as though the Moonbase concept was so successful, maybe the creators of any spaceships could consider using the same (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well I made a modular aquazone alpha team ship. (URL) on adding more modular units. This modular thing is a lot of fun! Whatdoyathink? (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)
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