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Re: WANTED: New fad!
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:24:54 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch writes:
> 2. A ship that uses as many of your pink elements as possible. Can't see
> many takers here, but I'll give it a go ;-)

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.

> 3. Ships with as much concealed equipment as possible that 'pops out'. As an
> example, here's a fighter I recently made that conceals its weaponry:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/shnub/new-space-mocs/seiryuu1.jpg

That's a cool fighter.  Concealed equipment is always fun.

> 5. One thing I'd really like to see would be a modular starship version of
> moonbase. The ship would probably be a linear row of module segments
> (although your could have single-to-double-row couplers), and the
> participants would want to arrange who makes the bow and stern sections.
> Then it's just up to the various meetings to make as long a ship as
> possible!

I really like this idea.  I'd been thinking of doing something like this on
my own when I started my modular pod stuff.  Sort of like a space train.
This could work very well if we come up with a good standard.

> Hmm, well the last idea is probably the most promising one. Any other ideas?
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/

-Andrew



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  Re: WANTED: New fad!
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)

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  WANTED: New fad!
 
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 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.space)

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