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Re: WANTED: New fad!
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Thu, 7 Nov 2002 05:54:18 GMT
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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 (www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24129), that
had all necessary joints for motion. however, it turned out quite a bit
bigger. i think i know why pixie's didn't turn into the next fad, though. it
was too specific, and battle armor in general is too broad. it has to be a
specific concept of it's own, but broad enough for interpretation. such as
the pod...2 pieces are really all that is needed for a "pod". both are big
8x8 dishes...and that's it. that's all you have to have for it to be a pod.
easy enough to meet the requirements, and they all look like "pods", but you
can do lots of different things with those 2 pieces. all the same, i swear
the pixie was the cutest little mass producable weapon of destruction i ever
saw.
-austin
p.s. i'm glad i can now post again..it's been a while, but i got my account
going again.
In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren writes:
> In lugnet.space, Kyle Keppler writes:
> > 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 to
> > the next fad, whatever it is!
>
> 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 infinite interpretations - perhaps even moreso than
> pods - that they could really get your creative juices going.
>
> My miniwalker, which started out as a powered suit, but grew into more of a
> mech, was inspired by the pixie, despite the fact they bear vitrtually no
> resemblance to each other. (see
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27587)
>
> Cheers,
> Allister
>
> mmm... I can feel another powered suit coming on - Get me the magnifying glass!
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