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(...) Damn that's fine. Quick, build some more! :) (...) I first saw your models in the Brickfest pictures just after I came out of my dark age. Needless to say I immediately put your brickshelf folder into my favourites and embarked on a search for (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Kim Jong Il unfolds into Giant Robot
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gundam style (URL) will america do now? -lamh (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Starship is Go for Launch!!
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Galactic Greetings! You may have seen brief comments in earlier posts about the development of the Starship RPG by-email game (which gives everyone a reason to build more MOCs of brick). As of this morning, the game is ready to take off. The main (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.space)
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| | Castle's Revenge !
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[Copied to .announce.moc, because that's what it is. Copied to .castle because of the influence of Anthony Sava's works as well as other roots in that theme. Copied to .build.mecha because I kept having 'visions of escaflowne' while building this. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Drake Equation (was: Re: Some great Space info and dicussion)
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(...) A minor tangent, but it's got a pointer to a neat toy. The Drake Equation (1961) is the classic articulation of the potential for technological--and communicative--civilizations. There's a neat toy at www.seti.org, too, that lets you plug in (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That too requires the target civilization to recognize it (the energy wastage) for what it is. If there *is* wastage to detect in the direction of the target--again, not something we can be sure of, necessarily; it may be that one has to be, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Chris, That Starfleet Voyager X1 just takes the cake! I really like what you have done. You made it modern, yet kept the soul of the original. Kudos! The reason that I like the Starfleet Voyager X1 is that the original was my first big Classic Space (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) What a cool little ship. Love the cockpit detailing. Actually the detailing all around is well done, especially the nozzles. As for the color choices, I really like the white. And it photographs well:) Joe Meno (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) lol! Our family has a bulldog, and I just spotted the 'look' in your walker. (...) "poor lads?" They're Stormtroopers! They can handle it! And anyways the troops can use the winch as a zipline, with the the remaining troops on board as well as (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Well, this is just my personal preference mind, but I like cockpits with lots of control panels and lights. It's a little hard to tell what's in yours (this pic gives the best view (URL) but it looks a little... I dunno... empty. It doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I pretty much agree here. But, Paul, I think it would be better if the cockpit was up in the rear. ;-P. --Kyle (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Maybe you missed these: (URL) modular units, smaller than the modular land buildings and no restraints but free in 3D? like this:? (URL) also saw a MIR but forget who made it. Thats about it. (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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I really really like this! Its huge and just great! I like how the middle (knee joint?) looks and it almost seems like a reversed knee design. It gives the impression of being strong. Although I get a sense of how big it would be IRL, how big do you (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Much appreciated. (...) Eh, to each his own :-D We'll be seein' some color soon in the P-CS timeline. (...) Moc's with wheels and I never have gotten along. But rest assured I'm tryin :-D (...) Welcome to .space Have you checked out the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I assumed we were talking about actual space warfare, not science fiction.. Anyhow, you misunderstood me, I did not mean to imply that future space vehicles would utilize primitive chemical propellants, I was referring to hydrogen or (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'll tell ya what I think... cool man. You are the master of cool shape and function! Your bringing this to brickfest... and yes you are coming to brickfest. Rotating seat, excellent. Teeny tiny landing gear... dude! Colors, awesome. Good to (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks. The style and color aren't supposed to be Classic Space, just the grandpa of it. As these ships develop, tech becomes smaller and more space effecient, then the ships get simpler (ok it's all silly thinkin' in me brain). As to the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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great stuff! Although I personally prefer black on blue or blue on white over grey/white. I liked the way you made the 45° angle work with wings and nose. I agree with the other guy, many concentrate on either the modular buildings or the killer (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Hey, welcome to .space Bennie! Those look like really interesting MOCs. The prospecter has a really interesting look around it, especially around the cockpit area. But I really, really like your third ship. The look is really cool- the front, almost (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That's an interesting perspective. Glad you liked it- it was one of those MOCs that you start building at 11 PM and finish early next morning- they are almost always the most inspired ones. (...) :) My technicians are working on it. Thanks, (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Wow! That is all really nice. The style and color scheme of these, while not really near Classic Space in my book, is very cool. The new one I like a lot. The short, fat, bulbous look really works. And the interior is great, too. I really like how (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) That's the idea I got when it was finished. A sort of robotic 'pet' that one would see in a store window and buy. (...) :) The name seemed to fit... (...) Thanks! I just had too many wedges laying around... had to do something with them. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah, I wanted a pretty serious MOC there. No little space-fluff floating around there, just dirty mechanical- just built for one job. -JHK (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) :) Glad you liked bill. I wanted to make a bot with personality, yet still remain true to the nature of a clunky bot. -JHK (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks! That was the look I was getting for. (...) Yeah, I really like little one-man ships. I wanted to make a little speedster here, and I was looking for a nice engine touch. (...) Thanks for the response! -JHK (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Duane, That's a COOL little 'bot! I like that! It looks very versatile, and wonderfully SNOT-ty!! Peace and Long Life, Tony Alexander (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Hello there. My name is Bennie, I've been lurking around for a little while now, looking through things like Brickshelf.com and the galactic shipyard, and occasionally reading a post here and there, and I decided to finally post something of my own (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Don't hold your breath. I need a better camera. Its really pretty simple. 2x2 turntable on the bottom and the top is held in place with 4 3x3 triangular plates. Top has 2x2 round and 2x2 square plates to make a knob to turn it. HTH (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Robbie - the latest in mining technology
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"Duane Hess" <LEGOZILLA@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote in message news:H9385M.8H5@lugnet.com... (...) Check that cutie out! Great work Duane. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) YES, that what I was hoping for. I read my old world book encyclopedias and looked at cool pics on the covers of magazines (Pop. Mechanics, Pop. Sci., Omni etc) and thought HOW COOL IS THAT? Bubbly cockpits with spindly landing gear. Thrusters (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Thanks! Yep, but gotta get a base established first. Hint hint. Chris <>< (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hi, thanks for the input. And here's a glimse into that progression you asked for: www.classic-space.co...CSmen1.jpg Chris <>< (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) lol... Jk (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) hmmm... actually, one of the things that I like about your past ships is that you never really seemed to be trying to out-do anything, just make solid creative designs. What I mean is that most of the joy was in their poetic use of geometry (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Thanks for the praise, everyone. A few thoughts I neglected to mention earlier. I had a plan to take a picture of the inferno with the rest of my Space Police sets (One Mission Commander, 3 SP Strikers, and 3 GPK) but I ran out of time. When I get (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) These are getting better every time... this looks more like "realistic classic space" to me than "pre-classic space", which is a good thing IMHO. The cockpit windows on this one are killer. The engine clusters look very functional. I could (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Paul, I dig the fact that it has some unusual features and building techniques... I dig more their inherency to the model. Rotating cockpits are a fun feature to play with. It would be interesting to see a building concept like that become a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, you weren't too far off, it comes in at 248 studs in length, a little over 255 if you count the cannons at the very tip of the bow. -Steve (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Thanks Lenny....with an endorsement like that I'll consider it a success! Cheers, -G (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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Thankye! I had originally set out make this a large artillery piece with the platform encasing a large weapon of some sort with a slight offset to the other side. This would have balanced it a litle better, but it was not to be :) Not being a mecha (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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