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Re: It's a Mech...It's a plane...It's, uh, both?
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha
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Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:06:52 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Adrian Drake wrote:
> Transformers, more than meets the eye...
> Transformers, robots in disguise.
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> Okay, so it's not an actual for real Transformer from the TV show, but hey, it's
> nifty enough. Presenting for your perusal, Talisaro.
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> http://www.brickfrenzy.com/space_talisaro.html
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> Inspired by Paul D'Urbano's transformer:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/announce/moc/?n=1100
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> and the hands from Stuart Immonen's latest mech (though I'm not sure he created
> it, but he most recently used it)
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=44053
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> I had to build something that went from bot to something and back. It's been a
> while since I built a transformer, and I think they're much more challenging
> then straight mecha to build and still have them look good. The head I'm still
> annoyed at the way it's not properly obscured in jet mode, and the arms are a
> little scrawny, and it's awfully flimsy and cranky to transform, but I love it
> all the same.
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> Enjoy!
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> Adrian
Great experiment Adrian...and a successful one I might add! It rings of the
pre-Transformers that I remember picking up on Florida trips. I don't know if
they were Diaclone or not...I think they may have been spinoffs from the Gi-King
(sp?) giant robot line.
At any rate, it's amazing that you've acheived the articulation to fold and
swing the torso down in a way that doesn't require unseating any bricks.
Shweet.
Cheers,
-G
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