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Re: Need ideas for vehicle
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Sat, 23 Oct 1999 15:07:25 GMT
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Duane Hess wrote in message ...

What I need is a purpose for the vehicle. I have roughly half of the length
accounted for, the other half is still open. I experimented with a • geological
research vehicle some time ago, but it got too complicated. (maybe it was
just me) Other ideas I have played with are:

Exploratory
Cargo Transport
Military (offensive)
Military (defensive)
Scout



I think that military has a lot of possibilities. I would like to see a sort
of thing like those gigantic (HUGE!) German WWII guns they used to cart
around on extra-extra-long railway carriages, which needed big stabilising
buttresses which presumably swung out from either side. A futuristic version
would have giant robotic spider-like legs that unfurl and "dig into" the
surrounding terrain to absorb the recoil.

Another thing I would like to see is a giant mineral harvester of some kind,
perhaps like a Dune spice-harvester or a Command-And-Conquer Tiberium
harvester. It could have a landing pad on top for scout flyers, an extending
docking mechanism for transerring the recovered ore to silos at the base,
etc...  if you're designing for stories/play, a mining operation has lots of
possibilities. Especially if you've read Dune....

Actually, I like that landing pad idea. Whatever vehicle you make, try and
make it big enough so that you can incorporate a landing-pad baseplate into
the top with an overlooking control tower, that would look fantastic!

Paul
[My page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5168/ ]



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(...) sort (...) version (...) Ready to roll out!!! Sorry... I'm a big Starcraft buff. -Palmer (who might actually make a lego Seige Tank one of these days) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)

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I am currently in the concept phase of another project which hopefully is successful. (The last one is still in the process of disintegrating on my worktable) I am working on a large minifig ground vehicle. I am thinking roughly 45 x 16 studs for a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)

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