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Re: Moonbase Corridor Floor Height Should Be Raised 2 Bricks
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Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:38:39 GMT
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In lugnet.space, David Gregory wrote:
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Actually I didn’t even think about the total corridor width being 10 to
match the new height. (Total coincidense, really) I just really like having
6 studs of space inside the corridor instead of 4. Minifigs can pass each
other without the “excuse me, pardon me” shuffle, and they can get bigger
cargo and stuff through.
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I think this line of thinking depends on the “tech level” being envisioned with
the Moonbase idea. To me, the very concept of a modular base built on the moon
sounds very “near future”, like something that NASA and its companions might
develop. Such a base would indeed have narrow passages connecting the modules,
and submarine-like portals that seal between them. I like the idea that only
one person can pass and cargo might need to be supplied by an alternate route in
this scenario.
Now, in a growing/aging moonbase, perhaps eventually a newer technology might
give rise to a wider corridor. The builders would develop adapters to connect
the older modules to the newer ones. It is not likely they would retrofit the
older ones until some time after that. Perhaps this same in-character concept
might be used with the height change issue.
Now, if the setting were not lunar, if it were something further away, then a
newer design concept might be reasonable. Perhaps by the time astronauts reach
Mars, the Marsbase design might be 10 wide connectors. But does that mean that
portal doors are also bigger? Sounds ungainly.
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I guess I didn’t realize how long people keep their modules together. As
soon as my stuff is fully photographed, it becomes fodder for new MOC’s. I do
see how changing corridor width would be much more of a pain than adjusting
the height, if you’re working with a pre-existing module...especially if it
was a Christmas Moonbase Module, and you had glued it together for the
contest. : )
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I suspect that with Moonbases, more people keep them together a long time than
would otherwise be normal. This is because the whole idea of this project is to
build a MOC that you will *bring to a fest* to join with other people’s MOCs. I
personally wouldn’t build a Module unless I hoped to bring it to something like
BrickFest. So when I built my first Moonbase in August 2002, there was no way I
was going to scrap it for pieces until after BrickFest 2003. I think since the
idea of Moonbases is to bring them to Fests that people keep them together
longer, sometimes perhaps for more than one Fest.
...My personal thoughts on changing the standard: Allowing for both old and new
somehow (as my suggestion above of a growing city with old and new) would be
cool. I wouldn’t want to retrofit any of my five mods for either wider or
higher corridors. Any change in the standard would encourage me to scrap them
and start over. But the ideas have merit. The plan for upper level standards
would be good. (I had aimed for that with my high density project modules when
I instead accidentally developed the diagnal cross corridor.) And finding a way
to incorporate a monorail would be cool. However, I am leaning toward accepting
these changes because I’m not likely to go to another fest until 2005, and thus
would have plenty of time to scrap and build anew. :) I shall leave it to the
majority to decide the fate of the standard...
-Galactic Mediator Hendo
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