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Subject: 
Come see my space tug
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Date: 
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 12:45:09 GMT
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    Please come take a look at my little space tug.

    http://www.geocities.com/legotiel/tug.html

    I decided to go ahead and post this even though the picture quality
isn't that great and even though I just saw Karim's new Series 850 Gravity
Tug and my Tug has been supremely humbled. : (

    Anyways. Tell me what you think.

    Thanks.
    -Jon


--
Starship Bardiel
http://www.geocities.com/legotiel/Bardiel.html



Message has 6 Replies:
  Re: Come see my space tug
 
Jon, (...) Don't worry about competing with Karim. He does awesome work, but I think yours is a very nice design as well. It definately looks like a worker kind of ship, rather than the regular starfighters and the like. I also like the moving (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Come see my space tug
 
(...) Nonsense. I think both have their merits. I like Karim's because of the energy-beam aspect, but I also like yours because it has a big ol' magnetic clamp-thing that's a bit more gritty and "old school." I also like the way the pod can rotate (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Come see my space tug
 
Jon Palmer wrote in message ... (...) No way, I think that the way your tug can swivel its body after attaching makes it heaps cooler! Now imagine if Lego had made an ABS magnet so that the arm could actually work on our spaceship hulls... *sigh* (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Come see my space tug
 
"Jon Palmer" <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message news:FyM5p7.1to@lugnet.com... (...) WOW! That model is incredible. I love the swiveling front, and the magnetic pad. I hadn't considered tugs myself yet, nor how to impliment them. Great Job!! -- (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Come see my space tug
 
Hey guys thanks for all the complements. I'm probably gonna try and make some other smaller creations like this while I work on Bardiel. I think I'll try an actual fighter soon. -Jon (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
  Re: Touch my space tug
 
(...) It's gorgeous, very utilitarian and hardy-looking! I agree with Scott (S.) that these are the most interesting sort of ships--the unglamorous workhorses that make a universe seem "alive." best Lindsay (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)

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