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| | | Attention space-citizens, Our forces searching the galaxy, planet by planet, for the long lost GA. Our moonbases are seeing increased 3vil activity, and there's rising tension on the borders with the EB and the JE. PCS and the Star Rangers are (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | Dang it... sorry fellas, (URL) forgot to put it in announce and forgot to put the directory in it. I should never post after midnight. ~^- (URL) ~^- Admiral Giddens <>< (URL) space. ~^- (URL) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Kevin Blocksidge
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| | | | | | (...) I think you mean (URL) I'll get around to replying in full later ~Kevin Blocksidge (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Gil Shaw
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| | | | | (...) Oh DROOOL. Just a big buncha wow happening here! Some may harp on the old 'too boxy' thing, but I think it works here. And best of all, it just screams 'take the day off work and pitch galactic battles on the dining room carpet'. Dude. (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Boxy on purpose btw. :-) Not forgetting the Classic Space in PCS, this is a prelude to classic space bases like: [LEGOSet 483] and [LEGOSet 6970] and [LEGOSet 4931] Man, those old sets were SO fun. *sigh* ~^- (URL) ~^- Admiral Giddens <>< (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Wayne McCaul
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| | | | | I'm a huge fan of retro-future and I really dig the PCS and Star Ranger stuff (and Hoffman's Eastern Bloc). It's totally groovy man. That's one groovy command pod. Awesome how it's angled and not a traditional straightforward cockpit. Perfect for (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Give it a whirl... build on! (...) Ya, You don't know how many times I've wanted to sit in there and fly around. (...) Ya, .space has taught me excellent greeblin' techniques. Glad you enjoy em and it's cool it sparks your imagination! (...) (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Philip Painter
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| | | | | Wow. The modular construction and function is so great—a ship that could be played with for hours. And the amount of detail looks really good. With grey being introduced to the PCS scheme, are we nearing the dawn of a new era? This is beautiful and (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Ya, Modularity is something PCS has been needing to incorporate. I'm hopin' to do more in some upcoming smaller ships. But there's a biggun' in the works that's takin up my time now. (...) The Blue and Grey are Star Ranger colors for now... (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Ley Ward
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| | | | | Wow, Admiral Giddens, this thing is awesome. I like all the details that have been pointed out so far. I really like the tailfin and its echo on the pilot pod: very 'Roman-Art-Deco'. It's like a vestige of a sleeker design before someone said "oh. (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) The goal was to so "Industrial Deco" I just love the swoopy 50's stuff and trying to merge it with greebly chunky has been interesin'. I do with I had the tiles to smooth it though... I need to order more. (I haven't build studded in a while (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Ley Ward
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| | | | | | (...) Mission accomplished! (...) Gotta love those (URL) swoopy '50s!> I think the studs work on this, and I think that's the point about the whole studs vs. studless dilemma. It's important to look at the design as a whole; the way studs are (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Ryan Wood
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| | | | | So much playability! I am really impressed. The beauty of this thing brings me close to tears. I want so bad to play with it. To point the FREEM and make tseeeew tsseeeeew BOOM noises. To drop the command base and unload PCS Troops on my little (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) tseeeeew tssseeeeew ?? what is that? A pea shooter?? No, I got it, it's a pansy pink 3vil shooter. Dude, Freem guns sound more like FRAZZAAAAAPA!!! c-mon!(thanks for the comments :-D ) ~^- (URL) ~^- Admiral Giddens <>< (URL) space. ~^- (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris McNamee
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| | | | | Holy cow! That is the coolest dropship I've ever seen! My favorite part is the humongous freem cannon laser thingy. Wouldn't want to be at the receiving end. How many troops does it hold total? I also think it would be cool if you could outfit to (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks eh! It holds 18 armed troops and 4 ops officers. Be patient Danielsan. Vehicles shall come. ~^- (URL) ~^- Admiral Giddens <>< (URL) space. ~^- (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Fred Trayers
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| | | | | Chris- This is yet another beautiful creation. The intricacies of the design are functional and elegant. I'm a huge fan of "modular" vehicles, and clearly, there are a multitude of opportunities available for this one. The greebling is (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks. I had done an angled cockpit with the smaller paradisa domes, but not one with the big uns. Very fun to do. (...) Ya, that and a number on the side of the command base. Would look sweet. I don't frown on custom stickers. As long as (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Andrew Saada
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| | | | | (...) Admiral Giddens, How do you do it sir? What does it take for a PCS associate to take action such as myself? A post from yourself perhaps. Or maybe just the realization that time is slipping by and space-time continuum is not reversible. I (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Hey, sometimes you gotta take a break. I don't know about the rest of you guys but sometimes you don't wanna go in the lego room (cuz if you do you know you need to sort before building.. and who wants to sort?). Sometimes too many ideas and (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Paul Baulch
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| | | | | (...) Very, very nice. Colour scheme could have done with highlights of a third colour from an aesthetic point of view, but I guess there may be more important considerations colour-wise... and I can't fault the functionality which is awesome. Nice (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Chris Giddens
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks. I probably shoulda put in some dark grey greeblies. But I kept em all light grey becasue I didn't want the greeblies to be more standouttish than they are. (...) Yes, that's the 3vilbot to be named later. (URL) There's some more pics. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Jon Furman
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| | | | | THis is really cool, I like the color scheme, and the "combat ready" feel of the creation as a whole. I love this stuff! Keep it coming! Jon (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Matt Aydon
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| | | | | (...) Hmm... Nice job! The huge FREEM blaster seemed to look too large and chunky but after looking at it for a while I learned to love it. Anyways I like the playability here that’s really cool! my only complaint is that the PCS troopers make my (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Markham Carroll
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| | | | | "Chris Giddens" <cgidd1@aol.com> wrote in message news:Hw3HKF.16Jp@lugnet.com... (...) Now this looks cool! It's like a Post-Pre-Classic Space! -- Markham Carroll (Haven't found my old sig file yet) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Kevin Blocksidge
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| | | | | (...) Very sweet. Like Wayne said, I can just imagine all the parts whirring about, charging up. It's got that perfect mix of realism and cartoonosity (1). On the litte side boosters, there should be a thruster pointing up as well, IMO. The forces (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | (...) SAH! 'bout friggin' time you posted something new, ADMIRAL SAH! I'm in two minds with this one. One mind is saying 'ooo, cool. I could never build anything like that', whereas the other one is saying 'I kinda prefer the old white ones.' The (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Adrian Drake
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| | | | | Nifty! The giant cannon on top looks a little incongruous, but the overall color scheme and shape really evokes the classic space design mentality. All blue, with grey details, and that wonderful boxy shape. In the case of a dropship like this, the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO! —Jordan Bradford
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| | | | | I dunno . . . don't you think that shade of gray is kind of dull and boring? Something a little brighter would be better. It's a good thing LEGO is making new pieces. < /sarcasm> That is a fantastic ship. I really like how the thing is modularized. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO!...Now where's the homefront? —Andrew Saada
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| | | | (...) Admiral, There's news of growing hordes of EB blockheaded droids and 3vil skeletal minions via recently received interstatical encrypted messages. Bring us the Justice Hall of Justice, s'il vous plait! Our personnel grow anxious. And how are (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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