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Re: Hail to the new piece! (also some bot contest entries)
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:49:58 GMT
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The Lost In Space robot is fantastic!
DinosaurDave
"Stephen Pakbaz" <pakbazsc@rose-hulman.edu> wrote in message
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> Hello all!
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> Its not often I post but I just had to give Lego some praise for finally • making
> the single piece that I have been wanting them to make for almost nine • years.
> I'm referring to the new 1x2 plate with a horizontal bar that comes in the • new
> Millenium Falcon set. Its my new favorite piece. Its great for making • small
> hinges and is even better for making robots. As cool as the falcon looked • when
> assembled it was less than a day before my droids had salvaged every one • of
> those new hinge elements to try them out for themselves. Below is a link • to my
> robot contest entries modelling the new piece along with a few other • robots I've
> made. The folder also has descriptions of the robots.
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=davehal2061>
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> Hope you enjoy them and feel free to make as many as you want of your own. • My
> goal has been to make droids that are the same size and appearance of • minifigs
> without using minifig parts (with the exception of minifig gear). Since • most of
> the minifig universe I've seen was made for minifigs a minifig-like robot • would
> be able to adapt and function more easily than most other robots. They • would
> also be able to easily take over any menial task previously performed by
> minifigs. After all, one robot that can perform a thousand tasks or • chores
> would be better than one thousand robots that only perform specific tasks.
> These robots aren't meant to take over jobs and put minifigs out of work, • but
> perform tasks and chores that minifigs wouldn't want to do anyways and go • places
> that would be too dangerous for minifigs to go. Perhaps the only thing • these
> droids can't to is fleebnorking. Robots have power cells too you know. • Enjoy
> the photos and let me know what you think!
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> - I have never encountered anything that could not be modelled in Lego
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> -Stephen Pakbaz
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