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Re: Space is fantastic......
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lugnet.space
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Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:09:11 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Greg Majewski writes:
> In lugnet.space, John VanZwieten writes:
> >
> > Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message
> > news:FIF5vC.M90@lugnet.com...
> > > I´m so happy this newsgroup came...
> > > I love space and I want to disscuss it alot, *a lot*, A LOT!
> > >
> > > Futuron, M:tron, Classic, Blacktron.......
> >
> >
> > Tell us what you've done with M:Tron. Has anyone designed an M:Tron base?
> > What did you put in it? I've worked on several M:Tron projects, but finished
> > few. I built a "Magma Miner" using lots of the parts of the MCM. It had a
> > huge drill aparatus on the front, and a trailer for carrying a Celestial
> > Forager. The three sets of giant wheels had semi-independent suspension, so
> > it could go over large uneven obstacles while staying level.
> >
> > Another project I got half-way through was an ore refinery. Lots of pipes,
> > silos, vats, and a cool control room.
> >
> > The only project I finished was a large (~48 x 48) M:Tron corporate
> > headquarters building. Picture a 3-dimentional "M", then picture 4 of them
> > arranged in a square. At the base it was 8 separate 1-story buildings with
> > corridors leading to an open space in the middle. Then all four sides formed
> > the 3-D "M" shapes (colored with white, red, and black just like the logo),
> > and at the top it became 4 towers. I wish I had pictures to share, but my
> > wife got sick of it sitting in the living room and took it down, then the • kids
> > got to it before pictures could be taken.
> >
> > What about others?
> >
> > -John Van
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> Though I never actually built it, I had a very cool dream about an M:Tron
> base. It was on a 32x32 green baseplate. The back half of the plate was
> covered in a wall of BURPs,
What's a BURP?
Big Ugly Reeking People?
I've heard the term before.
and the front half had a forest of palm trees.
> Behind the mountain of BURPs, there was a small hangar that let out a
> miniature MCM. There was also a waterfall made completely of clear bricks that
> went down the mountain and served as the window to the control center behind
> it. The inside was kind of a control room done in MT colors. It was very cool,
> but I have not been able to duplicate it to make it as cool as it was in the
> dream.
> Greg "Yeah, whatever." Majewski
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/
Alex "BURP!" Roode
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