 | | Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | What is the point of having technology indistinguishable from magic if you can't use it to have a little fun? Introducing the Mobile Party Palace (MPP): (clicky) (URL) The MPP is a luxury palace/city/arcology/biodome built atop a single giant wheel. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) This contest is over. That is hilarious and very well built. Awesome. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for the compliment, but I really hope that's not the case. Rather that this is just raising the bar and that there are going to be a pile of people beavering away up to the deadline who are all going to beat this into the ground. Tim (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Ryan Wood
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| | | | | I've seen this on Brickshelf the past few days, but when it never got posted I thought "whew, I can still get a decent entry in sometime." Well scratch that. This contest is over. An insanely excellent moc you've shared with us, Tim. This is the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | (...) Sorry about the delay, getting photos I was happy with took way longer than I planned. I'm just starting out learning how to use a digital camera, after I posted the first lot I discovered a better way to light the model. Then after the second (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —James Wilson
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| | | | | This is one of the most original MOCs I've seen in a while. I hope you'll post some construction-type pics, 'cause I want to show my son (age 8) this MOC as an example of how everything doesn't have to have a pointy nose and wings to be "space." It (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | | (...) More photos <sob>! I'll try and borrow the camera again this weekend and get a few showing how it is put together. (...) I hadn't really thought about it's "swooshability" It was built with the intention of being a display piece. That being (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | (...) Your wish is my eventual command: (URL) Sorry about the dismal quality of the photos, I didn't have very long with the camera. Hopefully they are clear enough to give you some idea of how it all clings togeether. Cheers Tim (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —James Wilson
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| | | | | | Thanks, Tim. The pics aren't too bad, if I scoot WAY back from the monitor :-) Seriously, though, I wish more folks would post construction pics, to help us SNOT-impaired builders. Thanks, James (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Erik Schroer
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| | | | | When I first saw this on Brickshelf, I thought the 3vil had entered the Spacewheels contest, because it looks like a skull if you aren't paying attention, but upon closer inspection I discovered something completely different. This rolling city is a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —James Wilson
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| | | | | | (...) To me it looks like a stylized monkey head, but I was thinking along the same lines when I first saw it (aside from "What the @#$@ is that?") James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | When I saw this neat MOC on Brickshelf a few days ago, I felt an irresistible back story compulsion, since it had a sci-fi book cover art quality to it... "Hey, that was a blast wasn't it. That planet blew up real good!" "Eh, it was ok. Nothing like (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> Too... Cool... For... Words.... There is a certain air of hubris about the Party Palace. While I was building it I had visions of a follow-up diorama depicting it's death. The Party lying broken backed across a ridge, it's great domes (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | | (...) Ah, a titanic clash of the mobile theme parties, I like it. It's probably quite true that past a certain point, technologically, there's nothing to do but party. Sado-hedonistic urges run amok in quasi immortal beings who disdain further (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | (...) I hadn't considered the possibility of using the Party as an offensive weapon, at least not until you posted your brief synopsis of the downfall of Erf. But now I can't get the idea out of my head. (2 URLs) (click for a larger view) I really (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | | (...) Drat! try (URL) if you are as impatient as I! (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Adrian Drake
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| | | | | | | | (...) This may well be the silliest thread I've read in weeks. I love it! Well done. Adrian (URL) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Brian Cooper
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| | | | | | (...) I apologize for corrupting your concept. ;-) That's a great work on the picture, a slightly smoking trail of squashed debris going off into the distance. (The only thing missing for image realism is the dark shadow cast over the landscape by (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | | | | (...) DOH! Well spotted, I'll take a look at sorting that on monday! I was so busy worrying about the details of the trail I forgot the totally obvious! (...) Like I said, in the original post, technology indistinguishable from magic! :) (...) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Steve Lane
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| | | | | | (...) Of course it can steer! The mpp houses a large, horizontally mounted, flywheel in it's base. To turn right the flywheel spins left, imparting a turning force in the opposite direction, much like a helicopter, which needs a tailrotor to stop (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Keith Goldman
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| | | | | This one gets my vote, what a crazy monstrosity. I agree with whoever said it is reminiscent of sci-fi cover art, and the lunar tracks really sell it. It would take one hell of a spike-strip to stop this party. -Keith (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Kyle Vrieze
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| | | | | (...) I love it! Just eyeballing, I would guess the Mobile Party Palace is maybe 27-28 bricks high or so? But it really gives you the illusion of tremendous size--very well done. Also I'm a sucker for the concept of a massive arcology complex (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Derek Schin
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| | | | | (...) Sweet! When will the minifig-scale version be done? Derek (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry) —Ley Ward
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| | | | Hi Tim, Welcome to .space (1) This is a 'me-too' post. I have to agree with the others. Excellent MOC. I really like it and your sense of humour. Like the (URL) attitude> though I suspect the GA may be right. Keep faffing with the pictures; it sets (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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