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Re: Idea Crunching
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lugnet.space
Date: 
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 22:53:38 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman wrote:
   So I was hoping to mine the forum for some ideas on how to achieve cool engines without resorting to space wheels, specifically in relation to building large ships and shuttles (not dinky fighters ;) ).

I’m not sure about making it look better or worse (might be worse than wheels), but how about Bionicle canister tops? I know they’ve been meshed with regular Lego by several people, dunno if I’ve ever seen ‘em used as engines, though. Plus they come in nice non-bright colors like black, dark grey (?), and white.

DaveE



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  Idea Crunching
 
Okay, Paul Baulch has a well documented distaste of the use of wheels as engines. And at first I thought he was crazy, but then, the more I hear his words in my head, the more I think he's right. They are somewhat un-LEGO-y, not to mention easy and (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) ! 

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