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A Very Spacey Christmas
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Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:27:04 GMT
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Sometimes old Saint Nick needs to move with the times. With the number of
moonbases popping up around the galaxy, the benevolent gift-gifter was finding
that his standard sleigh and reindeer setup just wasn’t cutting it any more.
So, during the off-season, he set up a special team of elfs to design and build
a new sleigh, one that he could traverse the planets in.
The result is Santa’s Long Excursion Delivery, or S.L.E.D. (Okay, I admit it, I
watch too much iCodename: Kids Next Doori on Cartoon Network).
The S.L.E.D. features high propulsion engine pods on either side, plus an
additional rear engine for short-term flights.
Santa is outfitted in a specially made air-tight suit, complete with air-tanks
and tinted visor for deep space travel.
Knowing what a stickler for tradition Santa is, the elfs included an RUD-01-F
simulated reindeer navigation unit. Sensors on the unit help determine
air-speed, heading, and location, delivering the information to Kris Kringle via
bio-feedback cables, giving the old man the look and feel of a traditional
sleigh.
Additional photos here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=108254
Happy Holidays to all!
-Elroy
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Message has 6 Replies:
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| Why the dull colored beard?? Wasn't Santa always supposed to have a white one?? I'm sure you could always visit bricklink and get a white one for him! Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde "Elroy Davis" <edavis@vermontcount...store.com> wrote in message (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) Fun stuff! I love the mechanized reindeer...it reminds me of some of the Rankin Bass Christmas 'toons. It's been a couple years since I've done a Christmas MOC....and at this rate, looks like it's going to be at least one more :( Thanks for (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Sweet... now if you could just add the other reindeers.... :-) But isn't this S.L.E.D. more polluting than the original version powered by nothing but the reindeers? (Here's an opening for you to tell us about the non-polluting revolutionary (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | Re: A Very Spacey Christmas
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| Dashing through the...Space! Well done, Elroy. That's a great update. I think it could do without the central engine, (not really enough room with all that cargo) but the 'navigation unit' is brilliant. I enjoyed the back story too. It gives a whole (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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