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Re: Viagra® Moonbase Module
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:27:06 GMT
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In lugnet.space, David Gregory wrote:
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Eventually Earthlings came to the point when many were living most of their
lives away from Earth. Of course, industry and business followed. You could
find shopping centers and malls on the Moon that were almost identical to the
ones on Earth (except for the airlocks and stuff like that).
There were
lots of advantages to living in a Moonbase, but there were also a few
disadvantages. Some Earthling males discovered that things like artificial
gravity fields and differing airlock pressures could cause unwanted effects
with certain parts of their anatomy. The problem was not isolated to just
humans. Males of several alien species also experienced similar effects when
living away from their home planets for extended periods of time.
The
Pfizer company was quick to recognize this gap in the Moonbase marketplace
and fill it. May I present to you the Viagra® Moonbase Module:
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The logic, oh the logic, Bahahahahaaaaa haaaaaaa, some one dig up the pic of
Soren “mounted” in front of the module from last year, and post it. pls.
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The Viagra division of Pfizer wanted their Moonbase Module to have an
architectural distinction that would visually set it apart from other
modules, add unique functionality and provide a quasi-subliminal form of
product advertising. To do this they built a module with an extendable
corridor. The Viagra module has three corridor connections, one of which can
extend from the main building a full 48 studs to connect to another module
that is a whole large gray baseplate away.
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Kmmmmppphhhhffffff, hahahahahahahahahaha
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One of my main goals with this module was to make it almost all that
dusty/slate blue color (“Sand” blue on Bricklink), since that’s what color
Viagra pills are...um, at least I’ve heard they’re that color.1 I also
think that that color is great for Space MOC’s. The corridor connector
airlocks proved to be a challenge with this, because of the two 1X2 Technic
bricks that I’d need for each airlock. That piece had only been made in
dusty blue in that one baby Iguanadon set,
and I only had 2 of those. However, I had 1X1 Technic bricks in that color
and decided to use those:
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nice, oh but and hey, I thought we called it Sand Blue? no?
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During the time that I was building this MOC, LEGO came out with the Alpha
Team Arctic sets. The Chill Speeder set
had 2 of the dusty blue 1X2 Technic bricks, so I bought a couple of them and
was good to go. The sheer amount of dusty blue pieces for this size of MOC
was also a challenge. Most of the bricks in it are 2X4’s (over 500 of that
piece).2 I would’ve loved to have such a supply of 1X4’s; oh well.
I
attempted to add a degree of “swoosh factor” to the corridor ends themselves.
To do this I used some of those curved half wedge things. They give the
upper portion of the corridor a much sleeker look. This one uses
the pieces from Dooku’s speeder:
From the beginning I knew I wanted to build some word(s) into the side of
the extendable corridor, and I wanted it to be built out of pieces instead of
stickers. I decided on the well known “Well played” phrase that’s often used
in .Space. I copied the structure of some of the letters from a similar
project by Mark Peterson who spelled out “Santa Fe” in the side of a train
car.
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Wow, I was impressed by the use of parts that come in that color. Of course
since I only have a small amount myself, I was like dang! look at that! So
besides the theme, the base itself is very cool. Way to make a “different MOC”
for sure., hahahahahahah ‘too’
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I had to be very careful when building the sliding corridor sections,
because they had to extend a total of exactly 48 studs--no more, no less--and
the airlock still had to end up at standard Moonbase module height. I double
checked my work often, because I didn’t want to make a mistake that would
make me have to take it apart and rebuild it. If I fully extend the corridor
for display, I have to either hook it up to another module or support the end
somehow; the extended corridor doesn’t quite support its own weight.3
There’s no interior, of course. This doesn’t really take away from the MOC
though. If there were an interior, there would be absolutely no hanky panky
going on inside. It would just be doctors filling bottles with pills and men
standing in line to buy them.
I could’ve made it a lot worse, but chose
not to be quite so crass. For instance, I was thinking of putting those
little hot dog pieces around the
module as a greeblie. When I brought this MOC to BrickFest 2004, Nick
Kappatos mentioned a couple more modifications that I could make that I’m not
going to mention.4
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Uh oh.
;)
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You can view
the whole gallery
here after moderation.
I realize that I may have crossed the line of
acceptable material in this post. Hopefully the MOC’s humor will overshadow
this enough that those who might have frowned at it will instead bust a gut
laughing.
David “Fuzzy” Gregory
1 - Dude, I’m 28...I need the
antidote for Viagra.
2 - Thanks goes out to the Pick-A-Brick at the
Woodfield Mall LEGO store in Schaumberg, IL for these.
3 - As Soren
proved while taking an interesting picture during teardown at BrickFest
2004
4 - Unless you actually come to BrickFest...then I’ll tell you in
person.
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I like moonbases.
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