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Re: Mark's Lego Creations Update! 1/3/01
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 04:59:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes:
> in article G6MC55.Jts@lugnet.com, Jonathan Mizner wrote:
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> >
> > Pretty neat design. I must agree with Mladen, though. It lacks
> > excitement. The Neverwhere was interesting, with secret weapons, opening
> > compartments, and a radical new design. The ISP HF-300 is just kind of,
> > well, boring. No offense, but it would have been better if it had some sort
> > of special features, or else a more streamlined shape. It looks like a
> > cross between a blocky, run-of-the-mill mass-cargo transport, and a
> > high-speed courier.
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> That's what it is: an IPS Freighter. It's made to haul stuff real fast.
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> Modern-day UPS trucks aren't very exciting either.
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> > In fact, it looks an awful lot like my pitiful attempts
> > to build medium-sized ships. It lacks detail, in short.
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> It's supposed to look like a sleek, corporate shipping vessel.
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> > Add weapon pods, turrets,
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> Why? It's a corporate freighter. It travels the Space Police patrolled
> shipping lanes. Besides, if every freighter had weapons, then Jonathan
> Splork wouldn't have anything to do in the Lightnin' Jack. ;^)
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> > sensors
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> It has those in the front.
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> > windows
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> It has those in the cockpit.
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> > , a hanger
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> On a freighter?
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> > or something else unusual.
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> On a corporate vehicle?
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> > Perhaps even a few movable fins even?
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> Hmmm.. I don't think so.
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> > Overall, it has some neat elements (design, not parts). But I believe that a
> > design is either one of two things: based of a unique shape, or based on
> > unique arrangement of pieces.
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> So it's not a design? Huh? This was *designed* to look like a corporate
> shipping vessel.
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> > It doesn't seem to be one or the other. Please do not interpret this comment
> > as negative. I do like this ship, as I do all of your creations. But I like
> > your other models better than this one.
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> Well, it is negative, but that's ok. You aren't required to like all my
> models all the time. I'm not offended. :^)
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> However, when making criticisms, you might first consider the intent of the
> model. This thing wasn't supposed to be a souped-up bounty hunter's ship
> like the Neverwhere. It's supposed to be a corporate freighter.
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> I suppose people have become too used to seeing radical designs from me :^)
Sorry to interrupt, Mark maybe you should read this:
This is what the O-great Sproaticus once told me when I asked him what he
thought of one of my really boring models...
Jeremy Sproat:
Would you believe me if I told you that I have a couple unpublished models
in this vein? I discovered that it's less impressive (again, for MYSELF
only; don't let this affect your judgement of your models) to show an
everyday model, than it is to discuss it. Which is also why I don't do town
models very often.
An example: your average bread truck. Bread trucks are awesome. Bread
trucks are fun to ride in, and they have lots of tasty goodies in the
back. Bread trucks make sure that many people get the food they need to
survive. Society owes a lot to the bread truck. I love bread trucks.
But to me they look boring, like, well, a bread truck. Now Barbara, on
the other hand, she'll put tons of effort into making sure her bread truck
looks authentic and fun to play with. (No, I'm not announcing a new
model! :-) She'd get incredibly jealous of someone else's bread
truck-building talents. Many other folks are the same way. But not me.
Original Post: http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=1325
> > Whatever happened to the Spiffcraft X-1? Was it ever found? Is there
> > going to be a follow-up on it?
>
> We shall see. Basically it depends on when I get enough time and the
> inclination to make a story.
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://members.attcanada.ca/~milovan/index.htm
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| (...) my other stuff. I guess I was just in the mood to make something very functional and corporate-looking. Like I told Jonathan, I'm not offended if people think it's boring, but it really is *supposed* to be boring. So I guess on that count, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) That's what it is: an IPS Freighter. It's made to haul stuff real fast. Modern-day UPS trucks aren't very exciting either. (...) It's supposed to look like a sleek, corporate shipping vessel. (...) Why? It's a corporate freighter. It travels (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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