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Hi Everyone, 'Twas a quiet afternoon at the Sandlin residence yesterday, so I spent it building a new spaceship. I guess this one turned out to be a freighter as well. I gotta think of some other civvie vessels. :^) Anyhoo, this uses 1/4 saucers (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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Mark Sandlin <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B67FA814.ADD0%s...ink.com... (...) -Tim (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Your stuff keeps on raising that MOC bar, I am really impressed! Every time you submit a photo I am amazed at your attention to detail and working parts. If ever there was a Space Master Builder, you are IT, Mr. Muffin Head! Honestly, nice (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Oooooh. Cool. Yet another awesome MOC from Mr.Sandlin. Your pictures are few in number, and because of that I am forced to ask this question: What part/s did you use to make the cockpit? The picture doesn't help much, but it appears to be a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) details and (very) original shape. Did you try to make the large gray belly detachable? It looks like it could be a standard cargo box[1] (with its own landing gear). You could then develop other attachments to the fuselage for different typed (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah, because my batteries died. I'll take more pictures later, I promise. :^) (...) It's a 4x10 canopy turned backwards. (...) I have enough parts to build a few detailed MOCs before I start to feel the constraints of needing certain pieces. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yeah, it kind of goes in the "ugly freighter" category with the Gazelle (...) Hmm, that's a neat idea. (...) That's another neat idea. I haven't made a modular container ship yet. :^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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As usual Mark rules, slick ship, unique shape (which is always refreshing in the legoweb) can't wait to see more -panarch (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Yowza! I haven't been piping up about other peoples MOCs lately because everything that can be said is usually said by the time I get around to reading lugnet, but I just have to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Actually, this is why I've started LDrawing all of my MOCs. That way I've got the instructions forever on my hard drive in case I ever want to rebuild the model. Of course I also keep all of the intstructions to all of the official models I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heh. Thanks Paul. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Me too. I'd really like to get some rechargeables. (...) Boat mast with powerdrill on one side and binoculars on the other. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The only reason I don't use rechargeables is I'd never remember to charge 'em... :) (...) Ah, now I see it. For some reason I was seeing a powerdrill on either side... oh well, isn't the first time my eyes have tricked me. Very cool design. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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That looks cool... -- Z. Unger fusion@refraxion.com AIM: ErrorY3K or MojoJojo535 ~ eBay: dizzyzz ===...=== LEGO Fusion: (URL) Crisis: (URL) Universe: (URL) Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B67FA814.ADD0%s...ink.com... (...) only (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I agree. Also, Mark just seems to belt these things out more often than most other folks. Also pertaining to the letter of the subject, one of the Mark rules, albeit lesser-known, is as follows: ==> Don't ever go hot-tubbin' with a live (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) (snip...snippity...snip...snip) Hey there! How far do you have to walk for new batteries?:-} I know you're accustomed to recieving a lot of comments on your MOCs, but did you ever emagine you would get this many with only TWO pics? Anyhow, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heh. It's not really that simple this week. Unfortunately, someone managed to A) Get hold of our debit card number or B) it was an accident; but we noticed $1,300 missing from our bank account. We contacted the bank and the website where our (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Good heavens! :-O It's sooo easy for this to happen, too. The internet can be a dangerous place! Hope things get resolved soon! ~Trev (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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Mark: (...) but very functional ship. Jacob -- "Historien bliver skrevet af vinderne, så jeg skriver historie." (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) ~shred~ (...) Wow...that's a bummer:^( My wife says that she only wishes to have that much money to lose or have stolen...I'm not confident in the wisdom of that statement. It's difficult enough to keep on top of the bills as it is, I'd rather (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Heh. Well, when I said we were on our last few bucks, I meant it. Most of that was supposed to go toward our mortgage payment. Fortunately, the bank is now investigating the matter and has released our funds back to us in the meantime. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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Oh man, here you are talking about lack of funds and I totally forgot to send my Space World contribution. I'll get on it soon... (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hey Mark, I've been meaning to ask you about Space World but keep forgetting, seems like I'm not the only one! How about an updated post for the delinquent contributers (I'm sure you know how to urge them nicely to pay:^) I'm sure there are (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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wtf is Space World? -paul (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Holy geez that sucks. Good thing you caught it; there was a recent bust of credit/debit card theieves around here and they suspected some fraudulent cards managed to get shipped out of the immediate area; Since you live just across the border (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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It's the proposed central space lego based website that will be a central focal point for all our space lego websites. It sort of gives a starting point for all space nut surfers with links, and if I'm not mistaken there will be other cool features (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) All Righty then, For all newbies: Space world is mainly going to be a site that collects links to Space Lego sites all over the 'net. We have discussed various sections of the site dealing with characters people have created, as well as a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Oh. I didn't think of the domain name. Please disregard my previous numbers, Gents...Marks are correct. (...) :-) Comon people! The more we donate, the faster this happens! You easily spend 50 bucks on a nice dinner for two and a movie, in a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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Kirby Warden wrote in message ... (...) Isn't there a store which imports this stuff and rents videocassettes of it? Here in Melbourne, Australia there are several stores which do this. We have rented literally tons of stuff from our local store (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) At the time of the original posting about Space World, I hadn't yet become a member of Lugnet, but I was reading the posts and recall that there was some excitment from several sources. I think I was able to forget about Space World because (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I use Paintshop Pro. Depending on the image, I either reduce it's size by a factor of 2 in each dimension, or I crop the picture to a reasonable size. FUT: lugnet.publish.photography Frank (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography)
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Mark Ill bring you some batteries. As for money....well cant give what you dont have ;) Robert Lego Carnage (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hmm... maybe "SUGNet"? =P (Space) -- I think it'd be funny if someone egged Martha Stewart's house. (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I suppose I could pitch in a little. It's the least I could do. -- I think it'd be funny if someone egged Martha Stewart's house. (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hehe... it's ok, I bought batteries yesterday. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (23 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.space)
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