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Re: The Lords of Space - PowerPoint Slide Presentation (expansion)
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:24:06 GMT
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Pat,
I know this is very late in coming. This is an awesome slide show. It had a
bunch of ships I'd never seen. Thanks for sharing it. I saw it because of
Eric's post. Now how about that Mecha slide show!!!!
Bryce
> In lugnet.space, Pat Hough writes:
> This post has two purposes -- gratitude and proposal.
>
> I'd thought I'd take a moment to extend gratitude to those who I regard as
> mentors in getting me back into LEGO space after an 18-year hiatus.
>
> Picture, if you will, a vast hall made of finest white marble, in Greek
> style, complete with Doric columns. Positioned around a sunken speaking
> floor is a semi-circular section rising fifteen feet above the floor and
> containing 29 thrones, all of which are occupied by scholarly-looking chaps
> in robes. Suddenly, from the hall entrance comes the sound of a closing
> door, and in walks a humble-looking figure, obviously awed by the entire affair.
>
> The twenty-nine heads stop speaking and all turn to gaze down upon the
> visitor, many with one raised eyebrow.
>
> OK, OK, it's a bit cheesy but still...
>
> Before I even became a LUGNET member (which has only been for one month), I
> was on Brickshelf desperately seeking ideas for LEGO building projects. So I
> started perusing the individual sites. One by one, I came across some
> awesome spaceships and started downloading the images under folders named
> for the individual builders. Before long, I had 79 pictures organized under
> 29 folders.
>
> These I put into a PowerPoint slide presentation for the sole purpose of
> using as a kind of online LEGO idea book. Then I posted it to Brickshelf. It
> is still there at:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2574
>
> Now I am seriously considering expanding that original presentation, given
> the welcome but unexpected explosion that has taken place with LEGO Space of
> late.
>
> The original 29 "mentors" are:
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> Geordan Ballantree
> Tim Courtney (of Mark I Destroyer fame)
> Adrian Drake
> Nathan Falslev
> Chris Giddens
> Brandon Grifford (along with TC, of Mark IV Destroyer fame)
> Paul Hanson
> Bob Hayes
> Joel Hoornbeek
> Greg Howell
> Elliot Hyde
> James Jackson
> Daniel Jassim (quite simply, the Master)
> Kyle Keppler (this boy desparately needs a Galaxy Explorer, folks)
> Bram Lambrecht
> Wayne McCaul
> Jonathan Mizner
> Jon Palmer
> Joel Parker
> David Pena
> Trevor Pruden (AstroLift King)
> TR Sammis
> Mark Sandlin (Admiral)
> JJ Sierra
> Jeremy Sproat
> Mike Steele
> Scott Thomas
> Ed Toton III
> Sun Yun
>
> - Thank you for freely displaying your creations. They were all very inspiring.
>
> If you want your name or a particular creation removed from either
> presentation, please send me a civil email or respond to this post. (Kyle -
> I received your instruction.)
>
> Keep those badass models coming!
>
> Peace,
>
> Pat
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