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The pictures from the BrickFest 2002 Hoth display are now up on my site (finally!). Includes a collection of over 150 images of the layout from myself, Troy Cefaratti, Abe Friedman, Constantine Hannaher, Paul Hartzog, Michael Huffman, Jake McKee, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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| | 6 New Mini-Fig Customs (Jedi Council)
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Hey guys, I just uploaded 6 new customs to my website: Ki-Adi-Mundi: (URL) Rancisis: (URL) Koon: (2 URLs) Floating Seat (with available instructions): (URL) a Rebel Ramp Attendant (a few days old): (URL) Thanks. -Bruce Brucey-Wan's Homepage - (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: AT-AT MOC
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(...) Well, I didn't make another one, but Shaun did :) And probably sometime this weekend I'll be posting pictures of the Hoth Assault at BrickFest 2002 (2 AT-AT's, 1 AT-ST, 4 Snowspeeders, 1 X-Wing, 2 TaunTauns, 4 Rebel Turrets, 5 Speeder Bikes, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: AT-AT MOC
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Holy Wow! I am struck with aw! That is phenominal! I am just amazed Dave! So streamlined, yet so deatailed with accuracy. Now you just need to make another so the invasion scene will be complete! Later Tim (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Dave! That is AWESOME!!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!! humbled - humbled! COOOOOOOl!!!! Awwwwww man! e www.mylegomaster.com (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Seen it and still couldn't believe the details inside! Makes ours look puny by comparison. :( (URL) & Sons (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) What, you mean it doesn't really walk???? :-) Fantastic detailed model. I've really got to have another go at an AT-AT too. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yep-- in fact that was the 2nd attempt I made, but wasn't able to fit it nicely inside the 2-stud width. The only bit of play with that width you've got is due to the fact that you can "cap" the knees as I've done to get away with a little bit (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Have you considered a worm gear and 24 or 40 tooth gear mounted internally? Not exactly "articulated," but at least "poseable." best LFB (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: EpII Slave 1 - A.O.K. -- attn: Matt Sekerak
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"Matthew Sekerak" <matthew.sekerak@verizon.net> wrote in message news:Gv7JDo.ECp@lugnet.com... (...) I just got ep II Slave I and I'm looking for ideas to modify it. This link looked promising, but it's dead now. Can you pictures of you mod back up (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: AT-AT MOC
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(...) I tried a few things, but with little luck, since the weight of the AT-AT combined with the extremely skinny legs makes it rather hard to fit in an articularted joint. But I'm open to suggestions! (...) (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: OMG
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"Mike McLeod" <mmcleod@pongrass-group.com.au> wrote in message news:H0GF3n.29n@lugnet.com... (...) That's awesome! Pardon the cliche, but LOL! And I love the 2001 allusion at the end there... -- Tom (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Tantive IV Production Model Pictures?
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(...) I checked starshipbuilder.com and didn't find anything useful, unfortuantely. You might want to contact this guy: 'starwarsscratchbuilder', his website is: (URL) seems to have some very solid sources of info about SW models; I'm not sure if (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Tantive IV Production Model Pictures?
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(...) That's unfortunate. :( Anyone have any offline photos? Too big, too trivial for webpages? (...) You can't sell the books if you give the data away for free... (...) Yes, the same with the Star Wars Modelers Alliance: go to their homepage, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Tantive IV Production Model Pictures?
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(...) I went through this exercise myself a couple of year ago, and I think you've already found the best sites. starwars.com used to have schematics of all the starships, but don't anymore. I recall finding a lot of info here: (URL) alas, the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Chewie gets bored..
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(...) Whenever I buy a new set I build an alternate or two just to get a feel for the selection of parts. That's how I determine whether it's worth buying multiples of a set. Building within the constraints of a single set (or a handful of random (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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(...) Just awesome. Every detail is covered. I just wasted my whole lunch hour looking at all your pictures. Any plans for articulated knees? I had no idea the Imperials had been using the AT-AT so long ago: (URL) J (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Geonosis Control Core Silo
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Thanks for the compliments and they've gotten the most attention from the three MOCs in the diorama. We tried to model them from the Lego C2 diorama with our own modifications. And finally found some use for the extra chrome lightsabers from the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | OMG
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(URL) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Geonosis Control Core Silo
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hey nice job! It looks really good, I like the hailfire droids, nice work. The diorama overall is very well done. I look forward to more, :-) -Geordan- snippety snip (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Tantive IV Production Model Pictures?
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Are there more photos of the Blockade Runner movie model out there on the net somewhere? I've spent a lot of time at (URL) and (URL) but I need more! :) Steve (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Chewie gets bored..
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(...) That's a pretty cool model, but I have to disagree on the set. The <set:7130> Snowspeeder has a far superior selection of parts: (URL) J Railton (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Geonosis Control Core Silo
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If you haven't seen it yet, then you're missing on the CG Dwarf Spider Droids, CG Homing Spider Droid and IGBC Hailfire Droids that we've done! Plus a whole army of Battle Droids, Super Battle Droids and Droidekas. ACPin & Sons (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Chewie gets bored..
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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"Luke Ma" <Luke_Ma@brown.edu> wrote in message news:H0AM10.FDJ@lugnet.com... (...) It can be a lot of fun to try and confine yourself to the parts in one set (preferable a smaller one, otherwise there isn't much challenge). It's a good learning (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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"Jeff Szklennik" <jeffszklennik@usaexpress.net> wrote in message news:H0CqrI.865@lugnet.com... (...) cars, (...) This is one of the coolest and most refreshing building stories I've heard in a while. Seriously. -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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(...) When I was younger, I thought it was cool to see if I could build a house/shelter for the minifig in the set (from non-buildings sets like cars, etc.) so the minifig sould sleep at nite. Jeff (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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(...) I tend to do that from time to time. My Shrike (which is on Brickshelf: (URL) was an alternate from the X-Wing. It's a lot like a game to me when I do alternates...what can I do with what I have here? And strangely enough, one of the best sets (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: AT-AT MOC
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(...) Thanks. I did just that. And I also enjoyed seeing the progression of skill from one model to the next. An outstanding trip. -- Terry K -- (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Chewie gets bored..
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Chewie got bored...took apart his AT-ST and built a podracer...still can't beat Anakin though. (URL) on the subject: how many people build alternate models of sets? I realize that taking your entire collection and creating something original without (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: AT-AT MOC
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The best at-at i've seen IMO. Great creation ! --Terry (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | AT-AT MOC
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After oh-so-long, my latest AT-AT model finally has a page of its own. But that's not all! If you act now, you'll also see previous never before seen versions of my AT-AT, dating back to 1995! (URL) appearance at BrickFest 2002 (which featured a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars) !!
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| | TKOI Create a Creature Contest Results.... FINALLY
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Well, this has been an embaressing time for me, it's been too long since the end of the contest to be doing this. Obviously I'm not cut out for this type of thing. ANYWAY... I've now been able to talley all the scores to the entries to the Kingdom (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New CLASSIC SW Lego
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(...) The Sith Infiltrator was a good choice, because it was the personnal ship of a major character, Darth Maul (like Vader's TIE, for example). The Droid carrier is featured in a major scene of the movie, thus making it essential (like the Y-wing, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Be careful what you believe . . . odds are very good that a lot of it is unfounded rumor . . . Tim Saupé Webmaster, "From Bricks to Bothans" (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New CLASSIC SW Lego
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In response to Rene, the answer is yes. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not to mention the Naboo Starfighter and the Special Edition Naboo Starfighter. And Yoda the minifig and Yoda the sculpture. :) (...) That's not an issue. The Sith Infiltrator is in the movie for how many seconds? Even worse, the battle droid (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You're right, but the target customers for the Mindstorms sets and 'standard Lego sets' are quite different. After all, there's been a minifig X-Wing as well as a UCS X-wing, which sets are even closer in ressemblance than Mindstorms and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I doubt we'd see an AT-AT in minifig scale. It already made an appearance as the main model on the Darkside Developer Kit Mindstorms set. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think TLC covered most of the major vessels of the classic trilogy, exept a few I think we'll see this year: AT-AT, but diminished for price. A set that will be a bit like the AT-ST: not to proportion, but fairly accurate. Don't expect (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New Episode II Lego
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(...) As you might guess, I can't tell who told me that. The Lars set is pretty much what it should be. The solar sailer seems to me like a teaser to hint me off what the real vessel will be. Wish it was the walker, but then that would be too much (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Heya all, . my question is if TLG will continue in production of the classic SW line ? . Thanx . Rene . - (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New Episode II Lego
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(...) YEAH!!! ~Evan (Who sincerely wishes Aaron is right!) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Episode II Lego
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(...) I gonna rattle for a few here, I'd bet on a Clonetrooper Assault Walker (thingy dropped by the Gunship), some Genoshian war-machine or other, possibly a Droid Factory with Anakin/Padme (and/or) R2/3PO, and Dooku's flyer. Classic Star Wars... (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Episode II Lego
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(...) Where did you hear this? And was there anything that makes you think it will be the sets you say or were you just taking stabs in the dark? Thanks Michael (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Geonosis Control Core Silo
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Check out our latest work from our homepage, the Geonosis Control Core Silo; (URL) revamped the Lego section, so now the subsections for the MOCs, Dioramas, Sets and UCS are available for viewing. The MOCs contain details of those used in our latest (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: New Episode II Lego
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(...) Heard there should be 3 new EpII sets for Christmas. I'm betting on something about the Lars farm (with Padmé, Anakin, 3P0 and familly), Dooku's Solar Sailer (with Dooku, a pilot and the emperor) and surely one with Clone Troopers in it (maybe (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Ep II and LEGO
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The Hollywood Reporter today announced the November 12th release of the Star Wars: Episode II DVD and Video (as if anyone cared about the video). So what does this have to do with LEGO? "Lucasfilm and Fox will target core "Star Wars" fans, families (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars) !
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| | Re: Strange "Part" in 7163 Republic Gunship
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Hi all, Mine came with a cardboard box like yours, but with one brown cape inside and with the number 42928 on the outside. Do you remember wich was the bag number that this box was included? Mine came inside the bag number 1. I had thought that (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | New Episode II Lego
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Is there any talk about what new Christmas (or earlier) Star Wars lego sets are? ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: UCS Yoda Bag Count?
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(...) Thanks, Julie! (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | lego starwars movie
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rofl, you've read the script (revised :-) now see the movie... (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lego survey
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(...) Well, it IS a cowboy keychain. I filled one out, sent it in, and 6 months later had recieved nothing. So i wrote the lego company, and asked about it, and they apologized for forgetting, sent the keychain, and a 6028 Treasure Guard as (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: UCS Yoda Bag Count?
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(...) You have yourself a complete set :) Julie (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | UCS Yoda Bag Count?
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I picked up a UCS Yoda at Target yesterday for $50, but the box seals were broken. I want to make sure everything is there. Does anyone have a bag count for this set? My box has got: 12 bags and the following loose pieces: 2 tan 1x16 bricks 1 tan (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Custom Droideka Destroyer Droid
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(...) Thanks! I've already posted about it on FBTB.net and it will be put in my gallery there as soon as I get around to sending the pictures. I'm not familiar with Bionicle Zone. Any info would be appreciated. Jason (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I filled out a card & got a cowboy keychain. Jeff (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) actually filled out 3 within about 5 months, and received 3 cowboy keychains (I actually found it somewhat disappointing, not that I got a keychain as a gift, but that I got the same one 3 times). Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Lego survey
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Has anyone else gotten a little lego survey sheet in a set that promises you a gift from the lego company if you fill it out? I just got one in that little alpha team robo diver dude and I wanted to know how rare the things were and what the "prize" (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: "Featured Creations" items of interest on LEGO.com
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(...) This is all fixed now: (URL) Joel for bringing this up, Jake for notifying the powers that be, and Kristin for fixing it! --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Custom Droideka Destroyer Droid
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(...) Great job!!! What are the dimensions? Bring it to the next ParLUGment meeting, unless you are hosting it (hint, hint). Jude XFUT .org.ca.parlugment (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) Outstanding! You must be sure to get this on FBTB.net and Bionicle Zone. In retrospect, it seems the obvious thing to do with Bohrok; when I first got those sets, I thought they were somewhat reminiscent of droidekas, but never made the leap. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Custom Droideka Destroyer Droid
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Very nice Jason. I checked out the Hyperdrive ring for the Jedi Starfighter. WOW. Mikey (URL) Allemann" <jason@truedimensions.com> wrote in message news:GzsE4F.Bxv@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) For the record, I don't like Bionicle. It's not as bad as Galidor, but not for me. (...) Hmm... Between you and Jon Palmer, I'm getting the idea that maybe Bionicle is worth a shot. ..... Target has some on clearence this week.... -Jason (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | New Custom- Commerce Guild Dwarf Spider Droid
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Hey guys. I've just uploaded a new custom to my site: the CG Dwarf Spider Droid. It's mini-fig scale and pretty small because of that (forty-eight pieces), but also easier to duplicate in making one's Battle of Geonosis diorama ;). Here's the link: (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Cool! -- Thanx~ Nicole (URL) Allemann" <jason@truedimensions.com> wrote in message news:GzsE4F.Bxv@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Custom Droideka Destroyer Droid
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Hey Guys, Check out my latest MOC of a Droideka Destroyer Droid, inspired by some Bionicle Bohrak sets I recently picked up. (URL) me know what you think! Jason (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Q-wing
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(...) after Return of the Jedi mention E-Wing and Z-Wing fighter craft but I am not sure as to their exact description but you could probably find the books at your local library and find out more about them. Jesse Alan Long (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Reply Posing Problem - User?
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(...) Eric that's a great description of the process of posting and authentication... (and any newbies reading should pay attention if they're confused about how it works) ... but Tim's asking about why his posts break threading (they don't show up (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Reply Posing Problem - User?
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Tim, your supposed to open the Post of interest, then click on the reply tab. Then fill out your info and compose your reply, then hit "Post" Lugnet Server sends your e-mail an authentication message. open the message and click on the encrypted (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | updated Ideas folder
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updated LMKWYT -p (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Free e-mail.
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If you've read any of my posts you know that whenever I attempt a reply from my e-mail source it automatically starts a new thread. Now trhis has been really pissin' me off and I would like to know if anyone out there knows any solution to this. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Pictures are up
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(...) Just to quickly answer, it was never really formally announced, but it's been under construction for the last 6-8 months or so, and semi-intentionally made its debut at BrickFest 2002. (Tho there may have been some whisperings in the NELUG (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Pictures are up
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(URL) The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars) !
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| | Back Home
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I've uploaded 180 images from the Fest. I'll give the address as soon as its public. But before then I thought I'd share 3 pics I took when I got home: Rember kids, even if you need to catch a plane soon, pack well: (URL) on the bright side here's (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Question about set 7143 Jedi Starfighter.
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Um, I dont recall ANY scene showing the Jedi Starfighter where it shows the droid being inserted into the craft. Nearly every scene shows it in space, and the scenes showing it landed, it does not have enough ground clearance for the R4 unit to come (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What's left?
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It has changed nearly 6 months ago, and I've updated my profile here with the new email (mdublade@yahoo.com), but for some unknown reason when I post in the newsgroups it keeps showing the old (and very dead) AOL email. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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I have the ATOC viz dictionary and it clearly states that the droid is part of the ship, intigrated into its systems. many other sources (cross sections book I think) say this as well. May the Brick be with you! * Tim * P.s. sorry if I broke the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Mark, Your Email seem to wrong, did you change it? I've been trying to Email you about some part you authored -Orion (billthefish@yahoo.com) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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In the first movie, Star Wars (IV - A New Hope), the huge white wedge shaped ship was refered to as a "Imperial Cruiser" by Han Solo when they were blasting off from Tatoonine ("Looks like an Imperial Cruiser, our passengers must be hotter than I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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I'm watching SW IV (A New Hope) now, and the "Imperial Cruiser" Star Destroyer looks awfully white to me, not gray. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Wicked cool! I really like the use of the newer colors (these non-standard LEGO colors can become addicting). Enough said. (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Just out of curiosity, does the Quake symbol have any actual meaning or did the programers of the game Quake make it up? (22 years ago, 19-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Shaun, that's an amazing design you made there. Very nice. And thanks for the instructions. Also, nice job on the Probe Droid and Snowspeeder. Great job on all! Keep it up. -Bruce Brucey-Wan's Homepage - (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Looks great Shaun...very movie-accurate and the studless design really makes it look like it armour plated. I can't beleive the official Lucas design has the thing manned. Poor sap assigned to that post....may as well have 'AT-AT Target Practise' (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Here are some pictures (and the instructions!) for the Rebel turrets on Hoth: (URL) all-SNOT design, and have only one stud showing. Enjoy, -s (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Jude Beaudin" <shiningblade@rogers.com> wrote in message news:GzE0Lq.GLy@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) Something is seriously wrong then. When I went to the movie release of AOTC, the astromech droid plainly was inserted into the starfighter from (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The Imperial Star Destroyers are shown here: (URL) then there are the Super Star Destroyers: (URL) the ships from the movies can be accessed from this menu: (URL) that helps clear up any confusion. -- Scott (22 years ago, 18-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Thanks to all who have replied. :-) You'll forgive me if I don't reply to all of you-- I'm a bit busy now and need to pack and stuff. Seeya at Brickfest! -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Attack of the Bricks - (URL) Palmer" (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I believe you're thinking of a Star Destroyer. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here: "Imperial Cruiser" is what they (the writers, film crew, etc) called the ship during filming of Star Wars, but it was never called so on screen. For (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Excellent, as usual. Jeff J (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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A dark beauty, she is.... I really like how the last few of your designs have taken on an organic quality to them....the landing phalanges, unusual sculpted hulls with an amazing integration of curves and hard angles. Awesome stuff Jon. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Jon, your work is incredible. Not are these ships ingenius Lego creations worthy of release, but they all fit in so well with the Star Wars line; it's almost as if you are a ship designer for Lucas! These all have perfect attention to detail and are (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Cool ship, Jon. This is one my favorites of your alphabet ships. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) To be fair to LEGO, the astromech does not have a body but is actually hardwired into the starfighter. (URL) I am glad you like it for what it is. I agree even though the body does not need to be in the set it would have added a lot to the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"Geoffrey Hyde" <ghydeSPAMBLOCK@dodo.com.au> wrote in message news:GzDx3o.9Bx@lugnet.com... (...) loaded (...) clone (...) different (...) hmm I'll check that tonite.. the site is back and (URL) truncated astromech droid was hard-wired into the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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You didn't see the scene in AOTC then where Obi-Wan Kenobi takes off from the planet that has the Jedi Council headquarters, and then heads off for the planet that has Jango Fett and all of the clones on it, and R4 is loaded onto the ship. R4 also (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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"smegged" <cintaks_erur@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GzDKGs.7IA@lugnet.com... (...) <geek> I belive according to the official site (which appears to be down at the moment) R4 is a modified, truncated astromech droid hardwired into the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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Amazing as usual Jon! What impresses me the most is how you amalgamated both the Quake symbol, and the Sith Infiltrator design so effortlessly. Bravo! (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) If you fill out the form by entering your date of birth, leaving the parents email blank, and entering nonsense into the other fields, only the picture field coems up as an error. If you do the same but put 2002 as your year of birth, both (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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