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(...) -Frank (22 years ago, 1-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Authors on the "10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures" are: Kevin Clague, Soren Rolighed, Miguel Agullo and Hideaki Yabuki. The models include: 1. Super Battle Droid - A 2 legged weight shifting (ankle type) walker 2. (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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Hmmm..I'm not entirely sure. I'm one of the authors, but that's about as far as I know :) But in terms of teasers: I know Jennifer Clark is part of the project...just don't know which book (might be the UBS). Dr. Soh of Soh Pneumatics fame is also (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ... (...) Ya, obviously that's a typo or conversion error. The average person walks about 6-10 times that speed. 800 m/h would only be half a mile an hour! I'm thinking 800 m/s (about Mach 2.5, same speed as the faster combat jets, but not as (...) (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I'm going to get that fixed, already emailed our data providers. (...) Any idea who the real authors are? Syngress don't have details on their site. If I can get the list I can probably get that corrected too. Dan (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Me too :) It's the one SW set I don't have that I want. Dan (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'll try - we get our data from our suppliers, so I have to convince them to change it. They might have trouble with that ø though - not sure if their PICK database can handle extended chars :P My SQL Server won't mind though :) (...) Our (...) (22 years ago, 30-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Great addition of detail. Lots of times, just throwing on lots of random "junk" results in a great look (just look closely at the sides of the Millenium Falcon in some stills from Star Wars). :-) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I've never used LDraw, because I don't even have an internet account at home (why pay for it when I get it free at work? Please don't tell my boss). Something tells me it would be tough to do this up in CAD. How well does LDraw handle hinges (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi Dan Your site says the author is "Ferrari M.", while the authors are Kevin Clague, Søren Rolighed, Miguel Agullo, Hideaki Yabuki. My brother and I didn't have any role in the 10 Cool LEGO book series (though I'd be proud of having contributed to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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Dan, I've seen the models/instruction for the DSD Kit and they are indeed pretty cool. However, contrary to all the author credits, it's not written by the ferrari brothers... It's by kevin clague and a whole bunch of other peopls who's name I'm (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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I just won a copy in a contest last weekend. It's a very cool book. Now, I just need to get myself a Dark Side Developer kit... Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:10:58 GMT To: (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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Syngress have announced a new Mindstorms book covering some alternative models for the Dark Side Developer Mindstorms kit. Due out in September, it's called "10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Dark Side Robots, Transports, and Creatures". More details at (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics)
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"Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Guzv5D.IqK@lugnet.com... (...) What specialized parts are you talking about in the Gungan Sub? The clam? The Starfish? That thing was crammed with very normal, very useful parts. (...) Thats (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Good grief. The original was utterly phenomenal and you have eclipsed it by at least the same degree, rendering the original a pale shadow of its former self. Seriously, words don't exist to describe it. I never imagined improvement was (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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This one is hilarious! (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip> I thought exactly the same thing. Sheesh, my car goes further in one minute than a y-wing in one hour. :) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hey. Very cool. It goes pretty well with the other UCS's put out by lego even after modification and it certainly does look more movie realistic. One quick note though: 800 meters per hour? Do you mean 800m/s? 800m/h is kinda slow for an attack (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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I've entirely rebuilt my UCS Y-wing to be more movie accurate and more heavily detailed! Check it out in Gareth's section at (URL) via the front page link. And please leave feedback! O! Sweet feedback! (if for some reason you are reading this after (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Thanks! Since they also lived in a red planet, it was logical to use them as Geonosians. Just had to paint the wings with a water based acrylic green instead of the white color. ACPin & Sons (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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