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Looks excellent Jonathan....you really kept true to the original and that's not an easy task from the looks of the whale-head design of the bow. It captures the sense of a 'disposal' ship as well....very cool. Would go so well with a moonbase. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Looks good! I am diggin' the color scheme. The engine looks quite beefy. Also, all those construction photos are very nice. Question about the small droid; what did you use for his legs? He looks pretty depressed, I think it is the low hanging (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Whoo! That looks great. It's nice to see such work and detail in even the more obscure "characters". For anybody in the dark, you can find out a great deal by reading the book "Tales from Jabba's Palace", or if you aren't enough of a SW (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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Wow, I like it! Nice use of SNOT- it has a very flowing look, which is good for a design that could easily become boxy. I like the tires used in the engines, too. Keep it up! -JHK (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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Hello all. I've updated my B'Omarr Monk figures (using the monster Studios "brain" head and a few other minor improvements). You can see them both here: (URL) and thanks! -Bruce Brucey-Wan's Homepage - (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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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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