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    Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
   So I got some friends to do it for me: (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars) !! 
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Todd Lehman
     (...) Adrian, you are insane in the best way! Ahhh, thanks for sharing! --Todd (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
      (...) Instant classic? Come on now, y'all will give me an ego or something. Hey, didn't they think Picasso was insane in his time? I wonder if any of my creations will sell for $100 million after I die? :) Adrian (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Kyle Henneberque
     (...) Reminds me of something my mother told me once, "There is a fine line between hobby and insanity." (...) Great work Adrian-made my day. Kyle (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Kevin McMillin
     (...) Adrian, Absolutely hilarious! What a great way to tell the story of building such a tedious model. How long did it take to set up all the Gungans in their various locations throughout the story? Amazing job, and I love the perspective in the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
      (...) Thanks (...) I started building Friday night, and took the last picture this evening. I'd say each picture took from 15 to 45 minutes to set up and edit, on top of the 10 or so hours to actually build the model. (...) comparison to it. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Marc Atkin
     Great work, Adrian! You finally figured out a use for all those extra Gungans one tends to have floating around! When did you think of assembling the model in this way? Was it planned out ahead of time or was it a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
     (...) I've wanted to do another comic style story since my Castle World stories from last year. I'd been playing around with some comic strip ideas but hadn't had anything concrete. Then when the ISD arrived, inspiration struck, and I rolled from (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Timothy D. Freshly
      "Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:H6xBDu.MAz@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Also, my favorite! I can just hear the "wzzz...zzzt" of the lighsaber as the box is opened. (...) Obviously not since standard imperial protocol is to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Terry Keller
     (...) Great work Adrian. -- Terry K -- (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
     (...) Thanks. I appreciate the good words Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Mark Chan
     Absolutely Hilarious!!! My wife and I both laughed hard for solid minutes... I loved the lightsaber opening the box, but the part about Vader's experience as a youth was very witty and drew the biggest laughter.... Thanks, and keep up the great (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
     (...) Better than those liquid or gaseous minutes, I suppose. (Would a liquid minute be like Salvador Dali's melting clocks?) (...) That was actually a last second script change. I had originally written a completely different (and much lamer) joke (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Larry Pieniazek
     In lugnet.starwars, Adrian Drake writes: <...> (...) ALL Star Wars projects need that... as long as it's "poke fun at" rather than "poke holes in" :-) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Tobbe Arnesson
     (...) Oh... ...My... ...God! *trying to reclaim my breath after the laughter* If it feels better, you're not the only one labeled insane, the people working in the _other_ room must have labeled me aswell 'cause of the laughter - MAN! You even built (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
      (...) Of course. Once the ISD is up on its stand, it's a little tought to reach that high :) (...) I was busy helping my wife repaint our bedroom. I was more worried about the biker scounts handling my digital camera. Considering how bad their aim (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Bob Parker
     (...) Instead of Jar Jar's, how about 1,000 Timmys? Although the SD might be put together wrong, at least it would get finished faster! - Bob PS - this was a ROTFLMAO story that made my week! Great job! (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Gil Shaw
     Allow me to return the favour.....BWHAAHAHAHAA!! Simply put, thanks for making my day Adrian. Laughed till I coughed up a Bothan. Brillant. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
     (...) That sounds painful. You should get that checked out :) (...) Thanks, and Cheers to you too Adrian -- (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Brendan Powell Smith
     Great story, Adrian. That was a lot of fun. I liked Darth's jedi beer mug. -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith PS Hmmm... Illusrating stories in LEGO... I'll have to look into that... @8^) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
      (...) How he drinks through his helmet's a puzzle though. I suppose he does it like Darth Helmet in Spaceballs *makes percolating gurgling noises* (...) Hah! There you go. Ya know, there are some pretty big books out there that could be done well in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
     
          Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —David Koudys
      (...) around are wondering what's so funny. Great pics and story! Take care Dave K (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) naa... it's been done. Besides I hear it's quite controversial. :-) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Ben Umstead
     That is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time!It really captures the building of the model quite well. Thanks for the laugh. (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Lindsay Frederick Braun
     (...) So few things are worth waiting for on my end of the earth, but this has been the best return on my bandwidth investment so far this year! :) Excellent, as always. best LFB (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Pawel Nazarewicz
     That's hillarious :) -- Pawel (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Chris Maddison
     Haahaahahaahaa....<deep breath>...haaahaahaa...a...<thud> That's awesome Adrian. Made my day. -Chris (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Alex Cruz
     (...) I posted your link to the NILTC mail list and they are rolling over there. My favorite panel by far is Vadar opening up that giant S@H box. That was great. Fantastic work and thanks for the laugh. (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Daniel Jassim
     Wow! :) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
     Thanks to everyone who's checked this out, and written kind words (both here and in email). Unfortunately, the popularity has so overwhelmed my bandwidth that I've been forced to deep link to brickshelf to avoid some costly bandwidth penalties. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Adrian Drake
     (...) Never mind. Big props to Alex Cruz for graciously offering to let me usurp his bandwidth with a mirror of the story. Thanks Alex! Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Alex Cruz
     (...) (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Building the ISD myself seemed like too much work... —Terry Prosper
   (...) You need to make more of these, it's amazingly funny and the pictures are great! Terry (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
 

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