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Re: "May the Transforce be with you."
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Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:34:03 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Crowley wrote:
   In an ancient time, in a distant realm…
“Use the Transforce, Sir Luke!”

Even though it goes against the natural order of things, and to do so could cause the very LEGO universe to explode and completely blink out of existence, I thought it might be fun to try to mix Castle and Space a bit -- no! that’s like mixing matter and anti-matter! Actually, it was just an excuse for me to make another Star Wars transformer...I mean, Transforcer. ;)

There’s just one vehicle for now. It started off all black, which made it look really good in one mode, but not very accurate in the other. So, I smashed it! The next morning, I got up, saw the pieces on the floor, slapped myself, and rebuilt it in grey.

That may be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a VERY long time. I’m amazed at the amount of hinging and rotating this thing exhibits. I hope I get to see it in person because there is a step or two I didn’t follow.

Spotlighted!



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  Re: "May the Transforce be with you."
 
(...) Thanks, Larry! The biggest trick was getting everything to line up so that the parts moved without bumping into each, and also so that they’d fit snugly up against each other in both modes. Adding or removing a single plate of height in any (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)

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  "May the Transforce be with you."
 
In an ancient time, in a distant realm… "Use the Transforce, Sir Luke!" Even though it goes against the natural order of things, and to do so could cause the very LEGO universe to explode and completely blink out of existence, I thought it might be (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !! 

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