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Re: Gonk?
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 04:48:18 GMT
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Love the Gonk. Thanks for the directions. I always enjoyed making robots
when I was a kid. If a part couldn't be used for anything else (airplane fin,
jetski handlebars, metal detector) it could always be used in a robot.
In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, kingsleyem@geocities.com (Eric Kingsley) writes:
> > > > I figure, one way to make him out of LEGO is a pair of dark gray minifig
> > > > legs attached to a brick or something, but there's probably a more • elegant
> > > > solution using some of the techniques that the SW Ep1 LEGO sets used for
> > > > the pit droids...?
> > >
> > > Well Here you go. I built one. I have posted a page with an LDraw Pic as
> > > well as some real pics including R2-D2 for scale. I have not linked this • to
> > > my page yet but you can get to it by going to the following URL...
> > >
> > > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html
> > >
> > > I hope you all like it. I may attempt some other Droids at some point. • The
> > > best thing about them is they don't use too many pieces.
> >
> > Excellent! He looks odd in the orthographic LDraw version, but definitely
> > "comes to life" in the photos! :)
> >
> > I especially like the way you used plates fore and aft of his legs to make
> > them look shorter.
> >
> > Is he tilted back a bit because he's 2x4 and not centered on the legs? How
> > does he look as a 2x3 frame?
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> The 2x4 Gonk is a bit front heavy hence the tilt. I decided to make a 2x3
> version. I was considering it anyway but your suggestion pushed me to it. I
> do like it just as well if not better. I used a different color scheme and
> took some pictures of it. I added the new Gonk to my Gonk page...
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> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html
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> I don't know what to call him though. Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. ???
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> He also stands without a tilt.
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> I hope you all like it. You can check out my other models at my site...
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> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/
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> Eric
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> >
> > --Todd
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Hey, do we have that message archived from our own LUGNETter who has (and may be) the original story of the "Gonk" name? If it's any consolation, it now appears to have official Lucasfilm sanction: The recent Star Wars toys have such a droid (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Markus, Thanks a lot. Nothing like an 8 month old thread resurfacing :-). I assume you found one of my Gonk pages that liked back to my anouncement about him and then you posted. For those of you that might be interested the GeoCities Page (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Thanks for the inspiration, I hadn't thought about the jetski handlebar piece. I'm now building 'bots with serious eyebrow problems. My favorite: take the Gasgano 'fig. Remove the head. Stick on a handlebar-on-a-clip. Turn two of the arms (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Gonk?
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| (...) The 2x4 Gonk is a bit front heavy hence the tilt. I decided to make a 2x3 version. I was considering it anyway but your suggestion pushed me to it. I do like it just as well if not better. I used a different color scheme and took some pictures (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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