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Subject: 
Different definitions of MOC(Re: New MF model.)
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Date: 
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:30:31 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Karim Nassar writes:

It's for the same reason that
I'm taking a break from MOCs to build a large-scale B-Wing fighter model.

I take it you define "MOC" to mean something completely from your own head?
Typically, I think of a MOC as being anything that someone makes that doesn't
follow Lego (or someone else's LDraw, etc) instructions.

If you don't consider your B-Wing to be a MOC, how would you feel about, say,
Shaun Sullivan and David Eaton's AT-ATs?  Lego hasn't made a model of them
before, so they don't even have that to go on, although they made it from
pictures.

And then, what about someone who makes a model of, say, a Corvette Stingray to
minifig scale?  While they will probably try to capture some of the more
evocative elements of the car, they would have to use less detail due to the
size of the creation, so most of it would probably be from their head rather
than from pictures of the cars.

And what about someone who makes lots of houses?  Certainly elements will be
inspired by houses around them, but most of it might come from their
imagination.

I'm not challenging how you define the term MOC... I guess I just hadn't
conceived before of the different levels of creation when making ones' own Lego
models, so it seemed really obvious to me that a MOC was anything you made
without instructions... you obviously have a different definition.
Interesting.

eric



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  Re: Different definitions of MOC(Re: New MF model.)
 
(...) ...[snippage]... Wow... very valid points. I think you are totally right... I guess I never really considered my own definition. I suppose I think of MOCs on various levels: re-interpretations of other LEGO model (building a better Naboo (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Different definitions of MOC(Re: New MF model.)
 
In my opinion, there are MOC's that are modeled on someoneelses ideas, like star wars models, corvettes and airplanes; then there are MOC's that are are models of your own ideas, the difference being that one is an exercise in rendering and one is a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: New MF model.
 
Joshua, while I agree with you regarding the level of criticism typical to lugnet, I'll have to disagree with your panning of this model. Certainly it is off-scale and unreasonably long, but it achieves a level of visual detail that surpasses most, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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