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Hi Jennifer, In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes: There is a mobile crane in the background of one of the pictures; would I be right in thinking it has a three section telescoping boom? Oh yes, absolutly. My crane-fascination begun very (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Holger, thanks for posting these MOC's of yours from the past. At the time of their creation, you were 13 years old. I am very impressed with your talent. Seeing how large your old collection must be from these older creations, and knowing now that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Actually, being the huge Star Wars geek I am, I don't think R2 ever zaps Yoda... All he does is grab at the lamp with his arm. He DOES zap an Ewok in ROTJ though... he also uses a small buzz-saw to cut through a net that they get trapped in... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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"Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:G4s6rM.D1L@lugnet.com... (...) [snip] (...) -- Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com IBM TSM Server Development, Tucson, AZ (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Wow, you had a hell lot of lego for a 13 year old teen, and apparently you had a well developed building ability to deserve that much lego..:-) Very nice models, even for an adult. I have pictures of one of my pre dark age MOCS, too. Look at here (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wouldn't have said so; while Dennis Bosman certainly seems to have the large truck side of things sorted out, and I am able to make reasonably competent facsimilies of Technic figure scale construction machinery, there is certainly more to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think it was in the "Dagobah System", no doubt mispelled. I remember that bit in the movie too; I like it when Yoda starts hitting R2D2 with a stick. They were arguing over a small torch or something :-) Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) From a technical point of view, I think the US truck is the best, but my favourite has to be the blue and red tipper, simply because I prefer the appearance of European trucks. There is a mobile crane in the background of one of the pictures; (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And (...) wheels. (...) fire (...) The "real" R2D2 has enough vertical movement with its third "leg" so that when fully extended, it can go up and down stairs. A scene showing this was cut from Episode 1. (There was also a scene cut during (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Xanthra47 <Xanthra47@Inphotek.com> wrote in message news:G4rnEn.M3G@lugnet.com... (...) I wonder if anyone will be implementing the function it had in EP4 when Luke Skywalker landed on the planet Yoda came from. R2D2 zapped him with a charge from a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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I'm working a few of these ideas, but basically I was annoyed at how *SMALL* it was (the DDK) so I've started making a "life" sized R2 simmilar to Eric Harshburger's and the one at Legoland, but this won't be a static sculpture. The head will turn, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) about it. Dennis' crane is truly incredible - I am humbled. Dennis and Jennifer have set the bar so high, (fifteen feet?!?) that I can't help but feel like there's no point even trying with MOC. SRC StRuCtures - only about a third the size of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Mario Ferrari made an awesome R2 model named 'Otto'. see: (URL) David (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) <snip> (...) I look forward to seeing your "more functional" R2... another thing that would be cool is if you could make him "waddle" when in bipedal mode like he does in the films... I'm pretty sure he can roll only in tripedal mode. Also, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3A23CC3E.C55DD6...h.ac.uk... (...) the (...) you (...) (URL) these, the boom isnt the problem, see (URL) (the one on the right). It is lifted from the end, so really only has to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I just nabbed a second copy of the Mindstorms Droid Developer Kit[1], and I've been thinking about how to make a better R2, and what the functions should be. Then I realized I wasn't even sure what functions the reel R2 has... So, in the interests (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I found with my mobile crane that the limiting factor really started to be the strength of the boom - 6 batteries at a fair distance from the fulcrum represents quite a substantial load moment with respect to lego beams, and you can actually (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The shocks in the Silver Champion ARE stiffer. The lever action is just how they happen to be used in the "Silver Champion" instructions. Or did I not understand your point? They are used without any lever action in the "Silver Truck" instructions. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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YES, the shocks on the silver champion are far stiffer...this is because it uses a lever action like real F1... Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrd4s0tl4ec.fsf....uio.no... (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, Speaking of steam engines, I've built a working Lego live steam engine... OK, OK, the boiler and piston are metal, but the chassis is Lego Technic. You can see it at: (URL) of the chassis are on my Lego page at: (URL) those interested, the steam (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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