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Has anyone made a musical instrument out of Lego? I've searched around and I haven't seen anything. I'm not sure what sort could be made. Lego isn't air-tight enough for a wind instrument, it damps out vibration, it has nothing bell-like, no obvious (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 2001 Technic sets found
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I may have missed a post on this, however I found two Technic (2001) sets at my TRU today. In addition to LoM and Movie sets. The numbers were 8240 Slammer Stunt Bike 14.99 8241 Battle Cars 9.99 The battle cars appear to be part of a new line that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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(...) That would be cool, but I'm not sure how to do it. The MindStorms R2 is too small to fit Kenny Baker ... (...) I'm not sure it'll have a MindStorms brain at all. The Microscout is next to useless, and the RCX is too big and too yellow. Maybe (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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(...) Interesting. That just seems wrong, somehow. I can't picture it. (...) Yoiks. Good thing that was dropped. Maneuvering thrusters, I could see. In space, not planetside. But not big thrusters. Steve (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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(...) I like this one! The colour scheme is nice. It looks very realistic. (...) The 8846 was my fav as well! It has working mechanisms which were very well done. I think it's design hints towards the Land Rover. (...) Wow! I don't have any pre dark (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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Hi Mark, (...) I would start today, if you give me some days off? I promise, that I will try to model that machine! Holger ...from Germany (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Selcuk, (how to make the little hook under the "c"??) (...) Thanks, but I just took pictures of the best models years ago... (...) Very nice. Isn't the normal color ao such an aircraft just black or dark grey??? Ok, these days you might haven't (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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Hi James, welcome at lugnet.technic!! (...) it was a pleasure, even scanning and transfering into *.jpg went well! (...) with (...) Thanks, the red and black truck is the oldest, on that project I learnt a lot! The blue Euro Truck was completed when (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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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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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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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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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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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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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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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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| | Re: Pre Dark Age MOC's
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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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| | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering)
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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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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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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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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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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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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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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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| | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering)
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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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| | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering)
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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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| | Improving Mindstorms R2???
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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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| | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering)
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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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| | Re: 8880 Super Car information
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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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| | Re: 8880 Super Car information
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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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| | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering
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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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| | Re: BIONICLE!
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(...) Yes, I see some Castle potential in this line. (...) Visit (URL) and look at the little guys on the bottom. Totally nonfunctional, but perhaps some parts value (if you like large strange weapons) If you want scary pointed objects to poke (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 - when, where, what??
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(...) I take that back. Apparently Jin Sato didn't make that, he just talked about it in the book. I guess I never really noticed MIBO in that picture before. *feeling dumb* sorry... -jeremiah- (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 - when, where, what??
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Yeah, that was Jin Sato's. It's featured in his book on Mindstorms, and on his site: (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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I don't think so - I seem to remember seeing this somewhere before, built with a humble RCX 1.0/5. Actually, if you look closely, you'll see it contains 2 RCXs, one below the other on an angle. Not much chance of TLC including 2 with the set.... (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BIONICLE!
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The last two have limbs that might be interesting for castle lego. (you could create an elf hero with a magical green axe, for instance). Kopaka's head might be useful for some space MOCs. That ugly flame SPUD *might* be useful as ornamentation in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 - when, where, what??
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Oh, wow!! If that set is even half as good as it looks in the picture, that will be one set everyone will be scrambling to pick up!! Mind you, I do hope they don't expect to put a $390 price tag on it and expect people to pay that much for it!! Mind (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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James, I stand corrected!! I haven't investigated steam engines thoroughly, but I used to like taking rides in the old traction engines at shows when I was a kid. And back then I seemed to take a lot more in...... But I do remeber that the driver (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Helicopter
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Tobbe Arnesson <tnt@arnesson.nu> wrote in message news:3a225569.173664...net.com... (...) while I (...) Thanks, Tobbe! Not up to Jennifer's standard, but words & pictures aren't my forte....yet! ROSCO (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Tower crane (WAS: Adjustable 4 wheel steering)
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Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3A22D54A.66E2F8...h.ac.uk... (...) Ive (...) make (...) in (...) in (...) building (...) backwards (...) the (...) Hmmm. Maybe I should stop now..... 8?) In fact, I'm doing one of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 - when, where, what??
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Take a look at (URL). See the dog? Is it MIBO? If we can really build that dog out of the box, then RIS 2.0 might as well be the best Technic Universal set Lego has ever released. Look at the rotation sensor, the shock absorbers, and all those turn (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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| | Hexapod based on Lee Holeva's design
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I have built a smaller version of Lee Holeva's hexapod. Avi's and pictures are at: (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Interesting subject. I have been trying to simulate a Valve Gear with technic elements and I can say that the Walcharts valve gear is difficult to model because of the curved expansion arm. Any ideas how to do this with Lego elements? BTW a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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