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Re: The all-new LUGNET .Underground
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In lugnet.underground, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
> Announcing the all new LUGNET [.Underground] page:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/underground/
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The colors were pretty cool, huh? They show up well against the dirt and gave
the sets a very distinct look. I liked how RR focused on the characters. That
female fig was such a big deal to me. I was pissed that she always had the
stupid mic in her face. I love the boulder elements - how they open up. The rock
monster is kinda lame though, IMO, because you can't pose him and stuff. And the
drill piece would have been better, IMO, if not chrome. It draws so much
attention to the element that it made the sets look like, "oh this one's another
drill thing..." In real life there aren't drills like that to drive, are there?
seems dangerous and impractical.
Gosh, I'm so glad you're interested in Underground! this is super. Too bad we
can't put bridges and dams here too.
I've been fascinated by the tunneling projects like the Chunnel ...starting at
both ends and meeting up so closely! ...and burying the equipment inside the
tunnel when finished. Wow. I love those huge flat circular drills. I have a
great article, a few years old, from Invention & Technology magazine. And I
recently saw an AWESOME documentary on cable TV... some huge tunnel in the
arctic I believe. Iceland? yeah. Tight schedule because of the freezing winter.
They went into great detail about the drill face and how it worked; it had to be
soooo precisely built on the spot. ...alignment of the cutting teeth and perfect
wields. The hired labor guys (who lived in a temporary-built town) made some
"duh" errors so the expert-guy had to fix a ton of work on the drill overnight.
He's this unique mega-expert on those drills which I think is wicked cool! It's
so romantic, in a technical way. He travels all over the world. (his poor wife!)
Anyone seen that program? I wonder now how I could see it again.
[gasp] And the old train tunnels through the Rocky Mountains! ..what is the name
of the really long one which passengers are within for a few minutes? I believe
Amtrak still goes through it. I've always wanted to take that ride, but I'd be
scared silly at the narrow heights on the Western exit. yikes!
And The Big Dig. I was there to watch a lot of it and I've seen a million shows
and articles about it. I used to go there in the middle of the night. Their
on-the-fly engineering was amazing. So many things never done before. I wish
regular people wouldn't focus on the mistakes so much. It was friggin' hard to
build! I do hope they can fix it though. (><);; they -have- to somehow! I'm
reading an article about the project now in Harvard Design Magazine.
Ooo, and the Hoover Dam's overflow passages underground. creepy.
And mines, of course, though I like tunnels better. I recently heard of a mine
that's TWO MILES underground!!!! That blows my mind! Hey, remember those 9(?)
miners trapped in water? I could NOT believe they survived. The stories they
told.. and psychological damage. Fascinating.
Sorry to babble on and on. you folks must know -all- about this stuff and have
talked about it. But I haven't time to look through old posts. I'm just passing
through here today.
Darn, I got so excited that I wrote for an hour. rats.
Oh, and that rat population they expected to stream out of underground Boston?!
I lived there then. But it didn't really happen.
Okay, stopping now.
I can't wait to see your MOCs.
(^^)
-Suz
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| (...) I have. The show is Extreme Engineering, on the Discovery channel, right after the Mythbusters, one of my fav shows. A huge dam is also part of that project, if that's the one you're talkin'about. You can buy episodes of that and other shows (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.underground)
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| In lugnet.underground, Suzanne Rich Green wrote: snip (...) I don't think so, although it reminds me of the movie "Total Recall", in which they used those drilling-machines in the martian underground. (...) We certainly can, if they're underground, (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.underground, FTX)
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| Suz, did you ever get a chance to see the "Life On Mars" truck tour? There was a Martian world under the surface of Mars in the truck--it was quite neat, including the skiing martians, the polar bear chasing one, the night club, with one or two (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-05, to lugnet.underground)
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| Announcing the all new LUGNET .Underground page: ===...=== (2 URLs) The LEGO “Underground” theme seemed to have never quite reached it’s full potential... kind of like a ‘diamond in the rough’. I felt that the one official subtheme (Rock Raiders) (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.announce, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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