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Re: Gonk?
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:32:39 GMT
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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...?
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> 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...
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> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html
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> 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?
--Todd
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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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| (...) 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... (URL) I hope you all like (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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