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Re: Gonk?
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Date: 
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 02:36:06 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
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...?

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...

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html

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?

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 of it.  I added the new Gonk to my Gonk page...

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/Gonk.html

I don't know what to call him though.  Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. ???

He also stands without a tilt.

I hope you all like it.  You can check out my other models at my site...

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/4598/

Eric


--Todd



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  Re: Gonk?
 
(...) ??? (...) How about Qui-Gonk Jinn :) Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Gonk?
 
(...) I love it! I don't think he needs a different name, though, does he? -- Your 2x3 Gonk is much closer to the "real" Gonk than your 2x4 Gonk is? According to the book droids book[1], Gonk's legs are equidistant from his front & back. (But the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: Gonk?
 
Love the Gonk. Thanks for the directions. I always enjoyed making robots when I was a kid. If a part couldn't be used for anything else (airplane fin, jetski handlebars, metal detector) it could always be used in a robot. (...) elegant (...) to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: Gonk?
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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