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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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> I don't know what to call him though. Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. • ???
> Eric
How about Qui-Gonk Jinn :)
Ryan
"Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda
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In lugnet.starwars, Ryan Dennett writes:
> > I don't know what to call him though. Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. • ???
> > Eric
>
> How about Qui-Gonk Jinn :)
I like it although I think the new Gonk is going to be Gonk I have decided I
like him better. The old Gonk (the dkGray one) I think will be either Melted
down or sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel. :)
Eric
> Ryan
> "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Ryan Dennett writes:
> > > I don't know what to call him though. Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. • ???
> > > Eric
> >
> > How about Qui-Gonk Jinn :)
>
> I like it although I think the new Gonk is going to be Gonk I have decided I
> like him better. The old Gonk (the dkGray one) I think will be either Melted
> down or sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel. :)
What? No smashing into who knows what? I though that would be the _most
likely_ fate of a lego droid...
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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In lugnet.starwars, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, Ryan Dennett writes:
> > > > I don't know what to call him though. Gonk 2, Wee Gonk, Gink, Gonk Jr. • ???
> > > > Eric
> > >
> > > How about Qui-Gonk Jinn :)
> >
> > I like it although I think the new Gonk is going to be Gonk I have decided I
> > like him better. The old Gonk (the dkGray one) I think will be either Melted
> > down or sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel. :)
>
> What? No smashing into who knows what? I though that would be the _most
> likely_ fate of a lego droid...
Good One! I think that might be best. The reclemation process would be much
easier. Plus I would be able to reuse the pieces that way!!! :)
Eric
>
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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In lugnet.starwars, kingsleyem@geocities.com (Eric Kingsley) writes:
> 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.
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 book isn't necessarily canon -- I think in Ep4 the legs are a bit
further back -- and this is how he looks in _Trooper_Clerks_ as well.)
--Todd
[1] _Star_Wars:_The_Essential_Guide_to_Droids_, pp. 106-107.
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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.
In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> 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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Markus Wolf wrote:
> 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.
Hey, do we have that message archived from our own LUGNETter who has (and may be)
the original story of the "Gonk" name? If it's any consolation, it now appears to
have official Lucasfilm sanction: The recent Star Wars toys have such a droid
included with a figure, and it is indeed called a "Gonk" Droid on the package.
best
Lindsay
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As far as I know, Gonk's name came from the RASSM
(rec.arts.scifi.starwars.misc) ng. For those of you who aren't RASSM'ers
(AKA
rats, depending on personal preference), you're missing out on a lot of
(sometimes) interesting (sometimes) wacky discussions regarding all things
Star Wars. Check it out.
Here's a link to the story on Gonk...
http://www.shavenwookie.com/orhp/history/hist2.html#GONKWAR
MTFBWY and stuff
Mr L F Braun wrote in message <38A2F951.F3DF1666@pilot.msu.edu>...
>
>
> Markus Wolf wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Hey, do we have that message archived from our own LUGNETter who has (and • may be)
> the original story of the "Gonk" name? If it's any consolation, it now • appears to
> have official Lucasfilm sanction: The recent Star Wars toys have such a • droid
> included with a figure, and it is indeed called a "Gonk" Droid on the • package.
>
> best
>
> Lindsay
>
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<Star Wars Freak hat>
It's called "Gonk" because that's a sort of onomatopoetic version of the noise
that one of these power droids makes whilst sitting in the jawa's landcrawler
in Episode IV.
-Cheese
</Star Wars Freak hat>
In lugnet.starwars, Jon Theys writes:
> As far as I know, Gonk's name came from the RASSM
> (rec.arts.scifi.starwars.misc) ng. For those of you who aren't RASSM'ers
> (AKA
> rats, depending on personal preference), you're missing out on a lot of
> (sometimes) interesting (sometimes) wacky discussions regarding all things
> Star Wars. Check it out.
>
> Here's a link to the story on Gonk...
> http://www.shavenwookie.com/orhp/history/hist2.html#GONKWAR
>
> MTFBWY and stuff
>
>
>
>
>
> Mr L F Braun wrote in message <38A2F951.F3DF1666@pilot.msu.edu>...
> >
> >
> > Markus Wolf wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Hey, do we have that message archived from our own LUGNETter who has (and • may be)
> > the original story of the "Gonk" name? If it's any consolation, it now • appears to
> > have official Lucasfilm sanction: The recent Star Wars toys have such a • droid
> > included with a figure, and it is indeed called a "Gonk" Droid on the • package.
> >
> > best
> >
> > Lindsay
> >
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In lugnet.starwars, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Hey, do we have that message archived from our own LUGNETter who has (and
> may be) the original story of the "Gonk" name?
http://www.lugnet.com/starwars/?n=2733
> If it's any consolation, it now appears to
> have official Lucasfilm sanction: The recent Star Wars toys have such a
> droid included with a figure, and it is indeed called a "Gonk" Droid on the
> package.
Awright!!!
--Todd
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In lugnet.starwars, Markus Wolf writes:
> 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.
Markus,
Thanks a lot. Nothing like an 8 month old thread resurfacing :-). I assume
you found one of my Gonk pages that liked back to my anouncement about him and
then you posted.
For those of you that might be interested the GeoCities Page that is listed
below has a limited life span but I have moved the page to my NELUG site and if
you want to get the directions for Gonk you can get them there.
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/starwars/gonk/
Truthfully I think Gonk is one of my favorite creations even though he is one
of my smallest. I also think I have gotten almost as much E-mail about him as
I have about some of my other larger creations.
It's kind of gratifying to know old threads never die.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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Eric,
Whoop, I paid no attention to how old the thread was. I just saw the page
that said, "Tell me how you like it on Lugnet" and I did. But I'm glad I
could resurrect it.
Markus
> Markus,
>
> Thanks a lot. Nothing like an 8 month old thread resurfacing :-). I assume
> you found one of my Gonk pages that liked back to my anouncement about him and
> then you posted.
>
> For those of you that might be interested the GeoCities Page that is listed
> below has a limited life span but I have moved the page to my NELUG site and • if
> you want to get the directions for Gonk you can get them there.
>
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/starwars/gonk/
>
> Truthfully I think Gonk is one of my favorite creations even though he is one
> of my smallest. I also think I have gotten almost as much E-mail about him as
> I have about some of my other larger creations.
>
> It's kind of gratifying to know old threads never die.
>
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
>
> View My Creations at:
> http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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In lugnet.starwars, Markus Wolf wrote:
> 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.
Thanks for the inspiration, I hadn't thought about the jetski handlebar piece.
I'm now building 'bots with serious eyebrow problems.
My favorite: take the Gasgano 'fig. Remove the head. Stick on a
handlebar-on-a-clip. Turn two of the arms around, so the elbow sticks forward.
Lean the body forward. Rotate the handlebars slightly back from upright. Twist
the clip slightly to one side, to indicate a listening stance.
Presto! Instant monkey-bot. :)
Steve
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