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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>...
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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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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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<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
>
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>
> 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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