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fish
23rd December 2000, 18:51
mmmmmm... I love legos.

Once I built a big rig truck with steering and I'm gonna make a trailor soon. It's about 20 inches long by 6 inches wide. it's black and red and blue ansd it has a living compartment in the back with a bed and a TV. the front has rack & pinion steering and open-up doors with a person inside I stole from my submarine set. You know, the 4 1/2 tall ones? not the teeny ones. they would be too small.

I also built a TV set with a camera and moving props a long time ago. Except it had big wheels that were a pain in the ass to move around. so I took it to the top of the stairs and dropped it. needless to say, it broke. so after that, I took my parts and built a house.

I mostly use technic now that they have the pneumatics and gears and crap. I love technic. One day, I'm gonna build a working car. Ok, prolly not, but I like my legos.

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[Edited by phisherman on 12-23-2000 at 04:28 PM]

hawk606
23rd December 2000, 19:07
i don't have anything to say, juist thought i'd drop the url here :D (http://www.lugnet.com/)

WolfieD
23rd December 2000, 19:33
im more of a lego freak than you... :D

using nothing but legos (all of my legos all together weigh 345 lbs, no kidding) i build a huge spaceport that took up a table which is 7x4. it included a working elevator made with the pnuematic technic pieces, a movable satalite which moved via the motor thing, and even a pnumatic rocket that really fired... and runway lights thanks to a little piece i got from a big ass mofo rocket a few months back. i wish i had taken pictures... ill have to build it again sometime. oh well.


and i agree, technics rule! i made a helicopter before, like 2 feet long... and added a windshield and other stuff.

legos rule!

WolfieD
23rd December 2000, 19:36
ps: i weighed all of them on a Dog Scale my neighbor has, but this was last year, and ive gotten a few more sets since then. theyre all in this big rubbermade container, which is too large to fit thru the ceiling into the attic. next, all i gotta do is count the pieces, and find out an approximate price on the pieces. oh, i just need to wait for a rainy day.

fish
23rd December 2000, 19:39
I've never weighed mine, but mine fill up at least 3 laundry baskets

s1138
23rd December 2000, 19:47
i have to admit, i dont have as many as everyone else.
i stopped getting them. to weird. like that new life on mars set. What happened to Blacktron???
and i would still use technic but it got too expensive,, im broke. i think ill start with that mindstorms thing. if i ever get the money.

Bilbo Baggins
23rd December 2000, 19:56
Lego was my only playtool for many years. I used to love building monstrous things out of them, and then driving them over the edge of the stairs...

Then I found about the other playtool i had.

GREEK_MP3
23rd December 2000, 20:20
lol...

fish
23rd December 2000, 20:27
Ahhh, the age of discovery came for Bilbo

:D

Lingo
23rd December 2000, 20:50
I have a Lego Mindstorms thingy.
It's a robot with light, and touch sensors all over it and you program it with your PC, via infrared.
I have made a HUGE one with legs about 2ft high, with the Mindstorms engine in it. It goes around the house.
If it bumps into something it turns around and walks the other way.
If it is in a dark place it switches its flashlight on, located in the body, ointing down.
If it's in a lighter place, it walks around as normal.
Cool eh? :cool:

hawk606
23rd December 2000, 22:06
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/doubleslap/F-15/f-15b.jpg no, i didn't build it :rolleyes: :)

s1138
23rd December 2000, 22:08
sweeet!

peter
23rd December 2000, 22:16
Yeah, Lego used to be my favourite toy too... before I got Atari 800 XL.

Tal
23rd December 2000, 22:31
What? Nobody's got a Lego computer case?

Kevin
23rd December 2000, 23:38
I love Legos! I had mine all sorted by color and then by piece. Come to think of it, that lasted about 10 minutes. LOL! I had a whole town...

s1138
24th December 2000, 01:22
ha! i sorted mine by shape once!

Kevin
24th December 2000, 02:29
A few months ago I found a site that sells Lego's by the piece, it would've been a dream come true if I had the Internet when I was into Lego's, I'll try to find the site again...

White 1x8 Flat - 237423874 in stock - .06

rofl

Kevin
24th December 2000, 02:33
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/9172/lego.html

This guy has way to much time on his hands, I've seen better (and bigger) though.

Extremecriticiser
24th December 2000, 02:46
:eek: @ legos
Naaaaa, I once built a massive tank the size of a tea tray - complete with wires for controls - and drove it up to my brother's bedroom and threaten to blow him up with it.

masterA
24th December 2000, 02:58
I used to love lego, but in my young time,
everytime I was building a new model or simply a new building just from my immagination, My younger brother was always destroying it, so it's why I became bored of Legos...

But I still think it's a good way to develop you immagination and you brigthness (Q.I.)...

Anyways gotta ski tomorrow,
so bye bye

MasterA

Rx
24th December 2000, 05:47
Will someone make a PC shell out of legos?

Extremecriticiser
24th December 2000, 05:52
I don't think the plastics used in lego is the same as the one used to make PC shells... I don't know! Maybe you could try it.

Rx
24th December 2000, 05:57
I can try to make a monitor with the clear lego plastic thingies! bah..

RacingCaptain
24th December 2000, 10:07
I remember building a two meter (six foot) long rally car - it took me two weeks, and it owned! V12 engine, (which wasn't quite to scale), it had those built in jacks, oh, it was cool.
I thought about asking my parents for Mindstorms for Christmas, but they may have a problem with buying me it (I'm 20...) Oh well.
Are there any lego skins out there? If not, I'm off to make one now!
Muhaha!

John M
24th December 2000, 13:48
Originally posted by Rx
Will someone make a PC shell out of legos?
Sure, but I wouldn't reccomend using it with a cyrix :D

a-arse
24th December 2000, 19:21
I've just had a relly cool Idea i'm gonna build a lego computer :) Build the box out of lego!
I might or I might get bored and do something else but it'll have to be ATX unless I want to get electrocuted :D

I'm more of a lego technic man/boy (:D) myself I once built a truck with and engine and It was cool untill I ran it into the wall :(
I'll post a pic of it If I finnish

a-arse
24th December 2000, 19:22
Damn just read the post above mine :D I hadn't read it b4 though honest :D
I'm still gonna try and make it

sgtfuzzbubble011
24th December 2000, 19:42
Hawk-
Isn't that an F-15 Eagle? :) Smooth....

[edit: Duh... It says 'Eagle' on the tail... Oops.]

I used to play with Legos all the time too, but I kinda grew out of it. I miss my Legos. :(

Kezman
24th December 2000, 19:59
LEGO Rulez...at least it did bout 6 years ago...made a big truck with all the pneumatic thingies...really cool...but now i'm a little bit to old for it....:( but i loved it when a was 10...

Kezman
24th December 2000, 20:02
why do we all like lego??

is it just that all the kids that like lego end up at the winamp forum?

fish
25th December 2000, 01:42
for some reason, my liking legos makes the females like me. Oh well, at least I don't strip to make the girls like me :)

Codepie
25th December 2000, 03:25
ah, the legos. now I cry.