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Then you need LEGO Taxidermy[^]
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The deer looks good. The two other could have been made by my son :^) I won't google it, but I presume they also made guns & riffles in LEGO.
Rage wrote:
I presume they also made guns & riffles in LEGO.
Probably every child playing with LEGO makes guns and riffles at some time. My brothers and me, we made catapults, when we where kids.
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Rage wrote:
I presume they also made guns & riffles in LEGO.
Probably every child playing with LEGO makes guns and riffles at some time. My brothers and me, we made catapults, when we where kids.
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I actually meant copies of real existing guns. My brother and I made riffles out of CLIPPOs (that's the french name of these things) which were awesome, with a lot of features (silencer, "laser" aiming, removable hand grenade, ...)
EDIT: I misread the post above, I thought the author was referring to Clippos as a local sub-brand of Legos, which they are not. Sorry!
Rage wrote:
CLIPPOs (that's the french name of these things)
WHAT??? No way! Clipo has no relation with Lego, except that they're both building games. Clipo are made of geometric shapes (triangles, rectangles, bars), with lots of 'pins' to connect them. They're not bricks that can only be stacked. And, they are owned by Playskool, which made a very crappy "little kids" version, that won't stick together. http://www.toysrus.fr/search/index.jsp?fv=TRUFR%2F3933471&f=Taxonomy&keywords=clippo&x=0&y=0[^]
Ok, I feel better now, no need to bring me my pills! ;) Or maybe you know of another brand that has a similar name?
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I actually meant copies of real existing guns. My brother and I made riffles out of CLIPPOs (that's the french name of these things) which were awesome, with a lot of features (silencer, "laser" aiming, removable hand grenade, ...)
My wife's nephew is 14, but had a lot of health problems early on in life and has been unable to be in mainstream education, very much years behind in terms of almost everything. He has recently started making models of guns out of paper which are incredibly detailed, and accurate, and where moving parts are involved (pump action, clips, etc) actually work. He hasn't had any plans for them, just made them himself to match the guns in computer games he plays out of nothing but paper and sellotape. Quite incredible really.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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EDIT: I misread the post above, I thought the author was referring to Clippos as a local sub-brand of Legos, which they are not. Sorry!
Rage wrote:
CLIPPOs (that's the french name of these things)
WHAT??? No way! Clipo has no relation with Lego, except that they're both building games. Clipo are made of geometric shapes (triangles, rectangles, bars), with lots of 'pins' to connect them. They're not bricks that can only be stacked. And, they are owned by Playskool, which made a very crappy "little kids" version, that won't stick together. http://www.toysrus.fr/search/index.jsp?fv=TRUFR%2F3933471&f=Taxonomy&keywords=clippo&x=0&y=0[^]
Ok, I feel better now, no need to bring me my pills! ;) Or maybe you know of another brand that has a similar name?
'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood 'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Julien Villers wrote:
No way!
I meant : CLIPPO is the french name for ... well ... CLIPPOs, and I don't know if they are also called CLIPPOs in other languages. They have nothing to do with LEGOs. Both versions of CLIPPO are actually crappy now: the little kids one, as you mentioned, which is difficult to brick together. And they had to change the plastic of the less little kids version (because it was dangerous when ingested), so that the pieces have the same old shape, but don't keep stuck once put together, because the friction coefficient of the stuff is not high enough. To cut a long story short : today CLIPPOs are crappy.
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My wife's nephew is 14, but had a lot of health problems early on in life and has been unable to be in mainstream education, very much years behind in terms of almost everything. He has recently started making models of guns out of paper which are incredibly detailed, and accurate, and where moving parts are involved (pump action, clips, etc) actually work. He hasn't had any plans for them, just made them himself to match the guns in computer games he plays out of nothing but paper and sellotape. Quite incredible really.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Julien Villers wrote:
No way!
I meant : CLIPPO is the french name for ... well ... CLIPPOs, and I don't know if they are also called CLIPPOs in other languages. They have nothing to do with LEGOs. Both versions of CLIPPO are actually crappy now: the little kids one, as you mentioned, which is difficult to brick together. And they had to change the plastic of the less little kids version (because it was dangerous when ingested), so that the pieces have the same old shape, but don't keep stuck once put together, because the friction coefficient of the stuff is not high enough. To cut a long story short : today CLIPPOs are crappy.
Okay, I misread your post, thanks for the clarification :) I don't know if the old material was bad for the health or not, but my own Clippos (more than 20 years old) are still usable, and much more fun than the new ones.
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