Quoting GooGoo GaGa THE Great Lego King
who the he___ do u think he is....?? hes phong chang!!

Quoting Phong Chang
Thomas was quick to join just now!

Quoting Thomas Andrews
I would like to build larger mechs how do you start out with your mechs? A drawing or what?

Quoting Phong Chang
Shoulders:
Also, creating posable shoulders can often be a pain. I'm currently focusing on some them with some concepts inspired by Izzo and Moko. What you're gonna wanna do is take 2 4 knobbed 1x1 angular bricks and 2 3 studded L plates. Put each angular plate on the opposite end of the L plat, so they have some room to move. (This concept is one of Izzo's, but I adopted it to my new Revelation mecha. I'll create my own soon. I may even edit those on my upcoming Revelation mecha.) Now, stick a T bar in the hole of the knob facing the direction that will connect the shoulder to the rest of the frame. Then put 1 upright clip on each end of the T bar holding it vertically. Once that's done, connect it to a select location on the torso. On the same brick you added the T bar connecting to th body, add a T bar on the exact opposite end for connections to the arm. This time add the 2 upright clips horizontally, and you will have nice posable arms and shoulders. There you have it. Some nice, posable shoulders!

Quoting Ryan T. M.


im looking at some of moko and izzos mechs.. im trying to figure a new way to make mechas MORE flixible.. iv gone pretty far with a new system... butil not show it until its done... ok?

Quoting Mike 3579
So Phong, I was wondering what you use for the elbows on the "Revelation"? I asked you in a comment and you said to join this group. :)

Quoting Dali Zheng
He used 4 vertical 1x1 clips, 3 lamp holders, and two T pieces to make the elbow joint. Look at this frame by izzo to see how it's done: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3166585

Quoting Mike 3579
Oh!!! I finally get it. Thanks :)

Quoting Phong Chang
Izzo is like an obstacle for me to surpass.

Quoting Mike 3579
But I think your close. <(*,*)>

Quoting mithryl dlarix
Hey Phong, I dropped by Dali's page a while ago and noticed that some guy called teh--something or other had made fun of the sturdiness of the mecha. While I can't approve of the the guy's rudeness, it actually piqued my curiousity as well. I've never tried an Izzo mecha, and I don't really plan to. But I was wondering: how are they for sturdiness? I mean, can you play with them? Or are they mainly just posing only (kind of like an action figure vs. a gunpla). Thanks!

-Mithryl

Quoting Phong Chang
Teh Teabagger is a mediocer builder. The Izzo style sturdiness is VEEEERRRRYYY high. When I knock my mechas over, they don't fall apart. Infact, I often start throwing random bricks at them...just because I can. As a matter of fact, I was just doing that a few minutes ago.

Quoting Jack Shrimpton
I'm hoping to get some advice on lego parts I should get from the lego shop. My main hurdle in building mecha atm is not enough parts for joints. I've been looking at stuff already built by various people and have an idea of what I'm lacking but if I could get pointed in the direction of something like the 'must have basics' for building that'd be great

Quoting Phong Chang
Not close enough

Quoting Chas Irish
My advise would be to not go to lego shop and go to bricklink. http://www.bricklink.com.html You can get a wide variety of pieces there.

Quoting Jack Shrimpton

Thanks, I've looked at bricklink but there are so many places that sell Lego its a bit over whelming. I do have a better idea of what parts I need now after starting a mecha

Quoting Phong Chang
When you have inspiration, make sure to take advantage of the moment, because you might lose it if you wait.

Quoting Phong Chang
When I knock my mechas over, they don't fall apart. Infact, I often start throwing random bricks at them...just because I can. As a matter of fact, I was just doing that a few minutes ago.

Quoting Thomas Andrews
I do that too.

Quoting mithryl dlarix
Hey Phong, I dropped by Dali's page a while ago and noticed that some guy called teh--something or other had made fun of the sturdiness of the mecha. While I can't approve of the the guy's rudeness, it actually piqued my curiousity as well. I've never tried an Izzo mecha, and I don't really plan to. But I was wondering: how are they for sturdiness? I mean, can you play with them? Or are they mainly just posing only (kind of like an action figure vs. a gunpla). Thanks!

-Mithryl

Quoting Mark "Iron Wolf"
i've finished the arms, can anyone give me some tips on how to build hands? my mech is about the size of Phong's "Test Mecha 03: Godspeed (Micro Phong-Style)"

Quoting Phong Chang
Shoulders:
Also, creating posable shoulders can often be a pain. I'm currently focusing on some them with some concepts inspired by Izzo and Moko. What you're gonna wanna do is take 2 4 knobbed 1x1 angular bricks and 2 3 studded L plates. Put each angular plate on the opposite end of the L plat, so they have some room to move. (This concept is one of Izzo's, but I adopted it to my new Revelation mecha. I'll create my own soon. I may even edit those on my upcoming Revelation mecha.) Now, stick a T bar in the hole of the knob facing the direction that will connect the shoulder to the rest of the frame. Then put 1 upright clip on each end of the T bar holding it vertically. Once that's done, connect it to a select location on the torso. On the same brick you added the T bar connecting to th body, add a T bar on the exact opposite end for connections to the arm. This time add the 2 upright clips horizontally, and you will have nice posable arms and shoulders. There you have it. Some nice, posable shoulders!

Quoting Paul Lawrence

May you post pics?

Review my first mech, plz :)

Quoting Ryan T. M.
sup ping phong