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Sometimes cool things happen when a new twist is added to an existing design.
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<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2741120402_74982ba652_m.jpg" alt="Doug Idle's Classic Space Scooter" width="240" align="right" height="180" hspace="10" /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougidle/" title="Doug Idle's Flickr photostream">Doug Idle</a> has done just that with his <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougidle/2741120402/" title="Doug's Classic Space Speeder">Classic Space Speeders</a> based upon an earlier design by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38755933@N00/" title="Jay's Flickr photostream">'Jay</a> (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38755933@N00/2616232400/" title="Jay's speeder design">see here</a>), which in turn is based upon an <i>even</i> earlier design by <a href="http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1230735" title="Nick's speeder design in Brickshelf folder">Nick Kappatos</a> (pictured in Keith Goldman's Brickshelf folder).
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I think they are an adorable way for our spacemen to hop around their base. It also looks like great fun - I want a <i>real</i> one!
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