JGW3000

Guys - possibility of new parts at work here, which would solve some of these linkage/connection problems?

Or the model wasn't built correctly, which seems to be typical for these Toys show demonstrators. Must. Wait. For. Reviews. In. July. to get full understanding of how this function works. My guess is a simple sliding mechanism as some have already suggested, maybe switching between a one-gear and two-gear linkage to change an axle direction.

Those ah-hem 'window-dressings' are certainly not generated by Google, as they point back to the Auto Bild site. My Google-generated ads lately have been chain-saws (100 year old tree fell during last storm), tools, and tractors lately. Haven't seen any cars or Porsches pop up yet. Back on track. Nice explanation of the change-over catch. Do you think the two of them are linked, work in opposite directions, or attached to two separate functions?

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Great smaller cousin to 9396, looks accurate and nice detail in a small build.

The classic wooden version ranges from $23 to $55 on Amazon. $70 for a LEGO version, presumably with changeable tops as presented in the original IDEAS submission, does not seem so far off from these alternatives, and its LEGO! Hope we get a bunch of balls with this as well.

B&N (and ToysRUs as well) typically jack-up the base price during these events, so they your net savings in more like 10 %

After quite a long time of gathering parts, although I had about 80% of them required, building and rebuilding, and finally getting time to photograph the result, I present my interpretation of Mr. Tekneex's C-Model of the 8110, a Jeep - the original topic is here - http://www.eurobrick...&hl= 8110 jeep SInce I didn't have an 8110 to start with, I decided to use parts on hand, which then led down the slippery slope of changing colors, adding doors and a roof, adding a spare tire, different lights, etc... I also spent some time looking at similar vehicles on the road (about 11.6% of a passenger vehicles where I live are Jeeps, and about 20 % of those are some variation of this style). Lights, doors, roof-top light bar, spare tire, outside mirrors, and other added/modified features are all inspired from these observations. Features: - XL motor for drive - Servo for steering - RC for the XL and servo motor - M motor for front winch, raising/lowering hood - hand operated two-speed gear shift, mounted between seats - working doors - working engine - working steering wheel - four wheel drive with center differential and independent suspension Don't ask for a video, the final model was soooo heavy the poor XL motor could barely budge this thing to move much faster than a snail. Rather than rebuild with two motors for propulsion, I promptly disassembled the model for the next MOC. Without further ado, some images:

Highly compact builds are very difficult to pull-off, this is very nice. I really like the stance of the final design, and the body work.

Looks like a forgot to mention the other bag with the 300 or so track elements . Actually, with a set like this, Jim's thoughts are likely correct - parts will be in numbered bags tied to specific steps in the instruction book(s).

Apparently lots of functions, but minimal external or or easily accessible controls, add in high price point and factor in PF2;s use of Bluetooth, this will definitely have many functions that are RC, the question now being is will the drive and steering be RC also, or are the apparent motors we are seeing just to power the other functions?

BWE will have one bag with 1500 black pin connectors, another bag with 750 blue axle/pin connectors, a bag with 600 axle 3's, another bag full of 300 or so 3L blue connectors, and then maybe just the few remaining parts loose in the box. And of course with a box that big, a giant sticker sheet :grin:

What can we learn by looking under the hood. Clearly there are multiple functions. I see the two shocks with red connector ends, A small 12T gear on a set of white axle connectors - steering? But what is the white not-quite-a-worm-gear running horizontal in the front? And the trunk is open also, showing that the black 5x11 panel tilts up, revealing??? Need more pictures!!!

I think one of the biggest challenges with this set is... lifting the freaking box - how much is this going to weigh? Which by the way, could be a good think, it will likely be to heavy for my kids to lift, unless they team-up.

Horace, I couldn't have said it better myself. New parts, new designs and subjects, the range of functions - the only drawback is having to decide - I am almost paralyzed knowing that at most I can probably get 2 sets from this wave.

My kids are gaga over this thing - they just want to watch the video over again, and they haven't seen the b-model yet. Maybe I can distract them with the Porsche

On my machine (Win7), the user palette folder is located here : C:\Users\xyzzy\AppData\Roaming\LEGO Company\LEGO Digital Designer\UserPalettes As Calabar said, just copy the lxf file into this folder and you are good to go. Whats cool is that you will get the number of parts remaining, the counter goes negative if you use too many. Really helps in verifying builds against your part inventory. This undocumented feature makes me wonder how many other undocumented features there are in LDD - I know of how to change camera angle, find parts that got deleted, and a few other tricks. Any others?

They also have CVT (continuous variable transmission), which means they can be geared down to extremely slow speeds (I've worked with some going about 0.1 miles/hour). Really don't need anything more than a pendular suspension, which is needed on farms due to the many ruts and furrows present in the fields. More important to have all four wheels in equal contact with the ground. If one wheel has more load than the others, could sink into mud and get stuck. Even distribution of load helps with traction over a wide range of field conditions.

Black, hope its black... Anything but white, imagine after a few years you have a car that is tan to brown on one side, and still white on the other? Maybe that's why all the camo stickers to hide the color change of the white parts.

Yup, right on the box states - PF upgradable. This one is a winner for me, as my kids have been asking for pneumatics and I haven't gotten the AROCS yet. Nice size, good functions, kids will overlook the design flaws.

£179.99, about $240.00 US. Considering that about half the parts are pins, connectors, and short axles, and only 1 motor/1 battery box, its an OK price. But you do get a bunch of those new curved pieces.

Ahh, decorative gear-rack, should have looked at the very first picture of this thread

Yes, a1x2 technic brick, but seems like an odd location for such a part. at least it should be black to blend in.

Top picture - what is that part that looks like the bottom of a 1x2 LBG brick, above the tire - why would that be there???? Related to a brake function? Bottom picture - looks like some corrugated pearl grey hoses behind the bottom set of red trans lights parts - what are these parts all about??? Related to PF2 components? Related to what looks like L-motors (or maybe a new type of PF2 motor) (as mentioned previously) tucked behind the 3x5 curved panels?

I've been *slowly* building the 8480 Space Shuttle - unlike our modern part-at-a-time instruction books, the instructions for this one is just jam-packed with parts in each step, with many needing to be placed in non-obvious locations throughout the structure. I can only stand to build for at most 2 hours or so, and the going is slow. I guess kids were smarter back in the '90's, or maybe I'm getting older and slower . The single instruction book, at only about 60 pages for both the A and B model, is much thinner than what you get now, even for smaller sets. In any case, there should be no complaints about the so-called excessively dumbed-down style of current instruction books, and as others have pointed out in other forum posts recently, building with beer is not compatible with dense-part count instructions.