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  1. andythenorth
    Why?
  2. andythenorth
    Eh so that's what 8109 was inspired by. Nice find https://brickset.com/sets/8109-1/Flatbed-Truck
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    I know! And the red European-style cargo train was just a repeat of the one from 2003! https://brickset.com/sets/4512-1/Cargo-Train And that was a repeat of the one from 1994!! https://brickset.com/sets/4564-1/Freight-Rail-Runner Imagine! And even worse, the heavy haul overhead crane is just a repeat of this crane from 1978! https://brickset.com/sets/165-1/Cargo-Station
  4. andythenorth
    Where would the 4 large gear racks be used on a grader? Two of them could raise and lower the circle maybe?
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    Keep it simple eh? 1 L-Motor per wheel, one gear pair. Very strong, very robust, very easy to repair. Performance (click picture for video) Untitled Gallery of axle construction: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andythenorth/albums/72157649987860696 Easy to regear also. Version with Power Puller wheels (click picture for video)
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    Convinced me to back it, cheers. Hope this one gets funded.
  7. andythenorth
    Are you sure? Sound = energy. More sound = more power diverted to losses, not output at axle. Genuine question, as I don't know the answer.
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    I'd want to see it in a 2x2 (width, height) form factor, but that makes it very hard to provide BI points for pins, eh? Length, no specific preference.
  9. andythenorth
    This looks great. I hold out hope that TLG produces a PF 's' motor with roughly these dimensions
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    Big is mostly a matter of money and patience. There's less creativity or skill in a big model, except to make it structurally strong enough. I've built big, but now I want to build small. I'm hoping that small RC models are more fun, more performant, and don't take 6-12 months to complete (and £££s of bricklink orders also). Too big, too much time, too little result
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    About 30k or 40k, and the rest built up (out of sight in the attic).
  12. andythenorth
    I liked the nod from the tiny 9390 tow truck (2012) to the 8110 unimog (2011) as well http://brickset.com/sets/9390-1/Mini-Tow-Truck
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    Eh? It's just a neat nod from one set to the other. A hat tip. My kids love this stuff. But yeah, Lego is probably f*cked, let's all give up shall we?
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    Are you building for realism or playability? And if playability, what kind? It's not an absolute choice of one vs. the other. But more realism in suspension often means less playability. Examples... Building an RC vehicle to drive on an entirely flat floor? Suspension is probably best left out. It's likely more fragile, won't survive crashes so well, makes the drive train more complex, and might be less performant (some types of suspension make power hop and similar issues more likely) Building a fully RC crawler? Yeah, it needs suspension. But the most realistic suspension is maybe not the most performant, or robust. Building a near-scale model of some real vehicle? Then you need the suspension the real vehicle has, or close to it. And it might be fragile, depending on how strong you can make it with Technic parts, or it makes the drive train fragile. But that's just my £0.02. The more you build, the more you form your own views on stuff. My kids re-enact the 'Highway Thru Hell' TV show all the time with the Arocs and the 8285 Wrecker. They rip the suspension off the Arocs regularly, the 8285 doesn't have any suspension, so the wheels stay on that. But the Arocs suspension is neat, the set would be much poorer without it. So eh
  15. andythenorth
    Less weight. It's a toy, it needs to be performant. Because 42070 uses Claas tyres it's fricking huge, and it's only driven by one XL motor, so it's under-powered. More weight is not desirable. Another M motor and PF receiver = heavier. 'Less weight' could also explain the skeletal rear and anemic crane. But I suspect they're more to do with part count and price. 'Less weight' should also have caused that bonnet to be empty (no fake engine = less weight), but eh.
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    Imagine taking a regular 24t or 40t gear. Then slice (in imagination) a thin strip with the teeth from the outside of the gear. Then take the strip, and make it into a circle with the teeth on the inside, so you have an inverted gear. Meshing either the regular gear or the inverted gear with a smaller gear will change the ratio.
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    I guess you get what you get. The range is announced. AFOLs might not figure that the 2016 line is also the 2017 line, if you're a parent in a toy store or buying on a website. The combined Technic range, right now, is probably the most impressive it's ever been. And there are certainly more big-money sets than I'm going to buy (as both an AFOL and a parent).
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    1. I like 42070, manual gearbox and everything else. My kids want it. If it's £220 will I buy it? Nah, no way, it's absolutely definitely not worth that much. 2. 2017 releases look like they're the 'tock' on a tick-tock cycle. Bear in mind that 2016 sets will be sold through 2017, maybe into 2018. The 2016 wave was a big 'tick': at least 3 sets that could have been a flagship, Porsche, BWE, Claas, plus the Volvo. 2017 is a less impressive 'tock' to prevent the combined range containing too many high priced, high function sets. My guess anyway. (Tick-tock was Intel's strategy for releasing chips: alternating cycles of big change, incremental change). 3. Red differential: consistency with red clutch gears. Maybe it was remolded to remove the locker dogs, or adapt them to new dog clutch style?
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    That 'incorrect' colour scheme is...slick
  20. andythenorth
    0:43 in the video Agrof posted, engine under the bonnet of the tow truck.
  21. andythenorth
    Piled into plastic tubs, 20L or so. Each tub is growing a layer of parts in the bottom, but eh. The kids are slow-motion smashing the trains up anyway just by playing with them, and that's fine because it's Lego eh?
  22. andythenorth
    And yet they've also lost nothing. But eh, people's gonna people, eh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_aversion
  23. andythenorth
    Eh, well. That would make the remote a paperweight then. A remote for controlling functions, but not driving, but with a manual gearbox to select between functions? I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but you think it's likely? I'll have €10 against you if you like betting (Reliable accurate steering with M motor is achievable in multiple ways).
  24. andythenorth
    Honestly, so what. I'm being blunt, because you have made the same comment multiple times. Technivor answered your question politely, even though it could be seen as hostile by some. There's only so many ways to skin a lego cat. You're not paying any entry fee here. It's not a contest entry, and he's not selling instructions. It's a great truck.
  25. andythenorth
    I did that for a while a few years ago. It seemed like every thread was a whine about PF and LAs. A break was good. But...Eurobricks is mostly great, easily the best Lego forum IMHO (unless you really like the sledging on Flickr AFOL groups) But annual rumours thread reliably attracts...quite special behaviour
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