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  1. andythenorth
    I dunno about studs, but I can't see past the change from grey to light-bluish grey. We should start a poll to reverse that mistake which ruined the collections of many serious AFOLs.
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    There is absolutely no news about a Creator train. Any sensible person can see that this means Lego are keeping it really quiet. Only a really daft person would think that no news means no train.
  3. andythenorth
    I'm still shocked that they changed light-grey to light-bluish-grey.
  4. andythenorth
    Have a look on Google Earth, see if they've dug up the car park at Lego (the monorail moulds are allegedly buried there).
  5. andythenorth
    An 8043 retro-fitted with L motors will drag its own weight up a fair way (use the edge of a sofa or something where the bucket will grip). It only just manages it though - on the limit for both motor torque + LA clutches when I tried it.
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    I was referring to the Technic Control Center (the one with the compass D-pad). I've got one sat in my loft, my kids want to get it working. Needs a lot of D cells or such. I can't see how I'd control it with PF though...
  7. andythenorth
    I dunno, how would I control the old control center with the PF IR receiver?
  8. andythenorth
    What would it do?
  9. andythenorth
    Yes, it looks just like a Pacific P16 to me. But I'm not wearing my glasses today. I want to know why it doesn't have portal axles too.
  10. andythenorth
    I think you have strongly misunderstood the word 'majority'.
  11. andythenorth
    You guys know about Bricklink right?
  12. andythenorth
    Yes it's ethical to sell the bricks you own. This is something you should have no concerns about.
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    Eh well: http://i.autotrader.co.uk/merlin-image-server/view/6e096032-9c7d-4f3f-ad6d-f1337cdfadba/600 http://brickpreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lego-42043-mercedes-benz-arocs.jpg IMO, aesthetics is usually a higher priority than realism. So maybe it would look better with bigger wheels...but it wouldn't be fair to say the model TLG have produced doesn't have wheels to scale.
  14. andythenorth
    Why do you guys want bigger wheels? Is it an aesthetics thing?
  15. andythenorth
    Nice idea. Kind of makes me want to built one. I'd do it small-scale though, with 62.5 wheels or similar; I've built big stuff, and the fun quickly goes out the project Hmm, power every axle?
  16. andythenorth
    Eh? Which TLG sets feature a PF switch, other than the PF accessory set?
  17. andythenorth
    Yes, there isn't one.
  18. andythenorth
    If someone sold my designs, I think I'd ask, "what am I actually losing?"
  19. andythenorth
    Eh, this is the result from a truck with single XL per axle, via diffs. And yes, I do need to re-engineer it, thin liftarms just aren't the right parts here
  20. andythenorth
    I dunno, I'll buy your useless L motors from you if you'll sell them less than Lego retail price. M motor is gutless and has limited mounting points. XL is a valuable motor, but over-sized and slow. You still need at least two for many vehicles, and they demand a gear train. Being geared so low, they provide excessive torque and will chew gears apart. Eh, I've no desire for a flame war, just providing some balance. You provided a strong opinion against a specific part, and in a style that's irritatingly common in Eurobricks threads, someone else has taken a single negative comment and translated it to 'everyone hates this .
  21. andythenorth
    They were already 100% confirmed by a video a few pages back. Another picture confirming them doesn't confirm them any more. 100% is 100%. Eh don't take this the wrong way, just being a grumpy old man.
  22. andythenorth
    Forget about diffs, wastes space and breaks 12t gears Just don't physically connect the motors. Design with 2 L motors, one per wheel: https://www.flickr.c...157649987860696
  23. andythenorth
    1 L Motor per wheel (not axle). Geared up or down 20:12 or 12:20 or direct drive, depending which wheels you use. On paper (or rather, Philo's site) the L Motor is horrible. It's inefficient and not very powerful. But in practice it has a good balance of speed and torque, and is compact and easy to mount.
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    What a remarkably helpful post, thanks for your insight.
  25. andythenorth
    It's an old trick. Lots of 80s and 90s sets did it. In the case where they're split left & right, it tends to have more slack and lower performance due to gear train, compared to a direct drive from the vehicle centerline.
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