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  1. Balrog
    When used together, I think there is a wide range of application for these parts. Also, the gear rack alone might prove very useful as well, the bracket not so much.
  2. Balrog
    He's from Austria, not Australia. So, he is no Aussie ;) Great find, though.
  3. Balrog
    THIS is exactly what we have experienced in the company I work for. Some years back, we had problems with chinese people buying single licenses of our products, not paying and then reselling them. What we did was simple. We blocked ALL chinese access to our shop sites. They can still contact us, but we check very thoroughly who is requesting stuff. We still do business with chinese customers, but we limited it to big customers with a reputation and certain values. We thought, it is best to simply ditch (nearly) all possible profit made through chinese customers, instead of having piracy resellers making profit from our products. It's super-sad for people like KevinMoo, but the stereotypes about chinese people (when it comes to online business stuff) is up to 90% true. edit: I know, it is always the bad people who stand out and make the impression that stereotypes do fit, but this case unfortunately is extreme and very true!
  4. Balrog
    Exactly. They must be different on the inside. And not for the better!
  5. Balrog
    Well done!
  6. Balrog
    Not necessarily. It just means that the way you mount the wheels is not suitable for the wheels. After all, these big wheels are best used with the wheel hubs ;)
  7. Balrog
    It's ratcheting somewhere. I guess the wheel is hitting the grey pin connector or the liftarm (more likely) attached to it. Just build the wheel "hub" differently
  8. Balrog
    That is what I already stated in my suggestion :P Just to get the comparison you used projected on this model: Imagine a curve being a single tile. Imagine the whole curve being a mosaic. You said yourself, a machine creating a mosaic would be worthy for the HoF.
  9. Balrog
    I don't see your critique valid. This is not exactly about fractals or anything like that. It is about a mechanical solution to draw such a curve with relatively high precision, all powered by a single motor. Note, this model does not simply do left/right/left/right movements alone, also it does exactly what it is described to do.
  10. Balrog
    I want to suggest the Pen Dragon 2 for the hall of fame. Original Topic: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=111877 Since Blakbird already displayed some interest, I think this is a no-brainer. In case this alone does not count, here are some more arguments: - unique creation - single motor for whole functionality - very thoughtful mechanisms with a lot of research and trial & error - doesn't look too bad, too
  11. Balrog
    I knew I forgot something!
  12. Balrog
    Btw. I hereby vote this as an entry for the Hall of Fame!!!
  13. Balrog
    And one more time someone proved that nearly anything is possible with LEGO Technic!!!! Very well done! I am like super-impressed by all the mechanics and the result is very good when you think about how "imprecise" Technic is.
  14. Balrog
    I like the car feature-wise. I am just not sure if it is a good representation of a BMW.
  15. Balrog
    I already have an idea for the rack pieces, which would add another purpose.
  16. Balrog
    The coupe turned out really really good. I like it a lot. Good use of those curved panels.
  17. Balrog
    I saw this yesterday on TLCB. I looked at some pictures and thought: That's crazy, I like it. Now seeing, that this really exists is totally mind-boggling. Good job.
  18. Balrog
    Fantastic review. Awesome photography. Great work Jim. I must say, now I want it even more. But on the other hand, I can be easily fanboyed towards flahship sets :D Just one note: This seems to be overlooked by many. The rear bumper obviously has a hitch. I know it is just a 3L perpendicular connector, but it is there. So it should be easy for people to make their own trailers. I can already sense a plethora of attachments, trailes, modifications and stuff like that. If it really gets a lot of modification attention, it will surely and completely excel the Unimog. And though this set seems to be already fantastic, it also provides quite some room for modification and improvement (e.g. steering).
  19. Balrog
    When I was a kid I lost half of the robotic arm from my 6848 Strategic Pursuer. That was outdoors of course. I searched and searched, but didn't find it anywhere where I had played. About two years later or so, I somehow found it in the exact place where I had played with it. It was pure coincidence. Apart from a little dirt, the pieces didn't even show discoloring. That way I had learned some valuable lessons. 1. Don't play with the sets outside. 2. If you take it outside, take extra care. Now I had it all back together and didn't have to deal with half a hinge plate in my collection.
  20. Balrog
    Sure, I know it is not about high-value pieces, but I hate breaking pieces if not absolutely necessary. I once needed to kill one of my precious black axle-pins that was stuck in a Bionicle tooth. Still have a second one that didn't want to come apart, no matter what I tried.
  21. Balrog
    Interesting. Didn't know you could push a needle through the pin with bush. That's very helpful knowledge.
  22. Balrog
    Even for pivot points, sometimes pins with friction are more useful than pins without friction. The reason is simple: The pivot mechanism gets more stable and often the friction of the pin is easy enough to overcome.
  23. Balrog
    This is just like the old 9V electric system ...
  24. Balrog
    You could still replace the gear rack mechanism of a boom with some kind of winch mechanism. But that will probably be not as compact and it is a totally different mechanism/contraption.
  25. Balrog
    Simple, small, functional. I like it!
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