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  1. Balrog
    Thank you for the super-quick delivery
  2. Balrog
    Italian Paypal is somewhat strange :D
  3. Balrog
    Impressive as always. Well done.
  4. Balrog
    I understand what you mean, but I know people who litteraly do not understand, that you "could" build other things from a set. They don't even never ever think a little bit out of the box. I once had someone visiting and he saw one of Crowkillers cars on my shelf. he asked me where he could probably buy this car. I said he can't and that I took this and that set as base, purchased additional parts, purchased the instructions and then built it. He thought I was joking and asked again where to buy the "set".
  5. Balrog
    That's the whole point of this. I don't understand why some people don't see that.
  6. Balrog
    This is not true. Set 8837 was a wheeled excavator.
  7. Balrog
    Hi, I just want to add my 2 cents. Please note, that you (and your son) shouldn't get the hopes too high when it comes to "proper RCing a LEGO set". There are more than enough limitations. 1. Speed. In a brickbuilt drivetrain, there is a lot of friction and "play". Also the motors are not really made for "high speed". I think the fastest car ever built with only LEGO parts was something below 20km/h. Though impressive, that was a highly optimized build. With L or XL motors, you won't reach anything that fast. 2. Torque != speed. Torque is good for rough terrain of course, to get over obstacles. But a lot of torque doesn't automatically imply a lot of fun. Also, too much torque can damage parts. 3. Friction is your enemy. And dirt adds to friction. This can also cause the pieces to break or at least suffer from use. Not only the gears, but also the axles and liftarms. So prepare yourself for damages parts. Also, cleaning a built set is not easy. 4. LEGO is not really suitable in classic RC hobby terms. The PF transmitter and receiver parts work with IR control. So you have a) not a good control distance and b) sunlight might interfere. On the other hand, since the model "will be slow" you can easily walk beside it. So much for now. I like the idea you pursue though. And when thinking about the limitations, accomodating with them and taking care that the model doesn't get too dirty, I assume you will both have quite some fun.
  8. Balrog
    Got my delivery early on monday. First impression: Awesome. Though I didn't have a thorough look at it yet. Gonna write a review myself. But I think it's mostly praise ;)
  9. Balrog
    Thanks for the reviews Sariel. I'll sure watch them later.
  10. Balrog
    I like the style of Sariel's reviews a little more. While this review Jangbricks is very good and I enjoyed it, videos without sound and text instead are somewhat more accessible to me. And you made a good point that more people understand written english better than spoken english. That is because many people either speak a very broad dialect or are not native english speakers and thus their accent from their native language makes it hard to understand (no offense, but I think this is a big issue for people from East Europe and everything until Russia, e.g. that Russian Hacker guy on Youtube).
  11. Balrog
    Oh, so 42038 can steer. That makes it even more interesting now ;)
  12. Balrog
    What has been seen cannot be unseen.
  13. Balrog
    Hydraulics is just the same as pneumatics. The only real difference is the medium that is used to create force. For hydraulics this is usually oil whereas pneumatics work with air. There have also been discussions about the use of hydraulics in the past, even about converting pneumatic cylinders to work with oil or water instead of air. Just use the search function.
  14. Balrog
    Wow, very cool. I'll definately get the instructions and build this one.
  15. Balrog
    keywords were: lego technic tv commercial 80s For me, it was the 4th result on page two. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lego+technic+tv+commercial+80s&page=2
  16. Balrog
    Like this one? By the way, two minutes of searching YouTube
  17. Balrog
    Ah, perfect. These would be awesome for the collage I am planning to make for a while now. Next step, getting the color laser printer in the office to work again.
  18. Balrog
    You could just post that on Rebrickable
  19. Balrog
    Wow. Very cool. And it gives lots of opportunity to produce trailers and stuff like that. Excellent work.
  20. Balrog
    Well that was expected. At least this gives you some more time to produce the reviews and not stress you out while doing it.
  21. Balrog
    Too late for that
  22. Balrog
    Like I already said, I am jealous. Can't wait for the reviews. I am so excited :D
  23. Balrog
    This is so sad. I really hope there are bricks in heaven. My deepest condolences to his family and friends. Although, I never really got to use SR3D properly, I was always very impressed by its possibilities. Sergios death is a really huge loss for us all.
  24. Balrog
    Sweet Need to build it. And annoy the cats with it!!
  25. Balrog
    2015 seems to be the year of "arctic vehicles"
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