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  1. AVCampos
    No wonder you had to open a recruiting process to lighten the load. Best of luck with that!
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    Actually, while that mesh works, it's a bit too tight and forces the gears.
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    But it has no differential, so only one of the rear wheels is driven.
  4. AVCampos
    Well, one way in which it isn't better is that it doesn't have rubber tyres.
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    I'm still convinced that TLG doesn't want to produce parts that are meant to rub against each other to create friction and wear over time. The only exception I can think of is the 24T clutch gear, and even that is meant to rub against itself (that sounded way more wrong than I expected) occasionally.
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    That'd be even better, of course, but I'm not holding my hopes that high.
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    To me, the best celebration would be a modernised version of a classic set... but I can't decide which one I'd personally prefer.
  8. AVCampos
    It's still a voluntary, and therefore non-indicative, thing. For example, I only mark a review set as owned after the respective review comes out.
  9. AVCampos
    I noticed that, too. The thing is that nothing prevents you from marking any set, upcoming or not, as "owned".
  10. AVCampos
    You don't have to get sets from the current year to be a LEGO Technic fan: there's plenty of stuff from previous years.
  11. AVCampos
    42001 didn't have any gears, either.
  12. AVCampos
    The A stands for "Arts".
  13. AVCampos
    The real ones use hydraulics. There's no way TLG would use water due to the risk of spillage, much less oil. What's left is pneumatics, which sag over time (especially with a load as heavy as a 1:8 car) and LAs. In face of this, I'd then definitely pick LAs.
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    The only word that comes to my mind when reading that is "yikes".
  15. AVCampos
    I wouldn't mind a new Car Transporter instead. 42098 went away many years ago already, and since then we got a deluge of stuff to fill a new one (or a reissue) with.
  16. AVCampos
    You mean, for example, if the rider applies torque to the pedals while the rear wheel is stuck in sand or mud? In a real bike, the tension the spokes are under takes care of that, but in the LEGO version with LEGO tolerances that may be an issue.
  17. AVCampos
    That part will be lovely for multiplexers, pullback motors that don't use the dedicated part, and large helicopter rotors. As a model, the bike doesn't attract me, but the new elements it brings sure are yummy!
  18. AVCampos
    If I'm not mistaken, that's Chris Stamp, who used to lead Speed Champions... which is all about licensed cars.
  19. AVCampos
    I can easily see it: the top conveyor belt directly connected to the bucket wheel on one end and a crank on the other. Any other functions would be manual. The set as a whole would be way smaller than 42055, obviously.
  20. AVCampos
    It'll quickly get outdated, though...
  21. AVCampos
    But at least this way we get new giant gear and wheels to MOC with. That alone makes me happy about the set.
  22. AVCampos
    Many Icons sets are unlicensed.
  23. AVCampos
    Moulds are created optimised for a given material. Often the choice is between a material that allows for more colours but not transparent ones, or one that allows transparency but less overall colours. Possibly the mould used for the headlights is of the former category, and hopefully the headlights are at least glow-in-the-dark instead of plain white. Could that be dual-moulded? I don't believe TLG has us apply stickers on such a complex shape, and reflections can't explain such large difference in apparent brightness in the surfaces of the part.
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    Uh...
  25. AVCampos
    But, unlike the Osprey, there are plenty of civilian versions as well, so we're safe in that front.
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