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Sorry, I don't even know if it's called that. I mean the diff between the front and back wheels of AWD's. I think yours works sort of like a reversed differential, it seems to stall the set of wheels that looses traction instead of making it spin faster. This concept gets more interesting the more I look at it, I wll stay tuned

Ha, I forgot to mention the chains, they were actually my favorite detail I think. They really help create an icky, claustrophobic vibe Maybe it's just the memories of the first scene were you see the creature in Alien And they catch the light in a beautiful way!

I would love to see that!

I like it a lot! Brilliant carpets, and the sign is really cool

Ok, then it's maybe just me being dense, but isn't that pretty much just a length differential?

These springs will have to be absolutely enormous for it to have any kind of effect, especially with load on the axle. Having a spring on each side of the worm gear will neutralizy any effect you might get out of this discharge. It is a little unclear in the video, but if you put the chassis belly up and block a wheel to store energy in the spring, does it have any noticable effect on the wheel when you discharge the spring? As i said in my earlier post, i think it is an interesting concept to store propulsion energy this way for when you need a little extra. And it is quite brilliant that it would automatically start charging when such a situation arises, but i don't quite believe it will ever have any practical and measurable effect. I think the sudden increase in speed you see in your video would more or less come without the spring when the worm gear reaches the end of its "free run". Any way i don't really see any practical value since a regular differential wiil do the same. If you however make the "free run" long enough for the wormgear to slip entirely off the gear, and be pushed back by the spring when the other set of wheel gets the vehicle past the obstacle, it would be an interesting new take on a differential. It would probably not be very reliable though. But it is definedly an interesting technique

I tend to agree. I dont really build planes or boats, just to stick with your examples, but i have some of the hulls and wings from sets i have bought, and they just sit in a big bag in my basement. The floating boat hulls were great when i was little, and it's fun that they actually float, but if i wa to build a boat today they would not work for me. I don't like that you have to build a certain size, they are all to small, in my opinion, to build anything realistic. I like the pirate hulls, because they have a decent size and you can add as many modules as you need. As for the newer plane parts, I am not a fan, because every plane would pretty much be the same plane, only longer or shorter. The same goes for most other "big parts", like raised base plates. I loved them when i was younger, because they give you a great hill to build on, but i wouldn't use them today, simply because i would have to adapt my MOC to the baseplate. I prefer it the other way around. I used to use a lot of the old 1x5x6 castle wall panels as well, even for city MOC's, but today i want it more realistic. The only parts like that i still use every now and then are the good old BURP'n'LURP's, because there shape is so irregular that you can easily disguise them in your rock and save a lot of bricks. I don't think we will ever see Lego retire these kinds of parts completely. After all it is still a toy, and they work great for most kids. But having modular ship hulls like the pirate ones for modern ships would be awesome.

Welcome to eurobricks Michael, and good luck in the contest

I think I get what you are trying to do with the spring, but I don't see it doing it. I don't think a spring that little is going to do much difference anyway, interesting concept though.

Great lighting and photography, and the MOC itself has a nice, almost claustrophobic, ambience.

Great scene, awesome background!

Welcome to posting:)

I would not recommend using brickshelf, I find it to be extremely slow and confusing to navigate. I use bricksafe.com, it is much simpler and about a billion times faster.

Welcome Sinan :)

Reaaly nice, I like a little bit of "everyday life" Those tiny little alleys are perfect, and the houses are really nicely done. The leg windows are a nice touch.

They are no match for droidekas! Let them take care of business

Briiliant, nice color scheme and great shapes

My best guess would be a dump truck.

Good for you, I hope you are happy with them, I am not going to get any, so there are more for you to buy:) In the big picture I still don't think even Mattel will be able to compete seriously with Lego. MB has had licenses for some really popular games for years and that was what they sold, and what I think they will keep selling. If mega blocks had the potential to beat Lego on anything else we would have seen it happening already.

So true!

Now I am getting curios, what is the reason everybody is so crazy about making poles? I am only asking because I can't remember seeing a poll I myself found useful in anyway.

Nice topic, a chance to look in the mirror :) I think I am a mix if 4 and 5. When it comes to MOCs my only rule of posting is that what I write should be of use for the creator of the MOC. If there are certain details I like I will let them know, and if there are details that could look better, and I have an idea, I will also let them know. I don't think I have ever just written "nice moc" and I know I have never written "dude, your moc sucks", as I don't think either are very useful.

:0 I hope you at least enjoyed that game boy...

Brilliantly done, and happy birthday to Her Majesty :)

My mother always said "never trust a panther", but I can make an exception