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Well I think it has a high collectors value. Maybe the event in Skaerback would be a good one to discuss it with AFOLs there.

I'll try it for you in the weekend. Have developer account and a second Macbook to test it on. I use stud.io as well but am so used to LDD that I prefer it. They should make a "LDD" mode in stud.io ;)

Hi Max, LEGO is a nice but expensive toy. Maybe you could ask for creator bricks. Star Wars is 'licensed' and so you pay extra. B.t.w. unfortunately Eurobricks is for adults only. Maybe that might seem to be a bit unfair but we have good reasons for that. Your best chance is finding a local LEGO club like https://www.salugcalgary.com. You also can't register multiple accounts from your IP address b.t.w. without explaining to us why...

Nice work, very durable! What are you planning to do next with it?

Would this help? https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/118171-bsx-files-to-excel/

I like LDD also better and than import models in Stud.io (probably just because I am much more used to it) but we need to face the fact that LEGO discontinued it. B.t.w. a faster computer does not always solve problems: the 32 vs 64 bit problem is probably a much more limiting factor: I get messages from macOS about LDD: "this application is not optimised for your operating system". A fast PC will only really matter if you start rendering your models in Povray or something. Also for graphic cards memory is only one factor (apart from the fact that 6 Gb is a strange size for typical binary computers), also the type (bus speed) of the memory is important and also the speed of the GPU (graphics processor) itself.

Well the first thing I recommend you to do is fix your Caps Lock key, that might help a lot already. The second solution would be to go from LDD to a program like Stud.io as LDD isn't properly maintained by LEGO anymore and also is not too good at such a massive amount of bricks anyway. For graphical applications the first thing to look at is the graphics card (since it requires a lot of floating point operations that the graphics card is optimised for). RAM is the second. CPU is nowadays very often not a limiting factor in any way anymore.

@Duq: A rectifier is just a couple of diodes. You will only damage them if you give them too much power or draw too much current. Batteries are also directed current you know.

@dxpert: I know from another (CNC DIY) project that those MR52ZZ is the specification of the type of bearing so just by that you can find them all over the internet including Aliexpress ;)

Well now your link is not working anymore, but downloading it requires about 50 Mb not very friendly to others of course :) B.t.w. on your idea: it would be advisable to add a Gold Cap capacitor. If your train would bump the microcontroller of the PU unit still gets juice :) (Oops sorry about that something went wrong with your (double)post). Works great now! At least on Safari :)

@duifkelego please fix the extension of that link, I could see in a HEX editor that it was some movie file (QuickTime I think) and rename it so my movie player accepted it... You'd better upload it to youtube and embed it.

Very nice work... again... Arjen!

Looks really great ChomeKnight! Even multiple nice stations!

Great! That is what a community is meant for! Hope your students will learn a lot from it! What type of education are you involved with?

The FLL community will really like the new set with all the new parts and special wheels I think. @dr_spock: I don't know how that works in Canada, but in Holland, most teachers just give those sets to students and let them find out everything, and I think learning by doing is a great strategy byte a lot of teachers don't bother to learn it themselves too. Last Wednesday I was in a high school, really crazy how teachers give random grades to very good students but actually don't know what the student is really doing (that is why I came since I was already afraid it would go that way (the student had asked be through our University for some 'expert' advice). A lot of high school Informatics teachers in Holland can't program themselves and I afraid it is worse in primary school. It is not a problem that students are better than you as a teacher in school in some specific domain I think, but at least should have a thorough basic understanding. I think that The LEGO materials are very suitable for lazy teachers though so the kids will be fine I guess. While I was a little pessimistic on the CMYK colors at first (I'm an engineer after all), maybe it will help more kids like it and even win over the hearts of all the less tech savvy teachers in primary education.

So the idea is that you first create a program to take one step. Then you 'encapsulate' that program in a My Block. After that you can take steps by looping and including that My Block.

Who is the first to get one (HUB) and use his/her screwdriver expose the circuit boards?! ;)

If I understand your question correctly you don't know the function of a myBlock or? If you know text programming languages: it is just a method / function. So you can pack some algorithm (read: a collection of linked program blocks e.g. with the function to follow a line) into a myBlock to create a more modular program.

@Mr Hobbles: those are definitely not EV3-type connectors but the Boost/WeDo 2.0 / Powered Up ones. @Lyichir: I partially agree, but it is 'serious play' so while I also like Friends very much I'm not sure about the CMYK for education (maybe for younger kids, but K-12?!).

Looks like a step for a new EV3? https://www.fastcompany.com/90328175/lego-spike-is-the-coolest-way-to-learn-engineering-since-1998 Colors are a little too bright for my eyes though ;)

I've been a referee in Holland (Zwolle region) for 11 years now, also some teams of mine did attend the events (when I still worked in High school), of course with another referee at that table ;) Always a challenge, and programming the robot is just one part of course... To make young children excel is not that easy, but if they learn a lot and have good time that is the most valuable I think.

Well then you would need a Swiss version, Dutch cheese does not smell that bad compared to Swiss cheese (of course there are extremes in other countries too and Dutch farmers cheese is a little more sharp). I've stay with a Swiss family some years ago, well their dog produced a less sharp smell when it opened it's mouth than just opening the fridge there... No wonder my half-Dutch half-Swiss friend detests cheese. @Giacinto Consiglio apart from that very nice job, I'll show my brother in law who owns a small cheese imperium with a shop in Haarlem.

Even Duracells... Seems you can best use a vinegar solution to clean the mess.

Link: https://www.hispabrickmagazine.com/downloads/

Very nice train :) It looks quite a lot like the real deal, I pass these trains quite often on the way to work. B.t.w. I don't think René/1000steine will like you linking to images on their site, so maybe upload it to Flickr or something.