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Other than never being done by TLG, I don't see why using the smooth connectors with the old driving rings would be anymore illegal than using partially compressed shocks to keep a bogie type suspension level. Beautiful model. your transmission is brilliant.

The buggy does drift slightly, but it drives fast enough that you won't want to just go straight. If you don't want to buy the rechargeable bb that madoca used, you can get the train bb that uses AAA sized batteries instead. Rebrickable.com is a great site for helping determine what you can build with your sets as well as what sets will help you get the pieces you need. Here is the entry for madoca's buggy 2 http://rebrickable.com/mocs/Madoca1977/pf-buggy-2

Technic is not marketed very well here, so maybe part of the lack of interest is because of a lack of push by TLG?

I'm sure more of us are interested in technic than you think, just the guys at the toy fair weren't.

I'd like to see a proper dually pickup truck with the extended cab, not the ugly thing that was 42029. There are a multitude is different suspensions out there, something different would be nice. Multi link or macpherson, or even ford's old ttb front suspension Functional door handles would be nice. Or a return of the exotic doors themselves ( gull wing or lambo style) A functional convertible. What about a minivan with two sliding doors, and seats that can folded and rearrange ( like a Chrysler ).

I've never heard it called a torsion bar on this side of the ocean. I've only heard referred to as an anti roll bar or an anti roll stabilizer bar. I think the 1996 ford rangers used a torsion bar in the front suspension.

It looks like the only new panels are a 3x7 curved panel and the fender panels

I don't know about a two tone race color scheme. But the page on Porsche.com for the real car shows it in lava orange. http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/911-gt3-rs/

My 1994 ford ranger had the steering links in the front

Unless I'm mistaken, it looks like there is an antiroll bar across the top of the suspension.

8448 was built in modules. It was even designed so that the engine could be place in front or rear without any modification.

That is a good theory, except 42045 has that same piece in blue and the new l shaped panels are in blue and yellow. It isn't too expensive to change colors when you have multiple molds with different color runs.

If you look closely at the stickers you can see that towards the back the circles stop lining up. Which means that they are at least it the final production stickers. Stickers and/or painted panels would make this model a pain to assemble and would undoubtably add hours to the constructions. Not to mention the additional cost. I hope that it is like buying a real car and we get to pick the color, even if it is only out of 4 colors.

The paddles at the steering wheel are aesthetic. The functional ones are on the dash or hood somewhere reachable.

Panel kits would be awesome, but they would probably be close to half the pieces of the real set. 8448 is a good example of multiple bodies, one frame. The 8448 used the same pieces to make a different body but it would be the same idea. You would have to have a point where the instructions go, "ok, now use you your preferred color." If there were multiple color kits I would definitely buy a few, even if I didn't buy the Porsche. They would most likely contain a complete set of panels for that color

This is a teaser model. TLG is doing what most car manufacturers do, camouflaging the car. In this case it's to make a statement. Porsche would let the car go to market looking like that. There isn't even a Porsche logo on it, or the license plate. And the black isn't the final color anyway.

The way your trailer is now, it does not transfer very much weight to the tractor unit. I would making the wheels in the trailer a bogey so that the weight is transfered to the tractor unit. Right now, your drive axles have the least amount of weight on them.

My guess is that you have too much weight on the front and not enough over the drive axles.

In the video, the steering selector moves in and out when steered. It also has to be lifted and then moved left right or center to choose steering mode. And, in front wheel steer mode, the selector sits slightly higher than in the other two modes. This is what I came up with that would have similar selector properties as well as fairly simple. And I know the proportions are completely incorrect. The black pieces are the steering assembly. The orange pieces represent the mode selector which is also connected to the steering system so that is moves forward and back when steered. The selector is shown in the front wheel only position. It would be moved either left or right to select the other modes. The selector would latch onto the red beam. The blue bits would lock the wheels in front wheel only mode.

I think the way he selects the steer mode is also a clue. He lifts the selector and then moves left or right into position I don't know about this type of tractor, but most of the tractors I have seen use low pressure hard rubber tires. Disappointing for us, but accurate at leasr

What if they include a physical by controller as well. Iirc, all the major game systems use some form of Bluetooth, so that isn't out of the realm of possibility.

I just tried mine and they fit no problem. The steering hub also fits without rubbing as well.

And both the WeDo 2 and EV3 are Bluetooth.

I struggled with the design of the b model a bit. The 7l beams not matching was killing me.

But yet, there is a ugly hole on this beautiful bodywork