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Canton Zurich, I'd expect about the same Sales over there in Migros, Coop and Toys'R'us.

Can't wait to see more :) While not vehicles by themselves, I have the impression that parts of vehicles can be similarly unappealing to kids who are not into vehicles. I think they'd be more likely captivated by something "complete", rather than a part of something bigger. Added. Thanks!

WOW, just WOW. This is colossal! Can't wait for the video... only to get my jaw dropped on the floor :D

Thanks! Added some of these. I'd rather let kids develop their own feelings towards Jar Jar Thanks! Found and added them. Thanks, added. I was close to adding your Dalek, but as much as I love it I'm afraid it would qualify as vehicle.

They are great, but from the a kid's perspective I'm not sure they'd click. Apart from being big, expensive and hard to build (need to modify parts), they are essentially bigger motors for bigger vehicles. I love them, but I'd expect a kid who is bored by vehicles to be rather quickly bored about these too Thanks for the suggestion. I've added a few photos, in the order they are mentioned in the list, in case that helps.

We've discussed / ranted about the scarcity of non-vehicle sets and MOCs in the LEGO Technic world before, but today I'd like to collect pointers to them. I don't intend to build a formal index thread, but I'd be super happy if we come up with a good enough collection that makes this thread worth listing among the Notable Topics. To give you an idea of what I'm looking for, think about kids who are interested in mechanisms and gears and moving parts and so on, but tend to find vehicles boring. They see something with wheels or tracks or even wings or rotors and think "oh that just goes around but doesn't do anything interesting". They'd be more interested in "working" contraptions like loom, braiding machines, kitchen blenders, egg beaters... motorized or not. Older kids may be captivated by Mindstorms creations like those (mind bogging) from Hknssn, but younger ones may be intimidated by their complexity and the need to program them, and prefer instead mechanical contraptions without a brain. That's why I'm not initially interested in Mindstorms creation here, even though they are often the best non-vehicle creations So with that in mind, I went searched around and found mostly Nico71's creations and very few from others. Could you please help me find more? Amida's Desert Eagle's ISOGAWAYoshihito's , JamesJT's carousel JKBrickworks' Sisyphus Kinetic Sculpture, Labyrinth Marble Maze (21305) Lipko's wind-up insects (and crustacean) Nico71's first loom, pneumatic clock, braiding machine, kinetic YES/NO sculpture, kinetic clock, congreve clock, second loom, vertical ball clock, GBC modules (1, 2, 3), Christmas Santa Sleigh, mechanical calculator. PG52' Spirograph Sariel's , , , , , , Sheepo's Solar system Orrery with 8 planets, Touthomme's Galloping Horse Zblj's , , , and I'd be happy to see even silly funny builds like my own . So long as it sparkles a child's curiosity about the mechanics of it Most/all of these have appeared in Eurobricks, but I'd also be happy to see creations coming from other communities or lone builders! Thanks! EDIT #1: added photos from some of the above MOCs. And a paragraph about Mindstorms. EDIT #2: add suggestions from comments #5, #7. EDIT #3: add suggestion from comment #13. PS: Looking through the Reviews by year, the latest official set that isn't a vehicle was the tiny 1237 Asimo Robot back in 2001.

So here's more! Today we're celebrating stuff, long long awaited stuff...

I'm impressed, by your creation (functional, compact, pretty, clean) as well as your video editing :)

Best. Ever.

Looking at the ones I own, the 42021 Snowmobile is my favorite among the small ones. I got 2 of them, just for their suspension arms and portals (which then failed to use when I should have :) Looking at the last few years, sometimes I think I should get 42032, just because it's brilliant. If "small" includes it, I also like very much the 42007: Moto Cross Bike

He looks like a very serious builder!

Absolutely love it! Can't wait for instructions Is it at all feasible to use only 1 SBrick, maybe at the cost of less power for drive? Great video too, I particularly enjoyed the outside and inside views of both cars driving at the same time!

I like them a lot, but only ever got one. Now I've got two, because I bought one specifically for my BJ Baldwin Trophy Truck. Now I'm looking forward to making more TF-scale MOCs :)

It's just a silly phone pic, but I thought I'd share this piece of fun... credit goes to JANGBRiCKS for the trick and SirWolf for the inspiration :)

I personally love these from Stanley: There is also a version with 30 drawers (5 rows of 6) which I also love. They have very LEGO suitable sizes, mostly multiple of 8 mm. That is: 9 drawers (€15): 17 studs deep, 13 wide, 7 tall 30 drawers (€16): 17 studs deep, 6 wide, 4 tall There's also a combo of 9+30 but they sell for €50 which I don't get. But some things don't seem to go best in drawers. Pins of which I have too many hundreds go into 500 ml or 750 ml food containers. The smallest pieces (1x1 plates and tiles, etc.) go into a much smaller, cheaper (€7) variant of Sortimo sorting bins.

There's the best argument ever against buying used LEGO I only got used LEGO, from eBay, right after coming out my dark ages, before I knew about Bricklink or Eurobricks. Didn't think much about those questions, but will probably remember for some time that the 8855 was sold by a Dutch fellow whose first hobby was football (a.k.a. soccer, on the other side ;) until he injured his knee.

Oh, I think I realized now why all in one comment is better: you can't insert comments between comments... dummy me :/ I was thinking, I'd know which model I wanted by having done the browsing first, another day, and then I wanted to go directly to a specific one. But then, if one wants to see all C-models for a given set, you need them all in one comment, so you can add more later along them.

I guess it depends on how long each C-model takes. If it's just 1 line of text, with one link, 1 photo and no video, then it should be OK to do it as you say. However, i like very much the idea of clicking a link in the description and getting directly to the one C-model I'm looking for, without scrolling. I'm lazy 0:) BTW, there are a few nice C-models for 42010 in Rebrickable: http://rebrickable.com/sets/42010-1/off-road-racer-technic-2013 The tractor is great, it's so tall it doesn't fit under the sofa :)

Great idea! I'm really looking forward to using this index. I've been searching for them in Rebrickable, by check what can I build, but found it a bit hard to find the C models among the many A and B models. There were also size limitations that'd rule out many (maybe most) of the great C models we've seen here. I didn't buy 42039 but got the green panels separately to build it :) Hey, here's an idea: I don't like scrolling down pages and pages to skip all the C models for 42009 (don't have the parts) to get to the ones I want to see. I'd like it better if it had a structure like the Hall of Fame topic, that is: - the topic description lists all models, grouped by set number, with a brief description and a link to - each C model is a comment, with all the details, photos and link to its EB thread and other relevant URLs (rebrickable, mocpages, blogs, etc.) This make it much easier and quicker to navigate, and you needn't worry about the order in which you add models, just like you needn't post all motorcycles in the HoF in consecutive comments.

I use my 23" PC screen, because it's a permanent resident on my desk, the only one I have and the only place where I build, so it doesn't take any extra space :)

I just built this and loved it, thank you for the free instructions!

Any chance to watch it elsewhere than on American TV at some point? And if you like, I'd love to see more animatronic busts! That was supercool, and here's an idea for a cute one: Wall·E ;) Yeah, or at least pretend that it is. Your models certainly belong more in an automotive show, or a transport museum, and I mean it with the best of intentions :)

Indeed, but hardly noticeable compared to the latency I experience with the SBrick app when using any profile. However, when using the port tester latency was minimal. That was in summer though, I haven't tried it again.

Nice! I can see there's still a little latency in the steering, but at least it's a "tangible" controller. I supposed the controller already has return-to-center, I can't wait to use this :)

Interesting, what insurance exactly? Time is indeed the most valuable asset we spend on our LEGO collection, but so long as it is a hobby that we enjoy, it is time well spent. It is invested for good. Yes, even time spent taking builds apart and sorting the pieces back into their designated places in our storage system. When well organized, I find it relaxing enough that it is not a chore. But time will go by anyway, it will be spent no matter what, LEGO or not, just like heating and cooling and the monthly mortgage... So if we are to talk about money spent in the hobby, other than to buy LEGO sets and parts, I'd say storage systems eat most of the cake. But then again, if it helps you making the most out of the time you spend, it is money well invested. Battery are part of the hobby, so I count them as parts, just like the li-po batteries. I have 3 of those ($$$) and then a bunch of Ni-Mh AA and AAA batteries, but those are not just for LEGO, at least 6 of them are in the Wii (1 remote + balance board) at the moment; TV and other remotes are the top AAA "spenders", so it's not a cost associated with the hobby, maybe a small increment. I wouldn't count lights and equipment to take photos and film videos, let alone the computer to edit these, unless your LEGO hobby is the only one reason why you have that camera and/or that computer ─ which may well be the case for people who get serious (e.g. Sariel) but that's the cost of something else than owning your collection