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^ Interior color has been brought up several times :) I know it's quite a lot of reading through 10 pages of comments but you should do before suggesting that something has been missed.

I very much doubt that Lego would choose such avantgard approach, leaving these cammo stickers on the final model. If this is going to be regular set (not some Porsche salon exclusive, which still could happen but would be real disappointment for me), I think they will choose a regular color finish. C'mon, even applying all these stickers would be painstaking job anyway :D From all the discussed colors, I think any is possible. I personally would like pure black as well as some brighter one. The argument 'why would they produce panels in black just for prototype...' is not an argument really - Lego often produces colors or even some molds during the development and some of these end up never being used. Regarding PF, anything more than couple PF lights and some motorized-yet-somewhat-manual functions (like door opening, perhaps gear shifting) would be big suprise for me. RC drive for such big car sounds unrealistic to me. Even masterbuilders like Sariel or Sheepo struggle to make the drive functional and maintain decent performaince in their RC models. I think that Lego wouldn't risk that, unless they made some epic new inventions regarding motors and drivetrain. But in the end, I wish I'm proved wrong :D All in all, I wish this will be a regular set and I'm looking forward to finding out the details. I don't think there will me much of a rocket science into it (functional disc brakes... do you really expect that?) but there could be some first time official implementations of mechanizms that we have yet seen just in high end MOCs. I know I won't be able to afford this (unless I win the lootery or something), still I think the price tag can be very well justified so it's to early to complain on it.

Honestly, I don't see into the brains and minds of all people from lego that get involved in lego ideas, at least not that well as you do. I'm 99.999% this won't turn into lego ideas set, we agree on this (although it's maybe 100% for you). Though, seing that 10k people dedicated their precious time to support something might actualy have some (no matter how little) influence on these guys. Still it very unlikely that such huge set would ever be possible, but at least it gets the popularity which it deserves. I don't think people should take all these 'wise' and 'acknowledged' presumptions regarding proposals on lego ideas. If you want to see such set being produced, maybe you should just vote and let the authorized staf to make the concerns... I don't know, being insecure in this question myself so please don't take me as the resolut one. But I lean to this oppinion. There is nowhere stated that people should consider all (economical, manufactural, logical) aspects into account when voting. It should be just about things you like. Big proposals might not be selected as next Ideas Set but can very well inspire lego designers to make their own version, which I consider win for customers as well. And even if not that, such proposal may get popular within 'hardcore' fans and such end customers may eventually contact the designer and make some arrangement regarding instructions... the thing is, I don't know what could happen. But to select negative approach, just beacuse I think I know everything about lego strategies and plans, that seems wrong to me.

Look better now, that's for sure!

Supporting it and I hope another 10K will do. This is crazy and every reasonable thought tells that there is zero chance for lego ever taking at least the consideration about this, yet supporting this doesn't really cost anything so why don't at least try and see :) Some crazy groundbreaking ideas in the history were considered foolish either (I know that's a poor argument, just saying though). Great model anyway. People often tend to see everything rather negatively as it's presented as lego Ideas project rathet than just MOC... I don't know why. Regarding the MOC aspect, this is great.

Are these parts missing in orange crucial to remain colored? Couldn't you just leave them... let's say black? Or grey since you already have both of these in the models. Assumed that most of the red and white will be turned into orange, there should be enough orange as for 'main color' even if severa bits are missing. Of course, depends on how disruptibe would these bits be :)

^ um...super weird i guess? The shape is no way near the real thing in my oppinion. That being said, neither is this bubble shape windscreen bountybossk used but that one at least fit the overal size and proportion. And as mentioned, with propper print it could make for a decent resemblance eventually. Interestingly, the original (old) lego model did surprisingly good job capturing the blockyness of that cockpit with so limited piece range. I don't know any existing single piece canopy that would make for good representation on its own. I thought about using THIS piece once but besides not being ideal, that would also boost the scale way up.

Impressive. Given the constraints of this contest' rules, it's amazing how functional both your models are. Honestly, the only thing I'd change would be the color scheme, Red and white goes well together but to me it sort of resembles emergency or fire brigade, rathe than utility vehicles. Also, as these two colors work together nicely, with lot's of Black and LBG around, it looks somewhat dull to me. If I had the arbitrary choice, I'd go for orange or maybe even green. Not necessarily the most appropriate colors but I believe both could look more attractive on the models. EDIT: I just realized that the lower appeal of your current colors might be caused by the pictures, where the background is white-grayish and so the models kinda fade into.

Not only that this is huge and accurate but also very rare subject among lego models (Actually I doubt I have ever seen anything to really measure this with) creating a its own category :D It seems you didn't leave out single detail. I'm looking forward to more pictures!

It seems like the smaller model, the better you do :D At least I got such impression. But that empire cruiser is my favorite by far. Great resemblance for the scale, which is by the way perfect for swooshing.

First MOC after 15 years? Respect! I like it a lot.

Not that I'd like this particular tank that much. Everything older than Tiger looks somewhat weird to me :D But again you executed it really well and I like the model (despite its size) very much!

Another funny idea of yours :D

There have been several similar mods already but as it happens, this is the first time I like the look of the vehicle eventually. Great job, you cured nearly all the diseases the original set had (proportions, bulky cockpit, neglected thruster flaps...) ending up with something I wouldn't hesitate to buy.

Congratz to all podium winners :) All great entries and two of them my personal favorites. Great contest.

Nice. The dropship looks quite similar to the lego set one, though your winga are definitely much better. Also the connection 'arms' that fake hold the walker are great and seem fairly accurate. Regarding AT-AT, it's quite brave to use brick built paneling and you have done a nice job with that. I can only see some disproportion regarding the middle legs. I think the feet should be bigger (in diameter, not only height) than front and back, also the shoulder joint should match the plain given by the 'tigh' or whathever you call it. EDIT: Of course I mean AT-TE :D Can't just correct it though since LilMe already had his moment bellow ;)

You know I like it and I already praised the individual components so I'll be short - the entire thing looks great and I don't see much to improve (which is really something - I'm usually very unsatisfied customer, always pointing out the weak spots :D ). Regarding the scale and the fact that you started with standard lego set, such result is a great achievement. Well done!

Oh, well I didn't get it first time - I thought you'd build three more of... MF or whatever :D So i went like 'what'?! Now with the explanation, it's perfectly fine (although still quite expandable) comment :D

^Yep, exactly. Speaking of real building, I'm looking forward to new real pictures. As much as LDD is some... kind of fun, it really gets boring soon :D

I like what you came up with although again, be careful about these 8t gears, As to your question, new reinforced ones really are reinforced, thus perform better and withstand more torque, yet still wont accomplish wonders. This is I think somewhat borderline case - I can't tell you with confidence whether I believe it will hold or not but I think it's worth giving a try. I'd myself probably still try to use something that wouldn't involve 8t gears but that's just my general approach. Regarding that idea with 24t gear sliding out - you are bot right, it's not possible. I really didn't think about the turntable geometry very well.

^nice, that's a clever one. Just the minimum angle 60° makes it useless for given application. But it demonstrates the way of going pretty well.

It's somewhat very easy in the original picture too. While I usually struggle to find the panda (my average time is almost like a minute for typical renditions), I saw this one almost instantly :D Very funny cration though :D

Wow, I love this. I was always rather relaxed fan of Y wing but this is a game changer! :D Really, I like the design very much!

Very Nice. Besides the poorer resemblance with these wheels, everything else looks really nice! Also the performance is great. I think this is the second best functional Juggernout I have ever seen, while the first is the mindblowing creation by Artiflex Creations team which is nearly impossible to beat :)

Yea, this is hard to follow and I have to admit I get lost in that last description either. Anyway, let me celar out some facts: Planetary drive is basically a gearbox. It's main real-engineering use is to change the velocity/torque ratio on motor outputs or some drive shafts in general, where it has some very convenient advantages. There are even special modifications of this mechanism that are supposed not to be back-driven easily - that would be good for you but unfortunately, that's not what you can make with lego (and this particular setup with turntable and 8-tooth gears) - it involves spiral worm ggears and some other rather special stuff. In this lego form, this is just a bi-drirectional gearbox and one of the good ways how to drive a turntable. Notice that it's all about driving. What you need is is creating either friction or ratchet (easier to imagine) mechanism that allows you to position the leg but locks effectively it from further moving. I see no real advantage in using planetary gearbox mechanism for your purpose. The only fact that could be a bit advantageous is that the aspect ration of this planeraty drive reduces the torque by the factor of 3. Yet, there is no salvation in it. On contrary, I see several big cons: The more gears, the more room for twist and play. That's for certain. 8 tooth gear are much more flexy and bendy in general - also their axle hole is less rigid. The amount of torque you will be getting there (considering at-at standing with tilted legs and feet not fixed to the ground) could even damage the 8 tooth gears. This is because not all of their teeth are engaged in one moment (actually only few of them do and some just partially). And since your mechanism is supposed not to move very often, this will make for significant wear on some teeth while the others never get to work. Notice that with full 24 tooth gear in there it's whole different storry. Using planetary drive to introduce friction (your idea with friction pins) to the system is not really nonsense but again, considering your high torque application, you'd need dozens and dozend of friction pins to make for sufficient hold. So, what I suggest is this: First you need to reverse the turntable, so the half with inner gear ring is fixed to the leg (with your current setup, neither this nor planetary would work). Then you put classic 24 tooth gear in there build the shoulder hub (that drop-shaped thing), fix the other end of the turntable in it and leave the hole in the center for the axle that connects to 24 tooth gear Now, in theory, you can execute some mechanism (worm gear gearbox/ratchet) in the shoulder hub that will allow you to position the leg without need to remove it. However, step 4 may be impossible to do due to lack of space i the shoulder hub (I don't really know how big and thick this thing can be) or high requiremets for it to be a rock solid segment. So the alternative way would be: ... ... Build the shoulder hub and fix the turntable so it's not very difficult to disconnect it. Build the fixed axle cross hole in the middle. When assemblig, you would need first to choose which angle of the leg you want and place the 24 tooth gear accordingly, then connect the leg to hub via turntable and inserd the axle into the gear. As I was writing this, I though about third option which may be the best actually - similar to second option but the 24 tooth gear is able to 'slide' in and out of the gearbox inner tooth ring, while this sliding could be operated from either leg side or shoulder hub side (or both if necessary), probably via pushing/pulling it's axle. So in theory, you would push the axle (or whatever) to slide the gear out, thus unlock the rotation in the joint and when choosing different angle, you'd push it back in. I don't know how comprehensive did I manage to be. Unfortunately I have no time for sketching up my ideas in LDD now. But hopefully you got the idea. I must admit, however, that the more I think about this problem, the less I believe it can work out. Especially because of @dmaclego thoughts and experiences. You may come up with a perfect shoulder joint but the legs (and especially the ankles) are still as they are, so in the end, you may need to fix the feet to the base anyway. And then, all this fanciness in the shoulders will become moreless useless.