Bartybum

Yeah agreed, more kinetic sculptures would be really cool

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It does seem that both have converged towards the same thing - aesthetically interesting sets with just a couple mechanical functions. Save for very few large sets, Technic just seems to be an excuse to use a different building system. What's the point? Cram in more functions, start doing smaller pneumatic sets again, do more linkages, more suspension systems, ditch the encoder electronics and use stepper mechanisms (since that's all you ended up using the encoders for anyway...). It could be so much better if the small sets weren't just shoveling tarted up dross out the door.

I think this joint would actually work best either as a hip/thigh or shoulder joint, followed by a bicep/thigh swivel. That being said, we already have the following parts to replicate the same joint behaviour, albeit a bit less stiff:

Jesus this is such a stupidly clever mechanism... I'm genuinely amazed by it. Hope this means that Lego mech articulation will start improving!

If you got the main rotor to spin fast enough you could implement a properly articulated rotor system that allows the blades to flap and lag like they do in real life. You'd probably need to go pretty fast for there to be any visible motion from aerodynamics so I think that's quite unlikely. More realistically, I think the selling point for Technic helicopters will lie either in alternative rotor configurations such as intermeshing (Kaman K-Max) or coaxial (Kamov Ka-32 unlicensed ripoff but this time with full cyclic, collective and differential collective pitch), or interesting airframes like the Sikorsky Skycrane. A Chinook would probably end up in the same fiasco that killed the Osprey. I can't say I'd really be interested in any helicopters beyond those four though.

Called it, RC excavator was the only thing that made sense for $400 and 2.4k pieces My guess is the overall envelope will be slightly larger than 8043, maybe 20-25%

Usually hitting backspace a couple times works for me

I think an 18+ set with 2.5k pieces would suit an RC excavator just fine. Remember that 8043 only had ~1.2k pieces - increase the scale by 20-25% and you've got yourself roughly double the volume/piece count. I wouldn't rule it out so quickly

I'm curious as to if/when the general public will get burnt out by all the cars, or if we'll still be here ten years from now

Looks good, nice work :) To add on to it, note that it didn't embed the images into your comment - if you want it to do that, you should open each image in a new tab, then copy that link to your comment. That way this'll happen:

Pretty much. I'd recommend just uploading to imgur, then posting the link to each .jpg/.png. It should automatically embed the image into your comment

Heheh this is awesome, I really like the graphic design going on here. It'd be interesting if other people joined in on this and made their own Technic spaceships with lore

ooooh i'm excited to see how this turns out!

I don't see how F1 is enforceable to be honest, so I wouldn't really worry about it. Even with the original F4 wording, I'm not surprised they're not allowed - all they'd do is clutter up the website. The only argument I can see in response to this is that Rebrickable should be able to check your inventory to see if you have enough parts to for a colour swap. I have no idea if it already has this ability though.

Definitely a heinous price tag but that's the Ferrari license for you! Quite a pretty model regardless

@johnnytifosi prez quoted me instead of you so here you go :)

I think I identify with this opinion the most. I wish people didn't charge money for instructions, but hell it's not my place to tell people what to do.

It won't, it'll just be a Ferrari license

I'm quite surprised by that, to be honest. Lego pneumatics are usually pretty good at lifting stuff

Your modification is starting to get there, but I think two other changes need to be made: The outsides of the headlights should drop well below the contour of the front bumper, not effectively merge with it like in the 570S, see below comparison The top corners of the headlights should be rounded out a bit more

Get ready for it to look the same, because there are effectively never any changes at this stage

I uh... just nah man. The CaDA Assassin is a hodge-podge mess of angled connectors, and the rear fender is pretty much straight and doesn't capture the P1's form at all

Ah finally a McLaren P1 build that looks to get the rear quarter panel curvature's proportions correct. Don't care about all the whinging that this car is over 10 years old, it's still beautiful and an excellent candidate (although I do kinda prefer the Speedtail)

Kinda think it looks better... How about two studs? Fully acknowledging there's nothing there to stop the gear from pitching over. Also how's it look in 3D?