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Just wanted to share my Akiyuki based progress… hope it's of interest. I'm building several modules, but the two closest to completion are the invisible lift and fast ball sorter. "Feature Creep" is however becoming a problem - which means a lot of half finished bits as I try to modify them. Here's a pic of my take on a lift mechanism for the Invisible lift. It's a version of the one Akiyuki uses for the Cycloidal Lift, but adapted to take 3 balls, rather than just one. I've also reworked the hopper.

Quick question about part number 10288 "Axle and Pin Connector Triple" for the Invisible Lift build. Can this be replaced with a double ended piece - I can't see from the instruction pdf whether the third connection is required? I'm having problems locating 24 black ones - I've found dark brown ones, but the colour miss-match will urk me - hence the question. I think I've answered my own question - there's no 120º piece.

Finally managed to get it working on a MacBook Pro instead. There seems to be no obvious reason why it should work on one and not the other - I tend to agree that Silverlight is probably at the bottom of the problem.

I tried that, twice, but no luck :-(

Thanks for the reply, updated to 10.13.3 - but still having the same problem…

I wonder if anyone can help with a problem I'm having? I bought an EV3 brick, second hand from ebay - I downloaded the EV3 application from the Mindstorms site and installed it (I'm on a MacPro with High Sierra 10.13.1). Installation went ok, however, when I launch the app, the splash screen appears, but after a few seconds it becomes unresponsive - hanging on the splash screen. I've tried both the education and home versions of the app, but have the same problem with both. Does anyone have any ideas/solutions? Thanks

Thanks - just found the link to Modulor and placed an order for 14m of 3.2mm tube. I signed up to their newsletter and received a 5euro discount too… So… having never heard of either GBC or Akiyuki a week ago, I now have 4x 50L boxes of technic pieces organised into trays, a second hand EV3 smart brick, 14m of tube I never thought I'd need and plans to assemble 5 Akiyuki modules your (Berthil) ball-shooting-marble-run and a couple of feeder modules I've been thinking about.

Just wondered if anyone could let me know which diameter tubing was used (mm) in the marble run build? …and does anyone in the UK have comment on what they've used and where they purchased it from? Thanks

I’m sure this has been asked before, but where’s the best place to source the reflector cups for the cup-to-cup build(s). i just had a look on BrickLink and the cheapest for a bulk buy of 11 of them comes to £33+postage! Which is a bit steep even if you’re an obsessive. does a suitable alternative exist?

Thanks for the replies…

Hi all, first post here. I'm wanting to build the 8043 excavator but don't really want to fork out the massive prices used kits are demanding on ebay, so wondering whether anyone can advise on which currently/readily available kits I'd need to buy to have the (the majority of) correct parts for an 8043 Excavator build? …or whether it'd be more straightforward/less costly to source a parts list and do the rounds buying only the ones required?