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  1. suffocation
    It depends on how much space you've got, what functions you need the motors to perform and how the weight of and space taken up by the motors affect the model's structural integrity. Sariel's Tow Truck from 2011 is a great example of keeping a monstrously motorised build ingenious: no geartrains of note but aesthetic, creative and mechanical brilliance in spades. On the other end of the spectrum you have 42030, which is the most uninspired and uninspiring flagship I've ever built. Of the very few (and embarrasingly mediocre) models I've designed, the most fun came from a modest little tow truck which had just one M motor efficiently driving eight functions crammed into a 30x12x16 cm model.
  2. suffocation
    As usual, Erik managed to brilliantly verbalise my exact thoughts Lego Technic should indeed be more about τέχνη and less about "OMG look @ all teh moterz ive crammed in2 dis model!1!!one!1!eleven!"
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    I guess you're not very familiar with Joyce, Faulkner & McElroy Back on topic, allanp makes some excellent points. I remember having the time of my life building 42009 just because the sheer amount of gears had me wondering what a certain section of the transmission did or how the two gearboxes would interface. Then I built 42030 and after the first handful of steps it became a snoozefest. I designed and built one fully remote-controlled model and it was more than enough to get most of the "OMG full RC!" out of my system. I find hybrid models much more enjoyable, with RC drive and steering and then a single motor driving a series of other functions through a distribution gearbox. Hence also my morbid fetish for tow trucks. I'd be happy to see more sets like 42008 but pushed even further, with lots of functions crammed into as little space as possible.
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    Sheo's Mocs are pretty challenging, especially routing cables through his neutron-star density structures and with that nagging feeling that if you mess up one step you're in for a looong and agonising teardown.
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    Erik, that part really would be a godsend
  6. suffocation
    The hardest for me was 42030 because it was just so boring.
  7. suffocation
    The Volvo (as will be the Liebherr) is a different kettle of fish. The price per part is high but the set comes with four motors, two IR receivers and two IR controllers. My guess is that luxury car licenses are much more expensive than heavy machinery ones. Or maybe TLG have figured out that they can speculate much more on luxury car models so they gouge worse than a griffin on 'roids.
  8. suffocation
    I guess it depends on the license but the first comparison that comes to mind is this, even though the former set has some 300 more parts as well as li'l bit of electronics: https://brickset.com/sets/42055-1/Bucket-Wheel-Excavator https://brickset.com/sets/42083-1/Bugatti-Chiron
  9. suffocation
    Parents who need a toy company to tell them what toys are suitable for their kids shouldn't be parents.
  10. suffocation
    The differential should look something like this (ignore the different colours) once all three half-bevel gears have been slotted in:
  11. suffocation
    Yup, definitely missing a red 16T gear there on the left of the dark bluish gray changeover catch, as well as a tan half-bevel 12T gear in the red differential casing.
  12. suffocation
    Thank you my friend! Thanks! The old crawler crane is long gone; the rough terrain crane, on the other hand, isn't going anywhere soon, especially because it is technically far, far more advanced and fun to play with than its crawler counterpart.
  13. suffocation
    Damn, now I've got a crazy cookie craving Edit: found cookies, MOCing with greasy, crumby fingers.
  14. suffocation
    Excellent point there - I didn't take into account that the OP doesn't have much MOC experience.
  15. suffocation
    Given the part selection, I'd go for a tow truck with RC drive & steering and a series of motorised, switch-activated functions.
  16. suffocation
    There was a rare spell of sunny weather in northern Italy today, so I took a few pics of a hybrid telescopic crawler crane, which uses a modded version of the carrier from my previous crawler crane and the superstructure from my latest rough terrain crane. Beers!
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    Clive, do you know if Fairy Bricks accept actual Lego donations as well? I know it might sound stupid, but after 20+ years in Italy where donating to anything other than the Roman Catholic Church is hindered by light-years of slimy, slippery red tape, I like to prepare for the worst.
  18. suffocation
    It's a typical Pythagorean triangle - 3x4x5, which in Lego becomes 4x5x6 since you have to account for the extra half stud at either end of each side. Obviously you can achieve the same with two 6L liftarms but 4x6 bent liftarms are tougher.
  19. suffocation
    Seems Leprosin has already cloned the set
  20. suffocation
    I've only built one fully remote-controlled set, with nine ten independent functions you can operate all at the same time (provided you have enough finger coordination ). The challenges are there for sure, especially on a large model where you need everything to be structurally sound but also as light as possible; but it's not something I'd do again, because I realised during the build that I really missed figuring out complex, efficient gear configurations.
  21. suffocation
    He doesn't have one - he's a notorious troll.
  22. suffocation
    Nothing new about operating multiple functions simultaneously. 42030 comes to mind as well as plenty of MOCs; it can even be done with just one motor driving a series of two-way switches (and yes, one motor can indeed drive all those functions at the same time if the whole transmission is designed properly).
  23. suffocation
    I use them a lot since they're fairly rigid, have plenty of attachment points and, obviosly, double as differential & bevel gear casings. On bigger models I like to reinforce them with vertically mounted 5x7 frames, 3x5 dogbones and 4x6 bent liftarms.
  24. suffocation
    "Is there any way to stack the new connectors like the PF 1.0 ones? The new plug is not stackable like the Power Functions plug. Sensors cannot be stacked and in most cases you want to control one output function at the time and not more together. This was done to enable more intelligent interactions through the wire. An example of this is that all elements can now be electrically identified, so when attaching e.g. a train motor, the Hub and the App can now recognise it is a train motor. This allows us to help younger users put things in the right place. Another benefit is that we can optimise functionality based on particular elements, for example when using a train motor or the add-on light, the handset increments/decrements power (good for train / setting light) but when using the medium motor, the handset sets 100% power when a button is pressed down (good for RC vehicles)."
  25. suffocation
    Just colourblind, actually.
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