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    http://brickset.com/sets/395-1/1909-Rolls-Royce http://brickset.com/sets/390-2/1913-Cadillac How old are you? Seriously.
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    That is so cool. Not too much, just right. If this would be an official set, I would buy it. I really like this. Great appearance, great design. Great for playing. Perfect.
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    Wow, I never go to train section. Big mistake. I have to start checking this section often. This is beautiful!
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    it is your business. if anybody wants to buy instructions for official LEGO set from unofficial source, I guess it is their business too. Same if anybody wants to pay 50usd for unoriginal book with instructions you did not design, nor create, when there are original LEGO instructions on ebay for 10, it is their business too. I know for fact that using LEGO logo on any unofficial and unapproved materials is illegal (BTW there is no logo for example here on EB) https://www.lego.com/en-us/legal/legal-notice/fair-play
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    or you can download that for free http://lego.brickinstructions.com/lego_instructions/set/8860/Car_Chassis http://worldbricks.com/en/lego-instructions-year/1980/1980/3850-8860-auto-chassis.html and BTW using LEGO logo without their permission is illegal.
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    "We need a bigger boat!" Brilliant!
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    Bravo! You really made it better. I agree about that, totally. That "jump" in official set is an eyesore.
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    Your patience is something else. Amazing.
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    scam is real, sale is fake.
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    exactly
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    I do not want to defend anybody, I do not know models of most of you, since I only discovered lego-online world very recently, but on the other hand I would recommend issue "patent trolling" as something to consider too, before going all inquisition. I can see later people getting cross with each other: "this is mine" . "that is not yours, this is so general/not the same" etc. I want to believe that it is perfectly possible to come up with idea independently, uninfluenced way and still at the end have something similar what somebody else did before. Actually I would be surprised that if more people look for answer to similar problem and both using LEGO, that outcome would not be related at all (ever). edit: it is just LEGO, do not take that so seriously (nor yourself)
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    that is why I said basically. If LEGO was made of steel, it would also look different. lets say, layout of most Lego gearboxes is very similar to normal gearboxes with similar purpose.
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    And those are basically layouts of gearboxes as used in car industry for century and machinery (for longer). That is not an invention at all.
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    It depends. If someone takes e.g. complete gearbox and puts it their MOC car or take whole axle then yes. It should be mentioned and one should not say "I design this from top to bottom" On the other hand it would be Pandora's box, if we start claiming "that is mine" about some details, mechanisms, general technical or lego solution etc. Once, they are hardly an invention. Usually they follow some principle, some engineering/technical thing from non-lego world (typically some very old one, used millions of times for years in hundreds of applications from numerous fields of industries and products). Second, it would be ridiculous if someone had to "give credits" for e.g. some SNOT trick with bricks they saw somewhere or some clever way to e.g beams connecting. It is way too general to claim anything to anybody.
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    Thanks for nice review. Granted, I did not buy mine yet, (I will) I really like real Lotus 7 and its descendant Caterhams. So this is kind of WOW set regardless its qualities of faults for me. ad previous comments: It is a cult car, with great appeal to its audience and maybe specific, but very loyal fanbase and owners base, ever since its start in 1957! Ever since it was only developed, but initial design and concept proved to be timeless. I really like what I saw so far, apart from 2 things that pull my eye. this "jump" - real car does not have anything like that - I don't know how, but I will try to modify it somehow. IMO it is the shame there is not more accurate pattern on the tire for sport/track car. Real car has semi-slick cut-out "just to be road legal, almost race" tires. These Lego tires are something for a truck.
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    [MOC] BENDER

    J_C replied to J_C's topic in Special LEGO Themes

    Thanks. I also like Futurama and Bender is great. I had a version with normal hard technic axles. but then he can stand but he cannot move. It is a trade off. This version allows: bending of the arms (softaxles) rotation of arms (pins on magnet holder), removal of the arm (magnet), moving fingers (balls,sockets), bending of the legs (softaxles), rotation of the leg (turntable), rotation of the head (turntable). Sure, there is a compromise, now he is more-or-less a "rag-doll". but it is fun to play with. IMO: that is important! If anybody can come-up with any improvements, I am more than happy to see them. It is easy to MOD "hard-axles" leg version and make Bender "shelf-worthy". Or make 2 sets of legs (hard and soft) and swap them for "standing" and "playing". It is LEGO, possibilities are endless - BENDLESS I am collecting proper colour parts to build him way I indended, without looking like a parrot (which is current state of mine) , I do not have enough correct grey parts yet, so I have mostly blue head, with yellow and brown, body with red and yellow etc.
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    [MOC] BENDER

    J_C replied to J_C's topic in Special LEGO Themes

    Thank you. Pictures replaced with 1024 width. Sorry.
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    Lego architecture usually keeps me unexcited, but this is superb! Really nice! Amazing details, clever use of part. The way how you interpret these reliefs is so smart. Great!
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    [MOC] BENDER

    J_C replied to J_C's topic in Special LEGO Themes

    You sound like you think that making renders to presentation is some kind of cheating. And you sound very judgement and critical towards it and my decision to use renders for presentation. I object it quite strongly. BTW: nowadays renders are used everywhere in industry (car catalogues, movie posters, products advertising - more and more of what you consider photos are actually renders. e.g. hollywood film promo: not photos, renders: http://thechive.com/2016/03/31/this-poster-shows-exactly-how-hollywood-is-7-hq-photos/ ) I did digital file ex-post. I did it for instructions (how else could I make them? - I do not like photo instructions - Lego does render instructions too, does that bother you?), and for better presentation results than I can achieve by photography. No need to state it, no need to justify it, because there is nothing wrong with it. I would like to kindly ask you if you can cut this pointless discussion from here and if you have any concern about it, you are welcome to PM me.
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    Look at this: http://brickhello.kinja.com/amazing-alternate-build-vw-beetle-to-caterham-1787518533 I think it is amazing
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    @ Edwin: Coooool!
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    Look at this: http://brickhello.kinja.com/amazing-alternate-build-vw-beetle-to-caterham-1787518533 I think it is amazing
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    How do you move it? Is it structurally strong enough you (and probably few other helpers) lift it?
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    [MOC] BENDER

    J_C replied to J_C's topic in Special LEGO Themes

    Why should I state it? As warning? Are renders offensive? Less valuable? It is obvious those are renders. Those are RENDERBENDERS or BENDERENDERS. Stating the obvious is pointless. I have eternal faith in intelligence of EB visitors. I made ex-post model in LDCad (I do not use LDD - it sucks IMO), otherwise there would be no instructions. Renders are made in completely different software. Why aren't there any pictures of real brick model you may ask? I can't take really nice pictures. I have no studio set up, with background, lights. my hands would be in the pictures. I do not have all the parts in right colours, my Bender is made from any colour that was available and even some of "nonstructural" surface tiles are missing (only few) - I do not have enough of them. Therefore he looks bit prototypish - because he is prototype - chameleon style. I did not want to publish them. Point 5. should have been enough on its own.
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    I can't see any playability at all. Maybe if they redesign it. Add 2-3 minifigs, boat, holder for net drying, fish selling window on the other side, some action, some life. As it is, it is totally static. On the other hand, it is very very beautiful. I truly like it, the way it looks. Its solitary, lonely, sad, forgotten, abandoned atmosphere. I like it. But I thought it would work against it in evaluation. I was wrong. Maybe LEGO thinks there is enough potential to be a set even as shelf queen only.
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