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Sure. Providing such information is up to the honesty of the MOCer/reviewer. Taking your objection seriously: Have we ever heard directly from TLG that some function in an official set doesn't work reliably....???

Just two cents: MOCs are the avant-garde and made by lay or more or less educated amateur enthusiasts in their leisure time. So we might tolerate functions which fail in some attempts. (At best, this marks the basis for further development by the very same or another MOCs.) In contrast, LEGO is a world-wide operating multi-billion Dollar company which sells their half-baked products for astronomous prices. So we should be (regardless if we really purchased the set or if we are mere observers/potential customers) entitled to, at least, expect flawless operating functions. (... as the number of functions decreases and a detachable seven-parts rear light is traded as a "function" (set 11380, racing bike) - but that's another topic...)

What an elegant and tasteful black-blue-black-red-black-yellow-black-tan-black-darktan-brown-black-pearlgold-black-orange-black-reddishorange-lightbluishgrey-black-darkbluishgrey-black-azur-black-green-black colour scheme! Have to compare this with the original car immediately...

It's easy to be gentle in this case: This is the type of crane the official set should have initially. It's a pity that there are no holds barred for TLG to save costs concerning parts and development.

You mean shorter (not longer), I guess...?

This is an idea with some potential. However, I wouldn't rely on the assumption that there will be much demand for an offer like this. Keep up the good work, create, refine and advance!

@nico71 Merci beaucoup for your answers. It's always instructive to learn how other MOCer design and build their MOCs, especially the alternate models with their limited inventory. With the new image, we can truly appreciate how the three drivetrains go into the boom while staying steadily fully functional. What I like most about your Unimog is that the levers for all of the changeover catches are assembled in one place - not scattered all over the vehicle like it is the case in some other MOCs and even official sets. This collocation increases playability (and design load ;-) ).

Is there a B-model for the big car? Seriously: This 200.000+ parts monstrosity with its steel cage is the peak of pointlessness and decadence. For all who wondered where TLG's ambition, engineering effort and development budget (even if it's called marketing budget) go... now we know.

Wow, this alternate is - once again! - really impressive! You used all five changeoves catches despite the set contains only four levers, and you found a great solution to control all of them. 1.) I've spotted the 20t idle gear which is located in the fake engine geartrain. ;-) 2.) Can you please show how you managed to route the three drivetrains through the articulation of the boom? The view is a bit obstructed by the tons of gears. 3.) How do you build alternate models, espacially concerning the iterations in the building process? Do you use two or more copies of the set (42082) or a similar set of parts for proceeding from one WIP stage to the next?

As far as I know, Euclidean geometry holds in the LEGO world to the very same extend as in the rest of the world.

The positioning of the shock absorbers inside the chassis is very cool. I hope you will manage to keep this feature in the final MOC. Your current progress shows that it is not that easy to recrate a tube chassis with all its connections and angles with Technic, let alone building it in a way that it serves structural integrity and stability.

So you are reviewing your own little MOCs and praise them to the skies. That's an unusual occupation.

Seems quite plausible to me... I imagine the situation as follows: Designer: "We need a new gear... let's make it black so that it will blend in as much sets as possible without standing out or disturbing too much. LEGO fans will like it for its inconspicuousness and versatily." Management (choking and shaking the unicorn): "We've got an even better idea..."

The complaint about the blue pneumatic hose is not justified. In the original set all hoses were grey and black, respectively. Blue hoses were introduced later by TLG. Concerning the other question about the hoses: Yes, the set contained about 1 m extra hose, so that one could use it for the b-model or other purposes. Mine has been waiting for 34 years now... (though I built the legendary b-model once...)

Instead of special parts or printed tiles we better should expect some cheap stickers as a gift for celebrating Technic's 50th anniversary. No worries, they will peel themselves off automatically before the 55th anniversary will take place. Slowly the Technic line gets as old as its main target group...