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A lot of "magic" (not included in 2 sets of 42082) will be necessary to stabilize this colossus moaning under its own weight.

Does the yellow gear (located right beneath the white 24t clutch gear) really belong to 42082? Same for the grey (!!!) 20t double bevel gear... What is the carrier supposed to carry? Are there enough (and the right) parts for a proper upper structure?

Is this really the setup from the digital model - with four 36T gears and one 12T gear situated in the same layer and supposed to mesh with each other?

TLG once succeeded in delivering better-looking models - in the 1980s/1990s (at least in terms of colour vomit). I can't remember if we had any problems arising from absence of colour-coding in these days... actually, don't think so. Yes, I know, once there weren't that much different pins, gears and so on as nowadays... but one could trust in the costumers skills and intelligence... or at least make better colour choices than green gears and brown axles (colours which aren't often used in the Technic Universe and so really stick out). @kbalage I really like your videos with your comments on the building stages and well-balanced judgements; always looking forward for news on your YT channel.

Fair enough, but on the other side one shouldn't go so far to claim that blue/red/tan pins, red/yellow axles and green/blue/red/tan gears contribute to an asthetic look for display models. So the question remains... why, TLG???

What I simply don't understand: How can anyone (in the TLG management) think that cartoon-ish multi-coloured gears, pins, axles are appropriate for this pretentious 18+ line with its so-called 'display models'? Same thing with the building instructions, which are rather 4- than 18+... For display models a clean look should be the very first priority. The intellectual level of instructions adding only 2 or 3 parts per page shows what TLG thinks of their adult 18+ customers...

Thank you for understanding and caring about my mental sanity. Strictly speaking, this trick involves third party pieces. I'm not quite sure if it thus conflicts with the Lego purity law... However, I see your recommendation in terms of parts quality.

Pantasy used "IIV" as a 7. It is located between 6 and 8, so I take it to be intended as a 7. Call it what you prefer, I consider this number as wrong.

That makes it even worse, and one is compelled to look at the wrong Roman numbers (without the option to simply not attaching the corresponding sticker). Don't get me wrong: Even as a long-time die-hard fan of TLG I cannot ignore the downfall of their products. However, I couldn't find any pleasure looking at a clock's dial with these flaws in Roman numbers. Call me "Monk", but this kind of ignorance would drive me crazy.

And the Pantasy-7 is rather a false 3 than a proper 7. Doesn't look like a well-designed high-quality product.

If I was able to create such a tiny little beauty, I would have preferred a panel as well. However, I see the advantages of beam stacking: Clear lines, no holes, a smooth surface (superior stability, if this is considered important in this scale and size). Using a 3x7 panel would still need some beams and/or connectors, and so it wouldn't provide that clean look.

Of course it will.

As far as I know, there are even two drivetrains. The one with the white 3L linear clutch (part 46834, 46835 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=46835#T=C) provides the rotation of the rear wheels while they are lifted. It is geared up a bit, so that the rear wheels rotate faster than the front wheels in order to mimic a burn-out/drifting effect. The second drivetrain (sitting below the first one) is more or less fake as it provides only minimum torque via the usual arrangement of (friction?) pins and axle connectors. When the first drivetrain is engaged, both drivetrains even rotate at different speeds.

However, as the german description indicates, the steering works (by tilting) on both axles.

By this historical document, the tracktor has gained some (nearly) true roots from the great 20th century technical progress. What a nice coincidence that this footage could by found in the video vaults just when needed!

The driver looks like a weird scientist or a quirky inventor from a Jules Verne novel. He fits the vehicle very well.

Very good idea! The Z kinematics have given me some sleepless nights (way before 42209). I wonder if there is a better method than trial and error... There must be a way to solve this problem analytically: given the geometry of the bucket and the range of the mini-LAs; with the pivots and the levers' lengths as variables. Does anyone know?

This MOC has become clean by leaving the mockup-state behind and now owns a lot of style, thanks to the gentleman with his hat. Nice idea, full of mechanisms AND creativity. I really like it.

Let's be more generous! The blue pins surely are original Lego, so who cares about the weird green and brown parts and the tyres... Turning to a more serious attitude: Sticking to Lego would be a good measure for a contribution in a Lego forum. There are many reasons... just to mention one of the most striking ones: The challenge is to build MOCs with the somewhat "limited" (over 80,000 parts!) inventory Lego offers. By adding third party parts, the main point gets lost.

I have doubt that the driving rings will engage properly due to the restricted space for the levers.

Nice black-white-lime-yellow-red-blue-orange-turquoise-lbg-dbg color scheme! That surely contributes to the "High-Realism".

42120 is a hovercraft.

When the battery is empty, but the job has to be finished...

Generally, I prefer pure Technic without too much System parts... but I love the bellows of the joysticks (microphone) simply made of 1x1 round plates. The compact drivetrain for the turntable is nice as well with its 1L wormgear and the combination pf 20t-12t double bevel gears meshing directly with the turntable.

This gives new hope that Technic might find its way back to cool functions driven by maaany gears. Very well done, very impressive @R0Sch! The usage of the clutch is something we have seen many times whenever to axles are routed through one turntable. But I think we never saw a 8t gear meshing with a 28t gear in an official set, did we?