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He also made a 4 Player version! I saw this YT channel before, he has some interesting massive builds.

@Lukes_Brick_Studio Thanks for the pic. I can see your problem. Not really an ideal solution tho as the bar in the cross hole will introduce friction in the suspension.

I think lubing up LEGO components isn't something a lot of people do. It's not unheard of, but I think it isn't necessary outside of high power MOC applications.

Is that wheel hub fixed in place using a Bar inside 1/4 Bushes? I have never seen that. What's the advantage of that?

Tractors arn't really my intrest, but I do think it looks well made and pretty cute! The kind of tractor you would find in a children's book Steering systems on these machines are always so weird as a supercar builder... I can think of a great number of piston powered vehicles that I think are more elegant than this tho But taste is different and that's okay. Also, can you please tell me the part number of the round pieces used for the rear wheel mudguards? Thank you!

@efferman Wow you did a great job! Looks very promising.

@efferman please do. I had the Idea, but I don't have the needed skills to turn it into an actual design. Thank you

@brunojj1 well yeah just put the slot on the orange rotating piece and the knob to slide inside on the ring selectors. That can't be patented anymore bacause it already exists this way:

I thought to patent an idea it had to be new? The mechanism in question basically works the same as this: (Part of motorcycle transmission)

The overall shape is really good! And I like the way the 2 bugy motors are mounted to a single balljoint. Well done! Only the headlights totally ruin it for me... Looks like a really big pair of glasses, and pretty stupid if I am honest . Did you try to mount a 3 wide Trans-clear radar dish? should look a lot better that this.

It is a recognizable model. But I don't think it is as good as it could be. The overall shape is nice, but the bodywork is not clean. There are a lot of holes, open liftarm sides and some flex axles just hangin around without being properly fixed in place. Sorry.

@howitzer You're probably right in a few points. If TLG really is evening out prices in Europe we'll have to expect raising prices for a lot of other LEGO sets, and in other coutries too. Otherwise this makes no sense. Yeah or people might start to pay rent or other unneccary expenses

Well despite the material shortages wichich have been going on since a goog while 2020 TLG made 19% more profit that year, so I think raising the prices is not really needed. TLG increased their profit due to covid, so raising the prices for that reason is kind of a joke

@LvdH Yes, that's what the author of the article is guessing the reason is. I did not comment on the reason because I don't know for sure. Evening out prices by raising the prices for 30 seemingly random sets in Germany only doesn't make sense to me. All I see is that the list contains a lot of sets that A) are popular/flagships and/or B) had prices that seemed not that bad compared to other LEGO sets (like the tow truck for example). But that's just me. I don't care either way, as don't buy any complete sets from denmark, period.

LEGO will crank up prices even furter in Europe starting january 2022. Not only technic, but these technic sets have been confirmed: LEGO Technic 42110 Land Rover Defender 179,99€ NEU: 199,99€ LEGO Technic 42115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 379,99€ NEU 399,99€ LEGO Technic 42128 Schwerlast-Abschleppwagen 149,99€ NEU: 169,99€ LEGO Technic 42114 Knickgelenkter Volvo-Dumper (6×6) 249,99€ NEU: 259,99€ You can check the whole list HERE.

Have you tested that slide-out mechanism for the car with real bricks? I feel like it could cause some problems being only powered in the rear and suspended quite flexible

Very unique bricks! I have seen them on Bricklink before, but never got what they are used for. I won't be using them tho. No wonder those break, they went out of production before I was even born

So your 18 wheeler will will have 20 wheels now, alright then. No suprise there I guess. All i was saying was to try to figure out problems by yourself instead of calling for help right away. This is a forum for adults, so that much should be expected. Not doing so can lead to an embarassing situation like this. All I did was to point that out, you made yourself look bad all on your own.

How did this even happen? You assembled 18 tires wrong and wern't able to figure out the problem yourself, even though the side of the tire is obviously not in the correct place on the rim? I suggest using your own eyes and judgement trying to figure out a problem yourself next time instead of asking for help right away. @syclone you have my respects for your patience.

For official models I don't care as I don't build those. But for my MOCs slot orientation matters in some places because the middle slot is useful for pulling out a 3L pin with a small tool. (Some other brands also have pins that grip stronger than LEGO pins, and it can be hard to pull a 3L pin with your fingers if you can't really grip well)

@piterx you might wanna edit your signature. Seing that dumb "Tinypic image no longer available" image really doesn't help anybody

I don't think so. The weird colors you find inside have often be used in Sets from other themes, and I suspect part of why they do it is to make setting up production worth it by producing more and then dumping them inside other sets.

Thank you for the explanation @allanp! I think it would be a good idea to add some rubber dampers where the arm hits the frame to prevent damage when he hammer doesn't hit anything.

@Maaboo35 Yeah I am sure the designers could do a lot better if they had more freedom. Color vomit is something introduced by the management too I am sure.

How does the connection of the rear axle inside those 5x11 frames work? Looks to me like something that can't go together efen before it can't come apart, but I could be wrong of course