Jim

The Pirates theme is indeed awesome!! However, for the regular themes we tend to keep it simple hehe. What we basically need is just a banner to work with. I will send you a PM shortly to discuss some stuff.

Thanks! I was about to suggest a new title. The previous one was needlessly offensive.

People tend to like a model better if it’s branded or when it’s a replica of a “Porsche” for example.

Don’t mention the brand. That’s why we had the no licensed clause to begin with. We abandoned the rule but I prefer not building explicily branded stuff.

For your information. I am planning on turning off the obtrusive header and footer Ads in January. We are also planning on upgrading the board at the end of January. This will include moving to a new hosting provider. So bear with us for a few weeks and we will be rid of the Ads. We are also looking into Patreon etc.

Nope, sorry about that.

Can we please just make a Clock or something NO things that are related to vehicles. This contest is about making something else. Don't even think about trains, trailers, etc.

Your original images aren't displayed properly. Or is it just me? Can you fix them?

I am okay with that. Kinetic animals/sculptures is a difficult one for this contest. But I think it would be kinda cheating to put an animal on a base and call it static.

Good question Damn, you are making this hard Let's steer clear of biological entries or entries that mimic biological entities.

I have been thinking about this and I do think we can allow "robotic arm" like models.

Yes, I think it does violate the no animal rule.

Okay, here is what I would like to do. Let's go for: NON-VEHICLE/NON-ANIMAL STATIC MODEL. So no walkers etc. By static I mean it does not have a form of movement as the result of an engine. You can build an engine though. Agreed! I will alter the rules accordingly. I have seen your MOC before btw. Awesome creation! I have altered the rules. My apologies to the people who already started to build something, but I think these changes make sense: DESCRIPTION Build something that is not a vehicle, having some interesting functions or mechanics. Animals are not allowed (we will save that for another contest). You can build machinery and mechanical stuff etc. As long as it's not a vehicle. Furthermore, the model should be a static model, so you can't build models that are able to move itself from location A to location B using an engine. Vehicle: A thing used for transporting people or goods, such as a car, plane, truck, etc NOT ALLOWED Animals Walkers Drones GBC

I don't mind changing that rule, but I am not sure whether people are already building animals. Please respond if you object to ruling out animals. Otherwise I can alter the rules.

We are lenient when it comes to hoses, so you are good. That's why we won't allow it hehe. Just kidding of course. What we are trying to avoid is people making a fantastic System built model, with some Technic functions. The emphasis will be on the design of the model, instead of the mechanics. I do agree that for this contest it might be different. I would like to know other people's opinions on this matter.

We can creatte a dark theme which won’t affect the Pirates theme. We simply can make a separate theme.

We have never enforced illegal building techniques. That is true. But you make it sound like all models are always full of that? Is that the case? To be honest; I don’t really mind. The jury will decide whether they like that or not. No trailers.

I might take you up on that. We are always looking for people to help out. We will be upgrading the forum software next year and we were planning to change the main header as well. If we can create a light and dark mode version that would be great. Any html/css skills? Or just Photoshop?

I don’t care how you get them in place. We’re not going through an elaborate inspection process.

No rollercoasters. No illegal building techniques.

This comes to mind. It feels like your example is still some sort of moving vehicle/model. We are aiming at household appliances, animals, mechanical contraptions etc. We should probably aim for something stationary, except when it's an animal.

Let's not do GBC. I will include it in the list. We had a separate contest for that.

Don't worry about stuff like that. The non-licensed rule was predominantly introduced to avoid people making branded vehicles which would be rated higher. So, nothing to worry about.

Not sure why the non-licensed part would affect your list. Non-licensed means you cannot brand a car as being a Porsche or something (in case of a car competition). You can still build a Porsche like model. Just like a VTOL Helicopter vs an Osprey.

I removed the non licensed part from the rules. You don't need to worry about copyrights if you are building a model for this contest. It's not like you are selling a product.