Jim

True, but being able to choose between some sets, makes the contest more accessible, which means more contestants.

I think medium sized is indeed best. This set is awesome for C-models, but that's already been done by Rebrickable. How about "any set with a part count less than 500"? Or a selection of predefined sets?

Big doesn't necessarily means better. All depends on how you judge an entry. Although I understand the sentiment of having more (or better) parts to work with.

We will definitely do one or more C-model contests in the future. Would it be an idea to let the builder decide which set to use? So everyone is free to choose their own set? The reason we are not allowing digital entries is because digital building should be an aid, instead of an end product. Historically it's because there's no way of telling whether a digital model would work as a real model. I have added a poll question about digital building.

Thanks Boney! I care Nice stats!!

Wow, you really keep the great MOCs coming! The color scheme is outstanding. Nice touch, using the dishes inside the tyre/rim. Nice pictures too!! I love this one:

Looking at the number of voters, I think the one week period was sufficient.

That's indeed pretty cool! I will add that to my voting software next time

That's exactly why we need a running contest at all times It simply adds so much value to the community.

The Technic Mini Build Contest has ended. Congratulations to the winners! Check out the full results and other stats in the Technic Forum. Menck Cable Bucket Excavator by Doc_Brown. Retro Car by super-jaschka Grand Prix Racer by Jeroen Ottens

TECHNIC MINI BUILD CONTEST - RESULTS First of all I would like to thank all contestants for joining this great competition. You have shown the community some outstanding MOCs!! Voting proved to be very hard. Unfortunately I had to disqualify the Specialized Mountain Bike because it wasn't a new MOC. My apologies for not having disqualified the entry before the voting. It was clearly stated in his topic, but I have somehow missed the intro text I have manually checked all new members (who joined after the start date) and they all seem to be legit. Furthermore, the Top 3 outcome would not have been different. So I have decided to whitelist all new members. Without further ado I hereby present to you the winning entries! 1st Menck Cable Bucket Excavator by Doc_Brown. After last contest's Silver medal, Doc has earned his first Gold medal with his marvelous Excavator. Congratulations! 2nd Retro Car by super-jaschka This car is so exquisite, that I wouldn't be surprised if TLG knocked on your door 3rd Grand Prix Racer by Jeroen Ottens A wonderful interpretation of what the Mini Grand Prix Racer could look like as an official set I will contact the winners via PM to handle their prizes. CONTEST INFORMATION Name: Technic Mini Build Contest Start Date: 06-06-2014 Entries: 57 Valid voters: 146 Total points: 2920 Members participating (building and/or voting): 179 WINNERS 1. Menck Cable Bucket Excavator - 329 Points (80 votes) Doc_Brown (entry 31) 2. Retro Car - 248 Points (68 votes) super-jaschka (entry 29) 3. Grand Prix Racer - 178 Points (54 votes) Jeroen Ottens (entry 22) CONTEST RESULTS 1. Menck Cable Bucket Excavator - 329 Points (80 votes) Doc_Brown (entry 31) 2. Retro Car - 248 Points (68 votes) super-jaschka (entry 29) 3. Specialized Mountain Bike - 192 Points (64 votes) Mehley (entry 46) disqualified! 4. Grand Prix Racer - 178 Points (54 votes) Jeroen Ottens (entry 22) 5. P199 Wheel Loader - 137 Points (43 votes) jorgeopesi (entry 3) 6. Ladybird - 137 Points (44 votes) hrontos (entry 21) 7. Tumbler - 129 Points (43 votes) Zblj (entry 19) 8. Yota Rig (Toyota Land Cruiser J40) - 127 Points (37 votes) rm8 (entry 52) 9. Lawn Mower - 116 Points (33 votes) Eraman (entry 9) 10. Combine Harvester - 90 Points (36 votes) nikolyakov (entry 16) 11. Digger - 87 Points (29 votes) allanp (entry 6) 12. Street Sweeper - 75 Points (30 votes) dhc6twinotter (entry 26) 13. Silly Fat Penguin - 75 Points (30 votes) Thirdwigg (entry 42) 14. Heli-Launcher - 71 Points (20 votes) desert752 (entry 13) 15. ATV - 65 Points (24 votes) Victor Kojenov (entry 5) 16. Submarine - 62 Points (25 votes) Mbmc (entry 40) 17. Mini Robot (8852) - 56 Points (25 votes) barman (entry 41) 18. 5200X - Robot Arm - 49 Points (19 votes) Bzroom (entry 55) 19. Dragon - 47 Points (17 votes) viracocha (entry 2) 20. Garbage Truck - 40 Points (23 votes) erelender (entry 7) 21. MINI - 39 Points (13 votes) Seasider (entry 25) 22. Truck with Trailer and Wheel Loader - 37 Points (14 votes) Appie (entry 1) 23. V2 Moto - 37 Points (15 votes) gsia17 (entry 38) 24. Supercar - 36 Points (13 votes) Erik Leppen (entry 24) 25. Tilt Rotor Aircraft - 35 Points (15 votes) Cumulonimbus (entry 35) 26. Tucker-Terra Sno-Cat - 35 Points (18 votes) Pvdb (entry 54) 27. Service Truck - 34 Points (14 votes) CharlieBravo (entry 8) 28. Small Forklift - 32 Points (13 votes) kennywest (entry 39) 29. Deep Sea Expedition Ship - 30 Points (12 votes) Gabor (entry 33) 30. Dusty Plane - 25 Points (13 votes) blaz62 (entry 28) 31. Water Plane - 23 Points (11 votes) Polo-Freak (entry 51) 32. Pneumatic Wheel Log Grab Excavator - 20 Points (8 votes) ms09 (entry 14) 33. Front Loader - 20 Points (7 votes) Wiseman_2 (entry 27) 34. Hotrod - 20 Points (2 votes) pint14 (entry 45) 35. Muscle Car - 19 Points (5 votes) tibivi (entry 32) 36. Crop Duster - 18 Points (7 votes) Captainowie (entry 11) 37. Tomo Vinkovic TV-420 Tractor - 18 Points (9 votes) Diablo5 (entry 18) 38. Quad Bike - 18 Points (6 votes) piterx (entry 57) 39. Offroad Trike - 14 Points (7 votes) cgg199 (entry 56) 40. Cargo Plane - 13 Points (8 votes) Omikron (entry 12) 41. Astromech - 12 Points (4 votes) VMLN8R (entry 47) 42. Forklift Truck - 11 Points (5 votes) wb3913 (entry 44) 43. Mobile Crane - 9 Points (5 votes) deehtha (entry 53) 44. Bulldozer - 8 Points (4 votes) dickylaban (entry 23) 45. Buggy - 8 Points (4 votes) becang (entry 49) 46. Wheelbarrow - 7 Points (5 votes) legosamigos (entry 10) 47. Mini Flatbed Truck (8109) - 7 Points (6 votes) captainmib (entry 20) 48. Mini Container Truck (8052) - 7 Points (5 votes) Mark275 (entry 50) 49. Port Crane - 6 Points (2 votes) mdbz (entry 43) 50. Front Loader - 4 Points (3 votes) msx80 (entry 15) 51. Komatsu 931.1 - 3 Points (3 votes) LegoMathijs (entry 34) 52. Norwegian Yak Shredder - 2 Points (1 votes) cowinacan (entry 48) 53. Trial Truck - 1 Points (1 votes) Rockbrick (entry 4) 54. Hubless Bike - 1 Points (1 votes) dmitryq (entry 36) 55. Telescopic Handler - 1 Points (1 votes) PeterZeppelin (entry 37) 56. Airplane - 0 Points (0 votes) veryhappy (entry 17) 57. Space Patrol Vehicle - 0 Points (0 votes) CNT2 (entry 30) Total Points: 2920 VALID VOTERS 1. _Cookie_ (Joined: 29-06-2014) *explicit permission for voting 2. 2-Cold_Technica (Joined: 12-03-2014) 3. Alasdair Ryan (Joined: 22-11-2009) 4. allanp (Joined: 15-09-2006) 5. aminnich (Joined: 13-06-2013) 6. aol000xw (Joined: 13-08-2013) 7. Appie (Joined: 21-04-2014) 8. arik (Joined: 16-07-2013) 9. Automaton (Joined: 21-04-2014) 10. AVCampos (Joined: 10-06-2010) 11. Balrog (Joined: 09-06-2010) 12. barman (Joined: 28-11-2011) 13. bjorkan (Joined: 06-07-2013) 14. Blakbird (Joined: 09-11-2007) 15. Boulderer (Joined: 23-07-2014) *explicit permission for voting 16. CamelBoy68 (Joined: 21-06-2010) 17. Captain America fan 1 (Joined: 13-04-2014) 18. captainmib (Joined: 06-08-2011) 19. Captainowie (Joined: 15-03-2014) 20. cgg199 (Joined: 11-07-2012) 21. Chapachuk (Joined: 01-10-2013) 22. CharlieBravo (Joined: 13-07-2014) *explicit permission for voting 23. chi65 (Joined: 09-01-2011) 24. CHNIC (Joined: 14-12-2013) 25. CNT2 (Joined: 13-05-2014) 26. codefox421 (Joined: 19-09-2013) 27. Commissioner Gordon (Joined: 29-08-2013) 28. Crazy Packers Fan (Joined: 29-06-2014) *explicit permission for voting 29. Cumulonimbus (Joined: 06-06-2011) 30. demitri (Joined: 22-09-2013) 31. dhc6twinotter (Joined: 02-05-2010) 32. Diablo5 (Joined: 18-07-2014) *explicit permission for voting 33. dokludi (Joined: 01-06-2011) 34. Dornbi (Joined: 11-03-2012) 35. Drizzt (Joined: 06-06-2014) *explicit permission for voting 36. dropship (Joined: 02-07-2014) *explicit permission for voting 37. erelender (Joined: 10-06-2014) *explicit permission for voting 38. Erik Leppen (Joined: 07-09-2009) 39. Error404 (Joined: 28-04-2013) 40. eurotrash (Joined: 30-01-2012) 41. filsawgood (Joined: 13-05-2014) 42. Fissl (Joined: 29-01-2014) 43. Freekysch (Joined: 20-08-2011) 44. fresko (Joined: 17-02-2013) 45. Galaktek (Joined: 23-01-2013) 46. Gene (Joined: 09-09-2012) 47. gmshades (Joined: 19-04-2011) 48. GoldVillage (Joined: 04-12-2013) 49. Good old Lego builder (Joined: 08-07-2011) 50. GregoryBrick (Joined: 20-11-2012) 51. grum64 (Joined: 15-03-2011) 52. Gzzig (Joined: 18-11-2013) 53. Henrik Ludvigsen (Joined: 07-03-2012) 54. Horace T (Joined: 11-12-2012) 55. Hoth-Wampa (Joined: 12-05-2014) 56. hrontos (Joined: 05-08-2011) 57. imajor (Joined: 23-08-2010) 58. imurvai (Joined: 26-12-2012) 59. JackQuinn1995 (Joined: 24-01-2014) 60. jantjeuh (Joined: 17-09-2010) 61. Jarren (Joined: 26-05-2014) 62. JGW3000 (Joined: 17-11-2013) 63. Jim (Joined: 27-07-2011) 64. 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No problem, it's a minor inconvenience for me. It's too bad that some of the votes ended up being useless and therefor influencing the outcome of the contest. On the other hand; the outcome is pretty clear, so I don't think it would have mattered. I have somehow missed the topic and I haven't read the intro text

The rear suspension and ride height control is magnificent. Suicide doors, hidable license plate, working door handles and.....mirror dice The turn signals are very neat. And I love the fake fuel tank and chrome strips in the cargo area. Amazing MOC I am glad you joined Eurobricks. Can't wait to see more of your work

After some more consideration I think it's better to use the existing votes and disqualify the bike. Otherwise some of you have changed their votes and other haven't. So I have closed the topic and I will use the unaltered votes.

Voting closed!

I must have missed that :( Yes sir! What Seasider said

Some rules I can bend, but this is just plain wrong!! Nice find. I will disqualify the entry later today (when closing the contest). You can alter your votes, which means I have to copy and paste all the votes again :( You did the right thing!

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I have updated the first post with some information.

The price point is very interesting, so for educational purposes this can be great. Other than that I don't see this as a real competitor for Mindstorms.

Klingon is my second language

True that Remember I am from The Netherlands, so I will support the comma separator by default

Thanks for your reply Lénárd. Great to hear that you have chosen the stair-top design, even if this mean a higher financial risk. At first I wasn't sure whether the stair-top design is better, but after some more consideration it's clear that being able to route the wires at the same side is a great benefit. We will keep supporting your project till the last minute

I can tell you.....there's a forum section for that