Jim

Nice! I've got a half one in black (Just the cockpit and front section. Never finished it.)

I know it's a WIP and all, but could you take some better pictures? Especially of the entire model. It's hard to see this way.

Nice one! Although I agree that the arm does look a bit strange. Can you link the LFX file?

Hi Dooftastic, Welcome to Technic! The 9396 is one of my favorites. Great set! I almost never built the B-models, until recently. I joined the Reviewers Academy, so will be building more of the B-models. I have a computer on my dining room table, where I build most of the time. So I never print instructions. This works fine for me.

I thought you already had the instructions. Take a look at this article: http://robotsquare.com/2013/10/01/education-ev3-45544-instruction/ It's not allowed to share the programs (yet) so I can't help you with that.

FAQ Which set should I buy? These questions belong in this topic: Technic which set should I buy?. Please do not make a new topic for these kind of questions! Thanks! Where can I get information about Technic sets? For the general information (year of release, part count, price etc.) you can just use www.brickset.com. For a more in depth look at the Technic sets, www.technicopedia.com is a great place to take a look (although it isn't complete yet). Is my 8043 Motorized Excavator the new or the old version? The best way to check this, is to look at the code that's written on the linear actuator. You can read more about this here, here and here. I'm stuck while building my Technic MOC. Where can I get help? You can ask for help in this topic. What is GBC? GBC stands for Great Ball Contraption. It is a machine that can transport balls in any way possible. Often, multiple of these machines are put together to form a large contraption.

Hi d2mac! Welcome to EB! Nice to see another EV3 Enthusiast I haven't built the puppy yet, so I can't tell you exactly which parts you need extra. You could follow the building guide and look at the part list of the kit you are getting. It's a bit cumbersome, but you can deduct which parts you are missing. Or you could just buy the parts in the educational set. Not sure whether you are familiar with Bricklink, but here's the inventory for the Educational Kit: http://www.bricklink...v.asp?S=45544-1 You can compare the list with the inventory of the normal set. You can also take a look at this article on Robotsquare. Laurens did a pretty decent job explaining the differences: http://robotsquare.c...-education-ev3/ This article might be interesting as well: http://bricks.stacke...ducational-sets By the way; there's a Mindstorms General Discussion topic which you can use for these kind of questions. I will be merging this topic shortly.

That's truly impressive!

Hi Pal, Thanks for the LDD files! (Please use English instead of Dutch)

The one with 6 holes is the newer version. There's a separate thread on this topic. I would have to look it up. New rims got introduced with the 42000 Grand Prix Racer, if I'm not mistaken.

No problem at all. Asking questions isn't a bad thing. And I do think it's a valid question! But it's the kind of question you can easily post in the General Discussion topic. Or in this topic of course

I have merged your question with your own topic, so you can have your own general conversation here. We like to keep the number of generic topics limited. Consider this your own topic and feel free to ask away! I have changed the topic as well When the time's right we can upgrade the title Obviously, you can also use the Technic General Discussion Topic to ask generic questions.

Yup! Moving this topic.

I've considered using those, but they are so ugly!! It might be a good solution. Although people probably can't resist to click To be short; I will publish the results the way that the majority thinks is best.

I will take this into consideration and discuss it in the evaluation topic. Thanks. (my girlfriend made the same remark btw) Personally I think it's cool to be able to see where you've ended, even though this can be a bit harsh. On the other hand; it might discourage people to join a contest again.

Hmmm strange unexplained phenomena For next year I hope to organize 3 bi-monthly theme periods and 3 contests.

I'm aiming at end of February, March.

Nice to hear you appreciated this approach and even got interested in visiting the Technic forum

Nothing ever gets deleted on EB They will be Unpinned, but the topics will be accessible via the Technic Index! Thanks for the nice compliments guys! It surely took some time, but having these great members with great entries is awesome! And at the end of the day, all it takes are some well placed compliments to keep motivated, so thanks again The voting software is working pretty well, so that's covered. I will open an evaluation topic shortly in which we can discuss improvements for next contest. I am also drawing up an inventory on possible ways to gather prizes. Exactly my thoughts! From the moment I saw the first Wind-up Insect, I knew this was a winner! Then the Lifestyle Machines came. Very original too, and well executed. Who things of stuff like this?! The Quad and Water Scooter aren't as original as the previous entries, but Piterx made them so darn good, it's ridiculous! And let's not forget, like some others, Lipko and PiterX went the extra mile with their presentation! Presentation is key in a contest. Well done

I have written a piece of software which generates these results, so why not share them. You can see which votes where not eligible and it's nice to have some statistics (imho).

You did pretty well, but like you said....there were some pretty awesome entries to beat. By the way; are any of you interested in the list with valid voters or do you think it's just waste of space?

The votes have been counted, so here are the results! 1ST PRIZE Wind-up Insects - by Lipko 2ND PRIZE Lifestyle Machines - by Doc_Brown 3RD PRIZE Lifeguard Vehicles - by Piterx Congratulations to all prize winners!! And thumbs up for all participants. Check out the full results in the Technic Forum!

TECHNIC TRIPLE BUILD CONTEST RESULTS 1ST PRIZE Wind-up Insects - by Lipko 8110 Unimog or 9398 4x4 Crawler 2ND PRIZE Lifestyle Machines - by Doc_Brown 42000 Grand Prix Racer or 42008 Service Truck 3RD PRIZE Lifeguard Vehicles - by Piterx 42004 Mini Backhoe Loader or 42007 Motor Cross Bike CONTEST INFORMATION Name: Technic Triple Build Contest Start Date: 08-10-2013 Entries: 32 Valid voters: 134 Total points: 1340 Members participating (joining or voting): 154 Information Topic (views/replies): 19317 / 331 Entry Topic (views/replies): 6387 / 35 Voting Topic (views/replies): 5024 / 148 CONTEST RESULTS 1. Wind-up Insects - 211 Points (74 votes) Lipko (entry 14) 2. Lifestyle Machines - 177 Points (68 votes) Doc_Brown (entry 23) 3. Lifeguard Vehicles - 167 Points (65 votes) piterx (entry 22) 4. Track Symphony - 132 Points (54 votes) desert752 (entry 4) 5. Let's go Gliding - 88 Points (39 votes) Seasider (entry 11) 6. Deep Sea Exploration - 71 Points (34 votes) Nequmodiva (entry 2) 7. Factory Line - 63 Points (30 votes) Omikron (entry 8) 8. Dark Side of Power - 63 Points (27 votes) gsia17 (entry 13) 9. Tractor, Trailer and Combine Harvester - 43 Points (21 votes) skppo (entry 17) 10. Road Work - 42 Points (27 votes) dr_spock (entry 9) 11. Sod Farm - 37 Points (20 votes) Thirdwigg (entry 10) 12. Arctic Explorer - 37 Points (20 votes) Victor Kojenov (TFOL) (entry 20) 13. Harvest Time - 29 Points (17 votes) gmshades (entry 5) 14. Terminator 5 Workout - 29 Points (15 votes) Milan (entry 27) 15. Snow is Coming - 28 Points (15 votes) _techniclego55_ (entry 18) 16. Truck, Loader and Conveyor-Thingy - 25 Points (15 votes) D3K (entry 31) 17. Old School Triple - 20 Points (13 votes) Nike 2101 (entry 7) 18. Logging Truck Triple - 14 Points (7 votes) Tech-nick (entry 30) 19. Mini Loaders Team - 11 Points (7 votes) DLegoT (entry 29) 20. Tractors - 10 Points (7 votes) That_LEGO_Guy (entry 12) 21. SUV with Trailer and Boat - 9 Points (3 votes) Creators (entry 19) 22. Woodworkers - 7 Points (3 votes) Alasdair Ryan (entry 1) 23. Aircraft Past, Present and Future - 6 Points (3 votes) apemax (entry 16) 24. Wind Turbine Construction Team - 6 Points (2 votes) MrNumbskull13 (entry 21) 25. Steam Engine - 5 Points (4 votes) majorna (entry 3) 26. Cover Up - 4 Points (3 votes) Zblj (entry 6) 27. R.U.D.O.L.F. - 3 Points (3 votes) Merlin (entry 15) 28. Cement Mixer, Crane and Dump Truck - 1 Points (1 votes) SpaceSoccer (entry 25) 29. Railways Snow Plow Rescue - 1 Points (1 votes) DenisG (entry 28) 30. Forage Harvester and Tractor - 1 Points (1 votes) TechnicHead41 (entry 32) 31. Swingwing Trailer and Truck - 0 Points (0 votes) Saberwing40k (entry 24) 32. At the Quarry - 0 Points (0 votes) weavil (entry 26) Total points: 1340 VALID VOTERS 1. _techniclego55_ (Joined: 04-02-2012) 2. Alasdair Ryan (Joined: 22-11-2009) 3. allanp (Joined: 15-09-2006) 4. aol000xw (Joined: 13-08-2013) 5. apemax (Joined: 27-10-2010) 6. arik (Joined: 16-07-2013) 7. 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E2nO - Did not allot all 10 points 2. mrlegoman - Did not allot all 10 points 3. ultron32 - Did not allot all 10 points 4. HDHell - Exceeded maximum of 5 points per entry 5. tskyyc - Exceeded maximum of 5 points per entry 6. imvanya - Voted multiple times in different posts 7. Bison - Joined date after contest start date 8. KAKTyC - Joined date after contest start date I would to thank all particpants and voters for making this great contest happen! Congratulations to all prize winners! And compliments for the runners up. I will contact the prize winners tomorrow via PM to arrange the prizes Jim

That's a nice page you've got there! Added it to the useful websites in the Technic Index. If you don't mind of course