Jim

Sure. I have frontpaged the topic.

Like I said; there are worse things in life. And yes, maybe I will keep photographing the sets I build and come up with a new review format, with just the pics and a short summary at the end. At that time I probably won't be able to provide any useful insights, except for sharing my building experience. We'll see what the future brings.

You can already start building hehe. All jokes aside; the renovation is taking up more time than anticipated this week, so I haven't had much time in the evening. To top if off we had some unexpected (isn't it always?!) water damage (but let's not go off-topic). Since we were aiming for a small contest, you can already start thinking about "construction equipment in 10.000 CS".

Hi. This is a very old topic (2017). Please don't bump (as we call it) old topic, unless you have useful information to add. You will learn the basic forum rules soon enough hehe

Maybe I will go for a solution like this. Two of these are easy to store and they might do the trick: https://www.coolblue.nl/product/881012/lume-cube-broadcast-lighting-kit.html Slighty bigger, but still storable: https://www.coolblue.nl/product/891874/bresser-br-2250-led-striplight-daglichtset.html

Thanks buddy! I'm glad we still have some EB origins at the top of the Youtube reviewing world I still have the stands for the lights, so all I need is a removable backdrop. I'm sure I will figure something out when that special occasion arises (and I still need to shoot all my MOCs hehe)

Exactly. And yes, it was a bummer to hear, but let's be honest (without starting political debate); compared to all the other things going on the world, this is not something to complain about. Being in good health with your loved ones and being able to do the things you love is way more important than being left out of embargoed reviews. You gotta keep things in perspective, something people tend to forget sometimes.

Since this is more a Technic building related question, I will move this to the Technic forum.

Lol, that keeps hunting me for the rest of my life. The one that got away Thanks! Thanks mate! I do see a parallel with movie critics. They don't seem to be in it to enjoy the movie. They seem to be in it to find flaws and imperfections. That is certainly one way to look at it, but I prefer to reflect the enjoyment I got out of building the set. At the end of the day, that's the reason I actually buy LEGO.

No worries mate.

Hi. Please be careful with quoting an entire post with images. That is frowned upon. Please remove the images or quote a single image if you are highlighting something. I will correct the post. Thanks Exactly. No more excuses. Time to use those 500k (or more?) pieces Thanks Thorsten. I always appreciate your insights and opinion. It's a long story with a lot of discussion, but the way TLG brought it was more upsetting than the actual cancelation itself. For a multi billion dollar company, they sometimes run things like the one man grocery store around the corner. But I don't want to go down that road. The road that was paved with good intentions Anyway, like my reviews, I tend to approach life with a positive vibe, so I will have more time to put in EB. And maybe we can come up with cool stuff to do. Other forums have themed games, so maybe we can start something similar. Or a series of short contests with a combined theme. Whatever comes to mind. TLG is know for borrowing ideas and stuff (that is weird though) Exactly. I know LEGO needs to share time with my other hobbies and activities so LEGO has its ups and downs, but usually LEGO time is for reviews. Now that I have more time, I can use the LEGO slot to build stuff New room, new vibes, new spirit to finally get that robot facility off the ground. I will be doing a SBrick Light "review" when I have my LEGO back btw. And I promomised @Timorzelorzworz that I would do a review of his fantastic 42129 C-model. But I am not sure when (and if) I can do the latter. I will contact him about that.

Hi. Please be careful with quoting an entire post with images. That is frowned upon. Please remove the images or quote a single image if you are highlighting something. Thanks

Hi. Don’t use the button to insert images. Simply go to Flickr, select a picture, go to Show all sizes (right bottom corner), select 1024 wide, right click and select “Copy image adress” and paste in your post.

Yeah, the title is a bit too dramatic. I was aware of that. I have been doing reviews for nearly ten years and I didn't have as much fun doing them recently as I did in the past. Of course there's is always the benefit of getting a CAT for free, which sounds awesome (and it is). But writing such a review takes up a couple of weeks, which feels like work. I need less deadlines in my life, instead of more (and recently we were lucky to receive the set two weeks before the embargo, which makes writing a review a burden instead of a fun activity) So yeah, I am definitely in peace with it and it was about to happen sooner or later. In this case, the choice was made for me hehe. But I do feel sorry for other EB reviewers who enjoyed doing reviews as well. It is what it is and I have lots of cool hobbies, so no worries. And to be honest; It's about time I start some LEGO (Mindstorms) building, right?! :D (well, after the renovation). I sure will.

Exactly! Thanks. And maybe I will still be able to shoot some pics without actually doing a review. Time will tell.

I will look into that and I will try to publish the rules tomorrow evening. But it will boil down to "Build a construction vehicle with a bounding box of max 10.000 CS".

Sounds like a deal You can read more about my LEGO future in this topic, but I am definitely planning on building more Mindstorms. I have been in contact with Laurens a lot lately and I have been testing Pybricks as well. The possibilities are endless and I don't see any limitations anymore. This is exactly the solution I have been looking for. I was looking for a big turntable without losing the possibility for exact rotation measurement. This seems to fit the bill.

Thanks for the kind words. It is quite an impressive collection. And most of the sets we still have MISB are stored at my parents. Time to start building those Thanks. I loved writing reviews, but it does take up a lot of time and the last couple of years the fun was actually ruined a bit by LEGO stores already selling the embargoed sets and reading everything online before we were allowed to publish the reviews. That made me more sad than not receiving sets at all. I guess it's time to simply start enjoying the build and probably skip some sets and focus on the flagships each year.

Indeed. Maybe just go for the 10.000 CS we used in TC9.

Hi all, I was about to post this in the Pub, but since it's partially about LEGO I didn't want the Mods to give me a warning The other day I received a message on the LAN (LEGO Ambassador Network) that RLOC's (Recognized LEGO Online Communities) will not be receiving review sets anymore. They have made changes to the program which limits the distribution to RLFM (Recognized LEGO Fan Media). Obviously, this resulted in lots of debate on the LAN, since Eurobricks wasn't the only RLOC which has been "sacrificed". I am sad that we won't be receiving sets anymore (this goes for all themes, not only Technic). On the other hand, the "50k views in 24 hours" days have been long gone and some of the recent reviews felt like a lot of work for little in return. I won't go into all the details why this decision has been made by TLG and I surely don't want this post to be a rant or something. We've had a pretty good run and all good things come to an end. As you might know, there's always a lot of stuff going on in my life, so freeing some time might not be such a bad thing. Coincidentally, I got the news more or less the same day I took down my photo studio (see picture below). We are in the midst of renovating our top floor to replace the balcony with extra floor/office space. I was already in doubt whether I would rebuild my permanent photo studio. It takes up a lot of space. Space which I can probably use more efficiently for storage or finally start building something with my LEGO The message sent by TLG was the proverbial last straw. I will probably keep my lamps in case it's really itching to do a review or shoot some MOC pics. I wanted to let you guys know the reason there won't be any written reviews anymore. At least no reviews for embargoed sets. Luckily Balasz and Sariel will continue their great work and provide us with awesome videos On a positive note; we still have activity support, which means I can still arrange prizes for our contests, so let's continue with what we do best....contests! This is the current situation And short trip down memory lane. How it all started: More LEGO With my Pick a Liftarm wall The last picture was before COVID. Since COVID Kitty (my wife) also started working from home, so we moved some of the LEGO so she could have her desk in my LEGO room. Splitting your LEGO room is the beginning of the end We will be adding around 12m2 to the top floor, which will mostly be used as office space. So it's about time to start thinking about thinning out my LEGO collection and/or storing it more efficiently. I like the room to be less about LEGO (at least in plain sight). This will be a challenge, since we have gathered a sh.tload of LEGO sets the last decade (actually since 2005). I will probably start building some of the sets and selling them. But I won't be selling my Technic and Mindstorms, since I will dedicate myself to building that life sized Mindstorms robot I will keep you posted and I will send some pics when the renovation has finished.

In Dutch it’s roughly translated to the Small Mesage and Big Mesage But I digress

So, a Technic Number Two contest.....I don't think we have enough brown parts for that

Is there an image where I can see the innards of the bigger turntable? I am still planning on making a big robot (yes, I do, really) and I have been looking into big turntable designs.

Eurobricks (there are Facebooks groups, but they don't offer elaborate help when it comes to the build itself) Why don't you create a separate topic and explain your problemin more detail. Maybe we can help.

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