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That sounds fair then with the split line between non-lego and lego components! If you told that in the beginning, I would not have argued :) About the wheel, I agree that you definitely need a rim with 3-pin mounting, otherwise it will fall off sooner than the balooning effect would kick in I guess..

The same reason why they are not making many other types of suspension, just the good old basic ones. For them it is often enough that a model has suspension, it often does not matter how realistic it is. An exception is the push/pull rod of F1 cars. I wish other cars would be treated with similar attention to detail.

That sounds like a good start, however, the key is what is considered part of the drivetrain, and where is the line drawn? Are the wheel hubs/rims/tires part of it? Is the differential frame part of it? Or is it just axles/gears? Is greasing allowed? Are bearings allowed? Etc.. I guess a reasonable delineation for me would be that the Lego electronic components (motors, controller, battery) can be substituted with anything, but everything else (the mechanical parts) has to remain Lego.

I wonder what constitutes Lego car in this context? Clearly it's not something built from 100% genuine unmodified lego bricks, because you are planning to use brushless electronics and maybe some 3d printed mounts? I assume it's not just the electronics that will not be Lego, because for that speed/power, the drivetrain (or at least wheels/hubs in case of in-wheel drive) also need to be custom. So how do they define/check/enforce the acceptability criterion for a Lego car? Honestly, I don't think there would be any reasonable definition for such a title other than that it has to be 100% genuine Lego, because if not, then where do you draw the line? Don't get me wrong, I love using brushless electronics for Lego, but this sounds sketchy to me.

Well, I just said seemingly, because the remote controller looked like it had two joysticks, so I thought it could be proportional. But it might not be. In fact it drives pretty bad on the video. Also, that all-in-one chassis, without suspension is a huge let-down :(

To me it looks more like 20T.

But at least he does it with an overarching concept in mind and quite a bit of forward thinking, which does not seem to be the case for the technic team. If it's licensed cars that sell, then be it (I like to model real stuff too), but for god's sake, just make them good technically! The problem is that they don't even want to invest in good car parts too much. Sure, we've been getting a few new drivetrain / suspension elements recently, but at the same time they come out with sets that are missing the opportunities and are looking lame. An example: this year, two small scale off-roaders are coming out (Jeep and Unimog), both with live axles. Last year we had the Bronco, so hopefully, there will be more to follow. Wouldn't it have been a good idea to design a few parts to support proper driven front suspension in that scale? I wonder how many licensed more cars will they churn out at this scale without proper suspension / drivetrain..

Unfortunately, Bricksafe is not accepting any more registrations, only continues to work for already registered members (which @Satisfied is probably not if he does not know about it).

It also seems to have some chrome bar parts at the front. Are those new, or did they exist already?

I would have never thought about that, but it does make sense actually!

Indeed, those are also possible. The offsetting would also make sense, to put less stress on the spokes, which need to bend outwards.

If they are like the 16L link pieces, but shorter, then that's really nice to have, I've long been waiting when TLG realizes that it would be useful in other lengths as well. I also wonder about the pins that mount them to the rims. They don't seem like 3L, would seem too thick, more like 2L, but then it can't be a regular 2L pin.. secretly hoping for a 2L version of this By the way, the rims definitely seem like built from a bunch of curved segments.

Wow that's unexpected but interesting. Are the spokes 16L links?

I second that, their website for part orders is really random, with only a few parts available.

That looks quite nice! Smoothly done on the outside, I guess the fender parts are new. Looks like a good scale for RC (seems like Arocs wheels?), and great that Cada provides a seemingly proportional physical controller. Is that something new?