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Unfortunately, it does not seem that much useful for that purpose. You can't push a bar into blue pins, neither into red axle-pins. They only go into the pin end of blue axle-pins, so could only be used when that end is facing outwards.

Spokes are bendy and have tilted pinhole ends. Does not really seem to be very useful as a regular link, other than pulling agains something from an offset position :(

Oh, that one is easy, the 98959: Motor set :D They already started it, the 2L beam exists! And 4-6L thin beams too, so.. A 6L would also be really useful, right now I'm having a build that would really need a 6L beam, in a position where strong structural support is required, so thin beams would not really cut it, and a 7L is just too long.. But to your point, if they really want to, they can actually color code them in a set to differentiate better from other lengths, just as they actually often do now with odd lengths as well. That does not need a globally unique color, just one that different from the 5L and the 7L in a given set.

I have a genuine wish for next year. For the 40th anniversary of technic, Lego came out with a 3L beam with the number 40 on it. I wish they continue this "trend" (of a single sample :D) and next year they come out with a 4L beam with the number 50 on it :D I hope you get where I'm going with this.. Come on TLG, it's time! We all could use that beam for so many things!

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.