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Curious how you're gonna build that. Alternatively, there are inverted curved slopes in trans red available from a third party that I was considering if I can't figure out another way.

Don't be afraid to share them, the Edit button is within reach now!

This is very convenient since I catch myself making and correcting typos all the time

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Interesting, had that happen with a non-Technic set before. So that's not entirely uncommon. Soooo much better! How unfortunate this didn't get addressed, considering how easily it was fixed by modders on all the previous 1:8 hypercars.

Happens with all popular releases, big Icons and licensed sets too.

Here we go again, still about "$200k worth of LEGO" which was already proven to be inaccurate. Don't get me wrong, I want the right thing to happen and any evildoers to be punished. But it keeps getting fueled by false information.

Sure it can. This has actually been done once for a 10 years old kid who passed away.

[Dark humor] Or build our coffin from it. Blue pins everywhere!

Making it more complicated isn't a solution, it's only shifting the problem. AI keeps improving at making fake pictures too nowadays. Even videos. So what's next? And meanwhile the only people suffering from it are the honest ones, who are required to give up their privacy and do more actions to get in, to the point it does become torture. Or real people get banned because the AI get so good that every human who writes decent language or is structured in their work is automatically assumed to be AI by automated security algorithms.

The wheel size is often not the best way to scale LEGO models. The reason is simple: a real car has a lot of space underneath those wheel arches to allow for the wheel rotation, that's usually not there on a LEGO model. So if they want to include steering, they often have little choice but to make the wheels slightly smaller. Looking at the comparison pic, the wheel size might really be the only thing that's off. Sure the curves aren't perfect, but that's a limitation we'll always have with LEGO.

This kinda weirdness is becoming more and more normal considering people are accepting it and businesses love collecting data. I think it gives buyers a (false?) sense of security too, knowing sellers are verified at this level. I agree 100% on it being an invasion of privacy. Rule #1 about internet security remains "don't share what you don't want to leak out". What's in the cloud stays in the cloud. Therefore I would never submit this stuff if you value your privacy & security, and just find another site like ebay or any local marketplaces to sell your stuff.

They finally did that right? Victory indeed!

Right! Remind me never to try fixing my own car...

I like it. Nice to see the 1980s castle theme helmet plumes still function a purpose today (spark plug cables)

That's definitely understandable! I was more referring to extreme cases. I don't mind paying a few dimes a piece on simple basic parts that normally cost a few cents, if it saves me an extra order. But when it runs into multiple Euros a piece and I need a lot of them, that can suddenly make a difference of hundreds of Euros. In most cases BL's tools are smart enough to help with that, but in some cases we just have to put in the extra effort to verify our orders to pick out the bad deals, or set maximum prices in advance. And that's what I like about BL, it's all possible to those willing to put in the effort.

As a child, I was far more active trying to make my own creations than I have time and ideas for today. I know multi-part-covering stickers was always an instant bad trigger to me, even when I was very young. Many of those stickers didn't survive simply because I tried to peel them off very carefully again when wanting to use the parts, which obviously didn't exactly made the sticker reusable Later I would try to very carefully cut the sticker so the parts could be separated. My dad had very fine hobby knives for very small trains and would help me with that. Still, many stickers didn't survive in the end. I think close to no stickers of that period actually survived. When I got older I would try to find alternative parts (bigger bricks or tiles) that the sticker would actually fit to in its entirely, then modify the model to put that in. Today, I would probably make a high res scan of sticker sheets before using them so I can make new stickers later if needed. I remain in favor of printed like so many. But I have to mention that I've had some bad experiences with that too in my childhood (1980s). Like prints not being perfectly centered or even slightly rotated or half over the edge of a brick, or the print being far more vague than it was supposed to be (like a printer running low on ink).

I remember BL felt difficult at first, but there's plenty of Youtube videos clearly explaining and showing how to make the best use of it. Both for buyers and sellers. My main annoyance as a buyer isn't BL's fault and could happen on any platform... It's when sellers lure buyers with fair prices on very specific parts, then charge tenfold or even more on worthless common parts. I've seen some charge as much as $15 for a part that goes for 0.10 or even less. Sure it's smart business, praying on those who don't wanna invest the extra hours in checking their entire order, researching prices, and setting max prices on every single part in Wanted Lists. BL even marks items in stores these days if they're priced high above the average. Oh and don't get me going about very cheap stores that charge insane handling costs per lot. I praise BL for having functionality to deal with these things. Like setting max prices we want to spend on items, or blacklisting stores. It's not perfect, but I don't know of any other platform doing it better at this moment. In the end, it takes patience and effort to get good deals. Whether that's worth it, is for everyone to decide for themselves.

Good points @MAB. I agree on the first part, I only watch reviews that go over the highlights and quality of a set but not full building videos unless I'm not buying it and am interested in something specific. Also we live in very different times now. When we were kids, we were taught to enjoy the journey of building something. There was no competition. Sure maybe someone in the street or among your friends had the same set but still, we'd take our time building it. Now it's all very competitive. People just want results, don't care about the journey anymore bc it's a race to be the first showing it off on Youtube, and everybody dreams of getting enough clicks to make enough money to live off our hobby, or gain enough popularity to catch LEGO's attention to get stuff early and for free. I wonder how many (of younger generations) still truly enjoy the building experience itself. Without distractions or watching videos on the side lol.

Yeah that is true, that's one reason why I usually specifically search for small reviews from hobbyists rather than the big channels. The main reason being that I trust those reviews more to be 100% unbiased (no offense).

I don't think there's any set out there without reviews in existence. If a potential buyer is impatient and wants it on day 1, it's on them. If they want to know if the set is good before making an informed purchase, a little bit of patience is all it takes. Let's not even mention how much money it can save as well.

I wonder if that's true. Many competitors are specialized in very few themes. LEGO has many printed parts over all their themes, from all sorts of control panel slopes and tiles to various logos or simple grills. Some are so common, it's easy to forget about them. Without exact numbers it's hard to judge.

@BananaBoy1703 Assuming you mean the black "thing" underneath the gray pin with bush, probably a misprint. It isn't there in the digital version: If you meant the action being displayed here, that's a pretty normal one.

The Ackermann mod people use on these models is quite a simple mod. Adding more obvious functional stuff like HOG controls or height adjustment can get more complex depending on the available space to add more linkages throughout the model. I'm not sure why they've given up on at least HOG steering (with removable wheel like many MOCs do). I think in the end it comes down a lot what choices are made between functionality and accuracy to the real car. These shifters behind the steering wheel are hard to reach but somewhat realistic towards representing functional paddle shifters. Some brands opted for more easily accessible shift buttons for greater playability, at the expense of realism. In the end it's usually the MOCs that give us the best of both worlds

@Fabulous Fox It's quite subtle, yes. Obviously tire wear isn't a factor we'd worry about, so I think it's just added as a technical feature... because we can