anomalocaris92

Oh, thanks! The rally car seems like a fun one! I have almost all the parts for the Audi DTM and the V12 Supercar, yesss. Thanks a lot!

This year I started collecting loose LEGO pieces through BL, to build some MOCs that I found interesting on Rebrickable, and learning some building techniques from the "masters". To my surprise, these MOCs thay I bought left me quite disappointed, as beside some nice shaping, the actual functions don't work reliably, they look like they would theoretically work, but the stresses, the weight etc, make them non functional. I broke some pieces too, I rebuild them many times and everytime I find some new flaws. I wonder if premium MOC designers actually test their builds or they only build them digitally. I'm a student, I spent quite a lot of money for my pockets into those pieces and instructions, and I obtained basically only a frustrating experience. I cannot imagine the amount of time of work and skills that go into a MOC, but if you're selling it you should be honest about it, if you didn't test it or the functions are only "theoretical", you should tell it in the description.

#18651 are a PITA to put in axle holes lately, I remember I swore so much building the rear end in the Porsche Rexy, I even questioned if I was scammed and received a knockoff set, but no. Something wrong in the tolerances, I don't know.

Whew, looks like one of those abominations from shoddy alt brands...

This telehandler seems like the most "technical" of those three mini Claas sets. I could buy it as a gift for my father, he likes small technical builds :)

Exactly!

2025 cars had red lights for rain/vsc on the rear wing endplates too

I've seen the instructions and it seems packed with interesting building techniques, only complain could be the steering wheel not connected, but for the scale I cannot complain much. Way better than most of the overpriced cars. It's unavailable from the LEGO store now in Italy, and doesn't seem to be available in other stores. I'm collecting parts for a MOC right now, when I finish this little project I'll wait for some sale and buy both this and the L120 front loader. I hope it sells well to encourage LEGO to release more of these

Sorry for the late response: I've rebuild the set, I gave it a little bit of slack in some areas, and it's a little bit smoother, but the CV it's still disintegrating itself and leaving plastic powder on the black frame of the base. And I'm not even rotating the crank with so much force.

Well, tbh most of the Technic sets from the late '80s to the mid-'90s had fewer technical features than a transporter gang car nowadays. Not to mention the late '90s/early 2000s, with those horrible slammer cars/robothings. I was revisiting some of my childhood sets, like 8248, 8235, and 8230, and they were honestly atrocious. Comparably priced sets available today, like 42198, 42167, and 42201, are way better. The things that changed somewhat for the worse are the flagship sets: 8480, 8479, 8880, and 8868 were more "fun" and playable, and they had B-models (but tbh, even if modern sets appear less "rebuildable" at first glance, just take a look at Rebrickable...). It's like modern sets feel less like enjoyable toys and more like cold display pieces, and there's some truth in that, but I guess it's mostly due to nostalgia. Another issue is the overpricing of some sets, like the 1:8 scale cars, 42215, and 42175 for example, but you can find them at prices comparable to the flagship ones of the '90s adjusted for inflation. Honestly, I would have loved modern sets as a child, and I don't think I would have had a dark age if I had received something like the 42179 instead of the 6617 as a Christmas present in 2000.

After two months and maybe 30 lift-offs, my set has stopped working smoothly (though it never really worked smoothly to begin with). The string produces way too much friction; every time I played with it, the set seemed like it wanted to pull itself apart, and now it has started to halt entirely, especially during the "descent". Frustrated, I disassembled it only to find the CV joint basically grated. This is the first time I’ve seen something like this in 30 years of building. Quite disappointed by LEGO’s standards lately. Honestly, this set is poorly engineered; the structural alignment relies on long axles that come out of the box already bent. On top of that, the string is too thick for the 49283 pulley (at least in my set). The "crankshaft" that transmits power to the "gearbox" is held by a 32013 that relies only on a blue 43093 pin, which basically comes off after five lift-offs. Has LEGO stopped giving sets to children to evaluate if they actually stay together after some play?

If anyone is building this set, pay close attention to the suspensions. Some of the suspension pivots use friction pins; on the front axle, you might not even notice the issue until it's too late. I personally couldn't stand the squeaky sound and the lack of rebound—especially in the front—so I’ve disassembled it. I'm currently reassembling the model with a few 'bugfixes.' I'll share the results once I’ve finished the rebuild.

Yeah, something like a 2 stud long axle connector with axle orientation shifted by 120° at each end would be needed to offset each pair of opposing crankshafts (the cam is another thing). I guess they did something like a crankshaft offset by 180° for each pair of opposing pistons (so 6 crankshafts for 6 pistons instead of the usual 3 for 6), but the offset of the symmetry axis between each pair would be 0 90 180, so basically first and last pair would be the same.

Yep, that’s what I meant! Sorry if my English isn’t perfect.The orientation of each pair of crankshafts would be exactly 180°, if I’m not mistaken.

Mmm correct firing order of the cylinders... I wonder if Milan used 6 #4368 cranks instead of 3, with each opposing pair of cranks rotated 180° to each other, to achieve true boxer-style synchronized firing. The fact that the pistons aren’t aligned is actually another accuracy bonus for a boxer engine!