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That is so cool to see! I love gearboxes in sets although I know that I'd fight so hard building them into my own MOCs. Great work and I also love the colour scheme.

I took the time and translated texts in the images thanks to DeepL: Probably the help to here is wrong. As I got confused myself, boot as trunk in AE. So nothing really unexpected, the classical marketing sentences. But I read through these images and couldn't live with not knowing what is the text. Kinda felt like in primary school, when we did a dictation, as I did it on my phone, constantly switching browser tabs.

One could also think of integrating it into the battery box instead. So a more complex PU battery by similar to the ones in Mindstorms NXT/EV3, which has different programs and ideally fetches a new program from the cloud when a new Lego set with that is released. Then you could select a program and the Hub knows what to do with inputs from the remote.

You're mixing up two things in your post: What PU can do with it's current components What PU could theoretically do And here lies my point: the current phone-dependent implementation of PU is not ideal. But to fix that, we don't need a new system, which would make PU outdated again. We can use PU for that purposes as well. PU is completely reliant on Bluetooth, so any remote control with an arbitrary amount of buttons, switches, etc. could easily be added into the system. Even remote controlled motors with their own batteries would be possible using the current system and of course, you might add a NFC sensor brick, which could replace the Smart Brick functionality. I'm not saying, that this is what Lego will do, that's just what is my opinion on another new system. Your evidence seems very logical, that Lego will make a new electronics system. But honestly, I can't see Smart Play being used in any Technic set, as it's base brick just doesn't have any connection possibilities with other parts in that system. They're more like their independent system like sirens in Duplo for example. And I very much doubt this'll be changed. Rather a completely new electronics system for motorized sets.

Oh, please. Not another system incompatible with all the others. Just stick with PU now, it has data and power transmission. But just why? Why do we need a new system? Power Functions was not ideal, as it didn't feature data transmission. But PU imo just had everything it needs to be a full electronics system.

It doesn't look terribly off, but making it smaller would probably increase it's realism. However, I fully agree that it's ok like it is currently and if the structure and/or mechanics are doable like this more easily, I would keep it like it is.

Sorry, I wouldn't be able to find time for this, but I hope you'll find someone! What I wanted to say is, that some of your images seem to be broken, as it just displays "postimage: Image not found or was removed". You probably want to take a look at it.

I literally just checked Rebrixkable and have 100% (without strict colours) without owning the set and this seems like a relatively quick build, so might do it soon™. What functions of it are pneumatic?

This model looks very great! In my opinion an improvement over the normal set. I also especially like the use of new pneumatics, as I don't have old pneumatics. So this is more buildable from my current parts than the original.

Ooh, that seems very well, maybe once it hits the used market I guess. I definitely won't be paying Lego's prive though.

Yes, I agree, that you can add a string to an Alt Build. I meant the "in the strictest sense" different, but don't care. Sorry about that, it's a good Alt Build like this.

Well, in this case it's not an alternate in the strictest sense. After all, you couldn't say "there's nothing wrong to use some more parts" or something like this. But I still think it counts as an Alternate and don't think it's bad at all.

I happen to have the real set (42082-1) lying around on my desk and I must say, that this bit it to the point. Amazing for a downscaled model which was built as an alternate!

Oh, didn't know you did the base for exactly that model. That is on my buold-list. Always be optimistic, maybe they will read this and do our ideas regardless. Or keep it for their 75 years anniversary.

Thanks for sharing that! For reference, this is the set entry for the exact idea: https://rebrickable.com/sets/8891-1-c7/ From what it seems like, the role needs to be tensioned yourself using non-Lego objects and then the chairlift has a motor in it and can propell itself on its own. Oddly specific, but I get your thought and 100% agree. There's this YT video I found after a quick search which shows a very simple model of it:

Thank you very much for that detailed answer. I have it yet designed a chairlift, but it's definitely on my to-design list. Then I'll probably notice exactly what you have now mentioned. The funicular railway as a Creators set seems like a very good idea though. Just one rope for each of the vehicles, connected to a single winch and some technique for the middle point and that's all that's Technic in that set. By the way, have you published instructions for any of your models? I'd like to take a look at them.

More like a symbolic sign that it'll be added with a print and after that used more frequently without any prints and/or be available in PaB.

Having a 4L beam without the print would truly be great from them and is useful quite some times. In one of my more recent builds I used so many 1x4x0.5 beams just doubled, it was crazy.

I'm talking about one connected model. If Lego wants to make an 1:8 new car transporter and then include two 1:8 cars, that's fine for me, but just two rather unrelated cars is not what I meant. In the hopes, that someone at LEGO® is reading this topic, I can wish for much. Yes, that as well. I also won't buy it directly, but wait for it to get somewhat more acceptable prices in the used market.

I agree to some extend, but at the same time, I see a few great MOCs with part counts well above that limit: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-169020/mdemerchant/liebherr-ltm-11200-mobile-crane/ https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-59230/juggleman/gbc-chairlift-detachable-cable-car/ Just having like a functional chairlift essentially splits the build up into two (or at best even three with a middle station) desperate builds, which will function well together in the end. And the other crane also definitely seems buidable without any problems. Oh, and also don't build it like the 42100-1, where it's largely air inside and many motors powering functions directly, but more like the bodywork of the 42082-1, with one motor and a lot of gearboxes to control everything. Having something like the 42082-1 with a bigger base, where more could fit in (e.g. the whole battery box and motor, I find it a little weird from the weight distribution to put the in the carrier) and thus a larger top structure which could potentially get higher. Or, a bigger pneumatic set with more pneumatic functions would also be great. Potentially a well working pneumatic engine.

I think the best for me personally would be to produce the new biggest Technic set or even a few different, exceeding up to 10,000 or more parts.

Great model with various functions, well done! Just went there to like your MOC and follow you and just then noticed, that I already followed you from some other MOC. Still liked it though. 1509 to be exact. Cool, I like to see fence builds, it just shows the magnificence of putting many functions in a tight space instead of building around air like in (big parts of) the 42100-1 (Liebherr Excavator)

Thanks for explaining!

Very impressive! From this statement on Rebrickable: Do I understand it correct, that there are five motors which have exactly one function in the back and one in the front and the sixth changes which function to use for all at once? It might be just me, but I didn't really notice that in the video. Yeah, the amount of different "axle lines" (is there a word for it) in such a tight space is really done amazingly. Just how much you need to curve these lines in weird ways shows, how much effort this is, to get everything into such a constrained space. And I already have 80.1% of the parts, so I've added it to my Build List and will hopefully find the time to build it.

That is crazy! And that camera in the picture you shared. OK, I can underatand this very well. Time is (near to) always the limiting factor. Thanks for sharing, I've now followed you. Again, such incredible creations you do! Keep up your motivation!