Lipko

I already commented on Facebook about this. And obviously I only look at pictures (by the way, I can always tell if I see a Nico creation. The style, building quality and photo quality), so I dind't recognise this was an alternate build. So awesomeness increased.

Sorry, a rookie question from a person who is functionally blind and haven't participated in contests in ages: Is a WIP thread mandandory? Or is it okay to drop the nuke in the last minute?

Hideous is a bit strong but awkward, yes. I think the angle mudguard is a bigger problem than the angle of the fork. May be an easy fix, though I don't like the idea that I need to fix a set. Not one bit.

Howaboutism. And not even relevant. Have we ever heard directly from alternative brands that some function in an official set doesn't work reliably? Facts are facts. And they won't change just because things can forgiven in case of smaller prizes. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a blind Lego fanboy, I haven't built a technic set since maybe 10 years, because I do think they are too expensive and have too many flaws.

Okay, but reviews and other opinion sharing posts never contain a disclaimer that "when we say perfect in case of MOCs and alternative brands we mean sort of work because hey, they are cheap. And we will say everything sucks in case of Lego because hey, they are expensive. The comparison may be fair considering the prices, but skewing information is not.

Another problem (at least my problem) is that the level of effort is much higher than the money a usual MOCer (not top tier MOCer) can hope for. If it's not for the money, then I just make it free. If someone else makes the instructions of your model, that's a different case.

I have a manual, it's still common in Hungary. It's no such of a blast... Especially in traffic jams

Perfect.

I don't think the opening things are hard coupled. It's more likely that they operate with springs, so a tiny push on some button starts the movement. So opening the hood pushes all the other buttons, but the force is taken from the loaded springs. And this means the things can be opened separately too. But I'm just guessing. Obviously posted before finishing the video It looks like a pretty solib build so far.

Nowadays a few minutes here. Some months ago it was about 5 hours per week. Though it was not Technic but system, realistic space theme MOCing.

I have a very limited ramge of music I like. Some metal, some jazz-fusion, some psychelic progressive whaterer. Voivod, Soft Machine, King Crimson, Dead Can Dance, early Pink Floyd, casual Metallica/Slayer/Primus. shoegaze, but only Cocteau Twins, some Terje Rypdal. A very few albums from Miles Davis and Frank Zappa. Wide range but only a very few bands from each gerne.

And even if there could be, tire size is not the best metric. It would discourage crazy entries like this:

I don't think (hope) that the topic will be as strict as some official monster truck league. More like "something with 4 oversized wheels and a body that resembles cars". So "monster truck" with a more layman/causal meaning.

I'm in for a free monster truck contest. A B model type, I would skip that. Yup, I have an idea...

Understandable, but sad. These contests are perfect opportunities to get builders out of their confort zones. But I understand that most (if not almot all) builders don't like to get out of their confort zones.