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  1. Lipko
    Engine placement?
  2. Lipko
    Thank you for the pictures, It would be a nice experience to build this thing.
  3. Lipko
    And how would you ensure that everybody only builds for one day? Live build and judges watching all builders through the 24 hours?
  4. Lipko
    How is the gearbox connected to the engine or the front axle? I only see one axle running from the gearbox to the front. The placement of the gearbox is okay, even if it's not realistic, but a gearbox which doesn't actually change gears between the engine and the wheels is pointless. EDIT: now I see the axle running on the right side, I guess that will connect the engine to the gearbox. Anyway, the chassis looks awesome so far.
  5. Lipko
    No one is stealing my videos
  6. Lipko
    Well, another World Championship without Hungary too. Beaten by Andorra too (everybody and their grandma beats Hungary, but Andorra??). Mkay, I'm not interested in football just wanted to resonate EDIT: by the way, I'm pretty sure Didumos wants to see his Hammerhead in the HOF .
  7. Lipko
    I'm building a sandbox (a real one) and we'll spend Sunday in the small garden with our friends.
  8. Lipko
    I did that too. And for the Pneumatic Contest. I'm the Ted Bundy of this thread.
  9. Lipko
    Beams positioned at an angle (holes upwards, connected to the frames)?
  10. Lipko
    Not the slightest offset of the red parts is allowed? Do the red things of the sides have to endure pulling or pulling or both?
  11. Lipko
    I don't think anyone is attaching anyone (at least not by intention). And I don't think it has to do anything with religion. It's just a decision. For some of us, Lego is a tool for prototyping, for others it's a form of art, for others it's just to try out ideas, some do it for the money and fame (me, for example ), others for a cheaper and more flexible alternative to RC modelling, etc. The level of non-purism is just a choice. I'm a purist in things that I do as "art" and non purist in everything else. In my daily job, sometimes I invent tools (software or hardware) which means the ugliest hacking one can imagine and pushing far over the limits the developing environment, since I want to get things done. With Lego, I don't just want to get things done, but to get things done beautifully and don't know why, I always want to be purist in such things, otherwise I would get on the slippery slope and start to question the very point of the whole activity.
  12. Lipko
    Sorry, like most people, I only look at the pictures
  13. Lipko
    I don't think we see that many illegal body building techniques (...) but rather weak connections and non-locked parts (parts that can be fold out for example). And also models that look good/well-proportioned only from certain angles. Relying too much on parts in rare colours. Or stickers covering multiple parts each. Yup, I don't like that too much either.
  14. Lipko
    Yes, some hyped builders do these hovering bricks techniques. I think many of these models are simply not assembled, just puzzled together for photo making. I don't consider these Lego hobby models, but photo hobby materials instead (still, they are awesome). Or just some parts not attached to anything, just held there by gravity. Also, there is the "fake stud technique", when you cut tubes and hoses to 2x stud height to attach bricks to eachother upside down. I don't like this technique at all (not only illegal, but I don't think that's firm enough for Lego standards). All these techniques mean unplayable, ungrabbable models and considering that Lego is a toy after all, this is non sense in my opinion. A last thought: Just because we don't point out every illegal or not appealing solutions we see, doesn't mean we agree with them. (and yup, taking out the spring from the shock absorber is also a no for me).
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    I am a purist and I also see a growing trend of non-purism, but not significant. Apart from SBrick which made it in the legal zone for most AFOLs, even our contests allow or encourage the usage of it, and I still don't know what to think about this. Especially from the popularity point of view. Even in the AFOL community, remote models get much more attention, and SBrick for that become the default solution (using PF IR nowadays makes your model "lame") so you have to be non-purist to get some attention and I'm not very happy about that because I'm an attention whore My biggest problem with non-purism that it's a slippery slope, so I stick to rules to avoid the uncomfortable feeling that I'm slipping away from my hobby slowly (instead of just abandoning it and moving to the other one I'm slipping towards ). So my rule is to use only existing parts (I know, Lego itself invents new parts every year). Also to use current parts which is a bit harder to follow, but there are some obvious parts I will never use (toothed bushing for example). Or dunno... I'm losing interest anyway... EDIT: also I think of Lego as a form of art. The small details and solutions what makes it interesting, not perfect shaping and filling the gaps of the bodywork or high performance at whatever cost. That's why I'm on the fence with Dogald's Aston Martin. It's so good (the best looking Lego supercar I've seen, and even the body is not about filling gaps with whatever pieces) that it's not as interesting as a Lego model for me any more. That's also a thing observed on a Lego exhibition a few days ago: AFOL models are so realistic (I'm talking about mostly the city theme) that they become totally uninteresting and bald. At the same time I still love the official modular buildings so it's not a general apathy.
  16. Lipko
    Not often I have the feeling I want to build others' MOCs, but this is one of those occasions. Edit: your PRO tag is missing.
  17. Lipko
    Maybe the preceding thing of my new dark age is the lack of inspiration and getting involved in a new hobby: web design (my main hobby was also programming before LEGO design). I haven't been building since almost 6 months now, and even though I have ideas, I don't have any drive to start.
  18. Lipko
    It's same only in 2 directions :P Okay, I can't come up with anything, so you are still better.
  19. Lipko
    Why is it a concern to make it perfectly centered? An imperfect centering isn't better than no centering? If the mechanism relies on perfect centering between switches then having no centering would mean a bad user experience anyway. If it doesn't rely on perfect centering then who cares about perfect centering? I say add centering because it's how shifters work (user experience - familiraty principle)
  20. Lipko
    I guess the asymmetry comes from the asymmetrical (off-axle) rubber band location. The error was that the changeover catches were operated in the same phase. What's my prize?
  21. Lipko
    I don't think that older sets were really harder to assemble. They required bigger attention and to search where you have to add parts, but for me that's being more exhausting than more complicated. And for that reason I like the new simple instructions better since I look for casual and experience during building. If I want challenge I design my own models.
  22. Lipko
    I think it was the 8880 to me there was a step when you had to add the B-pillar subassembly and several pins have to be clicked simultaneously and it was a pain to insert. Also I screwed the differentials once. As I recall the suspension wasn't easy to assembly either: the parts had to be stressed or something. And pneumatic models are hard too, sometimes the instructions don't show how to root the tubes properly.
  23. Lipko
    I also advise to build some others' MOCs (there are many good quality instructions for free) to get a hang of how sturdy other cars are. You don't need to design rock-solid chassis.
  24. Lipko
    Thanks for the feedback, I corrected the LEGO thing. Yes, the main reason I created the site was to make my stuff more accessible. For example if someone looks my name up in google it's hard to distinguish others' models from my models (yup, I did look myself up) I will include it in my signature but I still correct mistakes and collect some feedback.
  25. Lipko
    Hi all! I made a portfolio site on blogspot to collect all my stuff in one place. This is not really a blog and I don't want to document all the stuff and work in progress projects here. It's not made public yet. http://lipkovicsdesign.blogspot.com/ I don't want to make you proofread the site, but if you have any suggestions or notice mistakes (typo, grammar anything), please comment here or send me an email (through the connect form on the site ). The picture lightbox is my own implementation and I'm new to javascript, so feedback on that is much appreciated.
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