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It would be nice if TFOL's could add projects, but I wouldn't trust the parents to keep it. "You don't get your Lego commission for the month until you finish that homework." In my topic; My Proposal to Reform Lego Cuusoo, I suggested that they should let people under 18 to have their projects up to gain supporters, but then if it achieves before they are 18, then they would wait until they are 18 to release the set. People suggested legal problems with even that though.

Happy too see the images of this set. It looks like one of the better modular buildings. I went to Paris this summer, so I can see the resemblance to the restaurants around there in this set. I really like the stairs to the rear patio, even though I don't recall seeing them in Paris. I already have the Pet Shop and Grand Emporium. The Town Hall has been on my list for quite some time, so either this or that one should be my next modular building. I predicted that last years modular building would be a restaurant, which was wrong as it was a cinema. I was pleased to see a topic earlier with the leaked title of this set, but the images were not shown. I was initially not sure about the new Olive Green colour. I don't have it in my collection yet, but I should loosen-up to it. I may have spotted 2 new molds; The bowl piece used for the flower baskets and lamps. I welcome this new mold (despite being quite picky about new molds), as it has good possibilities. I actually had the idea of hanging flower baskets before, but wasn't sure what would be the right piece. The other piece is those V-shaped things below the roof. They might just be an old mold that I don't have though. Interesting to see the pricing. I am pleased to see that Canada and the US are becoming more even in pricing. Please, Please, Please don't horribly misuse the term "moped". Moped means Motor+Pedals, meaning a bike using a combination of pedals and a weak motor. This bike has no pedals. Please don't screw with a word for such an awesome idea to refer to a plain old motorcycle. Sorry, I just like real mopeds, so I'm a bit oversensitive to the terminology. Oh, and about the price difference; I think that they are just making Canada and the US more even, as the price is $10 less in Canada.

I really like this design. It works so well for a motorized 2-way pneumatic pump. There could be much potential for derivative mechanisms for things other than pneumatics. I feel like I have wanted to make a gear mechanism similar to this in the past (not for pneumatics) but couldn't figure out how. It may have been for things like switches and steering (before the PF servo motor). One more thing that this could work for is for a 2-way gearbox mechanism, which is more reliable than other designs but with a slower response.

That's an interesting suggestion, even if I don't (fully) agree with it. To test that hypothesis, I lined up elements 3647 (8-tooth spur), 3648 (24-tooth spur), 32270 (12-tooth dbevel), and 46217c01 (preassembled gearbox). I then pulled an axle in and out of each one, and the most distinct feeling was the bevel gearbox 46217c01 which is the only one that is almost-certainly made of nylon, while the rest felt quite similar. It looks like a debate has broken about regarding the plastic used in double-bevel gears. Of those 2 options, I would say ABS. But there is a possibility that both are partially correct. Let's look back at one of my previous posts on this topic: So there is a possibility that these gears use an alloy of ABS and Nylon. However, that news article about the discovery of Nylon/ABS alloy was 2003, while Lego double-bevel gears arrived in 1999; making it unlikely. It is a slight possibility that they are mixed, but I personally believe that they are just a slightly-tweaked ABS recipe. I suggested earlier that new Technic gears could be a Nylon/ABS alloy, if pure nylon is too fragile. I suggested that the first wave should be the spur gears. If the double-bevel gears are already nylon/ABS, then they could easily just change the balance without needing to change the ID.

I am planning to propose a new colour in the Survey: New parts and new colors topic, so I have more to ask: Does the overlay colour have to be mettalic? Was it just deliberately used in all diffuse colours to date, or is it just a side-effect of the painting tecnique?

Just 2 days ago at my school in a Technology class, I got the very kit in this image and built it with another student. The orange lairs of planetary gears had a 4:1 ratio, and the nougat lairs were 5:1, multiplying to 400:1 when the 4 lairs in the kit were stacked. The gears appeared to be nylon. I suppose that an idea similar to this could work with Lego. Similar to my suggestion. I think that any pinholes on the front/rear should be 0.5L to save interior space, or even have male pin connections on one side. The studs also helpful for multi-use. In the first page of this topic, Blakbird identified the plastic used for the internal gearing as nylon. Then we came up with the idea of new nylon gear pieces to replace the ABS gears currently in production. I also suggested that if nylon has issues with fragility, then they could make gears with an alloy of nylon and a bit of ABS. Nylon has low friction in most circumstances (being helpful for gear-teeth), but it gets much-higher with high-pressure (letting it grip the axle), as I observed myself with element 46217c01. This would partially solve the problem. However, the problem that you mentioned with ungeared motors has changed my stance on internal gearing in motors; If the PF motors get successors, then I would like them to have one lair of planetary gears instead of two. It should be down-geared enough to be easy on the parts, but not too much more than that. It should also have a Transparent PC window at the front to see the gear action inside. A little thing to add to the idea of nylon gear pieces: One very good one would be the internal gear on the turntable, like the successor piece of element 48452. This would be good because when I used it to make a planetary gear set with 3x 8-tooth gears, it had so-much friction that it could-not even spin when I input through the 8-tooth sun gear. Switching it to nylon or nylon/ABS would also reduce the friction in the turntables own bearing. The should also take the mold opportunity to make the teeth shorter on that piece (further reducing friction), and make it clip-into 48168 rather than being in a preassembly.

A full movie made by someone from Eurobricks. Nice. I might try to see it just because of knowing that. I would need a way to get it here in Canada though.

Thanks for showing it. I think that someone referenced this part in the first page of the thread, but we couldn't find it on BrickLink. I don't think that it should be completely studless. It could be designed for both System and Technic, but I think that it's more important for system models because it's harder to fit Technic gears. Maybe it would be nice if it was designed to fit with the M-motor with 1.5L pins. It should be 1 or 2L long, not 3. Alternately, they could make a naked planetary gearset.

I would see how such a commercial failure could be a financial problem in other toy companies, but I would think that It would be easier for Lego. Is there a reason that they can't simply unpackage all the unsold sets and transfer the parts to other sets. Now I can agree with Indiana that you are overestimating the risks of the business case. I think that Japanese Old-Style would easily get through the review. Making one of the smaller ideas of that project as a set could be less than $100 or 80€. Lego seems to like making large sets, including the more experimental concepts; I recall reading years ago that the average Lego set was just over $50 (I cant remember if this was US or Canada). Because the project is generic and non-licensed, I think that it would sell much faster as a real product than on the website. I disagree that it would not have much appeal outside of Japan. The project is fairly generic, easy to scale to desired price, and uses simple parts to give a good monetary value. There is however one small point that you made that has a slight chance of problem. What if they ask which set should be made first, and a large one is chosen. Even in that case, I wouldn't worry so much though. Interesting fact to bring up. I was aware that they would only make one set initially. What I didn't know was that the entire review was specifically about the saloon. They should modify the review process; First the briefly review the overall project, then they briefly review the most popular set concept (moving to the next-popular if the first fails), and then experiment with the product design. The Modular Western Town in particular would have probably failed review no-matter which set was first released, but that's a different point.

I have another feature to suggest; Tools to edit the instruction generator, as the fully-automatic instruction generator often brings mediocre results. This feature would let it be all-manual, semi-automatic, or all-automatic. It would let the user split the model into sections (and sub-sections). It would generate the instructions separately for each section. The user could also have the option of entering the order that the sections are built in, and enter the range of steps each section should be. They could also set the steps to 1-1 if they want to manually enter each step. I can't remember if these flaws have already been solved, but maybe also tweak the automatic instructions. It should detect symmetry, and make multiples of the same part more likely to appear in the same step. I used to have weird results show-up when I tried a symmetrical model.

Will I ever get a response on my post? It's a "Should I buy this?" question, about 10214 Tower Bridge (mostly for parts).

Well said. I feel a bit bad for the guy; struggling to make friends and trying to get into others interests. Much like myself in elementary school. It could be nice to invite him home to show a bit and talk, or just do it on a break from work. There's a blog post that I read a while ago, which demonstrated success with adults getting into Lego; http://gimmelego.blogspot.ca/2010/11/not-rocket-science.html

Thank you very much. I just downright love the Home Alone project. It is now one of my favourite on the website, even though I am rarely into licensed projects. Being a regular house makes it easy to fit into a Lego town, but the playability is very impressive. Not supporting the Magic School Bus though. Much unlike Home Alone, I don't see it being very adaptable into Lego. I don't know how Lego would decide this but I think that it's fine (at-least with the current violence standards). My family let me enjoy Home Alone when I was 6, and I have liked it since. I really think that it's significantly more tame than Star Wars; which they have made for years and sold very well. I don't think anyone died in Home Alone.

I have thought a bit more about this now. I think that the best thing to steer him towards would be to buy one set at first. There's not much to regret about buying a small-medium Technic set. For Lego, it's easy to start small and build-up over time. Don't explain too much variety of information before he starts, because that could get him obsessed so he'll want to spend more initially. Just recommend one product as his "first Technic set", which isn't huge. 9392 Quad Bike is a good inexpensive set which I got for a friend as a birthday gift. I have not gotten many recent Technic sets, but looking S@H; 42004 is the same low price with a good parts value, then going higher there's 9395 for some variety of functions. Just recommend one that you think is a good one. I imagine him taking the set you recommended initially, and then getting more on his own if he really likes it.

I'm not so sure what to think of this. Maybe talk to him the good and the bad of it so that he can decide for himself, rather than discourage it altogether. Maybe let him try a bit of yours so he can see if he likes it. If he does decide to get into it, ten you should recomend some sets that are best for starting a collection; creator is good because it has multiple model instructions per set and the parts that are the most usable for creations. And for the gun thing; in the US it's far too easy to get a gun, if that's were you live. Here in Canada they are slower and more controlled.

I love it. Just love it. It combines 2 of my favourite things; Lego and terrariums. You built it very well, with creative ways of purist building. Red-eyed tree frog used to be my favourite animal (did a school project in grade 4). It looks good overall, but the head could have been better built.

Nice. But is it possible for the stamped colour to be lighter than the base colour of the plastic?

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but I have made an edit to the "VIP Awards" section. I have made it so that instead of shortening the waiting time for repeated support, it would just add an extra to the support count without affecting the main repeating support system. I could revert it if you like it better before. I'm in a pickle of how I should change the Rating System. As [username] has argued, it may appear too similar to the support button for a user viewing a project page; because they have to both "Support" the projects that they like and rate them "positive". I don't want to simply delete that section because I think it would be one of the most beneficial proposals on here, but I would be willing to change how it works to better achieve the purpose. They should be advertised based on an relative measurement of how many people like it, not absolute. One idea I had was that it would ask people to rate the project when they first post a comment; but the problem there is that it would give the rating system more potential for insulting projects. Another idea is to replace a dedicated rating system with the option to "dissuport" a project. The total support count would then be measured by support minus dissuport. The chance of advertising would be determined by what percentage of these would be a "support". As the section is currently written, it might work because the rating would prevent or cause the project to show-up on the advertisements on their own account. The Lego Cuusoo team might just come up with a good solution on their own if I send this to them vaguely. But I think it would be best to send it to them with a fairly detailed description, so please don't shy from sharing your own idea if you have one. I also want to ask something from all of you reading; How close do you think the proposal is currently to being ready? Do you think that as it is currently written, there would mostly be an improvement to how Lego Cuusoo would function? Do you think that there are too many sections of the essay, so that I should shorten it to stick to the most important parts? If you aren't happy with it, please tell me what should be changed.

This is a good one. Mark is listed as one of my 3 favourite builders on MOC Pages. Nice to see him on Eurobricks. I'm rarely in the Pirates or Historic forums here, so I like his creations because of how well he builds them. I am particularly interested in his trees, which is something he's great at that isn't common enough with Lego. I'm amazed with how quickly he claims to build these things.

Bricklink might be a good source. This page includes both Marvel and DC. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=M&catID=768 Edit: Actually, it's not really complete. It doesn't list minifigs from old marvel themes, such as this old Spider-Man. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?M=spd001

But how does that work? If they are banned, then could they still log-in for limited site functions (such as viewing their profile pages or messaging admins)? Unless if they have contact with you outside Eurobricks, then how do they even request to get their access back if they can't send a message to the administrators and moderators?

I think that a good solution for the Land Rover Defender would be to make it a combination model of 3-4 sets. They should also make a heavily-downscaled single-set version of the truck to justify the license. The combination model could just be Sheepo's model with some necessary modifications from Technic designers. Then they could try to design separate sets that use the same pieces, including a 600-850 piece Land Rover truck that can use Power Functions as an add-on. I don't really know if this idea would help or hurt sales though. I don't think that anyone on the forum has suggested this before, and I don't really imagine this being the solution that TLC will go with.

Hmm. The ease to puncture nylon could be a problem blocking it from Lego's quality standards. That is unfortunate, because just about every other property of nylon is about perfect. Could it be mixed with a small amount of ABS to be made stronger (without raising costs too-much)? Are there higher grades of nylon that are more durable? I have some more reading to do. Edit: I found something about mixing nylon with ABS. The article is a decade old. http://www.ptonline.com/articles/new-generation-nylon-abs-alloystarget-automobile-interiors I think so. Nylon has a higher melting point, but it is a thermoplastic like ABS.