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It would be really great if LEGO made a theme based on some 16/18/M-rated videogames, so that the sets could sell abysmally after the company incurs the wrath of disgusted parents via our ever helpful media.

Those come loose in the box, i.e. not inside an other bags. It's possible that they may have dropped onto the floor and got kicked under a cabinet or something; also they may still be inside the box itself, caught on one of the flaps.

Man, I cannot wait to build a Technic plane where the propellers themselves can at least fly.

We're about a century too early for that.

Is this thread about BrickSHELF, or BrickSET? I'm more confused than usual for a sunday.

The set inventories for this and the other 2H sets have recently been added to Bricks and Pieces: I don't know when these parts will be available to buy from there, but those renders sure are pretty. Hopefully the instructions will also be online very soon.

At least TWO desert racers? I wait all this time for one and loads show up! AAAAAAA!

OK. Be sure to keep us all "updated".

I'm inclined to recommend the Unimog based on what you say about its personal visual appeal, but that is of course if you want to have it as a model rather than a parts pack. It also has much larger wheels which have only appeared in a few sets so far. Unfortunately I can't advise on pneumatics because I have yet to delve into all that myself, but if a Mod would be so kind as to move this to the Technic forum, I'm sure the folks there can help :B

I got one of these behemoths yesterday - finally finished [speed]building and testing, so I'll chime in. I had this before I powered everything up, but after raising and lowering the boom a few times, it now fits snug. Maybe there's just a bit of "slack" somewhere in the drivetrain which needs to be worked out through use. I used a bobbin for this. It's a bit narrower than the gap between the yellow pulley wheels (and a slightly greater diameter than the axle) but there's enough room to hold all the string. I initially had a problem with the string getting caught inbetween the edge of the bobbin and the pulley wheel when winding the string onto it for the first time, but it hasn't happened again while using the crane's functions. I believe this is a normal quirk of those string pieces - I remember someone mentioned a while ago that they're slightly too long. 10226 Sopwith Camel uses a load of them to move the control surfaces, and the stud ends often need to be twisted to make the stings taut enough to make everything work properly. Get this: I must have spent about ten minutes watching those outrigger feet lower before I decided to see if my rechargeable batteries were dying (they were). There's now an ugly situation going on at the back where I've bodged a LiPo battery box into it. I'm not going to go messing about with making it faster because 30 seconds is a vast improvement for me! 6 booklets and no spare 32M axle. I was prepared to be denied the spare axle, but I dont know how to feel about not having a spanky new all-in-one booklet.

I was initially disappointed with what at first appeared to be a mere rework of the site's header and footer; particularly after seeing the past horror of HTML that used deprecated methods of specifying colours and CSS rules in attributes. I'm happy to see that the new Catalogue Detail Page is finally making use of CSS classes, because it shows early promise of a site that will be a lot easier to customise through browser add-ons like Stylish or Greasemonkey.

I just stumbled upon another LEGO Club Tiny Turbos build, so here it is. It's a lot nicer than the blinged-out hearse from a while back. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8192+8193+8194+8195 - Blue Lightning [Combination Model] - theme: Racers / Tiny Turbos Errors: No stickers, of course. LXF (LDD 4.3.8)

Always RAM. LDD takes up 410Mb right away on my system, and that can easily exceed 1Gb if I'm messing about building stuff all evening. If there's not enough memory, your OS might try to make room by temporarily moving things into a "swapfile" on your HDD, which can definitely slow things down as it hammers both your disk AND processor to manage the task. Since I put an extra 4 gigobutts in this laptop, it's felt like a new man!

Dat wheelbase. Also, where are the crash pads? Just you wait until I get me some motybike wheels and chain links, then we'll see how high we can set the bar :B

I'm going to assume that - as others have hinted - you were working from a limited selection of parts (some bits I don't even HAVE, so I am slightly jelly). I agree that knobbly tyres would be better suited for it, and perhaps the frame's "tubes" could be thinner, but the actual geometry is fine. I initially thought it was more of a trial bike frame because of the straight line which continues through the top-tube and seatstays, but apparently such things exist. Anyway, I see you've already inspired someone else besides me to build something like this, so don't be discouraged from showing us more stuff! EDIT: Wrote "chainstays" instead of "seatstays". Oh what a thing to mess up.

I enjoy those stunt pegs and the overall shape. It took me a moment to realise that the red 3M beams were the pedals, though. Have you considered using these? They might need to be attached with friction pins to stop them flipping upside-down.

Finally, the missing link (between 10696 and 10698) has been discovered! Well actually, it was discovered a few days ago, but the downloadable instructions had a problem where only the cover page could be viewed. Now they're all fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model A] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model B] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model C] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model D] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model E] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.9 / b2075) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model F] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model G] - theme: Classic Notes: The stuff wot the crane is lifting is not attached to anything. LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model H] - theme: Classic Notes: The pile o' tyres is not attached to anything. LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model I] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10697 - Large Creative Box [Model J] - theme: Classic LXF (LDD 4.3.8)

Does the model use any connections where studs go into technic holes? For example, one of those SNOT bricks with studs on the side inserted into a technic hole will cause the SNOT brick to have a microscopic vertical offset. Stuff like this can really add up over the course of a build and mess things up later on.

I'd like to see a sort of "component" subtheme which features all such as pneumatic engines, gearboxes and modular axles with the aim of both highlighting these analogues to real things, as well as giving builders something to integrate into their own models. The instruction manual could have a few ideas sprinkled throughout. Maybe it could include some of Boulderer's ideas and be a more general "Functional Machines" theme. For sets, a low-floor bus would be pretty nice. Aside from the usual steering and suspension, pneumatics could be used on the front wheels as a "kneeling device" to lower the front of the bus for improved access (maybe also include an extending wheelchair ramp, but this could be too bulky). The doors are another obvious feature. Building all the seats might be super-repetetive, though. Oh, and I'd want to be able to build it mirrored and have the doors on the left, since I'm in Blighty :B As for a new boat, I'd be interested in a build with a plank-on-frame hull, but no way is a Technic boat ever gonna float unless there's either some nifty (and reusable!) way to waterproof the hull and propshafts, or TLG takes the easy route and makes a one-piece moulded hull with the propellers already fitted and sealed.

Cheers Sariel, really entertaining and informative, and oh lawd the underside of that turntable looks like the entrance to Hades. ALSO: @33:49 YES

This is why I appreciate the shots of the inventory page, so I can add the element IDs to my offline wantlist (LEGO's server doesn't seem to have any images yet, though). Also, this might be an awkward request - what with everything being already built - but did you happen to notice the design IDs on the new rack and turntable parts? EDIT: I just remembered a lot of Technic parts don't even have them anywhere, so I might have to wait for LEGO to tell us. Thanks for the nice werk! It makes me more glum about having to hold off on this due to catching up on everything I missed during my dark age (which for Technic, ended only a few months ago).

I have this scenario in mind where a hamster is mooching around in the truckbed, then the grapple loader dumps in a load of nibbles. I think the little critter would need nerves of steel, though. Then we can see that dumping function in action, to get rid of the mountain of poo :B

A driven, steered axle with independent suspension, suitable for a 4x4x4 vehicle. 19M wide excluding wheel bearings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes / considerations: Green is drive, orange is steering. Turning radius is limited by the red 3M beams on the rack, so that the CV joints don't fudge up. The assembly to connect the rack and the 6M steering links is more flexy than I'd like. Suspension travel is roughly 2M, and the action is rather soft. The gap between the suspension support pylons is wide enough to accomodate a fake straight engine or XL Motor. LXF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A real-world test with identical axles at either end of a chassis show some slowdown when turning, but there were no scary mechanical noises from the CV joints, so I call it a success! EDIT: The test chassis used two XL Motors as well as the Servo Motor running from a LiPo battery box, and since the servo is unable to complete a full 90° either way, perhaps the slowdown was due to increased current draw?

I dunno, I like the shock absorber placement here - it's really compact. It would be very easy to build whatever you want on top of that, free of the consideration of having to plan where to anchor the suspension.

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