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Hi Gee, and welcome to the forums! A little over a year ago I was in your shoes (even the Technic sets I had from my childhood are pretty much the same models you have), and studless was new for me too! I now love it however, and learned a lot from building some of the official sets. I made a topic earlier that shows where I was last year, and where I am now, but couldn't seem to find it when I looked for it now

And if JanuAIRy is too soon, there's always FebruAIRy;-)

Why? I know the Spybotics bricks are concidered somewhat "rare", as they only ever appeared in these four sets, but do they have any practical uses today? Do you need the software to operate the models, and does it even run on modern computers (serial cable, not USB) ? What exactly is it that makes you willing to pay that much for them? Just curious, not meant as an "attack" on you or anything, if it came out that way

Yeah I thought so.. It just seems so cheap, at 1/4 of the price to buy all four separately on Bricklink...

Sorry to revive this very old topic, but I recently stumbled upon someone selling all four of these for a pretty decent price (~50 Euro for all), so I just wondered; is it worth it? I went through the parts lists on rebrickable, and for one, there aren't that many parts, and secondly, none of the parts really stand out (guess the most desirable parts are the black axlepins with friction... Sooo, any thoughts?

Agreed regarding the linkage price.. I also can't think of very many situations where two 3L thin liftarms and a couple of axle pins won't do the same job as the new linkage!

Well, there is a reason why it's called limited slip differential. While your design provides slip, it wouldn't work in the same manner as an LSD. If all four wheels encounter an obstacle, they would all slip, and the vehicle would be stationary. It might give the desired effect on a lightweight chassis, that doesn't encounter many obstacles, but not in a million years for a trial truck etc. One could of course use clutch gears instead of pulley wheels and rubber bands in Ralf's setup, however

Yeah, make a triangular truss frame (du veit, fagverk) underneath, and see the strength increase tenfold! Also, makes for some good understanding and a little challenge!

I am planning to build a snowmobile aswell, powered by the complete RC Buggy setup, with two motors.. Will start planning/building over the weekend! :grin:

Saw this on rebrickable yesterday, really like it! I agree with DLuders and Rishab N, great idea for a spoiler!

Just built one, and it is truly a fascinating thing! :thumbup:

It's weird, I also find myself needing more new parts, that didn't exist not long ago! Both the Recovery truck, and especially the Formula 1 car, needed lots of the new 5L thin liftarms with axle holes on the ends (especially useful for building custom wheel hubs)! Knowing new parts are coming, if I see I would need for example a 5L Axle with stop, I will probably now not be so eager to work out an alternate solution...

4 : 2 8 : 2 14 : 3 30 : 3

Those are indeed overcomable (is that a word in English?) prizes, and I wouldn't mind paying 90-110 Euros for either of the sets I mentioned, but whenever these sets come up for sale in Norway, they are usually priced more than twice that! Right now there is both an 8275 and an 8466 for sale, priced at 240 and 180 Euros respectively. However, I have been lucky before, so I am keeping my eyes open

should be possible, if you have the same outer diameter on the wheel and on the drive sprocket+tracks, if you know what I mean.. that would probably be simplest.. if you want to use bigger wheels, you'd have to calculate the gear ratios you'll need.

januAIRy ? aviation themed, and it's only a month away!

If I do find either of those sets at a very low price, I might consider it, but I really don't need more beams, pins, axles, gears etc etc, as I only have one or two MOCs in the works at any given time,, I was wondering how long it would be before someone noticed

This is interesting! For some time now, there's been a 45544 listed on finn.no (Norwegian market place), from someone going by the name "mandarin87" , who also happens to list a .pl e-mail address in his contact info. Could maybe be the same guy? Could it be he doesn't know of the missing battery?

How about working missiles? Seriously though, aren't small model rocket single use engines roughly a tall 2x2 round brick? Not for purists (or people afraid to melt their Legos), but definitely doable! Could probably even be integrated with PF!

The V-22 Osprey is indeed a fascinating aircraft! Saw a couple of them over NYC as I was sailing up the Hudson in 2010, and was very impressed! Being a military man, my interest for these kind of things is way above average, but until I saw them IRL, I just thought it was a prototype, having read about all the problems they had developing it! Anyway, I think next years cargo plane could be a good starting point for anyone wanting to build an Osprey MOC.. Fuselage seems to be roughly the same size (except for the added height of the Osprey), and landing gear, position of the wings on the body, even the rear loading ramp, are pretty much the same! Should of course be made in LBG

Agreed! It could be difficult for voters to see which post is the final entry in a WIP topic, which also potentially has several pages of replies, updates and opinions. Maybe a little more work for Ted, but hey; that's why he's such a great Moderator!

How do you even come up with all these topics?! I really don't want any sets, but there are some parts that would make me very happy: -4 cylinder brackets -4 Power Puller wheels/tyres -4 wheels/tyres from the Silver Champignon/Williams/Ferrari F1 cars EDIT: I lied, I want the new cargoplane for white parts!

That's got to be the deal of a lifetime! I bricklinked the important parts (remote, receiver/batterybox, steering unit, two antennae and two motors), and it cost me a small fortune! The "paddles" are for the "aux output" on the receiver. It will drive a motor clockwise or anticlockwise depending on which is pressed. As far as I know it has never been used in an official set, but I suppose you can use it to control a sequential gearbox, or just lights for that matter

I think I replaced two of the M-motors with L-motors when I built Juergen's ultimate 8043, and as far as I recall, in that model at least, there was just enough space both longitudinally, as well as room for the added width/height of the L-motors.. Don't remember wether it was width or height... Then again, I might be wrong, haven't gotten much sleep lately

Thanks! yesh, one has to wonder!