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  1. NathanR
    A few people have built this (not me personally though). The rocket stands on four small supports, which are made of 1x2 tiles and 1x2-2x2 brackets. They are based on the ones in the display stands shown in an update to the WhatsUpToday LUT project that was on lego Ideas: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/a88109ec-9970-4fe1-98b4-9bd535856ab4/updates#content_nav_tabs The rocket has no other connections to the tower. But I would guess the stability is about the same as when you stand the rocket on its own, vertically, on its engines.
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    Wow, that is amazing! I didn't think it was possible to get such accurate shaping on the four side boosters, but you've really nailed it!! Supporter #2710
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    Ooh, the Pteranodon looks cute! I am a sucker for baby dinosaurs, the transforming robot feature is just a nice bonus :)
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    Ooh, I have a few: The use of numbered bags in sets compartmentalises the building process too much, sets with unnumbered bags are much more fun because it encourages rummaging for pieces and lets you be surrounded by open bags of Lego. Instruction manuals are ridiculously oversimplified these days, they seem to do no more than three pieces per step. Older sets have a more interesting experience, e.g. the Explorien sets had you playing spot-the-diffeence to see what got added each step, or technic sets like the 8480 Space Shuttle show dozens of parts in a single callout making you think carefully about what you are building. Also, I love it when a set has a large number of stickers. I find doing stickers to be very calming as it forces me to slow down, to work carefully, so I do a good job with them. (Please note these are purely personal opinions, and you are quite entitled to disagree with me!)
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    Try changing the grid spacing. By default, the middle grid size moves the bricks up and down by one plate's height, and left/right/forwards/backwards by half a brick. But once you rotate the brick, up and down becomes left and right, so the distance the brick moves with each press of the arrow key becomes a little messed up. Using the smaller grid size, the arrow keys move each brick by 1LDU in each axis, so you can nudge it exactly where you need it to be. For ultra precision (needed when the bricks are rotated by angles that are not 90 degrees), open the inspector window and you can set the x, y, z coordinates of the brick manually.
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    Really cute, the Triceratops was one of my favourite dinosaurs as a kid. There's a transforming T-Rex on Lego Ideas at the moment, very similar scale/concept. Is that another of your creations?
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    Over on newelementary, their review of the new Treehouse includes a lengthy discussion about how the plastic for transparent elements has recently been changed - it seems to be a little softer now. Perhaps this new material might be less likely to crack, thus making minifigure torsos possible? Original article: http://www.newelementary.com/2019/08/review-lego-ideas-21318-treehouse.html
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    I'm curious, is there any way to tell if the Windows 4.3.12 exe is now 64 bit, or is it still a 32 bit application? (If it has become 64 bit, then I can hop onto some hope for a new MacOs version)
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    Interesting idea. In the past, Lego have done mini figures with transparent arms, legs, and heads. So I guess the only real problems are the hip joints and the torso elements. I would imagine that the hip joint is not big enough to allow dual moulding. The torso could probably be done dual moulded, as long as the holes for the arms were pure ABS it ought to work. I've been dreaming of having a set of three Jedi force ghosts for years now...
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    Fantastic model. Already supported on Lego Ideas. And I have to say, I love the stop motion animation in the video, it was very impressive!
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    To be honest, I wondered if this lab was for developing products like the Braille 2x4 bricks that got announced a month or so back. Kind of like Lego Ideas, but instead of looking for new models built out of Lego, they are trying to come up with new and creative ways to use Lego bricks. I am very intrigued about what will come out of this lab.
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    I would say no. If people can just grab the instructions and build your model, they will not be so keen to share the project and push to have Lego make it as a set. Worse, if the project does not pass the final review, the instructions will make it easier for evil clone brick companies to steal.
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    Thanks, glad you like it! As for the crawler, it's already been done, just not by me. Lego Ideas user Eiffleman has a great version, and he very kindly provided instructions/parts lists: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/0f8efc2a-ce0a-4285-9f2b-036bf3eb9f38
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    Yeah, the group kind of branched out a bit from *just* the Saturn V
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    @rockpig Yes, a few people have built this (but sadly I'm not one of them). The first few tower levels can get a bit tight due to the tolerances on Lego bricks, and the service arms can move quite a bit even when they are supposed to be locked in place, but other than that the model works quite well. You can find photos (and other LUT models) if you go digging through the "Lego Saturn V, Lunar Lander and Other Space Builds" group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/legospacebuilds/ You can find bricklink xml and brickstock bsx on the facebook groups google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uXNMTWEi-5qn3F1IbmUBk0CF2oa75WDV Oh, and I also put together a 600 page instruction manual. That's on the google drive too.
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    Interesting figures! I am not so fussed about the rainbow teddy bear, it looks to me like there was an accident in the paint shop. But I really like the idea of a ghostly knight, the armour has fantastic detailing and the face has a really fun demonic grin. But why a trans-blue ghostly sword, if the rest of the armour is solid?
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    @Shiva Lego are in the process of changing the VIP points system, it looks like there is a separate page where you use points to get a discount code, it's being discussed here:
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    Yay! I love Winnie the Pooh! The part used by the designer looks pretty good to me. I've seen it before somewhere but can't remember exactly where, I'm sure it's a genuine (though probably long-retired) head piece. Edit: Just realised, as @Lyichir suggested it is indeed the Panda head from the collectable minifigure series.
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    My parents brought me up to leave lego sets as complete kits. So most of my loose bricks have come from filling cups at pick-a-brick walls. The rest are from bricklink orders that I put in to help me complete specific models, but ended up dismantling back into storage;
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    I feel stupid asking this, but it's really bugging me - which version of the Robinson Crusoe story gave him a tree house? I don't remember the book very well, or the silent cinema version I saw several years ago, but I was sure he only had a hut on the beach and caves for the winter.
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    My guess is that they chose white because of the 2x3 tile that forms the base of the tail fin part. The "tile" covers the white and black 2x6 curved slopes, so dark grey would disrupt the roll pattern and look a little odd. Black would be too dark and look wring for the fins, so they probably kept white because it looks "cleaner". It would have been much nicer if Lego could have printed the tail fins grey on each side (and added the letters "A, B, C, D" to each fin would have really been the cherry on the icing on the cake). Even stickers would have been nice. But I guess the designers weren't allowed to create any further prints. For info, they tail fins are actually the wrong shape (but the closest match without creating a completely new part). Someone posted revised parts for 3D-printing on shapeways, which look pretty good, but I never got round to trying them: https://www.shapeways.com/product/9T7Q8K5BA/lego-saturn-v-fins
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    Wow, that looks way better! Ok, this set just went up in my estimation. Now this set just keeps getting better and better. Looks stunning, loads of lovely details, they've really gone Swiss Family Robinson on this treehouse. The whole thing is just pure fun. I am definitely buying this one!
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    Treehouse looks fantastic! Going to be an interesting build, and I really like the way they add in extra leaves so you can build the tree with autumnal colours! Would love to get this set, just not sure I will have space to store or display it
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    Wow, and I thought I picked tough subjects to model! Good luck with this one,,, To get the engines sloping, so the top is "higher" or sticks out further than the bottom... could you perhaps use 3937 1x2 rocker bearing and 6134 2x2 plate (rocking) to angle the engine panels? This might cause collision errors though. Or maybe you could follow the technique used in the new UCS Millennium Falcon, with the engine glow done by a ribbed hose and extra bricks above and below to build it outwards into a slope? My only other idea would be to use 2x3 or 2x4 slope bricks and make the engine "glow" as a separate sticker.
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    Lego Ideas user WhatsUpToday had a great Apollo 17 project, with LM, CSM and lunar rover, it could make a good springboard for a new design: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/73cce907-875e-4386-9648-58e47eae480a Actually, those are the tail service masts. They provided electrical and liquid (?) connections to the first stage, right up to the moment of launch. The Saturn V was fixed to the launch pad by four hold-down arms placed 90 degrees apart around the base of the rocket. They basically held the rocket to the launch pad until it was confirmed that all five F-1 engines had ignited and throttled up to full power. Only then were the clamps released and the rocket allowed to fly. This is a schematic of the hold-down arms. You represent them on your LUT as the black 2x2x3 slope bricks the rocket stands on: @Ludo Visser Snap!
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