M_longer

Powered Up never had good days. Its parts are 2-3 times more expensive than PF counterparts, motors are weaker than PF ones - while being larger, does not come with physical remote (don't get me start laughing over that 2 dial one, please), did not had any support from LEGO from start (Racing Brick had made an enormous work for making a tutorials for PuP). To easy make and use something more than shown on the box, you need to use 3rd party app like Brick Controller 2. First set - 42100 - was a great motors pack. But after that we did not get anything like previous 8293 set - a cheep affordable set allowing to power up sets like 42068 with single motor. LEGO left the idea of single motor powering various models. Instead we got a few models that had overdesigned gearboxes, just to justify presence of THE APP. 42131 barely moved, everything took ages to work and it came with 4 motors only. With same price as 42100 with 7 motors at start. The whole policy about each motor being servo and propulsion motor made the motors much, much more expensive. Now imagine how much would cost 42131 with 6 PF motors and some decent bluetooth device :) All I see now is a quiet withdrawal of that nonsense after 6 years, (LEGO just put lefotvers from PuP on sale - only new 2in1 block from Porsche is "new") where Power Functions was used for 12 years, and only thing it needed was Bluetooth and maybe more powerfull rechargeable battery. And a as a designer who make models with instructions - nobody asks for converting my models to C+, but people asks if I'll gonna use PF for next RC model, becuase it's easier to obtain and much cheaper (let's be honest, people buy MK and CaDa motors). Prove me wrong :)

You spell "fallen down" in a funny way :)

New sets appeared in US, I have seen this Frankenstein connector in 42205 Corvette, shown at one of the FB groups;

There's a saying in polish - "If something is (used) for everything, it's (usable) for nothing". Having overpriced motors that can serve both as servo and propulsion was a stepback, instead having decently priced motorized sets with single motor, we got few overpriced sets, with app that basically does nothing interesting.

Shorter +o liftarms with towball socket: And similiar with ball on end. Also, new engine block mount.

Control+ is full of dead ends. Another one just fits. All that PF needed was Bluetooth. Was cheap, easy to use and had physical remotes.

I made a small comparison. Thoughts?

Ekhm, @Milan ?

Try to buy something related to C+/PUp at LEGO. com. They quietly killed it, only 42172 has C+ onboard, and that's just a all-in-one block :)

Looks cool, especially with real one in the background. Yet your model looks like it's off with proportions of the cab. Do you have more side/front pictures?

At least Control+ died.

JCB Fastrac (42199 Monster Jam DIGatron Pull-Back) Small category: Helicopter (42201 Deep-Sea Research Submarine) Medium category:

From water into air! Featuring main rotor tilt by lever between landing skids: Main and tail rotor drive trough a crank. Openable cockpit: Goes nicely with 42198 :) More pictures: https://bricksafe.com/pages/M_longer/42201-alt/helicopter Instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-205967/M_longer/42201-helicopter/#details Video:

Pullback alt model. All parts used :) More pictures https://bricksafe.com/pages/M_longer/42199-alt/fastrac Instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-204661/M_longer/42199-fastrac

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I have found out earlier, like posted here: I just did not posted them here, both were shown January 2nd (just forgot about this topic...) https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-204661/M_longer/42199-fastrac/?spot=designer_mocs&t=1737309269&cs=3943 https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-205967/M_longer/42201-helicopter/?spot=designer_mocs&t=1737309269&cs=a09b

Do the models shown after contest was started count towards the rule and can be submissioned?

There are no baseplates in the set.

I have finally managed to take pictures on snow :) More here: https://bricksafe.com/pages/M_longer/42177-alt/unimog-u5000

I hope that Control+ will die and LEGO will introduce something with physical remotes again.

https://wnd.pl/technic/7554-lego-technic-42199-monster-jam-digatron-5702017816227.html

Yes. That full pin connection comes from overal geometry of system parts. 2 liftarms are thick as 5 plates stacked, so half liftarm is 1,25 plate thick, but thanks to groves it can be attached to 3/4 pins. Plates never had recession for pins to click inside.

LEGO is quetly killing Control+, maybe we will see something new in August.

What about Fastrac? ;) https://www.instagram.com/p/DD1yeDLsvDM/