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Help needed with sloped side walls for a LEGO funicular railway
imvanya replied to Zimmi78's topic in LEGO Train Tech
I noticed that the vertical offset seems to be different between the first and second, and second and third windows (4 vs 5 plates). Unless it's required for something, a consistent offset should make it easier to find a nice angle for the roof, especially if the offset is 5 plates because it is also 2 studs. I used the 5654 slope which you also had in your screenshot. As explained on New Elementary, it shares its angle with the 41769/41770 wedge plates: Here's a quick mock-up with slight modifications to your design: Lime pieces are 3544/3545, which are just larger versions of the same wedge plates. Anyway, I hope it's helpful: https://bricksafe.com/files/imvanya/stud.io-mocs/_FunicularTest.io -
Really? That's a bummer. I've been checking the game's website occasionally to see if there were any updates, and I guess now I know why there were none. I bought both the game and the season passes when they were on sale because yes, I was excited to play it, just not THAT excited Unlocking the content was a bit grindy, but it motivated me to play the multiplayer modes, which I rarely do, and which turned out to be really fun. The in-game builder was supposed to be what would set this game apart. It was pretty similar to Studio, but the controls were a bit clunky. They were clearly designed with a controller in mind so everything was a button press. With keyboard and mouse you would constantly try to click stuff that was unclickable until you pressed a button. You could only build on top of existing chassis with more unlocked as you played and through season passes. Basically, when you unlocked a new car in game, you were encouraged to build it like a set to unlock some parts from its inventory, and then you could also strip it down to reuse the chassis. There were some really unusual and cool designs that unfortunately meant you couldn't reuse the chassis. Nevertheless, I did manage to adapt many of my MOCs to build them in the game, which was the main thing I had been looking for before I ever played it. The feeling of driving your MOC was really cool. I also built many of the LEGO City Undercover cars courtesy of dr_lofstrand who reverse-engineered and published many if not all of them on Mecabricks. I think LEGO 2K Drive could prosper, but it looks like it isn't making the publisher enough money. Considering how expensive it was, the expectations must have been high. Maybe, if it was cheaper, there would be more people playing it? The season passes kept it fresh with new cars introduced each season, and many of them were actual City, Friends or Creator sets. I might try reinstalling it while it's still playable, maybe save some designs. Racing mode in LEGO Fortnite?
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This is my entry for this month's Studio activity "Build it. Race it." The rules of the activity required taking one of the prebuilt chassis and building a racing vehicle using only pieces from a limited palette. One of the chassis looked like it could be used to built something like a chariot. and that's what I did: The chariot is drawn by two fully brick-built custom motorcycles. The idea for the gradient "wings" came up very early in the design process, so the motorcycles were built to include this feature, too. Initially, I struggled to include enough connection points for the sides but then I remembered about 4595, and this is when everything clicked into place. This was really fun – even though I ended up submitting my design in the last hour, the deadline was what motivated me to keep building. Of course I would love to win, but there are some amazing entries, including in my category (one winner will be selected for each of the prebuilt chassis), so I don't hold my breath. Anyway, I'll share the link to the .io file when the design gets approved. I'm also planning to make the instructions, so I'll share them as well when they're ready.
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42233 Mighty Machine
imvanya replied to Ngoc Nguyen's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
And the packs have been added to the Minifig Scan app, too. -
42233 Mighty Machine
imvanya replied to Ngoc Nguyen's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
My bad, you are absolutely right, they are Data Matrix. I suspect TLG use those codes themselves, so if they work for the minifigures, I don’t see why they wouldn’t keep them for these. But who knows how corporations think. -
42233 Mighty Machine
imvanya replied to Ngoc Nguyen's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
There is a handy app called Minifig Scan that was originally created for the Collectible Minifigures, but it now seems to work for other LEGO mystery packs like the micro F1 cars. I’m pretty sure they’ll add these ones, too. Basically, every box has a unique QR code on the bottom, so after a new series like this is launched, it takes them some time to find all the QR codes, but then you can just scan the code and see what’s inside. I got a few specific minifigures that way on first try (technically, it wasn’t even a try), and my brother got the Ice planet minifigure as soon as he got the app after buying a couple of random ones. -
This is my take on the Crusher vehicle driven by the Roadkill faction in the Mad Max game. Using the chair piece for the fender flares was the initial inspiration, which also pays homage to 10200 Custom Car Garage. The exhausts are another prominent feature of the original design, so I'm happy I managed to come up with a relatively clean way to build them. Admittedly, the there are a few dubious connections, and a lot of the pieces are not available in Dark Red. Here is the prototype for reference:
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First of all, amazing work! I can immediately see some train-building skills in the raised cell borders, they remind me of some wooden boxcar MOCs I've seen My head hurts just thinking of what's going on under the surface. I would imagine all the new bracket pieces proved very useful. Secondly, time for some unwarranted advice and suggestions I've had the idea of "AZUL out of LEGO" ever since I first saw the 10359 Fountain Garden set with this 2x2 tile in it: And now there's a new Friends set with a similar setting, 42691 Garden Restaurant, with these 2x2 tiles: Obviously, these aren't an exact match for either the patterns or the colors of the AZUL tiles. But while IDEAS would allow for custom prints, should you ever decide to Bricklink this, you could as well use these 3 designs if LEGO has already produced them. Other decorations would be harder, though. Anyway, good luck with the IDEAS submission!
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Duh, now that you’ve said it, it’s hard to unsee. Reading posts from a phone has its downsides. It’s cool that an “out of system” combination of parts is a design decision and serves a purpose.
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Thanks for the link! And I think I forgot to compliment the car itself, but that goes without saying. A very clean build, and a clever use of the studs-on-the-side plates to replicate the drilled frame.
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Hi everyone! I'm not a Trains forum regular, but I recently read New Elementary's part review of the 42210 Nissan Skyline GT-R set, and it was suggested there that the new wheel cover 6607 might be used as a train wheel. Has anyone has used it or considered using it? The obvious problem with the part is that you can't connect a coupling rod to it, but it looks like it could be done with the 6575 cam.
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Yes, love it! I've been thinking about this after Speed Champions switched to the 8-wide format. These figures work so much better for the scale! And LEGO has been using more minifig-style longer legs and arms for Woody in Toy Story sets, Na'vi in Avatar sets, and Jack Skellington in the recent Ideas Nightmare before Christmas set. Would be interesting if LEGO decided to use them for Speed Champions, although I realize an extra row of studs is to much space to waste in those sets. I also suspect that collectors would be unhappy if a unique figure in a licensed Speed Champions set would be in this weird scale. Super excited about these new tires. Still waiting for the New Elementary review of the set
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Good point, I did misjudge the dimensions of the new wedges.
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I wonder why 6929/6930 weren’t used for the front. I guess the set was designed and approved before those pieces became available? It doesn’t look like it is really necessary to use the triangular tile and not the new wedge piece. The only reason I can think of is that the hood would be a boring uninterrupted pink surface.
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It’s Modular Integrated Landscaping System: https://www.abellon.net/MILS/ The Town subforum has a bunch of topics for all kinds off MILS plates. I don’t know much about it but moving vehicles don’t seem to be an integral part of the system. However, the MILS plates are built so maybe your solutions for slot cars could be adapted to fit MILS.