AndyC

They look like the ordinary yellow ones to me.

Surely the first switch selects between power going to the compressor or to the PTO. The second switch selects either the front or rear PTO. The third switch selects either the front or rear pneumatic take off. Which implies a single PTO and Pneumatic take off at either end.

There's no global setting so it has to be done per-user. Group Policy Preferences would probably be the best way in an Active Directory environment.

Even 8043 has a long blue connector pin used in a position that puts it and the beam it goes through under stresses that are strictly speaking allowed. It's not that big an issue, though left for a long period of time could cause damage to the part. Lego designers aren't supposed to let any of these slip into current models but every now and again one turns up.

Sort of. The connector won't attach directly, but if you put a PF extension cable (which includes a PF<->9V adapter) inbetween you can connect the PF lights to a 9V motor or battery box.

I got one of these discounted just after Xmas and finally got around to building it. I must say it's better than I was expecting. The droid head is too large, but that's really the only thing letting it down a bit. As a build, I found it very enjoyable with bits and pieces going in all directions. The finished model looks very pretty and is much larger than I imagined too. Definitely a pleasent surprise.

Do you mean the two minifig hands, connected back to back by a very short bit of flex tube? Back to the X-wing, I think the wings need to be a lot bigger, if you go for a SNOT build the whole thing needs to be significantly bigger than minifig scale or they just end up looking really fat. Unlike fallenangel though, I don't like grey x-wings, it just looks too dark a colour. They look more accurate (to me) in white, even if that's slightly brighter than they should be. I do like how you've done the gun though, it's looking really good. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

You can't install Windows on an iPad, even a jailbroken one, as it's a totally different CPU architecture. There's a youtube video of someone claiming to have done it, but it's a fake. As it stands there is no way to run LDD on iPad/iPhone.

One other advantage of the 8878 is that it has a speed controller on the battery box itself. Not a big deal if you're using it in conjunction with the remote controller, but if you just wanted to run a model constantly at one speed (or build a creation where the battery box is in a suitable place for a controller) then it can be handy.

I think that's more likely, a system-scale Black Pearl would probably be something a lot of kids will want for Christmas. As lovely as a giant IFS type model would be, I'm not convinced we'll see one just yet. I'd be happy to be proved wrong, of course!

I'm almost ready with the latest index update, just cleaning up a few small errors. The following list is all the posts which need fixing before they'll be entered into the index. Please note than in some cases there are multiple errors with the post and only the worst offence is listed here, so please do take the time to check yours over. Set image is missing Star Wars - 10198 - Tantive IV by ADHO15 Star Wars - 8085 - Freeco Speeder by ADHO15 Star Wars - 4501 - Mos Eisley Cantina by ADHO15 Star Wars - 7110 - Landspeeder by ADHO15 Links are broken Creator - 5891 - Apple Tree House [Vers I] by ashir Racers - 8197 - Highway Chaos by C3POwen Racers - 8211 - Brick Street Getaway by C3POwen Technic - 8290 - Mini Forklift [Vers I] by ashir Technic - 8290 - Dragster [Vers II] by ashir Town - 6513 - Glade Runner by ashir LXF File is missing Atlantis - 7976 - Ocean Speeder by Lance Creator - 10182 - Cafe Corner by BlueBard Licensed - 7590 - Woody and Buzz to the Rescue by Enigma_UK Space Police - 5981 - Raid VPR by Randal Town - 2148 - Truck by Darkhoodness Town - 3177 - Small Car by Darkhoodness Town - 3181 - Passenger Plane by Darkhoodness Town - 7998 - Heavy Hauler by Darkhoodness Town - 8402 - Sports Car by Darkhoodness Trains - 10183 - Hobby Train [Vers I] by Darkhoodness Universe - ???? - Nimbus Rocket by Murdoch17 Universe - 2853944 - Astronaut by Murdoch17 Universe - 55001 - Universe Rocket by Murdoch17 Images exceed 512x512 pixels in size Architecture - 21005 - Fallingwater by retroelectro666 Atlantis - 7976 - Deep Sea Jet by Giovanne Atlantis - 7977 - Seabed Strider by Giovanne Creator - 5590 - Whirl N Wheel Super Truck by BrickWild Creator - 5766 - Log Cabin [Vers I] by Gear_tooth Space - 6931 - FX-Star Patroller by Giovanne Space - 6929 - Star Patroller by Giovanne Star Wars - 7119 - Twin-Pod Cloud Car by BrickWild Technic - 8297 - Off-Roader by elmerohueso Town - 7642 - Garage by BrickWild Town - 10213 - Shuttle Adventure by elmerohueso Town - 1252 - Shell Tanker by BrickWild Town - 1253 - Shell Formula Racer by BrickWild Town - 1254 - Shell Select Store by BrickWild Town - 1255 - Shell Car Wash by BrickWild Town - 1256 - Shell Gas Pumps by BrickWild Town - 7239 - Fire Truck by roamingstudio Set is/was unreleased and needs confirming against official instructions Technic - 8065 - Mini Dump Truck by merman Town - 3365 - Moon Buggy by BrickWild Town - 3366 - Test Rocket by BrickWild Thanks, AndyC

Hehe, that was exactly what I thought when I first saw him.

There are only offical instructions for combining it with #8192, but obviously being Lego you could combine it with any other set you wanted. Amazon's definition of 'compatible' may just mean that they are similar sets which go together well for playing.

No it isn't, 8866 is the older RC train motor. 88002 will be the PF train motor currently only available in the 2010 train sets.

Well the low-tech way is to just skip occasional steps in the manual, but doing something manually that a computer could do offends the software engineer in me. I suppose going through the LDD offical sets thread has got me wondering how the effort of people reproducing sets digitally could be used to enhance the AFOL community. It would be more effort, but would only need to be done once per set and I didn't really envision it necessarily being the same folk producing 'hard' instructions (or conversely simplified versions for old sets) as those who might want to use them.

The number stamped into the part is a Lego Design ID, which references the shape of the piece. This often, but not always, coincides with the Bricklink part number. The numbers at the end of the manual are Lego Element IDs, which refer to a specific part in a specific colour. I'm not aware of an easy way of mapping Lego Element IDs back onto Design IDs, let alone onto the Bricklink part numbers. I do know that Superkalle had to do Design ID -> Bricklink manually for his LDD Manager tool, so I doubt there is even a consistent reference for that step.

There's an opportunity for an AFOL solution to this, of course. All you'd need to do is build the set once in LDRAW, marking the steps so as to build a digital copy of the existing instructions. Then steps could be graded (using some kind of agreed upon labelling perhaps) in such a way that software could automatically combine steps depending upon how difficult a build you wanted.

I've been going through the whole thread as part of the latest indexing effort to try and highlight some of the worst offenders (there are some old posts that have images way over Eurobricks recommended sizes) so I'd encourage everyone to have a quick look at their old posts to see if anything needs fixing.

I agree with your sentiment, but perhaps the real question in that case should be "How do you promote Lego in a way that parents won't think of them as boy's toys?"

It does appear to have gained two videos, albeit entirely un-Lego related, that I don't think were there before. And it says 1 month and 1 day until the next LEGO space experience, so maybe that's all that was supposed to be there. Seems a bit pointless though.

3739 Blacksmith Shop - Theme: Castle [DUPLICATE] LXF File Small windows substituted, flames don't fit in fire, bat doesn't fit in attic, bugle won't clip to wall. 6012 Siege Cart - Theme: Castle LXF File 6016 Knight's Arsenal - Theme: Castle LXF File 6023 Maiden's Cart- Theme: Castle LXF File 4857 Horse hitching with hinge and 251c01 Turntable with hinge combination replaced by 2397 Thill for Gig 6035 Castle Guard - Theme: Castle LXF File 6041 Armor Shop - Theme: Castle LXF File 6049 Viking Voyager - Theme: Castle LXF File 6067 Guarded Inn - Theme: Castle [DUPLICATE] LXF File 6073 Knight's Castle - Theme: Castle [DUPLICATE] LXF File 73037 replaced using Calabar's brick built alternate 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress - Theme: Castle [DUPLICATE] LXF File String Missing

1. I think all you need is an LDraw compatible Mac app, like Bricksmith. 2. I'd guess getting the bluish-grey pieces will be cheaper, though I may be wrong.

And yet he doesn't even appear on the Series 1 packet. Hardly 'flagship' status is it? The prominence in the banner image of all figs may just have been down to colour balance or even just the artist's preference for the clown. I don't think there is any more to read into it than that.

Fabuland was my first thought too, that and Castle were always the ones my sister's seemed most interested in. Dare I suggest that a somewhat de-&lt;insert that tiresome argument&gt; Fabuland would be even better as it would encourage the building element more than the original and the modern range of pieces are more suited to brick building some of the structures than in the past. As slightly stereotypical as it sounds, making hospitals as regular a theme as police/fire would probably help too. Girls like playing nurse. A significant proportion of our family Lego was always allocated to some sort of multicolour hospital full of apparently injured minifigs.

I suspect the answer to your question is no, they don't have a 'flagship' minifig and any perception of 'better' figures is entirely down to individual taste. For example, I still think the S1 Zombie has been the best so far (though the Hazmat guy in S4 may sway that somewhat).