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@ Eigenbroetler: If you open an account on Rebrickable.com , you can go to the "My Sets" tab and load the standard 8265 set. Then, you can upload Biker's modified 8265 LDD .lxf file (which has a link in Post #18 of this topic) and try to "Build this MOC". The additional parts that Biker used will remain, once Rebrickable knows that you already have the standard 8265 set.

LelonFrederic/ Fresko posted this YouTube video of a "motorised version of the 42007 Moto Cross Bike. Propulsion: M-motor; Steering: Servomotor." Photos and Lego Digital Designer (LDD) .lxf Building Instructions file are on his Brickshelf gallery. He even added training wheels for Alasdair.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lya_ABcQOTM

It's a 11455 "Technic, Pin Connector Perpendicular 2 x 4 Bent":

@ Bzroom: Your Walking Tree Harvester MOC is wonderful! There's a lot of functionality built into that model.

[bUMP] Burgi687 posted this of Catia v5 (3D CAD design software) animations of the Lego Technic 8880 Supercar. You can see cutaway views on how the headlights pop up, the 4-wheel-steering works, and the fake engine operating: Erik Tine posted this of his "Motorized Lego 8880 with remote control. [it is the] Original Lego 8880; removed only 7 of original pieces; added 1x M motor for steering":

@ sten: Nice MOC! Do you have a picture of the underside, or can you peel away a few of the plates to reveal the Power Functions motors and battery box?

@ rm8: Congratulations on your newfound fame! Even though the official Lego "Boss" Crawler set may not be revealed until April, look at it this way: a good Lego Technic set (like fine wine) takes time!

On the Lego Technic Designers Blog, there is this nice story by Niels Henrik Horsted: American muscle helps Russian Boss make it to the very top Here at the LEGO Technic blog, we recently caught up with Egor Karshiev, the newly crowned winner of the 2012 Technic Challenge. Here’s what he had to say about his approach to the competition; his first experiences with LEGO, and his return from the Dark Ages, after becoming a father! To have any chance of winning, Egor decided that he had to have a plan. He came up with the following 4-point strategy: 1. Build to surprise 2. Build something never seen before 3. Build a great looking vehicle 4. Build something that would sell in major markets “I guess the hardest part was coming up with the idea! Pickup themes appeared to be the most popular. Yet these big models were not stable enough, due to the high centre of gravity of the 4 x 4 Crawler chassis.” What to do? “I started to look into lighter, lower cars. I found pictures of US muscle cars from 60-70s, on off-road chassis. These impressed and inspired me, and created the basis for my winning design”. Take 2! Remarkably, Egor already had one entry in the competition. “My first model, Brutal, although nicely made and in a single colour scheme, was not that different from the other competitors’ models”. Thinking that the new competition would be like previous events, Egor had also spent 14 months building a scale model Toyota Land Cruiser! However, with the TC deadline fast approaching, time was now of the essence. 7 weeks intense body building! “I made Boss pretty fast – in 7 weeks. It was November and only two months before the competition deadline, and I had to finish the build and get enough votes. I downloaded loads of images of 60s American cars, bought lots of black coloured parts and testing many various designs, until I was happy with the final model, which I’m proud to say features a motorised winch, working headlights and a low centre of gravity.” “Boss went online 23 December, just one week before the deadline. Although initially rejected by the competition moderators, it was approved and garnered sufficient votes to get into the Top 100.” Going for gold! “My goal was to win outright. I thought that my main competitors would be famous model builders. Somehow they did not make it to the finals, but I had to compete with a genius builder “crazy_1993”.” “I decided I needed to do some serious selling, so I uploaded a whole range of Boss variations online – light, off-road and extreme. A very important part was making a video to demonstrate the design’s technical capabilities as well its excellent stability – people really like to see how models actually perform! So I made several videos, using different wheels, to show exactly what my design could do.” Boss out muscles the competition! Egor’s creation amassed over 50% of the vote on its way to claiming top spot. Given the incredible amount of hard work he put in, we can only say it was – and remains – a well-deserved victory! From Russia with lots of LEGO love! “I first discovered LEGO in 1994, when my friend was given a number of small LEGO System sets, including model number 6669. At that time a new TV show had started – LEGO-Go. I saw every episode and I loved all the LEGO ads shown during the show, as I really got to see everything in close-up detail. The sets were very expensive, but I enjoyed building even the smallest models – and I was good at mixing and rebuilding what I had to make new creations. I found different models I could build by looking in the LEGO catalogues, which of course were free!” “With LEGO as my new favourite toy, I started to take notes and design my own models. My first complete set was LEGO System 6533 Police jeep, which had 59 parts. Two years later I got my first LEGO Technic set, 8042, which featured a working pneumatic system! The last set I got as a kid was LEGO Technic 8858, with real suspension, huge wheels and working pistons! After 8858 I only ever built Technic cars – no cranes, excavators or bulldozers!” Out of the Dark Ages “The first part of my life with LEGO lasted from 1995 until 2000, when I went off to university. I returned to LEGO in 2011, when my son was just one year-old, as I wanted a hobby that we could enjoy together!” All we can say is that we’re very happy that you reignited your passion, Egor! About Egor: Egor Karshiev (Rm8) is 29 years-old and an economist. He lives with his wife and son in his hometown of Izhevsk, Russia. Although he works in the corporate banking sector and has a non-technical education, he has always been fascinated by technology, not least cars and everything to do with them. He enjoys spending as much time as he can with his wife and son and he would like to see the world together with his family! He thinks that the best job you can have is being paid to do your hobby (something we can all agree with here at LEGO Technic!). Egor would like LEGO to work closely with and listen to LEGO communities everywhere. He would also like to see increased customer service in his home country and, not least, Egor would like us to run more of the type of competition that he recently so deservedly won!

I see that you have already "gathered" all of the required parts needed to "build" the 7347 set in Lego Digital Designer. To save time in the future, be aware that there are many "Official LEGO Sets Made in LDD" -- there are three different 7347 variants (made by Gnac) on this Eurobricks Digital Designer Forum list . Use your "Ctrl-F" on your computer to quickly "Find" the "7347" entries on that list. If you ever decide to make Building Instructions using LDraw instead of LDD, you can download the LDraw file for the 7347 Highway Pickup set on this Eurobricks Digital Designer Forum list . C3POwen provided the file. If you ever use MLCad (which uses LDraw), you can refer to Nico71's "How To Create a Building Instruction" guidance. His has some good tips:

That's what it's all about -- being a mentor and an inspiration to the future:

@ Bzroom: Many AFOL MOC Building Instructions are created using LDraw, not Lego Digital Designer (LDD). There is no good way of controlling LDD's arbitrary building order, no matter whether there are "modules" or not. I know this from having built this Lego Easter Egg using LDD. Even when I created INDIVIDUAL LAYERS of bricks as modules, LDD's Building Guide Mode would build bricks in ADJACENT LAYERS before completing the previous layer. To create PDF Building Instructions that showed each layer in a logical order, I had to take LDD Screen Prints and paste them into PowerPoint. In the Building Guide Mode, LDD has a bad habit of not finishing individual modules in the order they were created. Bricks are sometimes being added in an illogical order. For Lego Technic MOCs, LDD can be a nightmare.

@ Countdown: Hey, long time no hear from you! It's good that a fellow Civil Engineer is designing complex Lego Technic MOCs like this!

On Flickr, Parda posted this image of "Lego Technic figures, the complete collection":

Maybe Grohl (Milan Reindl) can find out, since he's currently a Technic Designer.

@ francisalmario: You can use the 4459 "Technic, Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise WITHOUT Center Slots" piece instead: In Lego Digital Designer (LDD) Parts Pallette, I believe that the Nano Cube MOC designer meant to select the common 2780 "Technic, Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise WITH Center Slots" piece. There is no functional need for the pins to be WITHOUT slots -- the SLOTTED version works just fine on the Nano Magic Cube I built: Since it's difficult to photograph the many-faceted Magic Cubes, here are some LDD2PovRay renders (Flickr photoset):

[bUMP] The three Lego Technic Magic Cubes (designed by Vassilis Chryssanthakopoulos / NeXTSTORM / NeXTSTORMING) have been posted on Rebrickable: LARGE Magic Cube: http://rebrickable.com/mocs/NeXTSTORMING/large-magic-cube SMALL (Compact) Magic Cube: http://rebrickable.com/mocs/NeXTSTORMING/small-magic-cube NANO Magic Cube: http://rebrickable.com/mocs/NeXTSTORMING/nano-magic-cube I like twirling the Nano-sized one at work ( ):

@ VFracingteam: It must be very satisfying to actually to board the real ship, and know that the crew likes your model so much!

Paul Boratko's Lego Technic Porsche 997 GT3 has been added to Rebrickable.

@ Horace T: Nice studded update to the venerable 8280 Fire Truck set from 1995:

@ kaan: Welcome to Eurobricks! Reversing that differential is going to take some rebuilding of the model....

@ aczkasow: I've never seen green-striped Bridgestone F1 racing tires before I read your post above, so I found this Bridgestone article that explained them: "Following the addition of reflective painted strips on the company’s extreme-wet and super-soft tyres at the Singapore Formula One night race, Bridgestone has announced that its rubber at the Japanese Grand Prix in Fuji will contain green-painted grooves to show its support for the Make Tyres Green campaign. "Bridgestone’s CEO, Shoshi Arakawa told journalists that the company hoped “the Make Tyres Green tyre will draw public attention to the many environmental initiatives in and around Formula One.” Tetsuo Tanaka – the president of the Japan Automobile Federation – added that, “By aiding the development of eco-technology, Formula One can make a significant contribution towards the effort to reduce the CO2 from road traffic.”

Nice model of the Mack Titan!

On Paul Boratko's Crowkillers webpage, one can now buy the 67-MB, 166-page PDF Building Instructions for his Lego Technic Porsche 997 GT3. I just downloaded them, and can see that Blakbird's instructions are excellent. A detailed Parts List (for the red version) is included. Thanks to both for sharing this wonderful creation -- it is wunderbar!

@ Chilly: Since you have two 8880 Supercars, I suppose you could sell one of them without missing it. That set is considered to be a "classic", so you should get good money for it. I would not sell the 8466 since it has the rare Power Puller wheels and tires (which are "retired" by The Lego Group). You could sell the Unimog, since it's still available (until ~Aug 2013, the 2-year point since its release).