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@ gjpauler: That is a VERY UNUSUAL creation! Since your Brickshelf gallery has not been moderated and is not yet "public", only YOU can see the additional photos that you linked. It may be several days before we can see them, but if you "Deeplink" them, we can see them now.... In the meantime, one can see all of your photos (and descriptions) on your MOCPages topic.

Here is the (by wrightimplement):

@ S.I: Blokbricks.nl has an article on "Alternative hose for Pneumatic LEGO tubing".

On this Legoism.Info topic, Oton recently posted this application that one can download: "Technic Gear Ratio Finder" "A while ago, trying to build some kind of an orrery, I've had a problem of finding a combination of Technic gears that yields a very specific and precise gearing ratio. To help myself out, I've written a simple program, and hope it may help other builders facing a similar problem too. "So, basically, what it does is ask for the desired total gearing ratio, maximum number of gears involved, and the information which gears (not) to use, then display the gear combination that satisfies the input parameters, or at least comes closest possible under given limits. I have to admit it is a bit crude on the surface, but it works, is simple to use, and does not mutilate your computer with registry bloat. The full instructions and notes are packed in a Readme.txt file in the ZIP available for download, but let's just run quickly through them here. "There is no particular installation; just unpack the downloaded LegoGearCalc.zip in a folder of your choice, and start LegoGearCalc.exe. A text window should open, asking you for a first parameter: the desired gear ratio, that is, the number of turns you want the output axle to do while the input axle does exactly one full turn. This can be an integer, a decimal number, or even an expression using basic operators. E.g. entries such as 14, 0.18, 6/13, (5+2)/3*9 etc. will work fine. "Then, enter the number of gear pairs you would like to involve at most. Default is four, but you can search up to five pairs. Finally, specify any of the gears you would like to exclude from the search by entering their numbers of teeth separated by commas. Worm gear is 1. Just hit Enter (leave the entry empty) to use all Technic gears. "After a few moments at most, the program will reply with a list of gear pairs that come closest to the desired ratio, or an exact solution if there is one. Occasionally there are several ways to reach the same result, or it can be reached using less gear pairs than set as a maximum. Of course, in your system they need not be in the order from the list. Two screenshots of typical usage examples are below, with the entries typed by the user in cyan. "Many gear combinations are not easy to mesh together since they require specific spacing, but there are various methods of creating a non-integer stud distances between axle holes one can find (or better yet, invent)."

@ yotogi: You can download all four Lego Technic Idea Books in PDF format via the SkyDrive hyperlinks below: 8888 Lego Technic Idea Book (Expert Builder) from 1980 (100 pages, 9.5 MB PDF document) 8889 Lego Technic Idea Book (116 pages, 23.8 MB PDF document) 8890 Lego Technic Idea Book (52 pages, 4 MB PDF document) 8891 Lego Technic Idea Book (100 pages, 14 MB PDF document)

Terriers are smart! At the end of that , the dog wants the HUMAN to press the red pedal!

@ Saberwing40k: Aren't you going to tell us more?

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@ Lost_In_Noise: All of the links to the various Brickshelf pictures are broken (except for the very first picture). Your Brickshelf gallery is not yet "public", so we cannot see them there. Did you "Deeplink" the pictures correctly?

On his Flickr photostream, Parda (Gabriel Riutort) posted this picture of "All my Technic Figures -- This is my double complete collection, my 3 original figures from my childhood, spares and lots of figures to my BL ^_^ ."

After you create a Brickset account, you can add a review of Set 8232. You can add the URL (web address) of this Eurobricks topic, to steer folks over to this pictorial review.

Unless you're wanting to make a PNEUMATIC SUPERCAR with the 8110 Unimog parts, it may not be useful to you. You should consider the 8109 Flatbed Truck -- it has lots of flat panels, several steering racks, and Power Functions elements.

@ Lost_In_Noise: You should submit your Lego Technic reviews to the Brickset administrator (Huw). Here is where it would go for the 8232 Chopper Force.

Take over the entire house for "Research and Development"! It must have taken many weeks to refine the design.

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the original 8428/8432 Turbo Command/Concept Car set and chorlton's "updated 8428":

@ nicoga3000: Although giving up the 8043 Motorized Excavator is HERESY , I can see that it may not offer the best parts selection for making a "Supercar" MOC. Since you're in the USA, I'm looking at the currently-available Technic set offerings on Shop.Lego.com . I agree that the $59.99 8081 Extreme Cruiser provides a lot of (mostly black) Technic parts that are suitable for a Supercar: If you bought the $199.99 8110 Unimog U400 set, you would not want to disassemble it since it's REALLY GOOD. If you want to build a BLACK Supercar, consider getting the $69.99 9395 Pick-up Tow Truck. It has the WHEELS that would work for a Supercar (unlike the 8081's knobby tires). You can see the parts it has by looking at this Bricklink Parts Inventory:

On his Flickr photostream, Mahjqa posted this picture of his ARAK-N3 Spider Mech and wrote "Want one? You can help: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/17553 . Video: ." "Barman has made the yellow version you see above. Go see his stuff here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50191917@N06/ . Got sugggestions for colorschemes, functionality, or something completely different? Let me know in the comments section" on the Cuusoo webpage.

You could consider the many Building Instructions available on Paul Boratko's Crowkillers webpage (on the bottom-right). You could get PDFs for: 1) Paul Boratko's Vampire GT 2) Nathanael Kuipers' Concept Car 3) Paul Boratko's Supercar Deluxe 2 4) Paul Boratko's Chopped Hot Rod 5) Paul Boratko's Lamborghini Gallardo (free instructions) On that same webpage (at right-center), there are links to Paul Boratko's "5-Speed with Reverse" Transmission and "4-Wheel-Drive with Reverse" Transmission designs too. Jurgen Krooshoop has posted free Building Instructions no his Jurgen's Technic Corner webpage. For "Supercars", he has made: 1) Sunbeam Supercar 2) Little Devil

On Saturday, I received the new, full-color Lego catalog (the one with the "Lord of the Rings" cover). On Page 35, there was a full-color entry for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0 -- "LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT is back and better than ever, with robot models, even more customizable programming and technology including a color sensor!...." One can read all about it on this Shop.Lego.com webpage (it's out of stock until June 23), or on Mindstorms.Lego.com . You may want to visit the Mindboards Forum to discuss it further.

Nice solution! I visited your MOCpages entry about "Cyclic and Collective Pitch Control", and thought it may be helpful to define each term. In this TechnicBRICKS article, Fernando Correia noted that the upcoming 9396 Helicopter "...we got to see from the box details and the arrows in it, that we're going to get pitch control on the main rotor blades:" In this Wikipedia article about "Helicopter Flight Controls", "Cyclic Pitch Control" is defined thus: "The control is called the cyclic because it changes the pitch angle of the rotor blades cyclically. That is, the pitch or feathering angle of the rotor blades changes depending upon their position as they rotate around the hub so that all blades will change their angle the same amount at the same point in the cycle. The change in cyclic pitch has the effect of changing the angle of attack and thus the lift generated by a single blade as it moves around the rotor disk. This in turn causes the blades to fly up or down in sequence, depending on the changes in lift affecting each individual blade." Collective Pitch Control is defined thus: "The collective changes the pitch angle of all the main rotor blades collectively (i.e., all at the same time) and independent of their position. Therefore, if a collective input is made, all the blades change equally, and the result is the helicopter increases or decreases its total lift derived from the rotor. In level flight this would cause a climb or descent, while with the helicopter pitched forward an increase in total lift would produce an acceleration together with a given amount of ascent."

@ chorlton: What a great adaptation of the 8428 set! I own that set, and always wondered whether it could be "motorized" with modern Power Functions components. Those wheels really make it look sharp! Nice job!

@ nicoga3000: I would get familiar with Rebrickable.com , which allows you to enter Set Numbers and figure out WHAT ELSE you can build with them. Also, Bricklink.com has a "Catalog" function whereby you can see the Parts Inventory for a given set. You can also download the PDF Building Instructions from Lego Customer Service, to see how easy/difficult a particular set is. Brickset has Set Reviews to read about how good each set is.

I would think that our official Lego Technic Ambassador (Jetro de Chateau) would get the pictures directly from The Lego Group. In the past, Conchas (Fernando Correia) got them. Sometimes, pictures get posted on this Eurobricks forum by members we never hear from before or since -- could they be from The Lego Group's Marketing Department? I always thought that they monitor this forum, but cannot identify themselves as official Lego employees....

@ Dannnohhh: As discussed on this post , Rebrickable.com had graphed the number of Lego Technic sets issued by year. It has been 10 sets per year for several years in a row, with 5 so far in 2012: So, it is possible that there will be fewer than 10 Technic sets released in 2012. The European recession may be having an effect on sales (although this March 1st, 2012 Lego Press Release said that annual sales were up 17% in 2011). They wrote that "Sales of classic lines such as LEGO City, LEGO Technic and LEGO Creator also rose sharply...." Perhaps The Lego Group has been clamping down on its toy distributors and resellers, so that they cannot release details of the 2H2012 Technic sets ahead of time. I find it curious that high-resolution pictures are released to Cypr-21 (and other folks), without an explanation on HOW they obtained those pictures....

@ GuilluG: You're right, there is not a 40-Tooth Gear in the 4094 set (according to this Bricklink parts inventory). So, Grohl's record of 31 genuine alternates for one Technic set seems to be safe for now!