RohanBeckett

ha!.. here's my 18month old son finishing building 8048 Buggy: He got most of it built ok... I had to help him put the tyres on the hubs, and get the piston cylinders in at the same time. But I didn't trust him to align the stickers neatly... maybe when he's older RB

+1 Eric... put down the renders.. and get back to work on technicopedia! 8480 awaits! RB

The High School I went to, had several of these sets.. I used to go into a spare teachers' office, many a lunchtime, and play with them.. hooked up to an old Apple ][e to control them! Would love to get one again, just to see if I remember how it all worked! I do remember the 4.5v motors, and the black sensor discs. If you geared them down a bit, you could get it to measure x amount of rotations, and get reasonably accurate control of the motors... They could also be used to sense black and white bricks... so I remember building conveyor systems that could sort pieces... RB

I'm seeing a bit of discrepancy with the parts it's telling me I'm missing: If I pick Nico71's Forklift, among the parts it says I need: 2 x Clutch gears... Yet I have the RC Bulldozer, and the PF Accessory kit in my set list, so I definitely have 2 of them! (in fact, I have about 10!) Ditto for Grohl's Sea Harrier... it says, among others.. I'm missing 2 Pneumatic Cylinders... yet I have 1 copy of 8455, and 2 x 8436... so there's 14 cylinders I have at my disposal! I'm guessing it's something to do with exact part numbers? in the Harrier.. it lists the missing cylinder as 47224c02... yet there's no such item at BrickLink.. the only matching Cylinder is 47224c01 RB

It's a excellent build.. and quite intricate... however the body does look a bit dated, and chunky, especially when compared with super-slick studless super cars. If you can find a copy of 8480 Shuttle, grab that.. very unique model, with an amazing gearbox (definitely the precursor to the 8258 gearbox) RB

Great site! couple of things: I imported my brickset csv file.. but it brought in all my 'wants' too... ie: sets I don't actually own Might need to parse the csv, and ignore any records with QtyOwned=0, or Want=Yes Also.. it would be nice if there was a quick 'picker' for my sets... so when I click one of the 6 boxes, I can easily pick sets from my list Mostly, however, I'm happy to work the other way... by picking a set, and seeing quickly what parts I'm missing and in that regard, it's not immediately obvious I can do that, as the http://rebrickable.com/pick_set page has 1. and 2. kinda inferring that you need to fill out both steps... should make it clearer that it's an OR for both of those options it was interesting to note, that I have so much technic, that I'm only missing 6 parts, to build the 8043 excavator! looks like a $10 bricklink order will be cheaper than paying $AUD300 for a new set! :) Also.. what about having an option to export all the missing pieces to a file (maybe excluding the ones we've hidden), that we can import to Bricklink, for easy shopping? really really great site... this makes life SO much easier, when wanting to build one of the great MOC's... or big lego sets that you never got around to buying (but have a large enough collection to probably build!) Good work, fellow aussie! :) RB

Nice 'MOC' Thread about it here: http://www.jkowners.com/forum/showthread.php?p=821702 RB

Amazing to see someone who can work so well in studless... as well as traditional studded! It's cool to look at sections of both vehicle, and robot mode, and try to work out what goes where! Great work! oh... and to not showing any partial-transformed mode! This is a Technic forum... we want to see how it works!!! RB

I find it utterly amazing, not only at the size of these things.. but the simple fact that the main boom arms, all come back to a single black technic axle!! (unless they use some other pivot point part?) trying to imagine the strain/stress on that critical point!! RB

definitely haven't seen boxes like that down under! only Lego Super Packs I see on shelves are City Police! RB

Well, technically (ha ha), he's using much more modern parts! might be fun, as a challenge, to improve upon it, using only 1978 era parts? But yes.. even as a kid, I remember looking at some of the motor kit addon instructions, and being annoyed at how ugly it made the models.. always sticking out at a weird angle, with not much attempt to blend in, or conceal it. BTW.. very nice condition of the 30+ year old parts!! RB

Pretty sure I have enough parts to build that.. however I don't think 'Rainbow Coloured' cranes are very popular in the building industry!! ;) that XL motor at the rear could do with some support!! RB

Well.. I guess I'm not *that* type of collector! So.... anyone want a couple hundred old-style friction pins?? free to a good home! RB

Blah... I've just spent the last 2 hours, pulling apart an 8865 that I got off ebay... it came assembled, and wasn't 100% complete.. and anyway.. some of the parts needed a good wash/clean but man.... are my fingers sore! I HATE those old black friction pins.. and after being assembled for probably 20 years... I swear, it's like ABS can fuse together! Question for the masses: would you keep those crappy old pins, or replace them with the much nicer newer variant? RB

well.. you've done 8 alternates... 22 more, and you'll beat the record Grohl has for his 8271 Alternates! RB

You look at a moc like this, and think 'how on earth do some(most!) of those parts hold together?!' There are sections of it that look very fragile.. I'm sure the creator has to be very careful, when handling it! Now... is it motorized? ;) RB

one of the biggest trucks I've seen for a while.. I spy a broken U-joint at 0.39 seconds! ;) It's amazing to see so much old-style Lego - I'd take a good bet that a lot of the parts that went into this moc are from the '70's! The red fences in the grill.. the old plate 2x4 hinges to open the bonnet. In fact, it's hard to find many modern pieces on it at all... I can see a few recent curved bricks.. and a couple of studless beams on the back of the cab, but that's about it! The steering seems to be taken from the old 8860 Car Chassis and the crane! THAT's what 8258 would have looked like, if TLC brought it out in 1988! :D The builder made it hard for himself, choosing such a small hook, and pickup handle on the 'slabs' Great use of styrofoam for the cargo... simulates dealing with bulky objects, without worrying about weight too much - which we all know, even the best-designed Lego crane has trouble lifting! Just goes to show, you don't need all the latest parts, to build something, fun, and complex! RB

Top notch MOC... and even though it was only a snippet - amazing video presentation, and editing! RB

Looks great.. hopefully my humble moc might make it in there one day! Have you tried seeing what the thumbnail grid looks like, if you put a small caption under each one, with the name of the moc, and possibly creator? eg: Green Police Car By some LegoNut Might not be possible/practical with the forum code, though.. (can it do tables?) Good work so far! RB

Gah... they need to fix the voting page, so you can zoom in on the MOC's how am I supposed to vote, when all I can see are 200x150pixel thumbnails? at least they all have the logo printout, and actually look 'authenticly' built by kids/teenagers! :) RB

I can confirm the steering won't work. I built a smallish FrontWheelDrive a few months ago: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51830 I skipped the suspension, to keep it simple.. I used the CV joints from the 8297 OffRoader - they work OK, but have a fair amount of friction in them, when the wheels are turned I don't think there's any legit way of using the steering parts you've selected as drive-able.. they are designed for freewheeling only I had issues with my steering arms, having to be angled forward, to avoid hitting the differential The suggestion from Allanp, in my thread helped a lot, as it negated the need for a rack and pinion. My finished MOC doesn't have perfect return to centre steering, due to to the axle/gear geometry - the self centering ends up being 1 tooth out, so it's not perfectly straight. It's still fun to drive, though! RB

8480 Shuttle.. no other set has as much 'swooshability', when flying around the room! Especially with the red LED's lighting up the booster engines! ...But I'm guessing you're referring to more 'land' vehicles! ;) RB

about time they included a requirement for a logo/name/etc I'm looking forward to seeing what *real* models are produced now! RB

I recently finished a Vehicle MOC, and I chose a mix of both - mostly due to my limited experience in creating Studless Technic from scratch - I'm still more comfortable with good ol' Bricks :) However, as I experimented with the body, I decided to put some tiles on the surfaces, and I'll admit, that in my opinion, it improved the look. However there are plenty of places where it was impossible to place tiles evenly (and my limited supply of red tiles!) so I left some areas with studs, which I don't think detracts at all. This particular vehicle isn't the most aerodynamic, nor stylish, so some studs here and there added to the look, I think... Personally, I think the best Technic sets have had a mix of both studded, and studless Now that I've had a bit more experience with building that way (the main drive/steering bit of my Moke was studless), my next creation might go all studless and personally.. I can be wow'ed by either forms of building... always impressive when people use old, or new parts in ways I've never seen! RB

Haha! beat me to it! :) My family were originally going to drive 550km's to a 'Mokefest' on this weekend, in Central NSW, Australia... but our real Moke has had more unexpected issues, (electrical, and gearbox shifter) and we couldn't rely on it surviving the trip... We went in 2009, and almost 100 cars turned up... they are expecting 70+ this weekend too I'd spent the last 2-3 months building the Lego one, in anticipation of bringing it along, and showing it off (and maybe scoring a few commission-builds! haha - plenty of enthusiasts there who might want their own Lego Moke!) I've mostly finished it, and I took a few photos/videos, and uploaded them, hoping that a few Moke-friends with wifi up there would be able to show them off to others. Working Front Wheel Drive Working Steering Working Headlights (Gear Lever is the light switch!) As close to scale as I could get! - thanks to Sariel's scaler web-app! Mock up engine Various little details like bonnet clips, wipers, rear view mirrors, dash, and passenger handle I still have a bit of work to do with the back.. I'd like to try and conceal the battery box + motors a bit lower, maybe underneath some rear seats. Compared to other car MOC's the others' make.. it was a bit of a challenge building this - as the Moke in real life has no Chassis - the body *is* the bulk of the frame. and there's no cabin, or boot/trunk to hide PF gear in!! :) I also wanted it to be a true front wheel drive too. I spent a bit of time trying to link the steering wheel in, but both gears and U-joints added too much slack, and since the front wheels have limited steering range, due to the FWD, the steering wheel barely moved at all. Still not 100% happy with the steering/driving speed, but it's definitely limited using those Lego Parts - they are really designed for push-along cars, and have too much friction for motor-driven vehicles. And for another challenge, I tried building the smallest Lego Moke I could: More Pics here: https://picasaweb.go...kett/LegoMokeII OK.. now... to find something else unique to build! :-) Rohan.