dr_spock

Transmiting power by lasers is not a new idea. I'm not too keen about having a exposed IR laser beams in an internal space. IR is invisible to the naked eye. Class 1 could still be hazardous if you look at the beam with magnifying optics. How good is their safety system? What happens when safety system fails?

As a children's toy, red would be a more cheerful color than dark red. As a licensed IP, the IP owners can force LEGO to use the correct color in the T&C's of the license agreement.

Looks great. It would be nice if you could post a couple more photos, we can't watch YouTube at work.

Fancy Frog Wart Train sounds an idea for an EB Train contest. $100 USD would be my price point. Higher than that I would lean towards MOCing. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself is my motto.

Nice use of brick separators.

Building MOCS for my LUG's collaboration projects. I don't shred most of my MOCs since they are used for a number of events. It could also be I am using more black pins than necessary to hold something together. That could be a good excuse to buy more sets to get more black pins.

Welcome aboard, Juxtapoisson. There is a desert in Washington state?

Ha, I'm almost out of black pins too. I am constantly building for my LUG. I find keeping most parts in plastic bag seems to work better than fixed size drawers or containers as number of parts can shrink and grow dramatically. My workplace challenge is space to store MOCs between LUG events. There is a downsize to plastic bags after a few years of constant use...

Nice, looks better. I like the Ontario Northland version. We shipped them back overseas. I think Ontario Northland now only provide regular passenger bus service, no more regular passenger trains.

That Amazon one only provides 9V at 300mA. Isn't the LEGO one 10V and 700mA? 9V ones do come in 1A or higher inexpensively on eBay.

I used the hole to pin the rear buffer to a Technic plate with holes on my PRR Centipede so it doesn't fall off.

Welcome to Eurobricks, Ghost Onyx. Good luck with your project.

Fair use varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In countries without strong IP laws or not signed onto international IP agreements, any use would be "fair use". You could move your hosting server to one of those countries. Splat should issue cease and desist letters to show he is serious about protecting his IP when his work is used without his permission. Otherwise, the lack of effort protecting his IP could be used against him if he goes to court in the future against someone violating his IP. Wasn't it Bayer who lost the ownership of the trade name Aspirin through common language use or something like that?

Years ago, I adapted extra AA battery boxes to use extra 9V DC adapters I had lying around. It's probably as cheap as I can get.

Oh dear, somebody didn't get the memo on the breakaway wall... Day 205 of 365: Waiting for Bail by dr_spock_888, on Flickr

Explosion of parts would be the more fun to see results.

Seems like a good time to go back to school and become an IP lawyer. Now that YouTube has changed the rules for monetization, is it still worthwhile to steal videos?

Welcome aboard, Venefic.

I think anything that harms ABS plastic like esters will harm LEGO bricks. I had a couple of sets assembled since the 1980 and were in direct sunlight for years. They seem to be ok although the white isn't as white any more. Clutch power is mixed. Some plates seem to have lost some grip but the bricks seem to be mostly fine. The chemicals in the rubber tires have etched tire imprints into the base plate. It's probably a good idea not to let your town fire trucks sit in one spot on a road base plate for decades.

Get the Volvo now @30% off and the Harvester later.

Here is a presentation on Legal vs Illegal from LEGO: http://bramlambrecht.com/tmp/jamieberard-brickstress-bf06.pdf Basically it's illegal to cause stress and mental distress on your poor bricks.

Shin Godzilla. Good if you like lots of dialog and character development. Not so good if you like more monster smash action.

Thank you very much, CopMike.

Might be worthwhile to check them out. http://www.parlugment.org/index.php

Welcome aboard, nicman. Are you a member of ParLUGment in Ottawa?