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I think the tyres are the same size aren't they? But yeah, I agree. Despite my ranting on about the way too slow L-motor (should have left out the internal gearing or spent the money developing stronger/larger/frictionless CV joints for better steering geometry) overall i'm very happy with the other new parts. I will be buying some servos (which are awesome) and some V2 recievers. It's slightly worrying that they have gone more for playability (knowing they can't compete playability or performance wise with much cheaper rival RC toys) with this set rather than mechanicle realism (something technic can do better than anything). Now we have a set that is vastly mechanicly unrealistic and does not perform as well as much cheaper RC toys which can also be used outdoors, so I can't really see the point of paying it's high price tag. However I remain very grateful for the new servos and, tho they are expensive, i'll be buying many of them.

More inset is the key. If you look at real world hubs on cars, the inset is usually the whole depth of the hub. Many truck wheels even have the inside face of the hub sticking out beyond the outside face of the tyre, so that when two are placed back to back, there is a gap between the tryes without the need for spacing. I absolutely love those tyres

Who said anything about making the wheels larger?

Very curious to see what they are coming up with for next year.

I'm very much looking forward to it!

Thankyou for getting the review out so quickly

Way ahead of you.

Way too slow. I've discussed this a little over a technicbricks so appologies if i'm beginning to bore anyone . If you have read technic bricks feel free to skip this post! In summary, right now we have a choice between a slow as hell motor with the gearing down done for you and an even slower motor with even more gearing down for you. I've been bored of that since 1997. The L motor now gives us more of the same regaurdless of torque. I was hoping for an ungeared motor, tho I guessed from the gearing of the crawler that it was gonna be yet another geared one. Don't care that it's space saving. Don't like that it's easier. I want speed and and noise!!! Sets like the bulldozer from 2007 and 8043 would have been far more interesting (to me at least) and epic if you had to do all that gearing down yourself. Sets like 8064 (with its awesome gear trains) would have been really boring with an m-motor. Gear trains consisting of a few dozen 16t gears are just really boring to me now. Better performance maybe, but if I wanted preassembled geartrains and great performance then I would would be far better off buying something not made by lego. or spell names correctly

Thanks for the speed info. Me = dissapointed

Excellent words of wisdom, but I think the most important point has been missed out. That point is to just build, build and build some more. Build concepts of individual parts. Build a few prototypes (probably the single best thing you can do to build a good MOC). Build all the ideas you might have even if you don't have a use for them as the understanding gained might come in handy later. Just build damb it! Nothing beats practice and experience. You get to have a real feel of what the individual parts can and cannot do as well as how much bracing you need to prevent gears slipping and a million other things that can't really be taught. Knowledge is only a part of understanding afterall Loved his point about the gearbox BTW. It really needs an update.

Whilst all the cars could exhibit great functionality i'de say go for the Koeniggyhdftythdyfggseydfhsegg just because it looks the most like a modern supercar (ie beautiful). Will it look like a technic car or will it be covered in plates? If technic, try to accurately copy every line and elegant curve without anything being there that could distract from the lines, like blocks of beams placed against each other forming random patches of solid colour, and use technic panels/fairings very carefully to avoid those problem patches. Can't wait to see what you come up with, i'll deffinately be anticipating every episode! EDIT: oh, and whilst your'e at it, make it white

Whoops, i'de say about £10, give or take £10

7L x 3W x 5H EDIT: by prize I guess you mean size, right?

....moveinacircularmotionidness?

If the servo is being controlled by the controller that comes with the set then it will only go left-middle-right with no stops in between because this remote does not have the capability to send the information needed to get the motor to stop anywhere else. It may still be proprotional but won't know until it is tested with a suitable controller. I don't know if the train controller would work for this either.

Not with the parts they have designed no (unless you make your own portal gearboxes, but they would not be as strong as their single piece version). That's why I think it would have been even better if the wheel hubs where alot deeper (like the real thing) and the portal gearbox be made to fit much deeper into the wheel.

8880 is my favorite supercar (or any car) released by Lego. 8865 however had the best feeling suspention and both 8880 and 8865 had proper ackerman steering geometry.

Nope, just the ones I said. A total of 5 ranging from 16 to 24 teeth, or maybe even a 6th one with 12 or 14 teeth.

Looks awesome, but as others have mentioned the front wheels looking small issue i'll throw in my 2 cents. I don't think it's caused by the size of the wheels, they look about right if not just a tiny bit small. I think it's caused by the front wheel arches being too squared off on top. They need to be more rounded and higher at the top so there's a larger gap between the top of the wheel and the wheel arch. Maybe only one stud more gap, but you'de be surprised what such a small change can make to the overall look of a vehicle. Full sized sports cars have there lines tweaked to within a quater of an inch just to look right.

Yup this is what i've been saying. Idler gears with 24, 22, 20 and 18 teeth to go with the 16t one we already have, as well as spur gears with 10 and 14 teeth to go with the 8, 12 and 20 tooth gears we already have would make a much better gearbox, even better if 2 idlers and 1 driving ring in a line was only 3 studs long instead of 4. This would make the gearbox more compact and allow more intuative placement of the gear change parts (no need for half stud offset).

Those tyres are waaaaaaaaaay better!

I'm refering to the "/\" arms used for the steering which in his improved version does not actually have anything to do with the suspention but the idea of it is heavyly based on multilink suspention and whilst it does improve the geometry so that the pivot point is just inside the wheel, it is actually much less realistic for a Unimog.

Nice collection there. Don't want to start a debate here but 8880 still looks the most beautiful of all sets, seeing it next to soooo many other sets just confirms it for me.

Personally I quite like the hands on playability of manual steering whilst it is moving under it's own power.

I agree, but the Unimog tyres would look crap on a supercar as they are but I was just nit picking when it came to the tyres. The Hubs however could still have been made alot deeper so that a more compact portal gearbox could be made to fit much deeper inside the wheel making the pivot point for the steering be inside the wheel. I think things like that would not affect the versatility of parts.