SNIPE Posted May 20 Posted May 20 1 hour ago, Auroralampinen said: Have you completely forgot the 42065. It had white pulleys:). https://www.lego.com/fi-fi/product/rc-tracked-racer-42065 I meant they are rare in white, but the 'r' connector is new in white, it came in bright green initially Quote
Auroralampinen Posted May 20 Posted May 20 9 minutes ago, SNIPE said: I meant they are rare in white, but the 'r' connector is new in white, it came in bright green initially Um, what is an "r" connector. I have never heard about this connector. Quote
SNIPE Posted May 20 Posted May 20 35 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said: Um, what is an "r" connector. I have never heard about this connector. Its what I (at least) call this piece: Because the 'Y' connector is already taken by 2 other parts, there's also the 'k' connector Quote
Auroralampinen Posted May 20 Posted May 20 Thank you. So, that is the botanical series stem piece. (now i remember that piece from some botanical review:).) :). Quote
NV Lego technic Posted May 20 Posted May 20 That was my first ever rc set. Both motors from it stopped working. Quote
Auroralampinen Posted May 20 Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, NV Lego technic said: That was my first ever rc set. Both motors from it stopped working. Interesting, mine used 42065 works fine. Even if it maybe had sat unused for many years on previous owner. Quote
gyenesvi Posted May 20 Posted May 20 5 hours ago, Bartybum said: Shorter suspension links make for shorter vehicles, pretty much Even though I thought that smaller builds would be more limited by width than length, I have just used this part in a recent build, to hold the front axle from the front, pretty handy. But at the same time I wondered if this would also be helpful in steering mechanisms of live axles. Could also be useful! Speaking of new links (pretty happy with the arrival of new parts this year), I just bought some new 8 long links, and saw that they are still axle shaped but wider in the middle. Not sure why they need to be axle shaped, that only makes them get caught up in nearby pieces easier. They could have rounded or octagonal shape. Does anyone know why acle shape is better? Quote
howitzer Posted May 20 Posted May 20 5 minutes ago, gyenesvi said: Even though I thought that smaller builds would be more limited by width than length, I have just used this part in a recent build, to hold the front axle from the front, pretty handy. But at the same time I wondered if this would also be helpful in steering mechanisms of live axles. Could also be useful! Speaking of new links (pretty happy with the arrival of new parts this year), I just bought some new 8 long links, and saw that they are still axle shaped but wider in the middle. Not sure why they need to be axle shaped, that only makes them get caught up in nearby pieces easier. They could have rounded or octagonal shape. Does anyone know why acle shape is better? Just speculating here, but the link shaft should ideally be as stiff as possible while still being not too thick for easy moulding and using less plastic, and cruciform shape for cross section fulfils these goals better than octagon or circular shape. As for being exactly like axles in shape - that's probably just a familiarity thing. Quote
R0Sch Posted May 22 Posted May 22 I wonder why these hemisphere pieces were not created/used for the Technic sets like Planet model too? No ugly pins sticking out. The only thing they lack is a central axle connection. Quote
Lyichir Posted May 22 Posted May 22 6 minutes ago, R0Sch said: I wonder why these hemisphere pieces were not created/used for the Technic sets like Planet model too? No ugly pins sticking out. The only thing they lack is a central axle connection. Sometimes it takes multiple smaller steps to get to a design like this. It looks like this might be designed to complement that earlier piece, looks like they'd fit together seamlessly, so you could use the earlier version if you needed an central axle hole combined with this newer one for a more seamless dome on the front. The transparent color these new ones come in also makes me wonder if these could work as headlight covers on any sort of model. Quote
Stereo Posted May 22 Posted May 22 (edited) They're pretty big to be headlights I think, standard round headlights are 7" so these would be around 1:4.5 scale. Maybe for the big motorcycle sets. Or very old cars (Crowley's Bentley maybe) Edited May 22 by Stereo Quote
SNIPE Posted May 23 Posted May 23 (edited) Valkerie has that new 2L beam with offset axle in black as well as the o+o beam in teal https://i.ibb.co/RGc54950/Screenshot-20250523-040019-Firefox.jpg https://i.ibb.co/6783pwRk/Screenshot-20250523-035923-Firefox.jpg Sadly no differential Edited May 23 by SNIPE Quote
howitzer Posted May 23 Posted May 23 3 hours ago, SNIPE said: Valkerie has that new 2L beam with offset axle in black as well as the o+o beam in teal https://i.ibb.co/RGc54950/Screenshot-20250523-040019-Firefox.jpg https://i.ibb.co/6783pwRk/Screenshot-20250523-035923-Firefox.jpg Sadly no differential Ooh, the 2L beam with offset axle in black would be very useful. Must make an order to Pab when it's available there. Quote
2GodBDGlory Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Surprising that we would get a 4L steering link before a 5L one! It should definitely be useful, though. Lots of great suspension parts this year! Quote
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