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Thanks, certainly will, I've already got that one on order (also in blue just for the fun of it) - because I was missing some blue lift arms that I had to order as well. Although most likely I won't change the model that is for sale.

Thanks for the advert then.

Thanks. How about a diorama with the 42042 crane?

Thanks - indeed, if you look at 8042: it uses blue vehicle with yellow light. Possibly dark orange light would have been better just for the sake of change. Selling this is a cost recovery operation, I've spent 600 euros in parts - mainly for this project, but I do have some left over parts. But I don't think I have to justify the price to anybody. This eBay auction is not for Eurobrick forum members, who make awesome mocks and frequently order large quantity parts. It is for somebody who does not have the time to thinker with that. For sure you might be able to build it for less, but how do you value your time? It is a major logistics exersize to get the 700 parts and the right parts. Factor in that I had to ship all BL orders to NZ, which adds significant postage costs. After you've managed to build one, I doubt you'll be able to offer it on eBay for 50% of my asking price considering the eBay, Paypal fees and the risks associated with the site. So please stop worrying about it. If anything, I am a little unhappy that you've used my image without permission and listed this for others to copy my idea. I didn't advertise it for sale here, so there is no need to comment on the price, if you don't want to buy it, close the auction page and it is gone!

Thank you for the mention, the 8455 in yellow used to be super collectible and very expensive. It cost me quite a bit of money to get these parts together, not even mentioning the amount of time it took to arrange the orders and build this. I won't build any more of these - that is for sure. The reason I swapped some dark grey to light bluish is that the original yellow was overall lighter color than the blue, so the lbg helps to lighten it up. In hindsight I should have ordered orange light, the blue light is just too over the top, trans light blue, perhaps?

Hi Lenny, I think I may have bought the last one on eBay! I've been following this thread from the beginning, but then almost missed the middle that you are selling them. It is unbelievable design, just the right size with the studs and scaled to the excavator. A certain company should offer you a job with these skills! Thank you and regards: Robin

FYI: the rules were clear on that: no military themed vehicle on rebrick.com!

I agree with Jim. I think it is fair to discuss the competition rules and judging process in general, but time has come to accept that the judges decision is final. Jim has gone above and beyond to assist us to gain closure, he has demonstrated that all judges acted in good faith and done their best to be fair and impartial. I personally feel that Lego as a company has let us down, they have provided too little guidance and clarity in their rules. Watch the again, they spoke about a dream car, but then mentioned that any historical car, existing or future cars qualify, entirely up to you. I've misinterpreted the criteria and concluded that an original car design would rate higher on 2 points and didn't realize from the rules that digital models receive a mandatory mark down. I feel that if I had taken the time to build, photograph and upload an entry, it should have been formally assessed, scored against all 4 criteria and I would have liked to receive a score back to know, how to improve in the future.“In the beginning I looked around but couldn’t find the car I dreamed of, so I decided to build it myself.” - Ferry Porsche Now you can go in the legendary footsteps of Ferry Porsche and build the Porsche of your dreams using LEGO bricks. We are giving you complete creative freedom to build within the Porsche brand design and LEGO Technic look and feel. Whether you prefer to build a sports car, a race car, a historical Porsche tractor, or another Porsche model we invite you to build the Porsche of your dreams with no limitation to a specific era or model type. The judgement will be done in two stages, where first a panel of 3 expert LEGO Technic guest judges will select 20 semi-finalists, and later a panel of judges from LEGO Technic and Porsche will select one grand prize winner and nine runner-ups from the 20 semi-finalists. In both stages, the judgement criteria will be: Overall coolness and originality (25%) Most inspired details and functions on the model (25%) Understanding of the Porsche brand design and competition theme (25%) Overall LEGO Technic look and feel of the model (25%)

A bit disappointed that dream cars never had a chance compared to prebuilt and existing models, but I don't think it is fair to expect consolidation prices for also competed: Lego has been already extremely generous to offer prices to 9 runner ups - a total of 10 winners!

Thanks for the info, interesting. It is a difficult job, because there were lots of great entries and the stakes are high... So there bound to be disappointment either way. I've also noticed that TLG themselves call this competition an AFOL build competition, the uploaded picture of the price is named as such. I'll probably buy the Porsche regardless - although it might be a while until it becomes in stock here in NZ.

I've really liked the unique usage of an element as a gear for the headlight. But in all fairness, the Porsche 914 is modeled after an existing vehicle, not as original as the 6 wheeler racer: OTR-666 for example! That one should be a top 5, if not the winner. The OTR-666, V8, Cayenne concept, Mission E, Black & grey Prototype were my favorites, but I am not a judge. For the sake of full disclosure: my entry was the Roadster - completely different from the others, but still carrying the design elements of a Porsche - original, demonstrating an understanding of Porsche brand design, fitting the competition theme and have a Technic look.

Another question for Jim,if he is allowed to disclose what was the judging process? Selecting a top 20 list or evaluating each and every entry on the 4 judging criteria and coming up with a score? Then the 3 judges scores combined calculation would bring up a semi finalist list?

Yes, strange. The focus of the theme from the video was supposed to be a new design, a car that does not actually exists. If you go through the semi finalist list, most of them are the usual 911 (2x), 906 (2x), 917 + 918 and 919 (4x) variations. Great models, but not very original. Certainly not something that I am skilled enough to build from scratch within the time frame allowed for the competition. Entering an existing build gives an unfair advantage of more time allowed, because the rest of us only had 8 weeks to build a car. The judging criteria was published in the rules: Overall coolness and originality (25%) Most inspired details and functions on the model (25%) Understanding of the Porsche brand design and competition theme (25%) Overall LEGO Technic look and feel of the model (25%)

Congrats to everybody, who has made it. There were more entries than I've expected, although the 119 contains several duplicates, in any case, there are lots of great entries. I've completely misunderstood the purpose of this one and thought that a Dream Car is preferred, not an existing Porsche. I've thought that the flying cars and the 6 wheeled racer would be in the top. The tractor selected is one of my favorites, if Lego made it, I'd buy it. But I am not sure about the overall Technic look, ie, if Lego made it, it might be a Creator model?

I hear you and you've have more experience with this as you've opened one. Then again, why did the internal boxes get crushed from the weight of the manual? Shouldn't the parts in them prop them up as internal support? There seems to be lots of empty space the way the tires are packed.