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TechnicMati
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TechnicMati replied to Doc_Brown's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingFor me the idea is useless because it wastes resources (torque and speed) with motors that work against each other. Sorry, but nothing interesting for me plus it takes so much space.
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TechnicMati replied to allanp's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingI am amazed by the whole model. The look of the Land Rover is stunning. But I'm not convinced of the gearbox. I am generally not convinced of gearboxes that use drive rings and switches. My experience tells me that these kind of applications don't perform well, don't keep the gear if there is too much torque or speed. As far as I am concerned I only accept two kinds of gearboxes: Sariel's 2 heavy duty speed gearbox with the motor moving back and forth and a 2 speed gearbox where a shaft (axle) moves back and forth (12 and 20 teeth gears used). I rather praise efficiency and reliability of a gearbox than a bigger number of speeds.
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TechnicMati replied to Bonaparte's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingYou might be laughing but there had appeared an idea in my mind just before I read your post: to make an american muscle supercar using The Boss body on a supercar chassis with new rims (the ones with metallic stripes that are gonna be launched by TLG) and 42000 F1 tyres ;) MrNumbskull13 Right Now I am gathering money and I am buying everything this year. No decissions... This year it's too difficult for a lego technic fan to decide which set to possess and which to omit. I am buying everything. :laugh:
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TechnicMati replied to CisFran's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modelingfrancisalmario These damaged bricks make me suspicious that maybe they are from some Lego Technic knockoff's set (or Lego mixed with a knockoff ?). Are You sure that You bought pure Lego Technic? I suppose that Lego's bricks have such quality and strenght that if You tried to bent them, You would rather break them than bent them. But I might be wrong about that.
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TechnicMati replied to Bonaparte's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingWell, well, well... I am very amazed by an appearance of the final version of The Boss Crawler. RM8 You were right. In the beginning I wasn't convinced that this creation should become a winner of the competition but in the end I have to admit that You and your BOSS are very well deserved winners of the whole lego technic challenge. Once again congratulations to You RM8 for the design and to TLG for a very nice "facelifting". I wasn't convinced to the blue colour in the beginning (when I heard rumours) but I was wrong. The dark blue colour looks astonishing plus the new wheels with these metallic stripes make The Boss an amazing american muscle crawler. Once again my sincere congrats to You RM8. A very well deserved win :) And I've changed my mind: I am buying this american muscle beauty :)
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TechnicMati replied to rm8's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingI would enjoy the orange because (apart from the Unimog) we still don't have some panels in orange plus one big orange set is not enough for me (comparing to other colors: black, red, yellow). I don't know why but I'm not convinced to the blue completely.
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TechnicMati replied to rm8's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingI suppose it's gonna be orange or some variants of orange and black. I hope for some orange parts, panels - these would be nice for my collection and for my offroader I'm just working on. I wonder if body changes that TLG with Rm8 have done are just cosmetic or they do really change a look and appearance of the Boss?
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TechnicMati replied to crazy_1993's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingThis is a good point. It is good and useful as for a Lego Technic models designer to have technic bricks in reality and test various applications instead of just designing them in LDD computer programs, because dealing with technic means also doing mistakes and understanding the rights, rules and boundaries (also points of weakness) that Lego Technic bricks enforce. Crazy_1993 I'd rather get rid of the central differential and put knob wheels (90 degrees angle) to transfer the drive to front and rear shafts. Then make some multiply (increase rpms, decrease torque) as it is in 9398, then put the front and rear differentials (if you really want them, me personally would get rid of them completely) and then do the reduction on hubs finally transmitting the drive to wheels. In the end playability and functionality do the accessment. Once again good luck. The whole project is very impressive and You are very gifted. P.S. Crazy_1993 Leave your dark ages and possess some Technic sets to bring yourself to the bright side of the moon :) ROTFL
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TechnicMati replied to crazy_1993's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingCrazy_1993 All your efforts make that You really deserve to have The Enforcer put as an official Lego Set. So good luck on cuusoo and gathering votes. Hope that you're gonna get the required amount of votes. The Enforcer really deserves that. The whole modified chassis (nice idea of two shock absorbers per wheel) and several mods to the body make The Enforcer even more impressive. Well done!
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TechnicMati replied to sama's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingWhen finally as an adult I decided to come back to Lego Technic I searched for functionailty (playability) - as I wanted it to give me the same or similar fun as ready-built rc models. Probably 8297 offroader was an inspiration for me to come back to Lego Technic since my childhood. It was 8297 with 2 rc buggy motors that I saw on youtube. I was pretty amazed how after all these years Lego finally lets anybody to built cars that look nice, are rc playable, are fast, have enough power - have functionality and playability. Right now I am working on MOC (trial truck) with servo motor for steering, 2 speed gearbox, offroader suspension. In the end I want this model to look much as a real car and function properly as well. So not only appearance is what I look for in technic sets but functionality (playabilty) is important as well. And coming back to 42009 topic and making all pneumatic's enthusiasts satisfied I see a great possibility for a nice and realistic mod: small pneumatic cylinders (or even big pneumatic cylinders?) plus compressor instead of mini LAs to control 42009's outriggers.
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TechnicMati replied to sama's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingFor me making 42009 by TLG is understandable as 8421 came long ago. New crane looks much better, has got much better proportions. Not to mention better functionality, playability due to more accurate boom lowering and rising mechanisms. Plus I don't have the old 8421 crane, probably I am not alone. Generally I am very satisfied with this year technic models. Hope to see some new pf elements next year: maybe small xs motor or part helping to control pneumatic cylinders? I am very interested what 42009 B model is going to be: harbour crane like in 8053 or crane truck with hds or anything else?
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TechnicMati replied to imajor's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingI am not interested in the quality of these knockoffs. They are not as good as Lego. But that is not the point. The point is that the Chinese arrogantly copy Lego's bricks with sh.t quality and you can't even differ this crap from original Lego. This should be prohibited. For me the second hand market of Lego Technic has just finished. Only original, whole, new sets. It seems that chinese companies are above certain rules of a free market and are allowed to just copy someones ideas and not to respect someone's reserved rights to a unique product. This is sick. P.S. For me this thread is useful only in terms of being informed about what sets and bricks have already been copied and what (crappy sets, crappy parts) to watch out for.
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TechnicMati replied to dokludi's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingHaHa Dokludi your next challenge: build the flagship just from preliminary blurry pics of a front side of a box :) I'm speechless. Don't know how you do that. Amazing! Pure magic! Or the next challenge: scan TLG's minds in search of 2014 and 2015 flagship models :) ROTFL Once again: Unbelievable!
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TechnicMati replied to sama's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingWell, I would assume as D3K that lego technic sets try to imitate real machines. Lego is a toy (Ok for me it's more an art than a toy :) and the parts we are given don't let us implement 100 % realism to lego sets or MOCs. It is always a compromise. Whole point is to create an imitation of realism as big as possible including functionality and playability. You mentioned Lego Unimog. It is a very nice set. And I like pneumatics. But the Mog crane's functionality is just very limited (because of very poor accuracy) and then how this fact meets realism? Lego MOCs and sets are always about a compromise of realism but it's all about implementing this compromise wisely. And in lego 42009 case choosing LAs to lower and rise crane's boom is IMO a wise choice. Just for now I think we should appreciate LAs as well as Pneumatics pros. But they have cons as well. IMO the whole point is to know when and where to use LAs and Pneumatics.
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TechnicMati replied to sama's post in a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale ModelingYes, exactly the same scale. I have already in my mind my 8285 set with all new black panels, modified mudguards, compressor and mechanisms from the coming 42008 service truck. This renewed, modified 8285 tow truck is gonna rock :)
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