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Thankyou for this amazing review. I'm gonna pass on buying the excavator tho.

TECHNIC. (specifically sets released between 1988-1996 with some recent exceptions like the crane truck from 2009) When I look at a standard lego set I think, yeah it looks nice, but it doesn't do much, is too easy to build (which is sometime theraputic, other times boring) and holds no mysteries. Technic has always been to me the flagship theme as it's the one you build up to for the older kids. Technic has all the best challenges and therefore the best rewards.

Even as a purist I really like the idea of chrome plating parts but you must consider that it adds a layer of chrome affectively changing the dimentions of the piece. If it's purely cosmetic then is fine but for things like gears and especially axles, it's not a good idea as they may no longer fit together.

One important thing to note about the time it takes to sort your lego. Yes, it takes a LONG time but the time you save by not having to rummage for ages to find the elements you want is immence. You should also find that the standard of your MOCs goes up as well as the colour co-ordination. It is very tedious I know but it is worth it so keep at it. I used those stanley storage trays with the individual boxes, they are great!

I would love a site like that, especially if it had lots of technic prototypes!

There is a NEW battery box coming in the new train sets. At first glance I thought it was the rechargable battery box (it looks almost identical in size). However, inside it houses 6 AAA batteries.

To be honest, 2.5 - 5Ncm is quite a large tolerance. Is it possible that the variations are all within that tolerance. I to would prefer a MUCH higher slipping tourqe. Never thought of having a 16t one. That would probably be more useful than the 24t one.

It's a nice way to commemorate the retiring of the shuttle and it looks very nice. Personnaly I won't be buying it. It is smaller than the discovery shuttle and I already have that. Would have prefered it much bigger with a detailed interior/cockpit but without the external tanks. Of course the ultimate would have been a 5000+ piece set with a hugh shuttle, external tanks, rockets, tracked platform and launch tower. On second thoughts better make it 10,000+ pieces

That cam would work well. This piece would also work well depending on the speed of vibration: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/60483 You could use a short engine crank powered by a RC buggy motor to really vibrate the trays or a longer crank powered by a PF motor to shake them. Vibrating the trays side to side would be best I think.

Great review. For me the 6286 SES is the best, number one lego pirate ship of all time. I think the colour scheme is great (even the blue table!), the parts are great, the build is great and the anchor raising/lowering arrangment to be more interesting and realistic when compared to a winch. I love that the rudder atually works via the wheel and pretty much everything about it. Just wish I could get a decent one cheaper than they are currently going on bricklink like you did

That is a hughly difficult challenge, I think Blackbird is most qualified to answer this one so I would go with his answer but it would be interesting to see how fast a 100% technic vehicle could go. If you want to be completely pure then I would go for LOTS of RC buggy motors with one battery pack per two motors. The it's a mountain of trial and error to find out if you should gear up and how much by. Be very careful of breaking gears and wearing the plastic. If built pretty fast cars when I was younger and before I knew it I ruined gears, axles, beams, and so on. but if you don't mind using modified parts then you could go for the LPE engines (although these do really require non lego equipment to run). Good luck with your challenge.

As a technic man I'de like to see the flex system returned.

I suggest you call legos consumer services, i've always found them to be very helpful. They may have seen this fault before and know exactly which part is not working properly, at which point they will promply send you a free replacement.

This is so true, I have sorted everythiing now and I honestly can't recommend it enough. To find any part I want, even if I only have one among my +60,000 pieces takes NO time. My mocs are also not multicoloured anymore and it has help me raise the standard of my MOCs. It may be expensive and very time consuming to sort all your pieces but it is very worth it. It took me a LONG time to sort my parts but i've easily made that time up by not having to search for pieces anymore. So organise yourself people, sort ya pieces!

WOW, now this ladies and gentlemen is what technic is all about. Your MOC is very functional and complex showcasing new functions never seen before or that most people probably wasn't even aware existed on the real thing (like the sliding side to side movement of the back arm, did you know many of these arms also had telescopic booms?!) and also has great play value along with a WOW factor turned up to eleven. I love it I really do. I would much rather own this that the new remote controlled excavator that is coming out, even if it was more expensive. Just wish lego would release some longer pneumatics so we would'nt have to keep doubling them up, never-the-less in this instance, i'm so glad you chose pneumatics over LA's for the most part. This is a contender for my favorite MOC of any theme of all time! Hmmmmm, the front arms are much slower going up or down which are powered by LA's.

Oh by all means pursue it. I personally would not if it meant using non-lego parts but that's just my own choice.

Off-roading perhaps, or maybey even flying I like to speculate on what new topic dluders will start next . It's great that you think up new ones on such a regular basis to keep us all talking technic, love it!

Lego and guns will always be a strange combination to me but what the hell, they sure do look fun to play with. It's not like i'm one of those nutters that blame playing with toy guns or violent video games for turning children into thugs!

Awwww come on, that's just cheating

But their is no megatechnic! Their plastic would never be good enough quality for that anyway. Lego all the way!

Well if you want a very slow movement have you thought about using long gear racks, similar to the mechanism used to lift the container on the back of the 8479 barcode truck, but much beefier obviously. This method would be much more efficient than LAs and you could have a much longer reach.

Ah thankyou. I can't see what I want for sale but i'll try adding it to my wanted list.

Hi all! I have recently purchaced an 8880 from bricklink. It is used but when it arrived I was amazed by the excellent condition of parts, box and instructions. Just one thing tho, the little transparant tray containing the "special parts" in the set is missing. So if anyone has one that they would not mind selling I would be happy to pay for shipping and whatever you think it's worth (as long as it's not something silly ) I also purchased a second hand 8082 (after seeing blakbirds awesome review on technicopedia) and it's special parts tray is also missing (not sure if it had one if i'm honest, it looks like it did) so, again, if anyone has one to sell let me know. Cheers.

I have around 20 of these... http://www.stanleyworks.co.uk/Tool+Storage...ObjectID=92-749 These are great as each compartment is it's own separate box that you can lift out and tip into a bigger box if you need to without disturbing the other compartments. It works out expensive, but when compared to the value of the lego contained within them it's quite reasonable I think.

Yes i've seen this before, quite interesting! His motor comparisson page is also quite useful I find. http://www.philohome.com/motors/motorcomp.htm would like to see the results for the power puller wheels, I find them to be quite grippy.