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Slavvy posted:The nice thing about K'nex in comparison to lego (both are fantastic) was that k'nex has physical robustness because it operates on real engineering principles, while lego is mostly cosmetic/low stress/static structure type stuff. When I was a kid my friend and I would take turns building vehicles most likely to survive getting pushed down a two-storey playground slide and the like without exploding into pieces. I only broke one or two pieces and never lost any despite all this stuff being outdoors. You could actually do stuff with it instead of it just looking pretty with some functionality. So much this, as much as I loved my Lego creations they were never very durable once put together. I used to do the same thing with K'nex and build a strong vehicle and then zip it at walls and poo poo to see how it held up.
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Slavvy posted:The nice thing about K'nex in comparison to lego (both are fantastic) was that k'nex has physical robustness because it operates on real engineering principles, while lego is mostly cosmetic/low stress/static structure type stuff. When I was a kid my friend and I would take turns building vehicles most likely to survive getting pushed down a two-storey playground slide and the like without exploding into pieces. I only broke one or two pieces and never lost any despite all this stuff being outdoors. You could actually do stuff with it instead of it just looking pretty with some functionality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Technic 
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Dec 29, 2014 04:16
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I just built cool-rear end space ships bristling with lasers, and 10-wheel space buggies, bristling with lasers. And space forts... I ran out of lasers.
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Dec 29, 2014 04:34
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As an unabashed Lego fan, Technic doesn't quite do what K'nex does. Technic does allow for more mechanical poo poo to go on but the structuring is still Lego. For more thread related toy chat, google your favourite car with favourite block brand: 
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Terrible Robot posted:So much this, as much as I loved my Lego creations they were never very durable once put together. I used to do the same thing with K'nex and build a strong vehicle and then zip it at walls and poo poo to see how it held up. The jeep I built is pretty drat tough. Its rolled off a desk once already. haha
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Dec 29, 2014 07:19
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Can lego leak fluids?
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Dec 29, 2014 07:21
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Slavvy posted:Can lego leak fluids?  yup!
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Dec 29, 2014 07:23
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It actually kind of makes sense because if you drop/knock lego vehicles even slightly, all the cosmetic parts explode outwards but the main structure stays firm. Just like a real jeep or land rover! Also, are those headlight bricks legal young man?
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Dec 29, 2014 07:50
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Now I'm looking at sets online. This one was probably my favorite: http://brickset.com/sets/8880-1/Super-Car think it's still mostly built
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Dec 29, 2014 08:25
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jamal posted:Now I'm looking at sets online. This one was probably my favorite: I used to have one of these! It was great. When after a few months I decided to smash it onto the ground, that was also really great & enjoyable.
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Dec 29, 2014 11:30
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Jehde posted:\ http://lego.bldesign.org/models/?n=97 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=91642  
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Dec 29, 2014 17:29
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http://imgur.com/a/oEWC3 This is mine. It utilizes the unimog kit and theres a jeep alternate out there for it. I used the bodyshell and the engine block, thats about it for the alternate. everything else is my creation. when the rest of the tarduino stuff gets here it'll be self driving.  Even the seats recline.
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Dec 29, 2014 17:41
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  Stickers aside, this is a pretty decent model
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Dec 29, 2014 19:46
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xzzy posted:Wife gave me the mini cooper, which is definitely awesome car poo poo. I've got that one, it's a hoot to put together (aside from those loving stickers). Need to get around to putting together the VW Bus my dad got me for my birthday so that it has something of similar scale to park next to on my desk.
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Dec 29, 2014 21:11
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What have I done!
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The last page and change has gone far further to prove that we are manchildren than any stupid griping about responsibilities ever could. Also, I never got to play with any Capsela, hence they are not listed.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I've got that one, it's a hoot to put together (aside from those loving stickers).
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:I wanna ask where you guys get those things, because I couldn't find them on the LEGO website but then I figured I'd just ask for a link to the LEGO thread. lego thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3328496 finding the sets: shop.lego.com, in the "hard to find" category. Most lego brand stores will have them on hand too. The bus is rumored to be retired sometime in 2015, so get on that if you want it.
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Dec 30, 2014 18:22
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One straight six is as good as another straight six, so...
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Dec 30, 2014 18:26
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What's up with that intake manifold?
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Dec 30, 2014 20:48
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Air to Water intercooler.
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Dec 30, 2014 23:02
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Ahh, I was wondering myself too. Saw all those coolant looking lines, so that makes sense to me now.
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BlackMK4 posted:Air to Water intercooler. Oh. Very nice.
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Second result for "raddest car" Not gonna argue there. e: resize for hugeness Stardotstar fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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Stardotstar posted:Second result for "raddest car" Would DD that unironically.
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MrYenko posted:Would DD that unironically. I wouldn't even stop to contemplate whether it was ironic or not.
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What sort of wheels are those? They're spectacular; I want them on every car I own.
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Dec 31, 2014 04:57
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Those are American Racing Outlaw I wheels, or some flavor of knockoff. Arguably the most popular mullet mobile wheel ever.
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I feel like this kinda goes here, and kinda in the other thread...
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Collateral Damage posted:I've been debating if I want to spend $200 on the Lego Tumbler or not.. Oh, goddammit I do NOT have $200 to blow on that... Yep, once those showed up, I was all over them. At least, the ones I could afford (not many - poo poo's expensive!)
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Thelonious posted:Those are American Racing Outlaw I wheels, or some flavor of knockoff. I know that style as "Centerlines". Which one is a knockoff of which?
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Dec 31, 2014 11:12
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They're known as centerline solid face wheels in Australia too. But American racing probably was the original since they started making wheels in the 1950s hot rod era. Centerline didn't start until the 1970s, I would have thought by then people knew brakes needed cooling, especially the now more common disc brakes. So I doubt there was any reason for centerline to make them except for the fact that people liked the already existing AR outlaw wheels and wanted them cheaper so centerline copied that style.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:I feel like this kinda goes here, and kinda in the other thread... What bugs me is that middle wheel turned the wrong way.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:I feel like this kinda goes here, and kinda in the other thread... It's long enough, put the front in the other thread 
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Now that you say centerlines, I guess that's what I've heard them called before too so I'm inclined to believe that they're probably the original. My dad bought an El Camino with some outlaw I's that he tried to pawn off on me, so I guess that's why American Racing popped into my head first.
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Party Alarm posted:FTFY A lot of people seem to gloss over that most ground effect cars were absolutely awful to drive.
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VikingSkull posted:Top Gear have never done anything close to the coolness of the Chaparral 2J. Here's a brief description of it. Gordon Murray was planning a further developed variant called the BT47; evidently it would have had a Chapparal-type rear box section. It never made it past the conceptual stage.
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Mister Kingdom posted:What bugs me is that middle wheel turned the wrong way. Ugh, I didn't even notice that until you mentioned it. Now it totally belongs in the other thread.
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Human Grand Prix posted:A lot of people seem to gloss over that most ground effect cars were absolutely awful to drive. To be fair not that many of us in AI will get the chance to drive one.
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