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Plague-Doc-Matteo — Bionicle MOCkery pg 13: Recycling
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Well Archimedes is going to be pissed to find out that he doesn't have as much as he started out with.
Rodney is a nice guy, but I get the feeling he's not too smart.
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Thanks, I'm glad. Though that's a crab, so technically not an insect. They are distant relatives though.
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Ah,well it gave me a chuckle either way
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You should really do these more often,I mean they are quite good and there's no-one able to stop you*hint hint*
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Thanks. I knoooow I should, but they're so tedious to put together. I haven't felt like it since I started working. But there are a bunch more you could catch up on. I've had some ideas for new pages, but haven't figured out how to pull them off. Not to mention I actually need to build a new MOC for the story line I sorta started.
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Who says he's building anything? Maybe he's just a thief, or doesn't like having to reclaim something he already stole.
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XD oh man that's good 'Aluminium'
Love your humour man
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3rdeye88 can you plz critique some of my artwork i saw you critiqued some of maxustech artwork i think you are so awesome XD
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Please, call me Dave. 
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I didn't know that I could love Snip any more...
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I dunno. I'm pretty sure they're actually made out of diecast. <:I
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That would be cool if they made metal Lego! Great job btw.
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It would be. Someone else and I were having that discussion. Thanks Greg.
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Snip is a little thief now isn't he? Excellent shopping cart. Matteo can now go on a shopping spree if he wants. Likely for capes.
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He is! Have you seen any previous comics. its not the first time he's stolen that head. Matteo already has his capes, he'd probably just buy more booze and Camomile 
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Metal lego parts would be seriously awesome. Nice trolley.
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Oh, and thanks. 
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There's a few out there, but yeah metal legos would be awesome, especially really long axles so they don't bend. But they'd have to be something other than aluminum, they'd have to be cold rolled steel if anything. Talk about pricy.
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To make the same friction, it would be better if they molded a piece of rebar into the plastic. That would make it really strong and still have the properties of plastic
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Axles are really the only piece they could properly do that to the point it makes a difference, sockets are too thin lift arms don't have the space. HF bones are still pretty strong. Its axles that are the only parts where they make em long and they get too flexible at that point, so that idea works best there. Other than that there's no place for it. having parts be metal would just be an aesthetic thing I think it would look cooler and allow them to do different things. Lift arms would benefit from metal for the same reason as axles, but they'd have to be all metal. Gears would be another good place to make them metal because they wouldn't give, and metal axles wouldn't flex, so more torque could be applied. But strength comes at the cost of weight, like anything else where having different materials is an option. That gets into architecture at that point. Do we make this out of wood because it's lighter, or metal or concrete because its stronger?"
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I actually didn't think of gears, but if the gears are too strong they could strip the axles. Even if the axles were reinforced with metal the gears could still strip the outer plastic.
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So make the whole axle metal.
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Lego Pieces are highly dependent on their predictable friction, therefore metal might not work for something like an axle. Not to mention the increased weight and cost
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Metal has friction as well though, It just wouldn't give the same way plastic does, so certain parts that require that flexiblity would still have to be plastic. The other thing about metal is that it is stronger so things like gears could be thinner and use less material in metal yet still be strong. Lego likes to use the least amount of material anyways. How many parts do we get these days that have all kinds of gaps or its all really thin layers of plastic molded to look fuller just because they don't wanna fill a small space in? With metal that would actually make sense.
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Oh I see, you're right. They would make metal parts in a different shape to reduce the weight issues
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If they used the right kind of metal, yeah they could. Actual aluminum would be too soft and flexible. They could use cast iron or cold rolled steel probably. The Axles could be formed by die casting where they literally shove the metal "tubes" through a die with a shit ton of force and it shapes it into the axle, and they'd have to cut it. [link] I have one of these, its metal. Cast iron I think. [link] there's these as well as a few other old odds and ends.
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So wait, LEGO trains use metal axles? I totally didn't know that
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Apparently they do.
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K'nex has made a few metal sets in the past, and they were expensive "luxury" collector's edition type things. As for LEGO, I think only technic sets (cars, trucks, trains) would work in metal, because the stud grip and balljoints rely far too much on friction in the plastic.
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Friction, and the give in plastic being flexible. Sockets and pins work by the socket bending just enough to let the ball joint slip in, and pins work by narrowing just ever so slightly. That's how they get that "snap" Yeah the only thing that would really work I think is liftarms and axles. I think if lego really wanted to do it what they could do is design the metal parts with plastic inserts that they mold the plastic into. Or just mix and match. I was always kinda bummed Lego didn't take the deluxe collector edition rout with bionicle. An all translucent Vakama(since his power is invisibility) for comic-con 04 would have been amazing!
I think that's the one ball lego's really dropped. With these big ass expensive playsets, they've figured out that adults will pay hundreds of dollars(euros and pounds) for sets that have Minifigs in them so they make em now. They do the same thing with technic, they know they can sell a $200 remote controlled monster truck or crane. So why not extend that to the Bionicle/HF system as well? Maybe even if its once in a while or one ever year, some kind of collectors or probuild set would be really nice. And they gotta not hold back, none of this "only HF" shit, I'm talkin full on "any element goes" attitude. You vaguely see it in Technic when they'll use system for the detailing. These last two series of HF have seen the use of smaller elements included(though BA not as much as Breakout), I'd like to see that taken to its potential in a big set where advanced building techniques are used. That's the one thing I love seeing in the Modular building series. They pull out all the stops and impress me with some techniques I as a Non-system MOCer wouldn't have come up with.
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