tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post9041201998278131313..comments2024-03-28T22:25:17.706+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: LEGO® Technic review & MOC: 42123 McLaren Senna GTRAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-82114048044864048352021-10-25T01:08:17.175+01:002021-10-25T01:08:17.175+01:00It's funny: the printed pieces, plus the other...It's funny: the printed pieces, plus the other "beehive" stickers, are the only reasons I've even considered getting this set, so for me those fenders increase, rather than decrease, the value of the set. <br /><br />But I totally get how sometimes that's a problem. These are just generic enough that I see them as fairly versatile. nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518013024314796671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-18296288527681779242021-01-04T23:37:32.520+00:002021-01-04T23:37:32.520+00:00@jimmythefly:
Okay, I had to pull 24118 up in LDra...@jimmythefly:<br />Okay, I had to pull 24118 up in LDraw (this shape isn't currently available as of the last download I grabbed) to see what you're talking about. Yeah, there's a little bit of a flare right at the top of the wheel well. However, it's nearly a simple curve, and certainly moreso than a 3x3 radar dish. It's a minor enough bump that I suspect they could produce a sticker that would work on these fenders, if they adjusted the shape to account for how the distance between the tips would shift as you apply it, but it would be a colossal pain to get it on without it hanging off any edges, let alone getting it to actually look decent.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-35786891416555146982021-01-04T21:51:28.109+00:002021-01-04T21:51:28.109+00:00Stickers are Ok for part that are a "developa...Stickers are Ok for part that are a "developable surface" (wikipedia has an entry) -i.e. those that if they were made from paper could be flattened out on a table. <br /><br />The fenders are not a simple curve, they are not developable surfaces, and even allowing for some elasticity of the sticker material it would be a bad idea to try and sticker those parts. <br /><br />IMO this set has an identity crisis. Is it trying to be a good representative visual model of the car, or is it trying to be a Technic set? not mentioned in this review is that there is NO REAR DIFFERENTIAL and that only one rear wheel is connected to the engine! This is simply unforgivable in a Technic set, where we sacrifice the beauty of a creator/system body for instead getting cool operating features. But in this set you get neither, WTF Lego?jimmytheflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10060952522546330342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-13503303524077353682021-01-01T18:07:09.674+00:002021-01-01T18:07:09.674+00:00There are a few elements that they absolutely will...There are a few elements that they absolutely will not produce stickers for, under any circumstance. Minifigs pop immediately to mind, but even then they've made somewhat recent exceptions for the torso (which hearkens back to the earliest days of the minifig when all torsos were stickered for a very short period of time). Heads, legs, arms, and accessories are all still off-limits for the sticker folks.<br /><br />Radar dishes are the family of parts that's most famously not allowed to use stickers, but again there have been a handful of exceptions. Three sets have used very small stickers on one 3x3 radar dish, and a pair of 6x6 radar dishes (the last of which appeared in 2014), but generally speaking they're off-limits because of their compound curves. If a large enough sticker is applied to one of these, there's no way to keep it from developing wrinkles.<br /><br />This panel has a simple curve, like a cylinder, which alone should not be enough to warrant making it the lone printed element in this set. Simple curves get stickers all the time. The surface is very long, very narrow, and has a complex shape. Most people wouldn't know that the best place to start laying down that sticker would be the top edge, so tons of people would have problems getting the sticker lined up properly without destroying it. Looking up Technic Panels Decorated on Bricklink, there are three instances where L/R patterns have been printed on similar shapes, and one where a more squared-off fendering fairing has been given a symmetrical print that even I would be terrified of applying in sticker form. There are no stickered parts that look even remotely like this fairing. If you want it unprinted, you'll just have to wait and see if they issue it in another set, or wipe the print off yourself.<br /><br />As for my personal stance on stickers vs print, I'm straddling the fence. If I exclusively want to use the deco as intended, I would prefer a print as they tend to hold up better over time. Sometimes, however, I want to change things up and use it in a manner other than how it's used in the set, at which point I absolutely prefer stickers on clear backing. I hate stickers on white backing, as too many times I've seen them crumble to dust, plus they severely restrict the ways in which you can use them (which is the whole point of preferring stickers in the first place).Purple Davenoreply@blogger.com