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Former LEGO ambassador and LEGO zealot as a whole. If I could give negative rep for people writing "Legos", I would. It's going to be very hard not to suspend any offender though.

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Feb 27	comment	Have any Lego sets been released with errors/mistakes in the build instructions? If not, why not? I'm fairly confident they do so at some stage in the process and, but even that doesn't seem to ensure all errors are eradicated. However, it sometimes can lead to errata sheets being added to the box when reprinting the instructions fully isn't an option anymore.
Feb 27	comment	Electric, Plug Holder 4.5V/12V what is it for? Also, notice the coloured plugs and tiles. As the plug holder holdes the plug connecting to the motor into place, you can safely remove the ones coming from your control center, and you won't have any problem knowing which one goes where thanks to the colouring scheme.
Feb 27	comment	Electric, Plug Holder 4.5V/12V what is it for? So basically it serves to hold plugs in place when they aren't plugged in anything, typically when extending wires. Contrast with the alternate build for set 7745 where the plugs just lie there inelegantly. In a way, I suppose you could compare this part to the new pneumatic connector which holds pneumatic tubes firmly into place. Of course, electricity tends to make wires move less.
Feb 27	comment	Why do new LEGO bricks feel softer than old bricks? You may want to clean up the question by removing speculative bits in it; as it is now it's quite hard to figure out what it is you're actually asking.
Feb 27	comment	Electric, Plug Holder 4.5V/12V what is it for? Well, it holds plugs, right?
Feb 26	comment	Why does LEGO state the number of parts on US boxes, but not in Europe? Which if you ask me is a bit weird considering the extra parts seem to be extremely consistent
Feb 25	comment	Why does LEGO state the number of parts on US boxes, but not in Europe? Thanks, that's at least one important part of the question answered - and I fear the rest won't be anyway.
Feb 22	comment	Is the PWM on the PF Servo motor different than the PWM from an Arduino? Just a thought, you may want to sacrifice extension cables instead of leds.
Feb 21	comment	Is the PWM on the PF Servo motor different than the PWM from an Arduino? Editing questions to make them better isn't limited to moderators, quite the contrary - everyone is welcome to contribute in that way, too. That said, the question & answer looks fine to me now.
Feb 21	comment	Is the PWM on the PF Servo motor different than the PWM from an Arduino? Well it's ok to ask and answer your own question but you'll certainly want to rewrite the question so that it looks like one.
Feb 20	comment	Why does LEGO now use studless technic designs? Right, as long as you kept studs up, everything was easy, and you could argue some constructions were actually easier, but at the cost of one degree of freedom. I suppose Sariel's book (see Tooshel's answer) details the pros and cons much better.
Feb 20	comment	Is the PWM on the PF Servo motor different than the PWM from an Arduino? That doesn't quite seem as a real question so far... (but I'm fairly confident you can reformulate once you have the answer)
Feb 20	comment	What is the best way to transport a large quantity of LEGO bricks? I have no idea, but I suppose if there are, they will answer...
Feb 20	comment	Why does LEGO now use studless technic designs? Good catch about the frames, I hadn't thought of these and there's indeed room for more of these. Maybe even a cubic one? (5x5x5?)
Feb 20	comment	What is the best way to transport a large quantity of LEGO bricks? You may want to contact experienced BrickLink or eBay sellers, since they routinely do that kind of thing.
Feb 20	comment	Why does LEGO now use studless technic designs? Sariel being quite the Technic expert, his book is certainly worth reading. Would be nice to have him here, too :-)
Feb 19	comment	What are the angles used in angle connectors and liftarms? Try shorter axles :-) - that said, it works fine with #3 (16 sides) #4 (8) and #6 (simple square, obviously), but it won't work with the #5 one. And #2 might take a loooooong time, but there at least bendy axles will actually help.
Feb 18	comment	Why do official Lego sets sometimes use 1 large part when several would work just as well? A non-existing part is certainly a good reason for the 1x1x5, but the 1x2x2 makes no sense whatsoever to me.
Feb 18	comment	Why do official Lego sets sometimes use 1 large part when several would work just as well? The designers are certainly the key actors in picking the parts required for the set they are designing, but they aren't free from constraints, far from it. As such, the example of the 1x2x2 bricks in 7436 is really weird since the designer had to face the extra cost of including an additional part instead of just using some more regular 1x2
Feb 17	comment	Why do official Lego sets sometimes use 1 large part when several would work just as well? Your example of 7346 seems very bizarre indeed since it would also mean one less part in the set, reducing the production cost.