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He was talking about the retro-engineered one.

From the interview that came with the press release:

FYI it's also 329 in Belgium.

It looks very much like a sticker, it has some thickness to it:

He's talking bout the sticker with the key figures: This is different from a UCS set, where the sticker is applied to a separate support.

It's listed as cancelled or postponed to 2017 on Brickset.

Very nice replica of the set. Regarding this set being cancelled, it did actually show up in Nuremberg in late January! In this , if you watch carefully, you'll see it on the screen behind the Lego employee: It might eventually show up later than expected.

No way there are two color schemes in the box, changing only the panels would leave you with lots of beams and lift arms in a different color. Including two sets of all the pieces required to change the livery would increase the the part count by at the very least 25%. The only color-related speculation I might buy into is a limited edition in prototype livery and a standard color for a standard set (and although I hope it turns out to be true, I'm not holding my breath on that).

Not even close, 10188 stuck around for more than 7 years.

Well, I feel like Lego hates France, hiking up the price of Slave 1 and trying to offload that abomination of Assault on Hoth at a "discount"...

I don't know where you got those numbers from, but Slave 1 is 219,99 and Assault on Hoth 249.99 in France.

Lava Orange is the showcased color : http://www.porsche.c...s/uk.aspx#intro 8110 and 42030 are not products that anyone can recognize at first sight. They are well known among enthusiasts, but they have nowhere near the fame of a 911. Also, the colors on 8110 and 42030 are almost exactly the same as the real models. That's not the case for Lava Orange, Lego's Bright Orange (id-106) is not red enough IMO. Finally, this set seems to be given some sort of exclusive treatment so far, I don't see why TLG would not issue a new color for it, never to be seen again.

If it's Lava Orange (I think it will be), it definitely won't be the standard Lego Orange. Manufacturers have patents on their colors. Porsche will not allow TLG to release a product that does not comply with all their graphic design guidelines. That would weaken the brand in their eyes. You have to remember that this is a Lego product as much as it is a Porsche product.

Because BT would allow to control functions from a variety of devices, like an iPad, a smartphone or a computer, etc. just like you can program the EV3 brick from an iPad already.

Largest Technic set but 5th largest Lego set (Taj Mahal > UCS MF > Ghost Buster's HQ > Tower Bridge > 42055).

I would expect a 7+R gearbox from such a high standard model, it's been done by sheepo on his Veyron, the possibility is very real.

You also have to consider that it's a perfect starter kit, you get a lot of track links, pins, liftarms, panels, axles, gears, an XL motor and 4 wheels and a steering wheel. You can pretty much build anything with the amount of pieces included.

Looks like it from the low quality photo of what's under the hood: Could be both the HoG (as a drop in tool) and the steering wheel linkage.

That is indeed a possibility:

My bet is there's an angled piece, possibly a thin lift arm, behind that actuates it when you pull the shift down paddle.

Here's a first pic, it looks enormous, I love it: From: http://zusammengebaut.com/international-toy-fair-2016-lego-live-ticker-4042/