General Part Discussion

[Jundis]

Has anybody counted the newer technic parts for 2023?

From my perception, this has to be the year of the most newly introduced parts ever...

[Erik Leppen]

I think that the design department found out they wanted smaller panels, and they started working on creating a sensible/coherent set of them in one go, and when they had something, it proved so useful for smaller models that they decided to produce them all at once.

At least that's my perception with all the new small panels coming. I really think this will change the design of smaller models.

[Maaboo the Witch]

The tyres on the Audi e-whatever are gonna be great for loaders, scrapers, haulers, rollers, graders, excavators, and pretty much any other item of heavy machinery.

Although they do use a new size of hub as well, which are gonna have to be made in a variety of colours to be more versatile. Right now they only come in red, which limits their use.

Edited June 1, 2023 by Maaboo35

[astyanax]

Any fans of pink technic connectors and bushes?!

[zoo]

  On 6/1/2023 at 5:43 PM, Jundis said:

Has anybody counted the newer technic parts for 2023?

From my perception, this has to be the year of the most newly introduced parts ever...

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  On 6/1/2023 at 5:52 PM, Erik Leppen said:

I think that the design department found out they wanted smaller panels, and they started working on creating a sensible/coherent set of them in one go, and when they had something, it proved so useful for smaller models that they decided to produce them all at once.

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It's not just panels though. I've been thinking about this for a while now. To me it feels like we've started seeing more new parts overall in the technic line. Eager to see if it is the start of a trend or just a temporary thing. I have no numbers backing this up though. I predict that we will see some very interesting new parts for the next 1:8 car.

[Jundis]

  On 6/1/2023 at 6:46 PM, Maaboo35 said:

Although they do use a new size of hub as well, which are gonna have to be made in a variety of colours to be more versatile. Right now they only come in red, which limits their use.

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Hmm the rims look like standard 43.2... Only in red :-) 

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=56908#T=P

[gyenesvi]

  On 6/2/2023 at 5:38 AM, Jundis said:

Hmm the rims look like standard 43.2... Only in red :-) 

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I also thought that, @Maaboo35 why do you think they are new?

[allanp]

  On 6/1/2023 at 7:48 PM, astyanax said:

Any fans of pink technic connectors and bushes?!

 

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In a parrot, yes.

In something like a predominantly white with pink and teal accents Sukuki Jimny type compact 4x4, with working 4 wheel drive, live axle suspension, steering, piston engine and working retractable soft top aimed towards young females, maybe encouraging them to think about a future career in engineering (like Technic did with me as a young boy), that would be great.

In the bowls of a gearbox or excavator, nooooooooo!

[LvdH]

No idea why it took so long, but 16 long soft axles are finally available in white. In a Lego Friends set, of all themes.

https://rebrickable.com/parts/32202/axle-hose-soft-16l/15/

[TechnicRCRacer]

It seems the hope for getting axles and bushes in more useful colors is centered on themes outside of Technic. The two recent recolors of the half bush have been in non-Technic themes.

[SNIPE]

Lots of very exciting new parts/recolors
https://www.newelementary.com/2023/06/what-are-new-lego-parts-for-june-2023.html

Edited June 3, 2023 by SNIPE

[Lipko]

My google skills are pretty poor, sorry.

Does 9L flip-flop beam exist?

[Zerobricks]

  On 6/5/2023 at 11:46 AM, Lipko said:

My google skills are pretty poor, sorry.

Does 9L flip-flop beam exist?

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Not (yet?)

[astyanax]

According to the inventory Rebrickable imported from TLG for set 76252, the frictionless axle-pin will come in Pearl Dark Gray...

[gyenesvi]

  On 6/5/2023 at 1:37 PM, astyanax said:

According to the inventory Rebrickable imported from TLG for set 76252, the frictionless axle-pin will come in Pearl Dark Gray...

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That sounds like a pretty stupid color choice for a part that's never really visible for the most part. Also Rebrickable says there's a color error there, and the set has them in blue as well. Or is the color error because it's supposed to be a new color not yet in the inventory of parts in general?

On the other hand, it would be great to have this in black again..

[LvdH]

Rebrickable always has color errors for brand new parts. Give it a few days. The blue ones are with friction by the way, these are without friction. 

Anyway, here they are:

Kind of weird they recolored it when they're not visible in this set, and also not used elsewhere. 

Edited June 5, 2023 by LvdH

[Jockos]

Maybe it's a sign of changing to more monochrome pieces from blue pins (with axle)

Edited June 5, 2023 by Jockos

[JunkstyleGio]

Maybe are those going to be used in different sets!

 

[astyanax]

Perhaps we'll see this Pearl Dark Gray axle-pin used a lot in MOCs where a Blue axle-pin would otherwise be too visible and distracting -- provided the friction isn't needed.

[LvdH]

I checked the "replacement parts" service on the LEGO website and it does show "Titan. Metal." axle pins in the parts list. I briefly thought it might have been an error but it seems completely legit.  

[gyenesvi]

Well if they are frictionless then they are not going to be used in place of the blue ones, at best in place of the tan ones.

[Jockos]

  On 6/5/2023 at 10:13 PM, gyenesvi said:

Well if they are frictionless then they are not going to be used in place of the blue ones, at best in place of the tan ones.

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Yes, but it still can be an indicator of an upcoming recolored version of the blue ones. Which, obviously, would be a welcomed step.

[dmaclego]

  On 6/5/2023 at 6:53 PM, LvdH said:

Kind of weird they recolored it when they're not visible in this set, and also not used elsewhere. 

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Well, the key words here seem to be "in this set". I bet they will be very visible in some other set, rather sooner than later. What LEGO does is a mass production; these axle pins would never be recolored just like that because it costs money. So let's wait and see :) .

Edited June 6, 2023 by dmaclego

[m2fel]

  On 6/6/2023 at 12:26 PM, dmaclego said:

 

Well, the key words here seem to be "in this set". I bet they will be very visible in some other set, rather sooner than later. What LEGO does is a mass production; these axle pins would never be recolored just like that because it costs money. So let's wait and see :) .

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Recolour parts in a useful colour for technic is to much to ask for. Black pins are dark magic! BUT pink bushes for a 253 pieces 3 in 1 creator parrot are desperately needed 

[gyenesvi]

  On 6/7/2023 at 6:46 AM, m2fel said:

Recolour parts in a useful colour for technic is to much to ask for. Black pins are dark magic! BUT pink bushes for a 253 pieces 3 in 1 creator parrot are desperately needed 

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I have also made this observation, so I tend to agree. Quite a few basic technic connectors are missing in basic colors and are causing color inconsistencies in official sets. The latest example is this part  in green in the John Deere Skidder. The same piece was missing in orange from the Ford Raptor, though it became available since then (I guess because of the F1 car). Also the 1L liftarm in orange was missing for long, only available recently (still missing in green though). I wonder if that pink connector in the parrot was actually made for the parrot or also for something else, like a flower set. Pretty sure though it was not made for a technic set. The half bush would be really useful to have in basic colors like black (exists but very rare), dark grey, red, etc. The white we got may as well be useful though..

I guess pins are a different story, they are intentionally not all made in black because it would be really hard to differentiate them. The strange recolor mentioned above seems like a weird case though, wonder what's the explanation.