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Posted
4 hours ago, M_longer said:

Hear me out;

Only C+ component left is that 2in1 chassis from Porsche.

Why do I think that TLG could be so lame and use two of those in a RC excavator?
One between the tracks, second in the superstructure, with gearbox like in 8043?

I hope not, but it might be sold as RECHARGEABLE!

Well in world of "great" Lego ideas latelly; nothing is impossible. Rechargeable with less parts...

Posted
47 minutes ago, AVCampos said:

That price was for 2010. Converting to 2025 it's actually more than $290, but admittedly still less than the rumoured $400.

Yeah, but 8043 has only 1100+  parts. 1200 pieces is another 100 bucks. So it may be similar in value, but let's wait some confirmations regarding on what is included in 42215.

Personally for me it could be hard to justify spending 400 euros for another excavator (I have all heavy duty technic flagships starting with 8043). It better won't have the old pieces for tracks and finally introduce either new pieces or recoloured Cat dozer parts :) 

Posted
On 2/21/2025 at 10:58 AM, AVCampos said:

What about 3 Volvo cars? :devil_laugh:

21 hours ago, msk6003 said:

I want see volvo 240 rally car lol

Different companies. Not sure if Volvo Cars will have any exciting enough products out for TLG to licence them. Polestar maybe.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Aurorasaurus said:

Maybe it will be a good size to play with the dump truck volvo set from a few years back. That feels like it would make sense.

Well it would be fun but then we are again getting endless complains that the hauler was retired too soon like with the car transporter set;) 

Posted
21 minutes ago, Aurorasaurus said:

Maybe it will be a good size to play with the dump truck volvo set from a few years back. That feels like it would make sense.

My thoughts. It was the set number 42114, so it would be cool that the Excavator has the number 42214 instead 42115

Posted
32 minutes ago, Maaboo the Witch said:

Hmm. Would that scale accomodate nearly 2400 parts? Remember that the EC230 is accompanied by a truck, a trailer, and a power unit, all of which combined use less parts than that.

Perhaps. EC230 was a barebone. If level of detail would be similiar to 42100 (hidraulic hoses and other decorations) - it Could be possible. 

Posted

I'm afraid it does not come with a shear but with an hammer. So definitely not a proper demolition excavator.

Posted
6 minutes ago, mpj said:

I'm afraid it does not come with a shear but with an hammer. So definitely not a proper demolition excavator.

It would be cool, if we got both options - hammer and bucket to switch between.

Posted
43 minutes ago, Aurorasaurus said:

Maybe it will be a good size to play with the dump truck volvo set from a few years back. That feels like it would make sense.

An EC750 would be a better choice in that case.

7 minutes ago, mpj said:

I'm afraid it does not come with a shear but with an hammer. So definitely not a proper demolition excavator.

A hammer is also a demolition attachment, so it still qualifies. A shear would have been cooler, though.

How would a hammer even work? Maybe something like the pile driver from 42082.

Posted
19 minutes ago, tomfow said:

It would be cool, if we got both options - hammer and bucket to switch between.

Yes, that's confirmed.

Posted
20 hours ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

I made scale comparisson between EC230 and EC500. Given the piece count I think it might be the same scale to EC230. 

Don't do it. LEGO does not stick to the dimensions of the real machines, they just add labels.

Posted (edited)

It'd be awesome if TLG really does release a properly made excavator, better than the skeletal EC230 in the FMX Truck set. I'm looking forward to seeing whether or not this rumored set is truly coming out. 

Edited by Matt1217
Posted
On 2/23/2025 at 12:16 AM, mpj said:

Yes, that's confirmed.

🤔 seems interesting, thanks for confirming,  now I'm in, at last, an interesting Set/Topic to follow...

Posted (edited)

Called it, RC excavator was the only thing that made sense for $400 and 2.4k pieces :tongue: My guess is the overall envelope will be slightly larger than 8043, maybe 20-25%

Edited by Bartybum
Posted (edited)

Do I understand correct that in 2H2025 we'll see TWO NEW VOLVO sets?

Edited by KLF

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