42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator

[Ngoc Nguyen]

 

Go nuts!!

Edited May 1 by Ngoc Nguyen

[Paul B Technic]

Interesting... Just Power Functions or full remote control?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

23 minutes ago, Paul B Technic said:

Interesting... Just Power Functions or full remote control?

Manual Gearbox yayyy! Rejoice! No more of that Control+ nonsense!!

[Paul B Technic]

Interesting... I was hoping for a 8043 replacement, I guess this is a good start.

[Satisfied]

He seems to have electric function, but only manual shifting? Do you have a battery box?

Cannot be remotely controlled

[Bartybum]

1 hour ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Manual Gearbox yayyy! Rejoice! No more of that Control+ nonsense!!

SWEET HEAVENS YES!!! Now if only it was a motorized pneumatic model

Actually wait no what the actual hell, this sucks. There's no drive to the tracks??? Wtf is the point of a model like this if they're gonna price it like an RC model and then skimp out on functions? It's not even difficult to implement drive.

Edited May 1 by Bartybum

[Stereo]

So 4 functions are the 3 arm sections (base, elbow, wrist) and a tool swap?  Reasonable way to use 1 motor I guess.

 

The 3x3 triangle panel (yellow/black on the sides) looks useful in general for style stuff.

Edited May 1 by Stereo

[Ngoc Nguyen]

1 minute ago, Stereo said:

So 4 functions are the 3 arm sections (base, elbow, wrist) and a tool swap?  Reasonable way to use 1 motor I guess.

The 4th function is the quick hitch.

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, i started to wonder, what are these specialized pieces. And can they have other uses and purposes🤔. 

[1gor]

2 hours ago, Auroralampinen said:

Ok, i started to wonder, what are these specialized pieces. And can they have other uses and purposes🤔. 

Triangle panels? Firstly they are usefull so you dont't have wired steps on your model like cab on 42053 set (the only false imho), second this helps a lot someone like me who don't like stickers to enable making more realistic shapes than before...

[Auroralampinen]

Hmm... 2ttoys boldly says, that this has advanced pneumatic functions🤔. 

[Oh_Hi_Mao]

So many mixed emotions about this.

It does look amazing.

No control+ and motorised functions? Yay!

No powered tracks and superstructure? What a bummer.

And all this for 400 euros? The last motorised functions set was also licensed l, very complex Airbus Helicopter in 2022, for 200 euros and 300+ pieces less... I can't comprehend the value for money here. I might just went from a guaranteed purchase to a pass, even for 300 euros on a discount it feels overpriced for what if offer.

 

[Auroralampinen]

Here is more pictures for this set:). 

[Unbrickme]

Should've been full RC with control+ AND a gearbox. similar to 8043. I'll definitely modify it to make it like the 8043

[Jundis]

55 minutes ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

So many mixed emotions about this.

It does look amazing.

No control+ and motorised functions? Yay!

No powered tracks and superstructure? What a bummer.

And all this for 400 euros? The last motorised functions set was also licensed l, very complex Airbus Helicopter in 2022, for 200 euros and 300+ pieces less... I can't comprehend the value for money here. I might just went from a guaranteed purchase to a pass, even for 300 euros on a discount it feels overpriced for what if offer.

 

Exactly my feelings here. If this goes down to 250€, its a buy. But this price tag of 400€ for 1 motor and dumb battery box is nonsense.

 

1 hour ago, 1gor said:

Triangle panels? Firstly they are usefull so you dont't have wired steps on your model like cab on 42053 set (the only false imho), second this helps a lot someone like me who don't like stickers to enable making more realistic shapes than before...

Dito. They seem to be completely flat on the small side but have some connection points on the hypotenuse, which maybe is exactly made 4 studs in length?

[Auroralampinen]

Well, now the official lego page is up:). 

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/volvo-ec500-hybrid-excavator-42215

[Bartybum]

8 minutes ago, Jundis said:

But this price tag of 400€ for 1 motor and dumb battery box is nonsense.

MSRP is a completely arbitrary number. The actual actual value of this set will be determined by wholesale costs and backdoor deals with retailers, to the point that I think we'll be able to find this for 200-250 EUR very soon. The Zetros price absolutely plummeted during its run, down to nearly half-price.

I think the REAL damage we should be talking about is the missed opportunity cost. How long do we now have to wait before we get another non-RC, motorized excavator flagship with a full suite of functions? Another five years? They had one chance here to make it, and all they could come up with was four individual functions that can't be operated simultaneously. Are the bean counters now going to use this set as an excuse to never do a non-RC flagship scale excavator again? 

This is an 18+ set, FFS. It's a gorgeous model, but it's a half-baked shelf queen. Like god dammit, there's no excuse to sh*t the bed this hard.

[Unbrickme]

gearbox has four functions.

first three are obvious. lower arm, middle arm, and bucket.

where's the fourth one????

[Bartybum]

1 minute ago, Unbrickme said:

gearbox has four functions.

first three are obvious. lower arm, middle arm, and bucket.

where's the fourth one????

Bucket attachment/clamp. Note the worm gear and the rubber band

Edited May 1 by Bartybum

[Unbrickme]

3 minutes ago, Bartybum said:

Bucket attachment/clamp. Note the worm gear and the rubber band

so there's not like, gearbox connecting to the turntable to rotate superstructure, like how we has in crawler crane and bucketwheel excavator?

[Auroralampinen]

1 minute ago, Unbrickme said:

so there's not like, gearbox connecting to the turntable to rotate superstructure, like how we has in crawler crane and bucketwheel excavator?

From lego page. 

Use the lever to select from 4 functions that move the excavator’s boom and arm and LEGO hammer and shovel tools. Manual features include the opening cabin doors, moving tracks and a rotating excavator body.

With its realistic movements, this set makes a great gift for adults who enjoy building advanced LEGO sets or construction vehicles.

[Unbrickme]

Just now, Auroralampinen said:

From lego page. 

Use the lever to select from 4 functions that move the excavator’s boom and arm and LEGO hammer and shovel tools. Manual features include the opening cabin doors, moving tracks and a rotating excavator body.

With its realistic movements, this set makes a great gift for adults who enjoy building advanced LEGO sets or construction vehicles.

gona modifi it thern so tgat the fourth function connectds to turntablee instaed

[Bartybum]

2 hours ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

I can't comprehend the value for money here.

I wonder if what really happened here was:

1. Designer/s were working on an RC model
2. They got rug pulled and had to remove almost all the C+/PU components halfway through development
3. They had to pivot to a non-RC, motorized model and didn't have enough time to design a full powertrain, leading to completely barebones functions with an extremely simplified gearbox
4. Management refused to give the designers more time, or to budge on the price point

Edited May 1 by Bartybum

[Unbrickme]

Are those long balck linear actuators the first time we are seeing them in this set or did they appear in sets before?

[Jockos]

1 minute ago, Unbrickme said:

Are those long balck linear actuators the first time we are seeing them in this set or did they appear in sets before?

In black they are new here. In size they were first in 42100 then in 42108. They haven't appeared since then until now.