42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator

[Lipko]

It's hard to say anything. Is it a management problem? Too much sets for too few employees? Too many and too long business trips and meetings just for some sweet talking with the license holders and most of the work time is occupied by that? It's that much harder to do licenced sets than custom sets (the answer is obviousy yes but I don't have much experience with that).

I can't believe set designers are below medicore level, which these models suggest.

[Toastie]

11 hours ago, Lipko said:

Is it a management problem? Too much sets for too few employees? Too many and too long business trips and meetings just for some sweet talking with the license holders and most of the work time is occupied by that?

Tough questions ...

... however, I believe (nothing more than that) that far below top management, some folks messing around - OK, sorry, deeply analyzing "TLG profit data" - reported to top management that F1 and multiple other licenses, including Volvo and (as in logical and) hybrid generate far more profit than anything technical at all. Accordingly, 42115 may be a true shelf model, camouflaged as "Technic", as are so many other TLG "Technic" sets today.

I believe it is profit - which of course includes sweet-talking, but for a reason.

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Thorsten

    

[Lim CL]

1 hour ago, Toastie said:

Tough questions ...

... however, I believe (nothing more than that) that far below top management, some folks messing around - OK, sorry, deeply analyzing "TLG profit data" - reported to top management that F1 and multiple other licenses, including Volvo and (as in logical and) hybrid generate far more profit than anything technical at all. Accordingly, 42115 may be a true shelf model, camouflaged as "Technic", as are so many other TLG "Technic" sets today.

I believe it is profit - which of course includes sweet-talking, but for a reason.

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Thorsten

    

This year TLG so messy up with pricing. Look at Star Wars side. More worst than Technic. Review on Lego website are 1.5 stars for most of sets released on August.

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[allanp]

A Technic set that's "meant to be a display piece" is not meant to be a Technic set. No more poor excuses please.

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3 hours ago, allanp said:

A Technic set that's "meant to be a display piece" is not meant to be a Technic set. No more poor excuses please.

100% agree.

[Toastie]

Well, TLG's current catalog is literally flushed with Technic Display Sets (TDS') 

How many current Technic sets are actually out there?

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Thorsten