2026 Technic Sets Discussion

[Jim]

13 hours ago, Maaboo the Witch said:

Another car.

Quelle f*cking surprise.

Well, that would be the 8:1 scale I guess. So that one was coming.

[MarkyMark42]

Lotus Emira doesn't really scream Supercar in the same way the previous 1:8 cars do

[Jim]

4 minutes ago, MarkyMark42 said:

Lotus Emira doesn't really scream Supercar in the same way the previous 1:8 cars do

Maybe not for you. But getting this one in White does make sense to me.

I do understand what you mean, but since TLG does have the Lotus license and Lotus is an iconic brand...

[MarkyMark42]

5 minutes ago, Jim said:

Maybe not for you. But getting this one in White does make sense to me.

Don't get me wrong, the only way I'll ever own one is if I won the lotto. Getting a Lego one in white would be a nice addition to the collection.

I was secretly hoping for an Aston Martin in green though

[Jim]

2 hours ago, MarkyMark42 said:

I was secretly hoping for an Aston Martin in green though

Could very well be happening.....but the Lotus teaser....

[Auroralampinen]

Here is the newest member of magazine sets. An interesting tracked scooter :). 

[AVCampos]

Maybe it's a regular wheeled bike, with the chain driving an engine? There appears to be a normal tyre at the rear.

Anyway, it's a good cheap source of those still uncommon 12T spur gears. And, comparing to the red 2L axle in the engine, the fuel tank, back of the seat and mudguard appear to be reddish orange.

[Auroralampinen]

1 minute ago, AVCampos said:

Maybe it's a regular wheeled bike, with the chain driving an engine? There appears to be a normal tyre at the rear.

 

Oh, thanks for the correction:).

I was on cycling trip to pick up weekend's groceries and because i use glasses. They thend to clog out when a small rain hits. So because of the rain and cloged out glasses i didn't see the rear tire and i thought this was a tracked scooter. Maybe next time i will learn to clean my glasses after a little rain before i post anything;). 

 

[Divitis]

6 hours ago, MarkyMark42 said:

Lotus Emira doesn't really scream Supercar in the same way the previous 1:8 cars do

The Emira has either a I4 (8 gears) or V6 (6 gears) engine. The only 'interesting' thing that it's mounted mid-mounted and transverse.

No other interesting feat to hope for with this car unfortunately.

[Auroralampinen]

20 hours ago, Divitis said:

The Emira has either a I4 (8 gears) or V6 (6 gears) engine. The only 'interesting' thing that it's mounted mid-mounted and transverse.

No other interesting feat to hope for with this car unfortunately.

Yeah, and the cada lotus exige allready excist with transverse engine and it’s much cheaper than lego. So only thing you are paying more for the lego is to have the "prestigious" red logo at the corner plus better customer support(yeah, i don't know how good cada customer support is. But pantasy's customer support beats lego and it's really good:).).  

 

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[Divitis]

18 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said:

Yeah, and the cada lotus exige allready excist with transverse engine and it’s much cheaper than lego. So only thing you are paying more for the lego is to have the "prestigious" red logo at the corner plus better customer support(yeah, i don't know how good cada customer support is. But pantasy's customer support beats lego and it's really good:).).  

Hey, I get that you love those other brands and everyone's entitled to their opinions, but it's a bit tiring to hear you blasting at Lego every other post, it's beginning to sound as if you're paid to do so ;)

[Auroralampinen]

52 minutes ago, Divitis said:

Hey, I get that you love those other brands and everyone's entitled to their opinions, but it's a bit tiring to hear you blasting at Lego every other post, it's beginning to sound as if you're paid to do so ;)

No, sorry if i sound like that. Im just really enthuastic for other brands. I like lego. I don't want them to go h*ll. But i like that there are good competititors and alternatives with good prices and value and i have fell in love with pantasy. They have truely surprised me every way:). 

So tldr. I don't get free products or free money to roast lego. Im just a casual really enthuastic person for other cool brands:). 

And i will try to tone down my enthusiasm for other brands. Because seemingly i currently sound like salesperson which i don't want to be i want to stay humble so i try my best to tone down my true enthusiasm and passion for lego alternativesl like pantasy:). 

Edited Friday at 03:52 PM by Auroralampinen

[2GodBDGlory]

13 hours ago, MarkyMark42 said:

Lotus Emira doesn't really scream Supercar in the same way the previous 1:8 cars do

To be honest, I feel like it might be better for that! To me Lotus seems like a bit of a "thinking person's" exotic. Not the same power levels or track times, but a focus on handling and general fun that makes it more enjoyable in most situations.

6 hours ago, Divitis said:

The Emira has either a I4 (8 gears) or V6 (6 gears) engine. The only 'interesting' thing that it's mounted mid-mounted and transverse.

No other interesting feat to hope for with this car unfortunately.

Transverse is something, at least!

I did notice that the real car has both automatic and manual 6-speed options for the V6, so there's a chance they give us a proper joystick-operated manual instead of a sequential box? That would be something different, though not necessarily more advanced. (Though if they did build in a true transverse manual transmission, getting a linkage to a shifter in the cabin would be pretty challenging)

[langko]

13 hours ago, MarkyMark42 said:

Lotus Emira doesn't really scream Supercar in the same way the previous 1:8 cars do

I know right? Maybe somewhat makes sense if all we had was the Porsche. But after the other ones we’ve had…
How’d we go from talking about a Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear to a Lotus Emira haha
That said, as an Australian, if it was the new limited Bathurst addition I would be interested. 

[Divitis]

59 minutes ago, 2GodBDGlory said:

there's a chance they give us a proper joystick-operated manual instead of a sequential box?

I'd love that. However it'd be quite hard to make it easy to operate as a play function.
Even in a cabrio car it's not so easy as I learnt the hard way

Can one also dream of a proper clutch pedal? 

[2GodBDGlory]

26 minutes ago, Divitis said:

I'd love that. However it'd be quite hard to make it easy to operate as a play function.
Even in a cabrio car it's not so easy as I learnt the hard way

Can one also dream of a proper clutch pedal? 

We can dream! I doubt we'd see it, when it's functionally not really any different than a neutral gear, but you never know! They did put the DNR gearboxes in a bunch of the supercars, so I suppose things like that are possible

[Auroralampinen]

 

13 hours ago, Auroralampinen said:

No, sorry if i sound like that. Im just really enthuastic for other brands. I like lego. I don't want them to go h*ll. But i like that there are good competititors and alternatives with good prices and value and i have fell in love with pantasy. They have truely surprised me every way:). 

So tldr. I don't get free products or free money to roast lego. Im just a casual really enthuastic person for other cool brands:). 

And i will try to tone down my enthusiasm for other brands. Because seemingly i currently sound like salesperson which i don't want to be i want to stay humble so i try my best to tone down my true enthusiasm and passion for lego alternatives like pantasy:).

Sorry for the off the rails long post. 

But i do want to make it clear. Pantasy does have a few hiccups. But so does the lego group and i have send a few constructive critisims to pantasy's customer support for some issues and they have responded professionaly and they have not tryed to block me and i can be sometimes really harsh in my constructive critisim. But pantasy has handendled everything so well, that i don't have any issues. Plus unlike lego which don't anymore seemingly lissen to fan base feedback. Pantasy does and on their facebook group they do openly ask fan feedback for the model's, upcoming model's, model colors and designs. Plus they do make sometimes pols for fanbase to vote stuff. Pantasy is soo different how they handle their community and fanbase compared to lego and to emphasise i don't want to be that german guy who got sued for roasting the lego to h*ll. I do like lego. They have their purpose and if you want a set which is quaranteed to work outside the box they do deliver on that promise and i do praise some lego design especially the 2026 city theme. But difference is this Lego does want to reach to everybody. Unlike pantasy who makes really niche things for niche groups and this has it's shortcomings. Lego makes their builds to pleace anybody and anyage can build a lego model. But pantasy lumibricks cada etc.. They make a lot of cool niche things. Which are really cool. But the downside is that they aren't for everyone. But because pantasy lumibricks and cada don't want to reach to masses like lego does they have a lot more design freedom to create unique things and themes. Which lego anymore can't make because lego wants to reach for the masses. So That's why you don't see a lego steampunk line up which pantasy and lumibricks produce so hopefully this answers @Divitis/your guys questions fully. I don't want to be too critical for lego but i do like to say that there are good alternatives to lego. Because if you are in a lego bubble. You probably never knew that there are amazing things out there because you are stuck building lego and that’s fine. But if you are tired for lego's expensive prices or quality dropping etc... . Try other brands quality is mostly great with the more common brands like pantasy nifeliz cada lumibricks etc... and most of the alternative brands have started to use premium prints instead of the "premium" sticker festive for lego:). 

Edited yesterday at 05:35 AM by Auroralampinen

[Jay Psi]

A collaboration between a company trading on a long-standing (but recently-waning) reputation for quality that is used to justify higher prices, with competitors offering similar but much cheaper experiences ... and Lego. Match made in heaven!

If the 1:8 supercar is the Emira, the transverse layout would be nice to see. But it's hard to look past the lack of recognition for the general public; it's easier to justify or expect customers to spend over £/$/€300 for a presitgious marque, which Lotus have never been, even when the Elise was at the height of its popularity.

[Divitis]

3 hours ago, Auroralampinen said:

But if you are tired for lego's expensive prices or quality dropping etc... . Try other brands quality is mostly great with the more common brands like pantasy nifeliz cada lumibricks etc... and most of the alternative brands have started to use premium prints instead of the "premium" sticker festive for lego:). 

This. This is off topic in this thread and reads like a marketing push, especially since every other post you make includes it.

Let's please now drop it from both sides and get back on topic.

I'm personally going to be happy with more 'everyday' cars in the 1:8 lineup as they might help differentiating features. A V4 engine might give space for... valves? 😁

Edited yesterday at 09:26 AM by Divitis

[Jim]

Agreed! Let's get back on-topic. That is LEGO Technic sets in 2026.

[Auroralampinen]

Ok, while lego doesn't disclose their sales numbers or anything. I went to my local hypermarket Prisma and i met up with nice store employee who was putting new lego to the lego isle and we talked for 1 hour about lego and other things and the store employee telled me that the last year F1 lineup was a complete flop sales wise. The F1 wave did sell but not as good as lego hoped. So i don't know why lego still pumps out this garbage if it doesn't sell good that even lego themself admitted that it flopped hard in sales department. 

[Oh_Hi_Mao]

9 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said:

Ok, while lego doesn't disclose their sales numbers or anything. I went to my local hypermarket Prisma and i met up with nice store employee who was putting new lego to the lego isle and we talked for 1 hour about lego and other things and the store employee telled me that the last year F1 lineup was a complete flop sales wise. The F1 wave did sell but not as good as lego hoped. So i don't know why lego still pumps out this garbage if it doesn't sell good that even lego themself admitted that it flopped hard in sales department. 

If it flopped in your local Prisma, it does not mean it flopped in the other locations. Also, Lego may have contractual agreement with F1 to release particular amount of sets. Partnership was announced last year. I would bet F1 is paying Lego from their marketing budget to push the brand so agressively, not vise versa. 

[Auroralampinen]

7 minutes ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

If it flopped in your local Prisma, it does not mean it flopped in the other locations. Also, Lego may have contractual agreement with F1 to release particular amount of sets. Partnership was announced last year. I would bet F1 is paying Lego from their marketing budget to push the brand so agressively, not vise versa. 

Nope it didn't flop in that store. It flopped everywhere and i asked did they loose revenue from this and he sayed luckily not. But i mentioned on my own topic that i got the williams F1 set for 45€ in K citymarket that same set was discounted on prisma for 55€ and they have done a lot of clearance deals for speed champions F1 sets in autumn/fall months. So the F1 wave from 2025 was a complete flop in sales wise everywhere

Edited 9 hours ago by Auroralampinen

[Satisfied]

20 minutes ago, Auroralampinen said:

Ok, while lego doesn't disclose their sales numbers or anything. I went to my local hypermarket Prisma and i met up with nice store employee who was putting new lego to the lego isle and we talked for 1 hour about lego and other things and the store employee telled me that the last year F1 lineup was a complete flop sales wise. The F1 wave did sell but not as good as lego hoped. So i don't know why lego still pumps out this garbage if it doesn't sell good that even lego themself admitted that it flopped hard in sales department. 

If I remember correctly, the top five best‑selling themes LEGO officially announced last year were Icons, Star Wars, Technic, City, and Harry Potter.

[Auroralampinen]

12 minutes ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

If it flopped in your local Prisma, it does not mean it flopped in the other locations. Also, Lego may have contractual agreement with F1 to release particular amount of sets. Partnership was announced last year. I would bet F1 is paying Lego from their marketing budget to push the brand so agressively, not vise versa. 

And i did ask how the space wave perfomed and they said much better than the F1 wave and i have not seen that many space wave sets on clearance discounts only the 2025 F1 wave has been on heavy clearance/discounts:).