2026 Technic Sets Discussion

[anomalocaris92]

On 5/5/2026 at 1:40 PM, Paul B Technic said:

The whole point of Technic is to be "technical", I much prefer the technical features of the late 1980s and early 1990s over the "looks good but lacks features" that we are getting now. 

The new Unimog gives me some hope.

Well, tbh most of the Technic sets from the late '80s to the mid-'90s had fewer technical features than a transporter gang car nowadays. Not to mention the late '90s/early 2000s, with those horrible slammer cars/robothings. I was revisiting some of my childhood sets, like 8248, 8235, and 8230, and they were honestly atrocious. Comparably priced sets available today, like 42198, 42167, and 42201, are way better.

The things that changed somewhat for the worse are the flagship sets: 8480, 8479, 8880, and 8868 were more "fun" and playable, and they had B-models (but tbh, even if modern sets appear less "rebuildable" at first glance, just take a look at Rebrickable...). It's like modern sets feel less like enjoyable toys and more like cold display pieces, and there's some truth in that, but I guess it's mostly due to nostalgia.

Another issue is the overpricing of some sets, like the 1:8 scale cars, 42215, and 42175 for example, but you can find them at prices comparable to the flagship ones of the '90s adjusted for inflation. Honestly, I would have loved modern sets as a child, and I don't think I would have had a dark age if I had received something like the 42179 instead of the 6617 as a Christmas present in 2000.

Edited Tuesday at 03:31 PM by anomalocaris92

[SNIPE]

10 days to go and still no mention of the Konigsegg or the other 2 proposed sets

Also no early reviews yet :<(

If the Konigsegg and the 2 other sets are actually an August release, I hope they will all be big sets like in 2024 (McLaren P1, Mercedes G500, nasa rover, volvo FMX)

Edited yesterday at 01:17 AM by SNIPE

[Ngoc Nguyen]

3 minutes ago, SNIPE said:

10 days to go and still no mention of the Konigsegg or the other 2 proposed sets

I suspect that the Koenigsegg might be actually delayed til October or even next year.

[derekthetree]

Maybe someone realised brown (the Koeningsegg spear signature colour) would make for a really ugly flagship model!

[Timorzelorzworz]

Koenigsegg model was announced for July. Maybe it will be shown on June 1st. Certainly at a major event, just the way LEGO loves to celebrate itself.

Why the small Ducati model hasn't been shown yet remains a mystery.

Edited yesterday at 06:11 AM by Timorzelorzworz

[Ngoc Nguyen]

58 minutes ago, Timorzelorzworz said:

Why the small Ducati model hasn't been shown yet remains a mystery.

There's also supposed to be an Aston Martin F1 car as well. Given that the August sets in some other themes are not yet fully revealed (Pokemon for example), the remaining sets may get official arts later.

[howitzer]

Went to the local hypermarket on the other day in other business but decided to check out the Lego shelf in case they had any good discounts. And they did: all Ninjago and Technic 25% off. Too bad I'm not interested at all in Ninjago and every Technic set they had on shelf was either Kawasaki Ninja (not interesting) or a car set (also not interesting). So I guess I saved a bunch of money. My Bricklink order of loose bricks arrived on the other hand, so I can get on with my entry for a (non-Technic) contest held by my local LUG, which is nice.

[1nterstellar]

I picked a wrong year to become a lego technic fan. We have only 1 medium-to-big proper technic set - 42242. This is the lowest of all time (according to my quick analysis, also i excluded 1:8 cars).

[AVCampos]

You don't have to get sets from the current year to be a LEGO Technic fan: there's plenty of stuff from previous years.

[1nterstellar]

2 minutes ago, AVCampos said:

You don't have to get sets from the current year to be a LEGO Technic fan: there's plenty of stuff from previous years.

You're right, just did 42043 recently from parts that i had, set is crazy good.

[Jundis]

On 5/20/2026 at 8:11 AM, Timorzelorzworz said:

Why the small Ducati model hasn't been shown yet remains a mystery.

Next to the Unimog, this was the only model which might be a buy with discount. According to StoneWars, this model will release in August.

@Auroralampinen: Can you maybe edit the list on first page and add the release dates? I also think the 42230 and 42237 can be deleted, at least for this year.