Technic magazine sets general discussion topic

[Auroralampinen]

Well, i decided to give technic magazines their own topic:). 

Here is the newest member of the magazine sets:). 

[mpj]

Nice!

Is there a way to add all the small magazine sets in this topic? It looks they are different in each country. In Italy at the moment they made only 7 releases.

[Auroralampinen]

2 minutes ago, mpj said:

Nice!

Is there a way to add all the small magazine sets in this topic? It looks they are different in each country. In Italy at the moment they made only 7 releases.

Yes, you can add all of the magazine sets in this topic:). 

[carlo.fadel]

1 hour ago, mpj said:

Nice!

Is there a way to add all the small magazine sets in this topic? It looks they are different in each country. In Italy at the moment they made only 7 releases.

3 of which are/were old regular polybags. And sadly we get 4 magazine each year, Germany 6...

[mpj]

Exactly! Here are the Italian releases:

 

[Auroralampinen]

Its kind of sad that in finland we don't have these cool technic magazines. We only have lego minecraft, friends, super heroes and other lego magazines if i remember correctly:/.

[Toastie]

Nice!

Sometimes (but rarely) I pick up a copy in one of the - mostly grocery - stores around here. 

Are these magazines actually made by TLG? The imprint suggests not, as far as I remember (I recycle the magazines and just keep the instruction pages and file them - in an orderly fashion - literally “away” — for whatever reason. Hmmm — maybe I should seek professional advice )

I guess these are TLG endorsed magazine outlets or such?

Best
Thorsten

[mpj]

The company is Blue Ocean, I don't know how are they related to TLG.

On the back of the paper envelope of the set, there is a link with the digital instructions. This is one example:

https://www.blue-ocean-ag.com/bi/?tx_kesearch_pi1[sword]=412505&cHash=0693bc35b9cb1923166e60edb8ea1e81

If you change the number you find other sets (412504, 412503...)

 

[Auroralampinen]

Here is newest lego technic magazine set:). 

Planned released date 5.1.26 in poland:). 

Edited October 25, 2025 by Auroralampinen

[carlo.fadel]

The offroarder has come in Germany. Next issue on 19th december, with the cute little submarine.

Edited October 25, 2025 by carlo.fadel

[R0Sch]

Yes, I just bought issue 9 today. So the Research Submarine is gonna be the last 2025 set, which matches the bi-monthly cadence.

https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Technic/subtheme-Magazine-Gift

Here's are the instructions for the Offroader:
https://www.blue-ocean-ag.com/fileadmin/Bauanleitungen/LEGO_Minecraft/412506_LEGO_Technic.pdf

...and some insights regarding the design of this set. These magazine gift sets are designed by LEGO Design Masters, so official LEGO sets. Blue Ocean just takes care of the distribution, parts packing, magazine printing, replacement part support etc.



Here's the current Technic Design Team line-up. Although, I don't think it's complete.

Edited October 25, 2025 by R0Sch
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[R0Sch]

Here's my reverse engineered Sub: 412507.io

[Auroralampinen]

Here is the newest member of the magazine sets:). 

[AVCampos]

Is this the first Technic car with a multicylinder transverse engine?

[Zerobricks]

What's with the tyres not properly attached to the rims?

[2GodBDGlory]

39 minutes ago, Zerobricks said:

What's with the tyres not properly attached to the rims?

I think they are attached properly; it's just that it's using rims that are wider than the tires.

[N1K0L4]

3 minutes ago, 2GodBDGlory said:

I think they are attached properly; it's just that it's using rims that are wider than the tires.

I agree, rims 55982 and tires 18977.

[Timewhatistime]

"Bewegliche Zylinder" shows the authors' technical competence.

It's not the cylinders moving, it's the pistons...! 

And like every real "Super Sports Car", it has two cylinders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant_601

[Timorzelorzworz]

Wow Lars Krogh Jensen is 65 years old o.O

I would have estimated him at age 50.

 

[JorisJ]

@R0Sch

I can't download your reverse engineered Sub: 412507.io
Is it possible to make it available again?

[R0Sch]

On 12/26/2025 at 4:26 PM, JorisJ said:

@R0Sch

I can't download your reverse engineered Sub: 412507.io
Is it possible to make it available again?

I can re-upload it if you still need it. Here's are the online instructions:
https://www.blue-ocean-ag.com/fileadmin/Bauanleitungen/LEGO_Technic/412601_LEGO_Technic.pdf

[R0Sch]

I had accidentally a second canopy pieces in my Submarine bag. :D
This "supercar" is not very pretty and the lack of steering wheel or seats bugs me. Still much better value than the basic minifigs from the licensed magazines.

[Auroralampinen]

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

[AJB2K3]

I have to go to extreme lengths to find the technic mag as non of the shops in my town sell it.
What's the release date on these?

 

[Jay Psi]

28 minutes ago, AJB2K3 said:

I have to go to extreme lengths to find the technic mag as non of the shops in my town sell it.
What's the release date on these?

I don't think there is a regular release date. From checking shops monthly, sometimes DUPLO/Dreamzzz turns up instead of the Technic magazine. A quick Google suggests that all three themes are on rotation with no set schedule.

As a fellow UK resident, I've found the Technic magazine in Sainbury's (regularly, most recent), WHSmith (regularly, less recent) and Lidl (occasionally). The lastest issue I've seen Issue 9 (double-polybag), which was meant to be available last December, but I only sqw it in January.