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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Auroralampinen said:

Hold up this front axle assembly seems really really suspicious. This model might have FWD for the first time:

Could be, but the driven wheel would be the right front wheel then, as the left front wheel has a brown axle, so highly likely 3L with stop.

I like the use of the curved slope for headlights. Wonder why they couldn't do it in transparent...?

Edited by Jundis
Posted
8 minutes ago, Jundis said:

I like the use of the curved slope for headlights. Wonder why they couldn't do it in transparent...?

Same reason they did the rear light in plain red. It's cheaper and they don't care how good it looks. Rich kids parents will buy it just for the license.

Posted (edited)
19 minutes ago, Jundis said:

Could be, but the driven wheel would be the right front wheel then, as the left front wheel has a brown axle, so highly likely 3L with stop.

What would an official steering+driving part look like at this scale, anyway?  We can see that it connects upward with a tan (frictionless) axle-pin.  I don't think they could use u-joints and they wouldn't want to use bevel gears.  Could be a U-shaped part that's like 15461 but instead of pins it has up/down pinholes, plus a steering knuckle off one side of it.  And the 92906 CV axle.  On the underside it might use a 3/4 pin to improve clearance since 2 studs below the axle is pretty far on these tires.

 

Trying 15461 it's too thick for that wheel, so it'd be even thinner than 1/2 plate on the arms.  Or maybe there's a 2.5L CV axle that's brown and spaces it out a bit.

Edited by Stereo
Posted
10 minutes ago, Stereo said:

What would an official steering+driving part look like at this scale, anyway?  We can see that it connects upward with a tan (frictionless) axle-pin.  I don't think they could use u-joints and they wouldn't want to use bevel gears.  Could be a U-shaped part that's like 15461 but instead of pins it has up/down pinholes, plus a steering knuckle off one side of it.  And the 92906 CV axle.  On the underside it might use a 3/4 pin to improve clearance since 2 studs below the axle is pretty far on these tires.

 

Trying 15461 it's too thick for that wheel, so it'd be even thinner than 1/2 plate on the arms.  Or maybe there's a 2.5L CV axle that's brown and spaces it out a bit.

They probably will use the new element which is used on the 42242 plus the 42231 turbocharger intake:). 

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Posted
17 minutes ago, mpj said:

Rear wheels have the same width as the front ones.

No, they are different. You can also see the tread pattern and offset more pronounced on the sides.

Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, R0Sch said:

No, they are different. You can also see the tread pattern and offset more pronounced on the sides.

No they are the same width this is also first time we get same wheels front and rear:). 

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Edited by Auroralampinen
Posted
1 minute ago, R0Sch said:

Sorry, I thought you meant the Charger wheels.

 

6 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

No, they are different. You can also see the tread pattern and offset more pronounced on the sides.

Just curious did you mix up the 42231 and 42229 topic? ;). 

Sorry for the 42231 pictures on this topic i just wanted to show the new piece which probably is used on this model. Sorry for confusion:). 

Posted
2 hours ago, Auroralampinen said:

 

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The parts which are assembled by the people don't correspond to the respective step in their building instruction.

This is the first time I notice this mistake (maybe because it is the first time it appears) and it simply makes me laugh.

It symbolizes nicely what TLG think about their potential customers.

 

Posted
Just now, Timewhatistime said:

The parts which are assembled by the people don't correspond to the respective step in their building instruction.

This is the first time I notice this mistake (maybe because it is the first time it appears) and it simply makes me laugh.

It symbolizes nicely what TLG think about their potential customers.

That they think we're such expert builders that we can just get halfway through the instructions and then finish the rest of the set on our own? I wish I was that hardcore!

 

Ooh, this set works for me! Another real car that I find a lot cooler than your average modern hypercar! I think I'm getting some 8649 Nitro Menace and 8146 Nitro Muscle nostalgia from it.

Those headlights work really well! It looks like a quality MOC solution to me, and the relative simplicity and color contrast on the front half works really well.

I am interested to see the drive setup for it! I believe these cars in real life would have been either FWD or AWD, with the high-performance ones being AWD. They could make the set RWD, but it would feel wrong, and the brown axle on one front wheel and the DBG one on the other wheel does seem like it might be one-wheel FWD, which would be cool! With the steering pivot, it could be an old CV joint with the DBG axle going into the wheel, and then the CV pivot lines up with the steering pivot. I can't think of any (realistic) way to build a hub in that space, though, so I think there would have to be new parts in there to pull it off.

I'm looking forward to seeing how that works!

Also looking forward to seeing the inevitable Buwizz mod drifting! Though probably not FWD at that point

Posted

Ok, interesting the real mitsubishi does have a massive hood decal. So why the lego one is missing this. They did use a big black panel so the sticker placement would not be a issue. Cant wait until custom sticker companies will fix this issue:). 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Auroralampinen said:

So why the lego one is missing this.

For the same reason as any other logos, like toyo tires, greddy, eurolite etc. “MI” stands for “Modern Image” - company that was responsible for some vinyl/decals applications on cars in first Fast and Furious movie. 

Posted

It seems to have turned out quite well, but I am skeptical about the front-wheel drive.

 

New parts

24119 panel curved 3x7 in lime is new

7101 panel 2x5 in lime is new

89679 panel 1x2 'toilet paper roll' in lime is new

Rare parts

71708 Beam 2x3 quarter circle in lime is rare - last release is 2023, 14 in 3 set

80286 beam 2x5 quarter circle in lime is rare - last release is 2024, 4 in 2 set

42531 mudguard 9x2x3 in lime is rare - last release is 2023, 6 in 2 set

2389 & 2387 panel 2x3 triangle in lime is rare - last release is 2023, 8 in 1 set

2395 #9 & 2403 #10 panel 3x3 triangle in lime is rare - last release is 2023, 1 in 1 set

32526 liftarm 3x5 in lime is rare - last release is 2024, 72 in 21 set

32271 liftarm bent 3-7 in lime is rare - last release is 2016, 25 in 7 set

3262 brick round 2x2 dome in DBG - last release is 2023, 3 in 2 set

32202 soft axle 16L in lime is rare - last release is 2023, 6 in 3 set

48267 bionicle tooth 1x3 in lime is rare - last release is 2023, 19 in 4 set

 

Wow that's so many.

Posted
10 minutes ago, M_longer said:

Look at pins, it's same shade - Blue.

No they aren't. The blue pins are much darker than the mudguard blue color:). 

You can see the blue pin is cleary darker than the dark azure mudguard:). 

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Posted (edited)

I this a new part? I can just barley see a lime pin or axle if I zoom way in
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It could be a 3L beam with pins on both sides

Edited by SNIPE
Posted
5 minutes ago, SNIPE said:

I this a new part? I can just barley see a lime pin or axle if I zoom way in
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It could be a 3L beam with pins on both sides

Or, it's this piece with 2L beams with axle holes connected to it's sides with axle:). 

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