2027 Technic Sets Discussion

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Jan

42243 Mighty Machines Series 2 - 48 pcs

42244 Beach Buggy - 113 pcs

42246 Monster Jam Classroom Crusher Pullback - 320pc

42247 Monster Jam DinoSPIKE Pullback - 249 pcs

42254 Planets of the Solar System in their Orbits - 572 pcs

 

Mar

42245 113 pcs

42248 2689 pcs 18+

42249 410 pcs

42250 675 pcs

42252 1415 pcs 18+

[Satisfied]

42252 at 1415 pcs 18+? There is a strong chance it is a 1:8‑scale F1 car!

42248, 2689 pcs 18+, might well be next year’s flagship construction set.

42243 is the second wave of those little Mighty Machines.

Then we have the two usual Monster Jam trucks.

42250 with 675 pcs — could it be yet another small‑scale sports car, ugh.

All in all, going through this list for the first time, I’m not feeling much excitement. Is this supposed to be the 50th‑anniversary lineup?

It hardly feels commemorative at all; it looks pretty similar to this year’s assortment.

Edited yesterday at 04:45 AM by Satisfied

[Oh_Hi_Mao]

42248 - my wishful thinking that this set is something heavy duty. As I mentioned in the other thread, by the end of 2026 every heavy duty set, even the little ones, will be retired. It is hard to believe that not a single heavy duty set will be on the shelves until  March at least (except for blind boxes). But realistically thinking based on the trend, 42248 most likely will be another car of G-Wagon / Defender scale, such as Bronco of Wrangler. 

Edited yesterday at 04:54 AM by Oh_Hi_Mao
Typo, 42258 -> 42248

[Satisfied]

5 minutes ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

42258 most likely will be another car of G-Wagon / Defender scale, such as Bronco of Wrangler. 

Does set number 42258 even exist?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

This is only the second time that a 2500+ pcs set appears in the spring wave. The first one was the fan favorite 42078 Mack Anthem, with 2595 pcs.

Therefore I think 42248 will be another truck + trailer combo instead of a large scale SUV. That thing is usually reserved for the summer wave.

Maybe a Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor + a dump bed trailer. There are not that many types of trailer that would make a good Technic model.

Or maybe a new car transporter combo.

Edited yesterday at 05:00 AM by Ngoc Nguyen

[Oh_Hi_Mao]

3 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

Does set number 42258 even exist?

Apologies, this is a typo, I was referencing to 42248

[Satisfied]

7 minutes ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

Apologies, this is a typo, I was referencing to 42248

Oh, you’ve got me thinking.

42248 is the 18+ 2689‑piece set dropping in March, so it cannot be the 2027 Technic flagship construction set.

Those big flagship releases usually show up in the August wave.

That means a set at this piece count is most probably a large licensed off‑roader along the lines of 42110 or 42177.

Granted, it could still be a heavy‑duty truck‑type build instead, which would honestly be a little more appealing.

[Oh_Hi_Mao]

8 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

 

42248 is the 18+ 2689‑piece set dropping in March, so it cannot be the 2027 Technic flagship construction set.

Those big flagship releases usually show up in the August wave.

 

Totally agree with this insight. My only "what if" argument is that volvo truck, volvo loader, volvo excavator, small bulldozer and backhoe will be all retired by the end of the 2026. 

I assume this is quite unique situation when there will be no heavy duty set for purchase. From business perspective, why it should make sense for TLG to remove the diversity in the portfolio until August at least. 

 

[Ngoc Nguyen]

1 hour ago, Satisfied said:

42250 with 675 pcs — could it be yet another small‑scale sports car, ugh.

Not very likely, since cars at this scale typicall have 700+ pcs.

[Bartybum]

1 hour ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Therefore I think 42248 will be another truck + trailer combo instead of a large scale SUV. That thing is usually reserved for the summer wave.

As much as I hope to be surprised I'm not sure I agree, on account of the 18+ rating. Why start advertising a truck and trailer as 18+ only now?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Maybe 42248 is a sport aircraft. Besides cars and trucks, that's only other kind of large model that appears in past first waves. Maybe some aircraft that won a recent competition, like the 42174.

Edited yesterday at 08:17 AM by Ngoc Nguyen

[Luke_]

I bet 42250 is a motorbike. 675 pieces is right in the ballpark, as the last street motorbike, the 42170 Kawasaki Ninja H2R, has 643 pieces.
Apart from that, the solar system set (42254) will be interesting. 46 more pieces than the last orrery (42179). 

[Ngoc Nguyen]

I do wonder how the orbits are going to be made. There are 8 planets so I suppose there would be 8 concentric rings rotating at different speed. But there aren't that many ring or circular girder pieces. 

 

 

 

 

[CastAStone]

5 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Maybe 42248 is a sport aircraft. Besides cars and trucks, that's only other kind of large model that appears in past first waves. Maybe some aircraft that won a recent competition, like the 42174.

This set sold so poorly that you can still get it from major retailer websites in the US 19 months after retirement. I doubt they’d try to replicate that failure. 

[Ngoc Nguyen]

10 hours ago, Bartybum said:

Why start advertising a truck and trailer as 18+ only now?

How about a Mercedes-Benz tractor truck towing a Mercedes-Benz F1 car, like this one from City.

 

 

It actually did happen.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5p2jFjVNY

Edited yesterday at 05:29 PM by Ngoc Nguyen

[Luke_]

Upon reflection, I think the solar system model may actually be quite boring functionally. Just rotating a crank and having 8 concentric rings rotate at different speeds. Amazing. I guess the interest will be in the build experience and seeing how this is achieved with the available technic gears and pieces. Perhaps the 64 tooth gear will return? Or the modular bike rim from the same set? I know that can attach to the 140 tooth ring gear. 
I suppose there could also be some kind of bearing assembly to support all these rotating elements.

[R0Sch]

10 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

I do wonder how the orbits are going to be made. There are 8 planets so I suppose there would be 8 concentric rings rotating at different speed. But there aren't that many ring or circular girder pieces. 

Why would you need 8 concentric rings lol? You just use beams and gears and stick the planets on axles.
Besides, the title is "Planets of the Solar System" not "The whole Solar System", so they will probably just do the inner solar system up to Mars, similar to what I did here:
https://imgur.com/DMDxD8v
https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/91c1198d-ec7e-4cfa-9724-1c039739d8ff/entries/2acd9081-79fd-4568-8db6-326af14cb94c

[Luke_]

7 hours ago, CastAStone said:

This set sold so poorly that you can still get it from major retailer websites in the US 19 months after retirement. I doubt they’d try to replicate that failure. 

Yeah apparently it sold poorly but I think having different sets like this is important. Anecdotally, it's the only set I've been tempted enough to buy in the past twenty years due largely to its novelty.

[UVAChEEngineer]

10 hours ago, CastAStone said:

This set sold so poorly that you can still get it from major retailer websites in the US 19 months after retirement. I doubt they’d try to replicate that failure. 

The set released Aug of 24 and retired Dec of 2025, so your comment is wrong.  Furthermore, I’m not aware of any publicly provided sales numbers so your comment is unsubstantiated.  Given the glaring math error and nonsense assumption, I’m guessing you are another proud product of the public education system, a Gen Z’er, or both.  

Edited 22 hours ago by UVAChEEngineer
Typo

[Timewhatistime]

10 minutes ago, UVAChEEngineer said:

The set released Aug of 24 and retired Dec of 2025, so your comment is wrong.  Furthermore, I’m not aware of any publicly provided sales numbers so your comment is unsubstantiated.  Given the glaring math error and nonsense assumption, I’m guessing you are another proud product of the public education system, a Gen Z’er, or both.  

Given your even less substantiated inference and the (attempted) offense, I propose to stick to the topic, to argue much more kindly and politely, and to refrain from any fallacious generalizations.

[UVAChEEngineer]

1 hour ago, Timewhatistime said:

Given your even less substantiated inference and the (attempted) offense, I propose to stick to the topic, to argue much more kindly and politely, and to refrain from any fallacious generalizations.

Inference?  The release dates are hard facts as is the math…the set did not retire 19 months ago.  You clearly don’t know the definition of fallacious.

[icm]

Regardless of the mistake in stating when the set was retired, there was no call for careless personal insults and stereotyping.

[HydroWorld Outlook]

23 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Maybe 42248 is a sport aircraft. Besides cars and trucks, that's only other kind of large model that appears in past first waves. Maybe some aircraft that won a recent competition, like the 42174.

I really hope so! Anything that's not a ground vehicle would be excellent!

Unfortunately, however, at least now that I think about it, 2,689 pieces seems a bit too high of a piece count for an aircraft, though I would love to be proven wrong. I base that assumption off of using the 42145 Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter from the 2022 Summer wave as a benchmark, which is presently the largest official LEGO Technic aircraft set ever produced at 2,001 pieces. This set was and has been widely  considered by many members of this community to likely represent the upper size cap limit for an official large Technic aircraft set due to the weight and stability constraints of LEGO elements and TLG's official set quality standards.

Again, I would love for this assumption to be proven wrong, but historically speaking, this set might end up being a ground vehicle. Either way, we know that set 42248 will probably be licensed because of that 18+ label, so that huge clue effectively rules out most far-fetched concepts for this particular slot. Most likely, it will be yet another ground vehicle, but in the glorious event that you are correct, then this aircraft is likely to be an airplane as I can't see much reason that supports this being a helicopter, especially if the parts count is accurate.

To be honest, I would love for this set to be an eVTOL aircraft instead though, like a Joby S4 or an Archer Midnight. That's another distinct possibility since either would be licensed, and if this parts count is accurate, then this is a major opportunity for the specialized 80273 starfish beam and 1936/1937/1938 swashplate assembly from the 42145 set to finally be reused, since both aircraft use five-bladed proprotors for lift and thrust, and these pieces are the only quinary LEGO elements in existence that can robustly support five-bladed rotors.

14 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

How about a Mercedes-Benz tractor truck towing a Mercedes-Benz F1 car, like this one from City.

Seems like that would be a pretty substantial Technic set for the Spring wave. But, as much as I hate to admit it, it's probably far more likely to be accurate for an official set than the aircraft proposal above, at least until proven otherwise.

Edited 16 hours ago by HydroWorld Outlook

[vliet]

I am missing a setnumber in this line-up, 42251 was already used for the Bugatti Bolide, but where is the 42253?