Future Set Wishes and Speculation

[AVCampos]

34 minutes ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

I wish scrapper one day will be a set

Me too, along with his buddies. 

[Bartybum]

16 hours ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

Posted on Facebook... Construction of New Lego facility in US. I wish scrapper one day will be a set

*snip*

Hahahah am I going insane or is that Marjorie Taylor Greene in the middle? Not making any political judgements here but that would be hilarious if it was her

Edited November 21, 2025 by Bartybum

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Hi everyone, it's that time of the year again from RacingBrick 

 

[1gor]

Aston Martin or this one could be intetesting...

[Maaboo the Witch]

Another mid-size Volvo vehicle would be great this year.

Let's make the Volvo FMX the new Car Transporter!

[AVCampos]

Speaking of new car transporter, I wonder what improvements could be made to 42098 to justify a new, overdue car transporter for its gang? The first thing that pops in my mind is the usage of pneumatics for the various ramps, but, since those tend to lose pressure and sag over time, they'd have to be connected to bistable linkages.

[msk6003]

Technic car transporter train

[Ngoc Nguyen]

1 hour ago, AVCampos said:

Speaking of new car transporter, I wonder what improvements could be made to 42098 to justify a new, overdue car transporter for its gang? The first thing that pops in my mind is the usage of pneumatics for the various ramps, but, since those tend to lose pressure and sag over time, they'd have to be connected to bistable linkages.

A licensed tractor truck and a 5-slot trailer. Also a good chance to introduc Mercedes Benz Actros.

[pleegwat]

2 hours ago, msk6003 said:

Technic car transporter train

Standard lego track (5 stud gauge) would be standard gauge to a 11-stud-wide train, or narrow gauge to a 15-stud-wide train. In either case TLG would have to add wider curves.

[AVCampos]

Apart from the "hey, that's [brand], I want it" crowd, I don't see a need for a licensed truck: it'll just limit the design and potentially increase the price. IMO branding isn't as important for the general populace on trucks as it is on cars.

[Satisfied]

I have a suggestion: currently, the LEGO IDEAS program is dominated by brick-built models, and technic builds rarely get approved. Why doesn’t LEGO launch a dedicated IDEAS subcategory specifically for technic builds?

 

This way, with the same 10,000 votes of support, we can get a wider variety of technic sets instead of being flooded with car-themed submissions.

 

This could give rise to technic versions of buses, trains, robots, and many other themes. However, the prevalence of cars with different brand licenses has left players with no room for discussion.

 

After all, they all share similar structures, being simple and one-dimensional, only selling the appearance.

16 hours ago, Maaboo the Witch said:

Another mid-size Volvo vehicle would be great this year.

Let's make the Volvo FMX the new Car Transporter!

42098: I desperately need the help of many fellow players to pull so many cars.

[Auroralampinen]

Well, i got a thought. The usual argument for lack of B models is that the licensors don't want their nice supercar model to become like a garbage truck. But lego in 2017 and 2018 maded fully unique out of this world B models. Which were a completely fantasy based models. Especially the 42063 B model got licence from BMW. But in 2026 the 42226 didn't get any fantasy vehicle as an alternative build. But in 2017 BMW seemingly was happy to put their licence on a fantasy vehicle. So why not in 2026. I have no clue why tides turned:). 

[Bartybum]

17 hours ago, AVCampos said:

they'd have to be connected to bistable linkages.

Just have a locking tab

[howitzer]

4 hours ago, Satisfied said:

I have a suggestion: currently, the LEGO IDEAS program is dominated by brick-built models, and technic builds rarely get approved. Why doesn’t LEGO launch a dedicated IDEAS subcategory specifically for technic builds?

 

This way, with the same 10,000 votes of support, we can get a wider variety of technic sets instead of being flooded with car-themed submissions.

 

This could give rise to technic versions of buses, trains, robots, and many other themes. However, the prevalence of cars with different brand licenses has left players with no room for discussion.

 

After all, they all share similar structures, being simple and one-dimensional, only selling the appearance.

42098: I desperately need the help of many fellow players to pull so many cars.

I don't think a Technic build has ever been approved in Ideas. Technic is a niche, and while it certainly enjoys some popularity, it's still not a priority for TLG, and they probably have quite a strict limit on how many Ideas sets to produce and steep expectations for their sales so Technic being niche tends to receive short end of the stick, no matter how good the models are. Also, as we see how narrow and boring Technic is becoming, I don't think there's even that much of a chance of getting Technic set approved, as non-car sets don't fit into TLG's agenda and car sets are already produced en masse so there's little room for anything original and interesting.

[Satisfied]

31 minutes ago, howitzer said:

I don't think a Technic build has ever been approved in Ideas. Technic is a niche, and while it certainly enjoys some popularity, it's still not a priority for TLG, and they probably have quite a strict limit on how many Ideas sets to produce and steep expectations for their sales so Technic being niche tends to receive short end of the stick, no matter how good the models are. Also, as we see how narrow and boring Technic is becoming, I don't think there's even that much of a chance of getting Technic set approved, as non-car sets don't fit into TLG's agenda and car sets are already produced en masse so there's little room for anything original and interesting.

I'm brainstorming some ideas to try and save the Technic series. After all, the product line this year is so over-the-top—it's basically all cars, almost indistinguishable from the Speed Champions series, just in a Technic version.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

10 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

I'm brainstorming some ideas to try and save the Technic series

Try mini replicas 

[howitzer]

14 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

I'm brainstorming some ideas to try and save the Technic series. After all, the product line this year is so over-the-top—it's basically all cars, almost indistinguishable from the Speed Champions series, just in a Technic version.

You're not wrong, but sadly it seems that TLG is set in its direction and not at all interested in what we think here in this forum :(

[Satisfied]

8 minutes ago, howitzer said:

You're not wrong, but sadly it seems that TLG is set in its direction and not at all interested in what we think here in this forum :(

I think there are Technic series designers on this forum, but I'm not sure whether the prototypes of Lego sets are designed by the designers who can choose freely, or they are simply instructed by senior management to create the designs without any authority to make their own decisions.

12 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Try mini replicas 

As a matter of fact, the most interesting sets available nowadays are precisely those small starter sets that kick off each new product line—they cover a wide variety of themes.

[howitzer]

50 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

I think there are Technic series designers on this forum, but I'm not sure whether the prototypes of Lego sets are designed by the designers who can choose freely, or they are simply instructed by senior management to create the designs without any authority to make their own decisions.

Of course the senior management instructs set designers on what to design and I doubt they read this forum even if some designers might.

[Satisfied]

17 minutes ago, howitzer said:

Of course the senior management instructs set designers on what to design and I doubt they read this forum even if some designers might.

I found that Grohl seems to be the designer behind the LEGO Technic series. However, the selection of set prototypes is quite complex and involves many factors—it’s not simply a matter of choosing whatever looks cool. I wonder what the designer would think when they see our conversation, especially with all these cars mentioned. Of course, I also know that the designer doesn’t have much authority and can’t change anything.

[Maaboo the Witch]

58 minutes ago, Satisfied said:

I found that Grohl seems to be the designer behind the LEGO Technic series.

He's one of several.

[Satisfied]

18 minutes ago, Maaboo the Witch said:

He's one of several.

Yes, they’re a team with probably quite a few members. I was told before that there are roughly a dozen of them—after all, they need that many people to release around twenty sets a year.

[howitzer]

6 hours ago, Satisfied said:

I found that Grohl seems to be the designer behind the LEGO Technic series. However, the selection of set prototypes is quite complex and involves many factors—it’s not simply a matter of choosing whatever looks cool. I wonder what the designer would think when they see our conversation, especially with all these cars mentioned. Of course, I also know that the designer doesn’t have much authority and can’t change anything.

The general sentiment I've observed in this forum is that most people feel that the set designers are doing their job very well within the constraints imposed. Most sets are designed well while some sets have had shortcomings that can really only be explained by designer being very strictly constrained in a way that leaves the set with perhaps minor but very obvious flaws. The complaints here aren't generally about what the set designers do per se, but they're mostly about the available range of sets (cars, cars and more cars) and also about price not meeting the size and quality of the set (Volvo Excavator).

[Toastie]

18 minutes ago, howitzer said:

The general sentiment I've observed in this forum is that most people feel that the set designers are doing their job very well within the constraints imposed.

I never thought that this is even debatable? Of course, they do their very best, being openly fully exposed to the "public". Everything they create which makes it into a product is exposed to the WORLD, including the myriads of YT channels believing they know it, all social media outlets, catalogs, websites ... "they" are not named, but "they" see these responses, for sure. When "they" decide to do so.

The "constraints" ... let's speculate: Are these ... minimizing the cost for TLG to realize a set? Or creating a set that satisfies the tastes of - experts, knowing it better anyway, as they have no constraints? Or anything in between? Or is it just that: Assessment of buying habits of world-wide cohorts, analysis of regionally resolved buying power, balancing invest to revenue, always monitoring the world-wide market? I sincerely do believe so.

In other words: Being a LEGO designer sounds like a dream. Maybe unless reality (= money) checks in. Maybe not; it could be fun for some creating a set at minimal cost rather than ... making it through EB's quality control. Which in addition sells well.

I have no clue. But calling out the set designers within TLG world - no. It is TLG. Just my very personal view.

All the best
Thorsten 

    

[howitzer]

On 2/4/2026 at 11:34 PM, Toastie said:

I never thought that this is even debatable? Of course, they do their very best, being openly fully exposed to the "public". Everything they create which makes it into a product is exposed to the WORLD, including the myriads of YT channels believing they know it, all social media outlets, catalogs, websites ... "they" are not named, but "they" see these responses, for sure. When "they" decide to do so.

The "constraints" ... let's speculate: Are these ... minimizing the cost for TLG to realize a set? Or creating a set that satisfies the tastes of - experts, knowing it better anyway, as they have no constraints? Or anything in between? Or is it just that: Assessment of buying habits of world-wide cohorts, analysis of regionally resolved buying power, balancing invest to revenue, always monitoring the world-wide market? I sincerely do believe so.

In other words: Being a LEGO designer sounds like a dream. Maybe unless reality (= money) checks in. Maybe not; it could be fun for some creating a set at minimal cost rather than ... making it through EB's quality control. Which in addition sells well.

I have no clue. But calling out the set designers within TLG world - no. It is TLG. Just my very personal view.

All the best
Thorsten 

    

I hope I'm not being misunderstood with my previous comment, what I meant to say is that the actual designers of the sets are indeed doing great job. But they aren't the ones calling shots on what sets to make, their pricing, etc. and these are the constraints I mentioned.

And yes, we here in EB are only a very small and very critical slice of the entire customer base of TLG, the current trend of having a lineup comprising almost entirely of fast cars is no doubt based on lots of market research and also plain numbers of sales.

I'm not sure if Lego designer would be a dream job, perhaps to some it would be but they say one sure way to ruin a hobby is to attempt to turn it into a job, so personally I'd rather do something else to pay the bills and then enjoy my Lego on my own terms.