Technic Dumptruck Trend

[wakokid23]

Has anyone else noticed that the majority of the recent technic sets have been some form of a dumptruck? If not in form than at least in function.

These include:

42023(small dumptruck included)

42024(dumptruck with chains)

42029(pick em up dump truck)

42030(b model dump truck)

42035(a dumptruck pretending to be a mining truck)

42038(a dumptruck with tracks)

42042(really big dumptruck)

This does not include the unimog(which easily converts to a dumptruck) or the fact that there seems to be at least one dumptruck a year every year. The last year is especially full of them. I get that a dumping bed is an easy and very noticeable function to implement,but having only been into technic for six months or so and buying mostly what's available new,I now own 3 dumptrucks. Is it too much to ask for something different and exciting? Maybe in just complaining but I feel as if the technic gurus around here must feel the same way. There has to other functions that can be implemented into a model besides a dumping bed,and there definitely needs to be fewer sets based on this single function.

Thoughts?

[Gnac]

But just think of all the mini linear actuators you'll have! I already own about six times more mini LAs than I have ideas.

...I own exactly six of them.

[wakokid23]

Honestly I find the linear actuator dumping to nearly always be slow and bothersome,my favorite dumping systems are the mechanically operated ones such as 42035,because its quicker and easier on my fingers.

[andythenorth]

I think you have strongly misunderstood the word 'majority'.

[wakokid23]

Maybe majority is an exaggeration,but that's still almost half.

[1gor]

Has anyone else noticed that the majority of the recent technic sets have been some form of a dumptruck? If not in form than at least in function.

These include:

42023(small dumptruck included)

42024(dumptruck with chains)

42029(pick em up dump truck)

42030(b model dump truck)

42035(a dumptruck pretending to be a mining truck)

42038(a dumptruck with tracks)

42042(really big dumptruck)

This does not include the unimog(which easily converts to a dumptruck) or the fact that there seems to be at least one dumptruck a year every year. The last year is especially full of them. I get that a dumping bed is an easy and very noticeable function to implement,but having only been into technic for six months or so and buying mostly what's available new,I now own 3 dumptrucks. Is it too much to ask for something different and exciting? Maybe in just complaining but I feel as if the technic gurus around here must feel the same way. There has to other functions that can be implemented into a model besides a dumping bed,and there definitely needs to be fewer sets based on this single function.

Thoughts?

I thought that 42042 is a crawler crane??!!

[MacKaiwer]

And I've done even my own dumb bed mod for the set 42028 (B model)...

Oh dear Lord help me

Kind of sarcasm, man I ecaxtly know what you mean...

Edited March 31, 2015 by MacKaiwer

[Nalyd997]

I thought that 42042 is a crawler crane??!!

It is, he was probably meant to say 42043

Edited March 31, 2015 by Nalyd997

[wakokid23]

Yeah I meant the new arocs Mercedes. I haven't checked out the full set of features but if it doesn't already have it then it probably isn't hard to do.