Technic 2018 Set Discussion

[Maaboo the Witch]

25 minutes ago, merman said:

Mine just came in. 42081 had a pierced box from the bucket :p

Wow; sounds like it can't wait to be built! 

[Jim]

I am very active in board gaming as well and in FB groups I do see a lot of complaints about DHL as well. I have had several TLG shipments with pierced boxes. All delivered by DHL.

[Aventador2004]

1 hour ago, Maaboo35 said:

Wow; sounds like it can't wait to be built! 

Or it saw a pile of dust :p

1 hour ago, Maaboo35 said:

Wow; sounds like it can't wait to be built! 

Or it saw a pile of dust :p

[Jim]

Ladies and gentlemen.....we got him! Or "them" in this case. Box seems to be good condition. The babies and the father are doing okay.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Who (what) are the babies and who (what) is the father

[merman]

Oh in this case it was Lego’s packaging to blame and because of the weight of 42082 this box also was slightly misformed...

[Jim]

3 minutes ago, merman said:

Oh in this case it was Lego’s packaging to blame and because of the weight of 42082 this box also was slightly misformed...

Ahh okay. I do have a slight dent in the Crane's box too. I reckon it's too heavy :P

[Maaboo the Witch]

Just now, Jim said:

Ahh okay. I do have a slight dent in the Crane's box too. I reckon it's too heavy :P

Sums up the set. 

[Jim]

Just now, Maaboo35 said:

Sums up the set. 

We'll see 

[Jim]

I'm sorry to inform that you will be getting full reviews for all four sets after all  

I have finished the introduction, shooting box images, content etc, and the write-up until the build for the Crane and the Forklift. 
Tomorrow I will finish everything up until the build phase for the Forest Harvester and Volvo Zeux. 

After that it's only building, shooting pictures of the progress and doing a little write-up per step.
And concluding with a rant....or praise 

I like this workflow so far. Should do it this way more often.

[Maaboo the Witch]

Yippee!

[1gor]

To be honest I'm curious (also) about forklift ?

...and @Jim please pin reviews for some time (until interest wears off) so we can enjoy beautiful pictures if new sets 

Thanks

Edited July 16, 2018 by I_Igor

[Jim]

I will do that  

Forklift is a nice set.

[Maaboo the Witch]

2 minutes ago, Jim said:

I will do that  

Forklift is a nice set.

I knew it. 

[Aventador2004]

34 minutes ago, Jim said:

I will do that  

Forklift is a nice set.

Can't wait to buy it!

[AVCampos]

Have you spotted any new moulds so far? (I consider those introduced in the Chiron as also "new")

[merman]

No new parts except for the pneumatic switches in 42080

Edited July 16, 2018 by merman

[Jim]

6 hours ago, merman said:

No new parts except for the pneumatic switches in 42080

Yup. Unfortunately these sets don't score high in the "new molds" department.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Since we're talking about new molds, allow me to express my nostalgia about 2H 2016 sets which give us a supercar and a bunch of amazing new molds 

Edited July 17, 2018 by Ngoc Nguyen

[Jim]

1 minute ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Since we're talking about new molds, allow me to express my nostalgia about 2H 2016 sets which give us a supercar and a bunch of amazing new molds 

While I absolutely agree, let's not steer this discussion away from the 2018 sets. Thanks.

[1gor]

25 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Since we're talking about new molds, allow me to express my nostalgia about 2H 2016 sets which give us a supercar and a bunch of amazing new molds 

Agree my gemstone friend, but look this year as optimisation on usage of existing parts 

[merman]

I gotta tell you: 42082 is ENORMOUS

[Maaboo the Witch]

Just now, merman said:

I gotta tell you: 42082 is ENORMOUS

We knew that already, thanks. 

[1gor]

But I think this year we have 6 sets with drivetrain (differential and engine):

- 42075 (one diff)

- 42077 (one diff)

- 42078 (two diff's)

- 42079 (one diff)

- 42082 (two diff's)

- 42083 (two diff's)

And (I assume) seven sets with over 1000 parts...

[JonathanM]

For NZers: Toyco have 42079, 42081 and 42082 in stock at 20% off until Wednesday the 25th. They have similar discounts pretty much every couple weeks, so no need to hurry unless you really want 'em now. Prices at 20% off are 72, 199, 399.

Weird to see them have them before proper release date - they also have 42083 in stock - no discount.