42172 - McLaren P1

[NV Lego technic]

Toyota makes SUVs, pickups, sports cars and they've recently released a supercar. Which one are you making?

[LvdH]

High res photo's of the GWP:

https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt5fc577e53002d125/5008946.png

https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt7448e22e5b4b7ce7/5008946_alt1.png

https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt96371d7c7a23f78e/5008946_box.png

[R4ph]

4 hours ago, User5346 said:

Apparently the P1 replacement will be revealed in October (around 3 months). Can’t help but think LEGO should have waited and made that the flagship hypercar set instead. 

Being a licenced car, it's not only up to Lego to make that choice.
It could be a request from Mclaren too, maybe they didn't want to share the design of the P18 before it is officialy announced in case of leaks etc

I found the page of the P1 logo as well :
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/mclaren-p1-logo-5008946

not sure if it has been shared here yet

Edited July 11 by R4ph

[damian_kane_iv]

19 minutes ago, NV Lego technic said:

Toyota makes SUVs, pickups, sports cars and they've recently released a supercar. Which one are you making?

SUVs like FJ 4Runner LandCruiser etc.

[Bensch55]

1 hour ago, damian_kane_iv said:

possibility of attaching the struts to the lower wishbone

With the way the ball joints are usually mounted, this will mostly cause the hub to pop out once you really hit a bump. That is the reason why Lego couples the upper and lower wishbone on their suspension when the springs are mounted on the lower wishbone (mostly using some kind of liftarms)

[R0Sch]

1 hour ago, LvdH said:

High res photo's of the GWP:

Thanks! Brb with a rebuild of it. :)

[Stereo]

1 hour ago, Bensch55 said:

With the way the ball joints are usually mounted, this will mostly cause the hub to pop out once you really hit a bump. That is the reason why Lego couples the upper and lower wishbone on their suspension when the springs are mounted on the lower wishbone (mostly using some kind of liftarms)

Yeah, the new kind of hubs that have pinholes for balls to go into, those pins pull out if you put any load on the lower wishbone and it's not coupled to the top one.  I suppose the ones with integrated towballs would have to pop it out of the socket, which takes more force.

Edited July 11 by Stereo

[R0Sch]

Here's my reverse engineered GWP. Probably 99% accurate: 5008946.io

And the mechanism:

[Zerobricks]

34 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

Here's my reverse engineered GWP. Probably 99% accurate: 5008946.io

And the mechanism:
 

You must be missing something... Spinning the handle in your model will do nothing, it will just spin the opposite side of the differential with a 4L axle with stop, which is totally loose.

Edited July 11 by Zerobricks

[R0Sch]

14 minutes ago, Zerobricks said:

You must be missing something... Spinning the handle in your model will do nothing, it will just spin the opposite side of the differential with a 4L axle with stop, which is totally loose.

Yes, you are right. Forgot to fix that end of the diff. to the frame.

[Stereo]

If I understand the geartrain right, it just waves the P1 and circles back and forth about 60 degrees?  And overall 4.28 reduction in gears, so about 4 cranks to fully go back and forth once.

[MY1]

Who thinks they got thegearbox backwards again?

[Paul B Technic]

Nice work, that was quick.

[Kostq]

So if I read correctly - this whole contraption does what a home fan does - swivel/swing/turn left to right and back?
Any mechanical reason for the diff to be there? Or the Orange friciton pin?

Haven't had a coffee yet, my brain hurts looking at this thing.

Edited July 12 by Kostq

[Lipko]

To be honest, I'm surprised that thing interests anyone...

[LvdH]

9 minutes ago, Lipko said:

To be honest, I'm surprised that thing interests anyone...

I’m sure it will interest the scalpers, some genius on Ebay already advertises it for sale for the sweet price of $200. 

[NV Lego technic]

If I was that guy, I'd wait for like 10 years and then sell it for €1000

[StudWorks]

Yeah, definitely the most obscure GWP I've ever seen. Why couldn't they make something actually desirable, like an 8-wide Speed Champions P1 or something?

Edited July 12 by StudWorks

[NV Lego technic]

I do think it's a good gwp, just, if it's worth $200 now, imagine how much would it be 10 years later 

Edited July 12 by NV Lego technic

[StudWorks]

1 hour ago, NV Lego technic said:

I do think it's a good gwp, just, if it's worth $200 now, imagine how much would it be 10 years later 

It definitely would be a better collectible investment than a $100,000 McNugget in the shape of an Among Us guy. Yes, that's a real story.

[NV Lego technic]

It's also a good parts pack, with rare rings and stuff

[R0Sch]

1 hour ago, NV Lego technic said:

It's also a good parts pack, with rare rings and stuff

What rare rings? Just because they haven't been used in a set in this color yet, doesn't make them rare. The part out value of this GWP is 30€, I checked. You can easily rebrick it and it's still cheaper than the discount you will save if you buy the McLaren later on.

[Zerobricks]

Maybe splitting the topic to the actual 1:8 Supercar and to the GWP might be a good idea?

[thekoRngear]

1 minute ago, Zerobricks said:

Maybe splitting the topic to the actual 1:8 Supercar and to the GWP might be a good idea?

Ha, the blame train will have full gear speed dedicated to it, keeping this thread relatively clean.

[NV Lego technic]

1 hour ago, R0Sch said:

What rare rings? Just because they haven't been used in a set in this color yet, doesn't make them rare. The part out value of this GWP is 30€, I checked. You can easily rebrick it and it's still cheaper than the discount you will save if you buy the McLaren later on.

I'm talking by gwp standards and not by general build standards. I won't buy this set anyway and even if I do, it will be for the parts, so getting a few more from the gwp is better than getting a bunch of system parts that you already have.