JimDude

Didn't LEGO say they were going to do an ~iconic~ MACK truck? If so, how can it be a model that is yet to be released? Then again, I may have heard/remembered wrong. Then againer, I can't really "picture" an iconic MACK truck to begin with. Maybe it's because I'm European, and not THAT much into trucks, but nevertheless I can picture iconic Freightliners or Peterbilts, for example. Doesn't really matter: I'm looking forward to the set, and I'd be OK with whatever scale LEGO has chosen. I mean as long as they don't 42070'ize the prize :).

One minor nitpick: the wheels are not about grip, they're all about pressure points (which is what you need if you want to compact something, in this case garbage) I like the look of the thing (the LEGO one :) ) very much. I'm sure the son will like it too.

067 is of course L90 upside down, which is of course an actual VOLVO model: (No I'm not very good at this)

Does 42070 have no functions other than the winch (and driving, obviously)? What is inside the 'sleeper' module, behind the drivers' seat? And does the cargo bay really only have a spare tire? Surely they must be doing something with the four "AROCS" gear-racks… (or is that how they lift the bodyparts?). Uhm, "wow". But wait, 4-wheel steering? The A-model has 2-wheel steering, right? So how do they solve this? Note I'm not up to date on the available portal hubs :). Ironically, I apear to be the only person so far to really like the ~look~ of this B-model. Sort of a Paris-Dakar truck.

Do you have more info on this? Page number from BI, perhaps? Or a link to an earlier discussion on EB? I've only just gotten the set. Will build it some time in 2021 ;).

Where is the HOG on 42070? (It can't be remote drive due to no "steering wheel" on the remote, right?)

Mah mommah always used to say: "If you ain't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all!". Except of course that Mum doesn't actually speak English, nor repeats herself very often, but I digress. Anyway, in the spirit of the above, here goes: "WOOT, budget for a CLAAS just opened up!" It was always gonna be hard to match '16 (let alone outdo it), so '17 was always going to be a subjective disappointment, but two cartoonish top-range models? And nothing else (of note)? That even makes it objectively disappointing...

The nose looks a bit like the IVECO trucks (as eg used by the Belgian Army) http://www.mil.be/sites/mil.be/files/styles/galleryformatter_slide/public/material/MPPV_AMBU_18_1.jpg?itok=FlomsZoN

Woah… minifig shovel and broom on that road crew set? If TLG keeps this up, my son (5yo) is going to end up skipping City altogether :). (***proud***) He's going to nag if minifigs don't fit in the seats, though. And in the truck, there aren't even seats…

Technically (it's only Monday, you should see my puns on a Friday), TLG only claims they're modelling the Ultimate in that teaser: in effect, they state that the Porsche itself is the ultimate, and not their model. (I do wonder how Ferrari will like that viewpoint )

Included in the box, or included in the App ? So far I've printed all B-model booklets myself (I literally can't build in front of screen - I'd flick my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon after about five minutes or so), but for a 4000-piece set, that would be getting silly... Anyway, I'm missing something obvious (as always): there are three axles running down to the 'superstructure base'. What for: 1) driving the offloader belt; 2) driving the BWE itself; 3) [EDIT]Turning the superstructure, obviously... Rotating the offloader belt is manual, after all. Which reminds me of another question: why can this rotation be locked?

In this pic it really looks mocked-up to me. It even has (cardboard) wrinkles… That would also explain why you can't take pictures of this particular detail, while aparently no other parts of the car were off-limits. BTW, is anyone else getting epileptic fits from staring at the camo-stickers for 3 days on end ?

I keep saying Porsche would not sign this off with power functions (in the drivetrain) if it doesn't at least reach walking pace (which is impossible for a model this size with the current PF), and likewise, they certainly would not sign this off with a 4-cylinder engine . I wonder if the 'plain grey boxes' you saw were mockups (for a new PF system, obviously). And to think I had myself convinced I was not gonna get exited about a 'supercar' release, especially not when it would turn out to be a 'plain' 911… how wrong I was. Luckily, being married, I'm used to being wrong all the time

That probably resulted in even more yelling (I build on the dining-room table. OK, 'building' not being the operative word. By the time I get everything unpacked, I have to put it all away again because by then it's time to go to bed. And this is for building OOB, even. MOC'ing is reserved for dreams and unrealistic retirement plans. Unrealistic as in ' no pensioner actually has any spare time, especially when (grand)kids are involved')

I am weird I have a habit of building the B-model first, since this usually gets torn down really soon, then I build the A-model with which the son plays for ages (the daughter o.t.o.h. kicks it about, but she's only two and my wife won't let me sell her for her organs). In this way, I at least get the chance to build and admire the B-model. So, numbered bags or not, they still need to go on one pile in Casa JimDudos (sorted, obviously, but still). I'm gonna need bigger sorting boxes… :D That said, with the '55 BWE, I actually foresee a scenario where the B-model is the one to get kicked about the daughter to remain assembled the longest.

Something slightly off-topic: I want that Porsche, but I lust after its carbon-fibre (and lighted?) turntable It actually even screams "Porsche Design" (which, in this case, is a good thing). (The CDO'er OCD'er in me will have to look past the 8 "pistons" in the turntable base while the car is actually a 6-cilinder… but I'd manage that, I suppose) The complex door-thing is probably two-folded: have the door jump out a bit while opening so that it doesn't clash with the bodywork (just like on the real thing), ~and~ provide a simple locking-in-place mechanism so that the doors don't open themselves when the car is picked up. Of course, you'd pummel to death with a Megablocks hammer the person who'd do such a thing, but I digress...

I should probably be offended, but, being Flemish, I can just laugh it off (with copious amounts of real beer) W.r.t. motorisation of the drivetrain. There is NO WAY Porsche would let this model go ahead if it were to be outrun in a dragrace by, say, a 42042 . That leaves 2 possibilities: 1) The drive-train will not have PF; 2) The drive-train will have new PF; There, that clarifies a lot

I know that, but the colour-scheme of this machine is still colour-vomit ~to me~. Especially when it is not even maintained in the smaller truck. The "ANSI-standardised and ISO-approved official AFOL-speak colour-vomit" doesn't actually bother me (*). It's Lego Technic, not Model Team. I'm in fact in two minds about the Porsche being 'too good' for Technic, as in: "it's hiding too much of its internal(s)". (**) (*) Do note I would have preferred if they hadn't gone ahead with it, but OTOH, can you imagine the trillions of customer service calls they be getting for 'a missing pin' if everything were black? (**) Hence all the speculation on its functions :lol:

Wow, that B-model is seriously cool. Even the colour-vomit of the 4 main colours (both greys, yellow, dark blue) works better on this. I mean if I pretend that the white truck isn't there, introducing Yet Another Colour all on its own. Some will argue that it is 'lame' that many of the A-model pieces are used for aesthetic reasons only - such as the buckets - but for me that just adds to the 'coolness' of it all. PS: Does it show I just can't get over/past that white truck? I don't really mind that it's included, but why a different main colour scheme? Aren't these structures supposed to be owned by the same company?

An axle runs under the driver seat (but not under the passenger seat). 4-wheel steering? Is that on the real thing? (Yes, I could have looked that up) Also, so much space in the back, and not a hint of a fake engine (yes, I know I'm actually looking at the "legless-passenger" rear seat area and the hat-plank (1), because the engine would actually be behind the rear wheels), although you can see a ribbed tube for the exhaust in one of the bodywork gaps, but still, all that space... So, allow me to be the first to call it: new massive buggy-like RC engine, Tamiya performance levels (would Porsche allow this thing to go ahead if it didn't have oomphh?), and metal drivetrain to transfer all that power. OK, now I'm just wishfull thinking joking. BTW, I'd also LOVE it if they really released it in its camouflage trim. (1) Not even Google could get that translated...

Apart from the colour-vomit, which even extends to the truck there is something that bugs me, other than the "MOC-look": the 'tail' - for lack of a better word - is sagging. On an official set, that's just plain weird.

Oh, how could we miss it: no blue seat .

According to the box, the cabin is motorized. What else, other than turning, could it do :)? Above the counter-weight, there are some exposed gears, so I guess the model is ready for front-attachments as well, which was to be expected, but it's still cool that it is really there. I see no B-model reference though...

The BWE was always going to be ugly since the real machine is ugly (I don't care, it fits a purpose, and it sort of becomes cool through it ugliness), but surely the color-vomit is a prototyping thing? Surely the large superstructure 'bracket' will become dark-blue (or whatever the official colour for the conveyor-belt is) as well? The VOLVO looks astonishingly good, from what we can see. I would have preferred full RC and LAs - and the heftier price-tag that would have brought - to play with it operate it next to the 42030, but you can't win 'm all, and aparently one or two AFOLs like pneumatics, or so I'm told ;)… The wheels on the VOLVO will probably disappoint a few people (myself, potentially, included). If the BWE is supposed to load that mini-loader (and if that is unchanged from the previous set, colour aside, then that is pretty lame), then we're missing the ~really good picture-angles~ on the BWE, with the ofloading belt. Speaking of which, that loader comes in Yet Another Colour, namely white. ***please let the BWE be a prototype*** PS: Who's taking bets on B-models :D?

I am trying to send a PM to a user that registered in 2013 and has >300 posts. I assumed therefore that it would work. However, the PM failed since said member 'cannot use the messaging system'. I'm protecting the innocent here :), but a mod can ask me his name via PM if needed. What could be going wrong? Regards, J.