JimDude

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  1. 13 minutes ago, msk6003 said:

    I don't like lack of 'technical' in technic. Even the largest model 42180 has almost no gear in sets. Almost every function is directly connected with knob or cross only 2~3 gears. 

    You can’t please all of the people all of the time.

     I remember vividly when the 42009 crane came out, everyone (*) was bitching that the outriggers didn’t work (they did, you just had to take your time and put the set together properly) or were at best moving at glacial speeds (well, yes, they did, just like the real thing! Through the most amazing gearbox ever (*) ).

     So, what is TLG supposed to do? Release the – horrible – Liebherr with lotsa direct drive making stuff move way too fast - for better playability - compared to the real thing (let’s not get into how much it looks like the real thing shall we…)? And sure enough: more criticism ensues.

     (And yes, there were two noticeable cranes in between these two, both met with… more criticism)

      

    (*) I’m being hyperbolic, as should be evident.


  2. 3 hours ago, Akbalder said:

    Do you see which part is "pluggable" with the other space sets?

    The connector is behind the living quarters (which have a toilet that's cooler than the ones from City, but I digress). Which of course implies you can only attach something when the rover is stretched out. But this set does not look to have something that 'comes off' which you can then add to the other sets. Unless the entire living quarters can come off, but then I'd have expected them to show it on the box.

    I'm also totally convinced the City Space components will fit too. They use after all the same orangy connector.

    Has a - interconnectivity - crossover between themes ever been done before by LEGO?

     

    (BTW, as a kid, this lineup would have had me in ER, on oxygen supply, and attached to a heart monitor. As an adult evidently not as much because these really are playsets first and Technic sets second)


  3. Has anyone already tried to guestimate the hight - in bricks, d'Uh! - of this thing?

    Allow me to rephrase my own question: I'd be bitterly disappointed if this thing can't be loaded by a 42030 loader.

    Speaking of loading: I'm assuming the piece count will include 'payload', i.e. round bricks? I can't see them on the box, but then again, the all important bottom right corner of the box is obscured.


  4. 16 hours ago, m00se said:

    A few weeks ago they actually had 25% of, but that was probably to make room for the Liebherr boxes ;-)

    It was actually even better than that. It was 25% off on their already low 'red prices' (i.e. they guarantee to match their price to the lowest from their competitors). Eg. the 42082 was red-priced to EUR 199 (i.s.o. the 250 it should be in Belgium), and then the 25% off, which is how I got my copy at 149 EUR :).

    But there was more: they had a concurrent LEGO-savings action where every 10EUR spent gave you a coupon. With 15 coupons, you got a free set (*) and a party pack (total worth according to them 70EUR).

    Since the 42082 got me the required 15 coupons, I essentially spent 149 - 70 = 79 EUR on it.

    (OK, not really. I'm still out of 149 EUR and got a set and a partypack that I don't need but the mind does work in mysterious ways).

     

    (*) Choice between a fixed city/friends/duplo set. The city set was the netshooting 'copter taking down the statue-stealing drone. I really just said "the netshooting 'copter taking down the statue-stealing drone", didn't I? Sigh. I should have googled the set number :lol: I don't remember the Friends set in detail (a large heart loaded with minifig things), and don't remember the DUPLO set at all.


  5. 21 hours ago, LiLmeFromDaFuture said:

    @ShaydDeGrai

    The designer video somewhat shows how the panels connect—rather loosely in my opinion (see at 1:40).

     

     

    Apologies for not having anything on-topic to add, but seeing my favorite classic-space set on that shelf both fills me with joy ("He chose ~my~ set and not that vastly over-hyped 928 (*)!") as well as with sadness ("they just don't make 'm like that anymore…").

     

    (*) There, I said it. Feels good too.


  6. On 4/17/2019 at 3:14 PM, Jim said:

    [We] will be leaving for a four week holiday to the US (again).

    If you go to a Carl's Jr to have a Double Western Bacon and Cheeseburger, I will not only officially hate you, but I will also utter some very harsh words in the privacy of my own basement while the rest of the family is soundly asleep.

    Some very. Harsh. Words!

     

    (enjoy yourself)


  7. 13 hours ago, TheNerdyOne_ said:

    Looks like some of the torsos for the space line have leaked.  They're definitely Mars Mission-inspired.  I really like the logo though, it seems like a much more modern version of the classic space logo.  I'd love to see this version used more!

    Hmz, once you see it, you can't unsee the ladybug in the logo.

    (torso's as such are nice, though)


  8. The presentation for the 42100 Liebherr says 'real life sounds'. I had a bit of an accident in my underpants when seeing that. Of course, I quickly realized they'd be coming from the smartphone…

    Oh well. This thing is still epic. Any guesses on what all the -slightly ugly- yellow bits sticking out are? Especially in the undercarriage they look out of place (on the boom they could be fake lights, but on the undercarriage?).


  9. I only have your movie above to go on, but it looks as if the problem is simply that the one of the "grabber-axles" couldn't extend all the way down since it got squished between the orange ball it was trying to grab and the white ball which lodged itself in the corner of the box.

    I'm guessing the actual issue would be solved by allowing the balls in that corner some more space. By adding bracing, I fear you may have worked around the problem by making the arm stronger (so the axle does push down in between lodged balls), which will have the unwanted effect of additionally wearing down that part of the module (or perhaps even the motor itself).


  10. 1 hour ago, Johnny1360 said:

    From the picture, showing the engine detail, you can cleary see the hood either opens or easily lifts off, as indicated by the two up and doen arrows.

    The arrows indicate that the pistons move up and down, not that the hood can be removed. Besides which, the picture is of the B-model - which is exceptionally well done I might add - which doesn't even have a hood.


  11. The water canon appears to be pneumatic and it 'shoots' blue 'water tubes', which look to be of antenna thickness. Quite amazing due to possible eye injuries.

    I do hope the handpump/bellows is properly integrated, i.e. that you do not have to take it out of the truck to squish it

    [EDIT] Also looks as if the crane can tip over the lamppost which in turns hits a lever on the side of the building, which puts the entire place 'on fire' by popping up the flames.


  12. 13 minutes ago, Jim said:

    Being able to rotate the crane when it's not engaged is actually quite convenient. Especially when your batteries are dead.

    Well, yes. but the same could be said about the outriggers or the boom, but it's only the super-structure rotation that's "decoupled". Which, concerning the mass and size involved, is where most damage could be done.

    (Ironically, my sons' older nephew - whose idea of play is very Jeremy Clarcksonesque and therefore usually involves hammers - managed to rip apart the outriggers om my, ehr, his 42009 by 'operating them manually'. Nothing broke, but stuff did fall out. I'm now calling the 42009 crane the Alfa Romeo, which is very unfair of me since my son didn't brake it for a whopping 11 months - and it would have kept going for much longer if said nephew had not come along - which is about 10 months longer than my Alfa's would last prior to spilling parts)

    I also think there is an element of play value: when my son is playing with the 42009, he is always having to do manual micro adjustments to the superstructure position in order to properly outline the hook with whatever it is that he is trying to lift (said nephew, for example). Imagine the frustration if he would have had to do that through a gearbox that was always 'in the wrong mode' (i.e. motor routed to lift/tilt).


  13. 10 hours ago, bettc said:

    a whole bunch of little fidgety pieces that will make for an awesome build

    That should be TLGs' tagline :)

     

    2 hours ago, NioN said:

    I noticed that the crane itself isn't locked on the chassis and that it can turn freely without using the function to rotate the crane. Not sure if that's intended

    It has been said this is by design because kids will rotate the structure regardless and then a whole bunch of little fidgety pieces stuff will get broken. I'd say that explanation makes a lot of sense.


  14. I'm a bit disappointed that the rope doesn't extend or roll back together with the boom. I know this is also the case on my beloved 42009, but because of thanks to this forum, I understood this was not the case on its' predecessor, so it had to be possible.

    It also doesn't look as if the outriggers will actually lift the crane (not that I was really expecting it, but the (box-art-)pictures do sort of suggest it).

    And yet, I haven't looked forward to a set as much as I'm looking forward to this one in ages (the obvious dark-ages joke will be left to the reader).