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Set # 853 called and wants your lunch money. Getting the Ferd because of the dark blue stuff, triple curved panels are yummy, glad they're still making cars that fit the car transporter.

Congratulations.

Yeah, I'd like to see that video, chief.

Excellent model! Really impressed by the manouverability!

Corner rear lights just seem like 4x4 macaroni tiles to me, held together with some black pieces.

These are some great models with excellent functionality. I'm especially charmed by all the cargo.

You do understand that technic exists by the grace of large numbers of people actually buying the sets, right? Lego can develop and produce sets at this price level because they sell them by the literal millions. A specialised set developed just for the 'advanced' builders you apparently count yourself as would cost double or triple their current price, if they were developed at all. So do your advanced building and make a better model yourself. Unless you can't work without instructions, I guess.

Didn't your parents ever tell you to say "please"?

The answer to each and every question in the line of "why did Lego do x?" Money. There you go. You can get off the internet now. Nothing more to see here. They figured that a vaguely accurate model would sell better than no model at all. It's nothing personal. Promise.

It's just the reality of production. Lego needs to have its final model ready months before release, while McLaren can decide on a new sponsor or paint scheme yesterday.

Interesting, fun to see.

Hate to be this guy, but: Source? Even with the currently "ecologically" produced parts, Lego has stressed that while the source of the material was less damaging to the environment, the material itself was 100% identical to what was previously used. Source

Nah.

I think the cockpit just flips up and down, and that the bottom has another one, like with these: https://toysfromthepast.blogspot.com/2016/11/748-hot-wheels-lionel-trains-inc-3.html (So the wheel on top of the cockpit we see now pushes everything to the top when it flips)

Having seen similar competitions on youtube, we got inspired to do one of our own: Caution: this is 10+ minutes of bad maneuvering, dropped cargo, and unprofessional commentary. Hope you like it. Pictures of my team can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28134808@N02/albums/72157720163007829 I've invited my co-conspirators to add their own pictures and videos to this thread, so watch this space if you'd like to know more.

PU is bigger as well.

They completely messed up the dimensions of that big elbow piece. It's completely useless.

For an example why you'd need two winches, check this video at 27:00

This is a lovely model of an uncommon type of truck. I really dig it!

People put time and attention into instructions. Don't like to pay? Then don't buy them. Personally, most instructions I put online are free ( www.vayamenda.com ) because I don't really like the hassle of selling things online. The whole "Lego doesn't provide instructions for B models" is a separate discussion.

The biggest limit is the available parts. As fun as it would be; designers can’t just use any part in any color. There’s an active parts palette, with parts that are currently used in sets. These can be used freely. If a designer wants to use additional parts in new colors, they are limited to a certain “budget” of new parts. These budgets can vary; licensed sets can have a bigger budget since the licensing party may insist on a certain color. So, unless marketing insists on a specific color, models typically rely on existing parts with a few new added if the budget allows. Which is also how the color palette evolves. If there was a big orange set last year, odds are good a new model will take advantage of these parts. That new model may only need a few new parts, instead of introducing a completely new color This also explains common colors like blue chairs; if you already have that part in that color, why produce a new one?

Pretty much what is says on the tin: We don't often get snow, so when it hit this year I had to rush to make a model to roam around in it. The suspension only barely gets the job done, but I'm still pretty pleased with how it all turned out. Those new Jeep tires really sell the model.

It's all very simple; Lego releases products that they think will make them money. "But Lego sets should be X!" Well, apparently they think Y is more profitable. (I'm not saying it's good or right, but that's how these decisions get made.)

I just hope it works with cars scaled to the Senna and the Chevrolet.