AVCampos

Wasn't the problem with regular reddish brown instead of dark, and wasn't that problem solved years ago?

Well, there are rumours of a LEGO Icons Jaguar E-Type... given that it's an old-school car, are you expecting it to not be curvy?

The links to the PDFs appear to have expired, but the JPGs that originated them are still live, here: https://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.php?f=492469 I think I'll reupload them to Bricksafe, considering how shaky Brickshelf has been. [edit] Here they are: https://www.bricksafe.com/pages/AVCampos/others/8448-alternate-bodies

The site is down for me too.

Same here.

I'm not having any problems with the site either.

Maybe it's a regular wheeled bike, with the chain driving an engine? There appears to be a normal tyre at the rear. Anyway, it's a good cheap source of those still uncommon 12T spur gears. And, comparing to the red 2L axle in the engine, the fuel tank, back of the seat and mudguard appear to be reddish orange.

You can try out this fork of BC2: https://github.com/vicocz/brickcontroller2/releases (scroll down to "Assets", click it, and download and install the APK)

That's my suspicion as well. Perhaps we'll finally see usage of all 4 front LEDs in an official set? As for the rear LEDs, I'd rather see them used for flame effects than boring tail lights.

If so, at least it'll have an interesting steering mechanism.

Yes, the RCX can be controlled via this IR remote: https://rebrickable.com/parts/upn0200/control-unit-rcx-remote/ ... and the topic has now officially deralied from 2026 to 1999. 😅

Actually, the implementation of autonomy on 8448 is a pair of bumper sensors that let it know if it hit something on the left or right side, so I have a slight feeling that it wouldn't be quite well accepted in real life.

Well, it's probably not as heavy, but 8448 did come with instructions for motorisation with a single 9V motor (twin motors optional), and even autonomous driving with an RCX.

☝️ This. Not only that, but some C+ hardware, namely the Porsche all-in-one hub, is also artificially limited at the hardware level. From my understanding, its memory is encrypted and therefore can't be flashed with alternative firmware such as Pybricks. Fortunately the folks behind the BrickController 2 fork are doing a great work to alleviate this limitation. Yes. You can replace its firmware with Pybricks', transfer your own program to it, and let it run autonomously (and/or controlled with an Xbox controller or the LEGO train controller, if you so choose).

Apart from the "hey, that's [brand], I want it" crowd, I don't see a need for a licensed truck: it'll just limit the design and potentially increase the price. IMO branding isn't as important for the general populace on trucks as it is on cars.

Speaking of new car transporter, I wonder what improvements could be made to 42098 to justify a new, overdue car transporter for its gang? The first thing that pops in my mind is the usage of pneumatics for the various ramps, but, since those tend to lose pressure and sag over time, they'd have to be connected to bistable linkages.

If they made them in purple and lime green, they could say it's another collab with Hasbro, call them Constructicons, and post somewhere instructions on how to use the combined parts to build a tiny Devastator.

A 4L pin would be at the top of my list.

I'm looking forward to those: if anything, at the very least they're a welcome variation from all the licensed cars.

I'd expect them to cost the same as the CMFs and the blind-bag F1s.

Actually, a stud is 5 mm in diameter. A brick, or module if talking about studless, is what's 8 mm in width. But yes, I know that, when people refer to studs as a unit of measure, they mean bricks/modules, so your answer isn't wrong.

Yeah, I can imagine buckets of those left ripped open in the supermarket.

Collectible minifigsmodels and a celebratory set aren't mutually exclusive... I hope.

I feel those are one year early: they would've been a quirky (but hopefully not the only one) celebration of Technic's 50th anniversary in 2027.