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Tell me about it Let’s hope Lego releases something in yellow next year. A yellow supercar is well overdue.

I think you’ll be surprised. But I won’t push you. It is a lot of work and you most likely won’t profit much (if at all), considering the time spent.

Wow, this is amazing! The dark azure Senna was great, but this is even better. I love the moving paddle shifters. It was also one of my favourite functions in the “488 Pista” by Bruno. I see some linkages. Do they also shift, or are they purely aesthetic? All of the active aerodynamics are really cool as well. A masterpiece to be proud of! Can I ask the forbidden question? Are you going to publish instructions for this? This is one I would really like to build

This new one looks nothing like the previous Bat-vehicles. It seems to be based on a Dodge Charger:

Amazing looking model! Looking forward to seeing more.

It might be just me, but a $70 backhoe doesn’t sound particularly appealing to me. If I would want them to do a backhoe, I would rather have one like 8455 more than something like 8069. But it also depends how you define mid scale, I guess. 4000 piece sets are more common nowadays, so when I hear mid scale I think of 1500-2000 pieces. Not (presumably) 700ish you would have gotten in the $70 one. Of course I have no idea if what I am saying is correct. All that I know for sure is that the first wave sets usually aren’t that exciting (mostly for younger builders, with one or two for enthusiasts) and second wave is when they present what‘s possible to build with LEGO (all for enthusiasts pretty much). But I do agree, in the case of planes, bigger is better

Don't worry, first wave sets usually aren't all that impressive anyway. Wait for second wave. That's when they release the big stuff. Look at the Arocs, Claas, BWE, CAT, 42128 tow truck, 42082 crane, etc. So I would probably be happy that they don't release one in the first wave, because if they do they most likely wouldn't do another one just a few months later.

Stay tuned Coming November, I believe.

To be completely honest, you can buy almost any set for 30% (or more) off RRP in Europe. This most likely won’t change. I’ve bought my second Sian for €250 MISB, the Bugatti has been €210 or something at one point. The only reason you would buy something directly from Lego is they are either the only ones selling it (such as the Lamborghini, for the first two months) or you want the VIP points. Or in the case of Power Functions a few years ago, they were the cheapest.

Yellow looks sweet. It kind of makes me wonder why they never made the black and yellow Centenario. That would have sold like hot cakes. Anyway, I’m happy with my red 488 Pista

42141 seems like a follow up to the 42125 Ferrari set. Both 18+, same RRP, presumably licensed. I'm almost certain. I just wonder what it is...

This list sounds more plausible. It lines up with the Stonewars list from last year. 42127 was said to be an IP vehicle [edit: with movie license!] for €100. 42130 had no name or price tag attached so it makes sense it’s licensed.

I don't speak much German, but from what I understand they're not exactly raising the prices. They're evening them out across Europe. It just so happens Germany is most negatively affected by this, because LEGO set have generally be a bit cheaper there. Prices have always been all over the place in Europe. For example, the Bugatti: €400 in the Netherlands and Luxembourg €370 in Germany and Ireland €450 in Greece €380 in France and Slovenia €420 in Finland

The 8862 had more geared functions than pneumatic functions But anyway I don’t think a $70 set will have pneumatics.

Would make sense, the Ducati was released in June 2020 (except NA) so it will probably retire sometime next year.

Doesn’t sound too interesting to me...

Chasing the cats of course

The only things I really pay attention to are the pins with stop bush, normal bush and the axle pins. I also make sure the “dot” from the moulding process isn’t visible. Apart from that I really don’t care which way my pins face.

Looks pretty good, definitely recognisable. I just think it’s a bit too short.

Also the linear actuators.

Amazing work once again! Btw the link on your website to the parts list doesn’t work.

That is true, but that’s not something they will ever do. They care more about people building the set than people reusing the pieces for something else. Also, I can only imagine the suffering customer service people will have to go through answering the question “why do I have these pieces left over?” all day long It’s rare because technic doesn’t include a lot of prints, but I would like to again point you to 42096 which still doesn’t have an unprinted variant.

It’s damned if you do, to be honest. Can’t please everyone with either of the options. Stickers can be removed and the parts can be used in something totally unrelated, but they’re less “premium”. Prints usually look better but you can’t really reuse them (42096 arches for example) unless you don’t mind the prints or permanently remove them.

There are two results when it comes to painting: either it looks really good or it looks really bad. So if you’re going to paint make sure you know what you’re doing. It’s better to have 10 very thin coats than 2 thick ones. Anyway, I’ll paint if LEGO doesn’t deliver what I need in a certain color. I’ve built well over 40 different supercars in all shapes and sizes and the usual red and white and black gets very boring very fast. Building in colors such as yellow, green or blue (or their various shades) is near impossible. Of course I’ll replace the painted pieces whenever LEGO releases them, but at this rate we’ll be waiting until the world stops turning. Besides painting is now a legal technique according to LEGO, even custom wheels seem approved

Already exists https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-53695/reckless_glitch/rc-ватмаn-tumbler-76023-motorized-batmobile-from-the-dark-knight-remote-controlled-motorssteeringsuspension-with-power-functions-lego-ucs/#details