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That 1:10 scale McLaren P1 "Smiling Assassin" looks really good. It looks like the one designed by PvdB. Can anyone confirm it is his (authorized) design? Overal, there are some nice designs there. I'm not a construction person, but that JCB does look really nice. Some of those 10 wide Speed Champions style RC cars look interesting as well.

Is that fender not just this piece?

It's always nice to get a look behind the scenes, even if I might have seen a few of these pictures already . Most are still new to me, so thanks for sharing. I think the Bricksafe folder especially shows the amount of work that went into this build. It's interesting to see how many solutions were "rejected" even if the car still unmistakably looked like a LaFerrari. I think despite the few shortcomings this build is still one of, if not, the best 1:8 supercar out there. That said: looking forward to seeing your future projects

And unfortunately friction is almost always better than no friction. The pearl dark gray pins don’t have friction. They’re the same axle pin that is normally tan or light gray in pre 2000s sets.

For those interested: parts used in sets that were released in June 2023 are listed on Pick a Brick, although very few appear to be in stock. Sets released that month include the Mars Rover, John Deere, blue Bolide and the Pac-Man arcade (useful parts include black 16t gear and new chain links).

If you drive the rear motor backwards it will drive in reverse without driving the pullback motor. The pullback motor won’t move as it’s hard coupled to the front motor. The diff will just spin (think of it as if you are only turning one wheel in a normal diff and engine setup) and transfer power to the wheels.

Thanks, but I didn’t spend hundreds on making this In total it was actually closer to €90 including shipping costs from 3 shops (though some may argue I spent the other hundreds for the parts in my collection, which is fair). I chose red because red and black were the only options that didn’t require painting or searching for 3rd party pieces (neither of which I actually have no problem with, both exist in the F40 you mentioned). Also I had every single red piece minus one soft axle in my spare part collection gathering dust, waiting to be used. Most of the pieces I ordered were for the chassis and a few black panels for the bodywork. And no, the F40 isn’t photoshopped, the reason it’s DBG (not LBG) is because I was trying to recreate a very specific one of a kind real life car.

Partly correct on the first point. I don't think the doors flex due to the hinges, but rather because there were some weak pins in there which I have already replaced: Lego changed the mould for the 15100 which became much weaker in recent years. Better in some cases, worse in others (like here). I changed it for the old ones and it's as solid as I would wish it to be now. Regarding the second point: My comment was never comparing the flex, but comparing the dismissal of criticism and forgiving one company for doing X but not the competitor. None of my comments here are to bash the design or the set, especially I know my experience isn't 100% representative of what the set has to offer. But it's not that far off. Not sure I agree, the gray and black looks a lot meaner. But thanks anyway

Okay. But this one doesn't count, I bet? Because it's built with Lego pieces, despite you and me saying it's not possible?

That is not what I am talking about. I am referring to the double standards that people are holding and brushing off criticism to it being a plastic toy. I know I am kicking the hornets' nest here, but if a Lego set had clicking gears in its main function, you can be sure that this set would be criticized very differently by the aforementioned group. Allow me to be clear: The set looks amazing and the use of the pullback motor is nothing short of genius. I think CaDA is among the better competitors to Lego and have praised the things they do better than Lego several times in and outside of this thread. All I am pointing out is that criticism shouldn't be brushed off with 2 words.

Same with the Lego 42125, but that was ripped to shreds by (especially) the “anti-Lego” crowd. Of course it had other major issues such as the price and ugly design, but I’ve not seen anyone defend that by saying “plastic toy”. I think the criticism just becomes worthless if the defense just ends up being “plastic toy”.

There were quite a lot of new panels and some new gears, from for example the Daytona and Airbus.

Nice review. The custom parts and the prints look really good. LEGO usually leaves a small gap on each of the sides but it's nice to see CaDA doesn't do that, especially for the AMG print in the front. I hope to see more licensed sets from them in the future, if that means we get the same treatment with special parts. I can't really get behind the new panels myself. I much prefer the straight edged ones from LEGO. But I do see the advantages in some cages, like the fuel tank of the Suzuki motorcycle CaDA recently unveiled. Btw: in my experience the knob gears create a ton of friction which is probably why you never see them in drivetrains. I wouldn't really use that as an alternative myself.

Excellent job. This looks incredible. A strong contender for one of the best B models of the last few years The rear lights solution is very creative, finally a good use for those ugly orange pins

I found these on FB, don’t know who built them but they come from China.

The full instructions were apparently leaked and I guess floating around the Chinese forums. There’s a white one and a yellow one out there as well. I won’t elaborate any further on it, but red in full LEGO is definitely possible

Spoiler alert: There are no stickers in this model AMG is 100% owned by Mercedes. It used to be a separate group of tuners specialized in tuning Mercedes cars. These days it's a performance branding that is put on a lot of high end Mercedes cars like the C63 (an otherwise "normal" sedan). But I could be very wrong as well

Those wheels and tires are amazing looking. $150 is not too bad either especially if you consider other Chinese resellers will be selling it for even cheaper. For around $100 I might give that one a try, even as a non-Alfa Romeo fan

Not necessarily, but when I built the Jesko I noticed some were bent a bit out of shape. I’ve had it happen a couple of times with some #5/#6 or #17/#18 panels from TLG. I also don’t like how they look from the side. The smooth surface however is better looking than the TLG variant.

Noticed it this morning. I’m guessing some embargo date was violated.

There is a review of the AMG One from China with all kinds of close ups and details about the build, looks and functions. Even though it's (rumoured to be) expensive, I still kind of want one... Will see. Any hopes of building this using 100% genuine LEGO can be thrown out the window.

Some info came out of China about the C61503 AMG One. Apparently it will be released next week. It's also rumoured to cost nearly twice as much as other CaDA supercars (even RC ones!), €240 when converted from the Chinese price of RMB $1900. I guess it could have been expected for having multiple single use parts made specifically for this model as well as having an AMG license. But I'm not sure if I am willing to pay that price for a non-LEGO set of which the part quality is questionable, in my experience. Any way, the car looks very good and it seems to have some working KERS system using a pullback motor. Very curious to see how that works.

I doubt it. The Nascar Camaro scale cars such as the Senna, Bolide and Huracan have a great price to part ratio because a significant number of them are small parts. The last pneumatic set they released only had 835 pieces and costs €120 or $150 (from LEGO). I think it’s a bike in Ducati scale. The price and part count are very similar.

They are indeed from the Bugatti Chiron, but black. Mine are actually “printed” with a carbon pattern. I got them from Brickvisions.com. I think they also sell plain black ones. Otherwise you can find them in various Chinese marketplaces in various colors.

Is it true? A technic set that isn’t a vehicle? That has to be the first in FOREVER, right? Nice list though. But we’ll see if the sets are as nice. There does seem to be once again another $220 42096 Porsche RSR reskin…