Ngoc Nguyen

With open decks

The biggest model with an inline 6 using traditional piston engine is the 42030 B, and still doesnt have enough space. The driver's seat is squeezed.

42098 A vs 42098 B

I think they are plank for travel through sands or muds.

Coffin

This thing is most likely designed by Milan Reindl, as he doesn't work on any of the other 2019 set (both 1H and 2H ones), and he designed 42069, which is similar to the Land Rover in many ways.

I told you guys already this thing is unlikely to have the engine made with traditional cylinder parts.

The roof looks detachable.

Upon closer inspection, I suspect that making a backhoe boom is not quite possible with the parts in the set. The backhoe config has a longer second section of the boom, and therefore would require more parts than what are needed for the face shovel config.

In terms of the number of RC functions: - Flagship sets with 4 RC functions: Done. (8275, 42030) - Flagship sets with 6 RC functions: Done. (8043, 42070) - Flagship sets with 7 RC functions: Done. (42100, and 8043 as well if you count the mode switch) So to top that TLG will need type of models that have 7 or 8 possible RC functions. RC mobile crane is one of those. I've also just thought of RC Wheeled Excavator and RC Backhoe. Imagine the 42053 with Unimog / Claas tyres and full RC. 8 functions: Steer, Drive, Front Blade, Rear Outriggers, Rotate, and 3 movements of the arm.

@allanp I don't know, why do I have to justify it for you and make you excited for it? Maybe TLG can make that happen, maybe not, and I don't know. It's not like I'm trying to persuade people into liking my ideas. I'm just thinking out loud what the next big thing might be, since TLG lately keeps pushing for sets with higher and higher piece count, to make a set appealing or marketable or sth. And as I noted, two certain ways to beef up a model and turn it into the next "set with the highest piece count" are scale it to the biggest tyre size possible and turn it into RC. Like: - Scale a wheel loader to the biggest tyre size possible and add RC -> Done (42030) - Scale a tow truck to the biggest tyre size possible and add RC -> Done (42070) - Scale a tracked excavator to the biggest size possible and add RC -> Done, twice (42055 and 42100). Maybe once more in the future with a bucket chain excavator. - Scale a mobile crane to the biggest tyre size possible and add RC -> Only partially done with the scale (42082)

Besides, since it's RC, the new XL motors can hook up directly to various functions anyway, so no worries about whether there are sufficient power to drive such a behemoth. On another note, I also imagine that the XL LA can appear in a road grader with tractor tires like this.

And the XL LA is gonna find its use somewhere anyway. The two appearances that come to my mind are the aforementioned mobile crane and an RC reach stacker.

Think of it as 42082 with one more axle, one more cab, slightly longer boom, XL LAs.

I think the next "Technic with the highest piece count ever" is gonna be a RC 6-wheeler or 8-wheeler mobile crane, with Unimog tyres and a maximum boom height of 1.2 meters. RC-izing things is a surefire way to boost part count, and making sets in the Unimog scale is gonna do that further. I can imagine 8 functions like: - Drive - Steer - Outrigger stage 1 - Outrigger stage 2 - Superstructure rotation - Boom lifting - Boom extending - Winch Pretty much similar to Jurgen's ultimate 42009.

Trucks with Trailers

Is this Technic, the Theme of cars?

That thing has been around since June.

He also looks equally baffled as he does in the 42097 B model review...

I tried some tweakings, but I can't seem to find any way to make the outriggers more stable. The 5x7 frames that house the outriggers are simple cantilevers that are mounted on one side only and float above the tracks. Usually there need to be additional diagonal bracings, but there is no space for them in the model. Another solution is to secure it with vertical bracings outside the tracks, but that would make the model look unrealistic.

I think the guy in the video also said sth about: - If the mast doesnt rotate then what's the point for the outriggers? Since there's no turntable the crane will have to run around anyway. - Parts from the arm in the A model that can be used to form a stable telescopic mast, but the designer chose not to. - The tracks should be ditched, so that a proper compact tower crane with rotation and 4 outriggers that form a plus figure like the one in @Maaboo35's picture can be built.

I don't understand German, but by the facial expressions, I thinkn he seems to express quite an amount of bafflement towards several design choices and an overall attitude of distaste for the set. The main mast looks quite flimsy when fully erected.

An alternative model was born!!!

The one in my pictures isn't the official one from Lego. Since I have spare parts from building 42082 B model, and since most spider cranes are red, I decided to build a red one myself. The red one also contains various mods and fixes from me to make it more playable.