Ngoc Nguyen

I can see people putting the XL LAs into 42082

2020 comes early this year... 42097 and 42098, I must buy. 42099 and 42100, I must bye.

Well they did. 42066 and 42070.

The arches may be fixed in orange but that doesnt mean the whole model has to be in orange. I want to see how people can come up with a car in one color while the wheel arches are in a different color (orange).

Contest idea: build a car around the small Corvette wheel arches.

@Jim Now that you're done with the 1H reviews, can you put the dark azure panels into 42039?

I intended to get this set at first because it looks bad enough for a bad guy, and the general shape is recognizable as a pick up truck but the wrong proportions ruin it for me. The cabin is too small compared to the hood. It'd be better if the hood uses 3x5 panels instead, and the cabin is 2 studs longer.

This set is basically a cheap part source for the 10 holes 3x11 shell panels.

I'm really really on the fence about this set. The 1H flagships every year all manage to bring something new to the table, and I manage to get most of them. This Porsche doesn't seem to bring any. As for super car eye candies, I have a number of them already (42000, 42056, 42077, 42083) As I'm slipping into a dark age, I feel more and more reluctant to buy this set. But I still like its look, and if I let it go past, when it retires I'll have to pay 1.5x or even 2x the price

Huh, what do you mean?

I still prefer the version with two-section foldable outriggers, but since this set only has 900 pieces, it'd more likely to have one-section outriggers. Given the current design trends, I also think the set's gonna include some props and outrigger plates.

Someone did a RC spider crane The upcoming spidercrane may be like that, without the RC. The all 4 outriggers are coupled together and are driven by a knob through worm gear. Leaving them separate like those in the 42078 trailer would take too much space.

Last year I bricklinked parts to build the 42070 B because I thought paying the full price for 42070 just for the B model and a bunch of unused pieces wasnt worth it. I didnt think I'd have much use for 4 telescopic gear racks and the turntables. But since there's an upcoming spidercrane with the possibility of having 4 or 5 telescopic gear racks, I feel like If I had ordered a 2nd 42070, I would have been able to harvest those spare parts to build the spidecrane and will not have to buy a spidercrane set

I'd say elephant is a Mercedes Truck. It's big and it's grey, like an elephant should be. Besides, the first Mercedes truck was released in 2011, and the second one in 2015. 2019 would be the perfect year for a third.

8293 has been on firesale in my country since last summer.

Also, there's a Volvo in 2018 already. We get a Volvo every 2 years, so I dont think there's a Volvo in 2019.

Backhoe is a flagship material. I don't think TLG would waste it on the 2nd biggest of 2H.

Since the retailers are asked to evaluate their confidence in the new PF system, I think there will have to be demos, sample packs, or introduction materials of some sorts to them.

The largest land machine was already done. I really hope it's not gonna be another set-with-biggest-piece-count-ever this year. Just 2k parts is enough for a decent flagship already. Anyway, since the cat is out of the bag now, I'm gonna spoil another info: In the survey sent to retailers, in the Lego Technic section, there is a question that goes "How is your confidence index for the new Power Function?", with a rating from 1 (very unconfident) to 5 (very confident). That means we can expect new PF for 2019 2H or 2020. Go rejoice.

I've just found out that there's a thing called All Terrain Spider Excavator. That thing is definitely flagship material.

@quattro_dubber No need to take apart the build. Do the following steps: - Flip the bottom up. In the 4 mini LAs that drive the outriggers, all 4 tan 12z half gears should be on the same side, the rear side, like the way in this pic. The fact that you have two going up while two going down means two 12z half gears are on the wrong side. Identify the misplaced pair. - Pull these two pins with bush up, and pull the two panels out. - Pull this subassembly out. - The tan 12z half gears are kept in place with the 8L axle with stop. Now here's the hard thing. Use a pin or needle, try to hook the stop of the 8L axle out from outside. Do it slightly, one bit at a time. After a while it will be out enough for you to be able to grab it with your finger and pull it out completely. Doing so will make the 12z gear, the 20z gear, and the red bush in that axle fall out from the bottom, so make sure to catch them. Now swap the 12z gear in the proper direction in insert the 8L axle back again.

I've always wondered why is there a plow on one side but not the other side, and why is there the need for a side plow from the beginning?

I googled "lego 42097" and "lego 42098" with the quote marks, and got the url to the French store among meaningful results. No need to know exactly how it is numbered and named in French And I tried "lego 42099 as well". Didn't get any meaningful result. On another note, I've just thought that, maybe TLG skip numbers in the product lineups this year and last year so that the final set of the 420xx series is the final set of 2019 and also the PU debut set.

Sorry my bad I've corrected. Maybe the series will continue with 42100, or maybe the counting will jump to another prefix, like how things turned out in 2011 (81xx), 2012 (93xx), 2013 (42000). Regardless of the number, the 420xx series has been wildly successful, so wrapping up with a bang makes symbolic sense, and we all know how TLG like symbolic senses.