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  1. Ngoc Nguyen
    OH MY GOD for two reasons: - Kind members already sent me the image through inbox. - It looks even more heinous than 42008. I'm getting on the nopetrain to the nopeville.
  2. Ngoc Nguyen
    I tried googling for lego technic 2017 prelim and similar keywords but found no image
  3. Ngoc Nguyen
    As far as I recall it's hard to push the Arctic Truck around on flat surfaces, so if the Extreme Adventure turns out to be tracked wouldn't it make more sense for the Extreme Adventure to be RC rather then the Tow Truck
  4. Ngoc Nguyen
    One does not simply understand TLG's packaging logic.
  5. Ngoc Nguyen
    If it's not RC and use Unimog / Xerion tyres, it'd be quite big. Then it's likely to have multi-directional gear box instead of multi-functional one. I think TLG can improve its appeal by covering it in tan panels. And it feels rather meh that after an awesome year of 3 licensed sets, a never-done-before flagship, and some awesome B models that compel me to buy additional sets just for them (L30G, Aggregate Processing Plant), we end up with a year with 1 small licensed set and truck + truck + truck for the 2H.
  6. Ngoc Nguyen
    I feel a bit meh at the 6x6 Tow Trucks. Doesn't sound like a worthy successor to the BWE. Assuming it's not RC, I think the functions it can have are: - Winch - Outtriggers - Boom extension - Superstructure rotation - All wheel drive - All wheel steer - Suspension I don't know. I'm not really fond of recent attempts at Tow Truck by TLG, like that heinous 42008.
  7. Ngoc Nguyen
    I hereby formally summon the designer, Mr. Milan Reindl, @grohl
  8. Ngoc Nguyen
    LOL I thought you were towing your real hamster
  9. Ngoc Nguyen
    As a busy working adult I had little time to play with Lego sets, so I bought them mostly for the display value. And I think the 42064 has good scores on that metrics. The only thing I would want is a deeper hull bottom (the red part).
  10. Ngoc Nguyen
    I think it's more likely that the upcoming flagship(s) to be within 2600 - 3000 pieces, because that's the range of the 3 biggest next sets (Arocs, Porsche, Mobile Crane). In fact, if you exclude the mining truck and the rock pieces, the BWE set only has 3500 pieces. As the designers said, piece count or size isn't the metric that they try to or have to surpass or something. If the model warrants a huge piece count then it will have a huge piece count; otherwise it won't. And since BWE is the already biggest type of machine on land, I would hardly expect anything to top it, except perhaps a combination set of crawler transporter + rocket boosters + space shuttle. That would probably be worthy for a flagship.
  11. Ngoc Nguyen
    8043 has a lot more playability than 42009. For 42009, the A model you can only deploy outriggers, raise crane, then it's over. Only B model has some playability. While 8043 A model allows a lot more maneuver, and B model is essentially a RC tracked racer (42065) with a bucket. I have both of them so I think I can give some input here.
  12. Ngoc Nguyen
    The jet is supposed to look odd in order to not resemble any military jet, I guess.
  13. Ngoc Nguyen
    You've just uttered a summon incantation.
  14. Ngoc Nguyen
    Cab and crane arm are the same. You still need to build the new base and do some hose routing.
  15. Ngoc Nguyen
    It's not that important to me to be honest because I've already got the set and Sariel's review is already sufficient. If you can be so kind to read my message again, I'm more concerned about Eurobrick's credibility in TLG's eyes, because they sent us sets expecting reviews but we didn't do it for them.
  16. Ngoc Nguyen
    Is that the same guy who posted links without info and got reminded by Milan several pages before
  17. Ngoc Nguyen
    Until 2016 1H, the helicopter 42052 holds the record for the set with most panels used. Then 2016 2H comes and we get the Porsche with 92 panels! Quite a tough act to follow. If we exclude the Porsche as an outlier then 2017 1H brings us the Ocean Explorer with 57 panels and the Jet with 48 panels. So far the top most panel-filled Technic sets are: 42056 - 92 panels 42064 - 57 panels 42052 - 51 panels 42025 - 50 panels 42066 - 48 panels 42039 - 47 panels 42055 - 38 panels
  18. Ngoc Nguyen
    RIP Eurobrick's credibility
  19. Ngoc Nguyen
    February.
  20. Ngoc Nguyen
    Milan didn't exactly say that Markus is an expert in designing aircraft. He said he, Markus, and Lars (designer for 42025 and 42057) are the plane geeks among the Technic designers, in the interview with Sariel and Fernando. You can find the video on Sariel's page. I don't think the VTOL function can be made in a more elegant and clean way, because there are 6 different parts moving simultaneously: upper door, lower doors, elevators, nozzle, nozzle cover, and fans, and because there is a huge gap in the middle for the battery box. It could have been done more elegantly with gears instead of linkage if the middle part wasn't taken, but transmission by linkage takes up significantly less space. I've always expected the set to use linkage because of the small inside space.
  21. Ngoc Nguyen
    I think 42025 is designed under the old trend, which consists of exposed gears and axles doesn't put much emphasis on clean surfaces. 2014 is the last year under that trend I think.
  22. Ngoc Nguyen
    Just as I expected, the building techniques using linkage in this set is insane! And it uses quite a number of unconventional structures too. Pretty much like the Xerion, and its brilliant linkage steering system.
  23. Ngoc Nguyen
    A few things: - Did you put the whole bucket wheel arm on the turret or did you hold the arm outside? The bucket wheel can only rotate smoothly when the arm is positioned in the way that the bucket wheel is lower than the control panel and the battery box. - Did you use the two white clutch gear? When I first built I only used one so the model didn't work, but when I used both of them it worked - You can try testing the individual units in the whole drive chain, by first disengaging the lower conveyor, then disengaging the bucket wheel, then turn the motor on. To disengage the lower conveyor, either pull down the innermost LBG connector or pull up the DBG one in this step. To disengage the bucket wheel, use an axle and push it from the bucket wheel size to drop out the black 12z gear, the one that meshes with the 20z gear. 4. You can try rotating the yellow 11L axle manually to see if it's to rigid.
  24. Ngoc Nguyen
    For the first issue you can add a 1/2 pin on the remaining part of the 4L axle.
  25. Ngoc Nguyen
    The video confirms that the upper and lower doors of the front stabilizer PLUS the rudders are motorized in sync with the tail bum.
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