Bartybum

Agreed, still can't beat the light bricks. RC would be quite cool, but very expensive nonetheless

Only because they chose to make them that expensive standalone. They’d be far cheaper in sets.

Never mind, I must have completely misunderstood what you said

I respectfully disagree (regardless of any contractual obligations TLC may have). Wheels being reused in a future set doesn't diminish their debut appearance Unless you meant that an expensive licensed vehicle requires special wheels, which I definitely agree with

It would definitely be interesting, but I would bank on TLC just fixing the front axle in place.

So going by the description it'll probably look like below: I'm very happy to hear that it'll have suspension, although I wonder what kind it'll have in the rear. I hope it'll have springs.

I couldn't care less about the onslaught of the Corvette scale cars, so this one has definitely caught my attention... 1:5 scale would put it at a little over 40cm length, which makes it about 10cm longer than the Ducati. Also, I'm curious whether this means it'll have larger wheels and tyres too, or whether we'll see new large springs. I think at this piece count and price, a gearbox would be all but guaranteed.

Can you explain what you mean? Nothing looks out of the ordinary to me

I think the red effect is only from the light brick. In the 360 view of the set, the blocks are trans clear

I think it looks cool. The light bricks are a cool idea, and the transparent engine blocks are pretty interesting. Lack of suspension is a bit of a bummer though

Sorry my mistake, I misread your comment - I thought you were talking about design of individual pieces, not sets as a whole.

Even then, I'd imagine that the people in management who overlook this are probably also engineers who are experts in part design.

Are you so sure about this? This connector in yellow is a fairly recent thing. I'd be interested to see it compared to the ones in 42100.

@efferman I'd go for the same width as the set, as it'll give you more room

I guess that gives me a free pass to find where you live and steal $400AUD worth of Lego from you. Like yes of course it’s not the end of the world, but it effectively shifts the burden of blame on consumers for a multi billion dollar company’s poor performance. On the contrary, I could just as easily argue that there are people here who are more than willing to perpetuate the cycle of getting ripped off on a sub par product, and others who actively express discontent at the product being subpar. We’re not spoiled brats, we just expect the giant multi billion dollar party to uphold their end of the bargain when we give them money. You’re also likely not qualified to answer the question of whether you could do better than TLC, because there’s no pragmatic way to tell that doesn’t involve plenty of speculation.

Oh god yes. It's past time that we got shorter steering arms and links.

I think it's just transparency due to the thickness of the plastic - the thin lines on the panel faces seem to have the same colour variation. Although the 2L tubes adjacent to the discoloured connectors have the correct shade of yellow, they have a slightly larger outer diameter, so the plastic is thicker.

SURELY you realise how ridiculous this logic is, right?

What is CaDA stealing?

Another cheap trick. You had it coming, move on. His comment seems fine to me... None of what he said that you quoted sounds hostile

Can't wait for Dom's Batmobile

I think the open gaps in the bodywork when just using the flex axles are fine. Too much obsession with closing up bodywork - what you have now keeps that Lego charm just right

With a rotary catch it seems

So this patent also showed up in a post on the largest bootlego-related Subreddit (I won't link it here for obvious reasons, but if you frequent Lego Subreddits then you should know which infamous L-word I'm talking about), but there's a user called /u/genericipguy who claims to be a patent attorney, and he has some insights that I felt were worth posting here. Note that these are a direct copy-paste. /u/genericipguy: Am a patent attorney, so some more information from my side: a) This is a PCT application - not a granted patent. b) Lego has used this Application to file patents in China, Europe & USA. c) None of the 3 countries have yet granted the patent, but Europe seems on track to grant it. The patent (when granted) would create problems for toy gear boxes having at least 2 clutches, a claw clutch and a gear shifter (among other components). There are counter arguments that are not the right place for this forum but on a basic level, I think it is a badly drafted patent document, clearly attempted at frightening potential competitors, including companies where they do not replicate Lego' sets exactly.

Suuuurely Tamiya’s gotta have some fists to throw over that. I also wonder whether anybody here or anywhere else (maybe even unrelated to Lego) has published the concept of a rotary selector prior to 2017, when the part would likely have been developed. It seems like such a basic mechanism that surely someone would have to have come up with it in the RC hobby. I also don’t understand why there’s a distinction between toy gearboxes and non-toy gearboxes. As proven by a photo posted earlier, the mechanism already exists for large machinery, so it’s not really an original invention.