Bartybum

Ah finally a McLaren P1 build that looks to get the rear quarter panel curvature's proportions correct. Don't care about all the whinging that this car is over 10 years old, it's still beautiful and an excellent candidate (although I do kinda prefer the Speedtail)

Kinda think it looks better... How about two studs? Fully acknowledging there's nothing there to stop the gear from pitching over. Also how's it look in 3D?

I assume that stud.io file is yours - how would it look if the rear landing gear was moved three studs forward to the LBG 3L axle?

Can't say I had much hope for this set to be perfectly honest, and I find myself proven correct... It seems so boring. Like Erik said, it's a whole lot of not much going on... The excavator only having two cylinders feels like a spit in the face

That is true. I think it's quite possible that the truck will be a flatbed rather than having a trailer, for that very reason.

Apologies, I should have been more specific. I was asking in terms of brittleness

That sounds about right, NASA's LRV was battery powered - no combustion engines in space I love the idea of mixing multiple vehicles in the one set, but I'm just so sick of pneumatic excavators. I just want a pneumatic logging semi truck with a crane for heaven's sakes That's technically true, however I'd argue that's quite a minor thing, since it's still perfectly functional without it PFF naaaaah dude trailers are awesome. Imagine if it were a self-steering trailer as well! Doubtful but I can only hope

Ahh, bless the silence Can anybody comment on the plastic quality of CaDA nowadays? Has it significantly improved since the Centenario?

Remember though, 8043 and 42006 were from a different design era in Technic history. Nowadays the builds have more pieces dedicated to aesthetics

That's just the opposite one reflecting off the beam

The SPIKE hub has a fair bit more going on in it than a PU smart hub though, no? Yeah, with a medium linear actuator

I've said this twice before but if TLG didn't **** themselves so hard by developing a 4-port smart hub and instead went for 6 ports, it could be done with five motors, each with a two position gearbox. That way gives you two modes of operation - drive and backhoe: Motor 1 - drive wheels or backhoe boom Motor 2 - MLA steering or backhoe knuckle Motor 3 - lift arm or backhoe stick Motor 4: bucket tilt or backhoe swing Motor 5: gearbox and stabilizers But nope, now we're stuck with four ports forever...

2k pieces is quite small for $250. I wonder what it'll have Do you reckon it might be in the same scale as the Mack Anthem?

Oh dude, that actually looks fantastic! How rigid is the bumper construction? You've nailed the proportions of the whole thing

Or just don't be a douche about people's careers, especially when those careers require an acute level of creative skill to pull off. Like sorry hot wheels but where's the funny in saying that set designers are no better than burger flippers? It was a shit joke, get over it

It's not a very good joke when all it does is make you seem ignorant... If you spent 40 years in the industrial design industry and can't recognize the creative skills common between good industrial designers and good set designers then damn dude

But they don't, they're linked. If you wanna just move the bucket or the arm, you can't

No, 42121 is also a liar of a set. No heavy duty excavator has a linked arm and bucket. I think people flipping out over this need to relax. The parts spin, that's the important bit

Where is the blatant lie?

Did they really? How interesting

I think he specifically means THE Technic figures, not any figures made using Technic elements

Both John Deere and TLC are companies that can sign contracts to whatever terms they like. I bet that every single licensing deal that TLC has with companies has its own unique set of terms. If both TLC and the other party agree, then there's absolutely no reason it couldn't happen.

I think playability was prioritised for this over realism. I wonder whether we're clutching pearls over a name

No, I stand by what I said. I think the way you've expressed your criticism of the set is ridiculous to the point of absurdity, especially the "I would not buy this, even for kids" bit. You'd deny a child the joy of playing with a toy and learning about its other parts, like rear wheel steering, or the moving spout, or the raising attachment, because one of the details spins the wrong way. If you're willing to express your opinion so intensely in a public forum and break down the moment it's challenged, that's on you.

The shock at the rear axle