Paul Boratko

I guess that we'll find out very soon..

I have a feeling the reviews for this set will separate the amatures from the experts..

Yeah, I would have to say that you did.. And I have a feeling this group of Technic reviewers will be much more thorough than most of the other people that got set to review..

Of course he is.. 100,000+ subscribers are waiting..

That's pretty funny.. :thumbup:

Yes.

If the gearbox has issues, I don't think anyone would overlook these issues because of the Ultimate tag being omitted.. I can see non Lego or non Technic reviewers being completely unaware of issues that the majority of us will easily spot..

Really crazy comparing prices in the U.S. to my good friends in Austrailia.. 42039 24 Hour Race Car U.S. $129.99 Austrailia $159.99 Doesn't seem too bad. 42056 Porsche U.S. $299.99 Austrailia $499.99 Woah..

This I agree 100% I was just naming some of the other most recent 2016 Technic sets that seem to be on the high end price wise ..

It wouldn't shock me if someone bought it..

At first I felt the price was a bit too high as well.. But then when you start looking at some other Technic sets like the $139.99 1042 piece Helicoptor, the $79.99 647 piece Drag Racer,a nd the $69.99 608 piece Race Truck , the $300 price on the 2,704 piece Porsche doesn't seem to be too bad.. One thing about the other sets that I mentioned is that there are parts in the 2 non PF sets that are kind of expensive, which are the tires($8 each for the Drag Racer and $3 each for the Race truck).. I am speculating that the tires and wheels in the Porsche set have much to do with it's price tag.. Along with the Sears Christmas catalog that comes with it of course..

That's pretty bad when reviewers for the set have an embargo to respect and Lego can't even stop people from physically getting a copy of it..

They made special black and red 7L axles just for the 8653 Enzo, so if they really wanted to, they could have easily made an 8L red one for thhe 8145 set.. Personally, I think the black looks better.. Same in the 8070 and the Porsche..

I am assuming those models were all created by a Lego designer..

LOL.. I wish that was my studio..

This was the only one that I could find.. I am sure there are more out there.. So then they would not rotate the axle.. Here we go..

That still doesn't connect the driving ring to the axle.. The driving ring has to rotate the connector which rotates the axle.. I don't see how this will work at all.. What are those black pieces..? Do they have an axle hole in them..? I broke the snaps out of these driving rings right after I found out that Lego had this new part in the Porsche.. It's no big deal.. I have lots of them... I just wanted to be able to build this new gearbox and make sure that it worked properly with sliding driving rings.. :thumbup:

Wow...

There are just too many gears in this transmission.. I brought this possible issue up 50 pages ago.. Too much friction in the lower gears..

I bought one of these knock off sets years ago just out of curiosity.. I was much surprised to find out that the parts had to be cut or twisted off of a parts tree.. Now that I think back, I wasn't really surprised..

That must be where the extra money is going..

There is no doubt in my mind that there will be times when the driving rings and clutch gears will hit each other dead on fin to fin and will jam the paddle shift lever momentarily because they won't engage properly(moving the vehicle should easily fix it).. This is something that is just going to have to be accepted as it can happen in just about any gearbox.. However, any other gearbox issues beyond this in my opinion are unacceptable as the primary focal point about this Porsche set is the Gearbox.

I too would love to see the solution they are reffering as well.. I have those parts in my hands right now and as I expected, they don't come close to working.. The 1 x 1 connector doesn't even fit in the 2L driving ring, and while it does about halfway fit into each side of the 3L one, it is now 4L and there is nothing there to turn the axle and impossible to engage a gear..

First off, I said "Breaking the clips off fo the 3L driving ring is just a temporary solution until I get the sliding connectors from the Porsche.." And then Snipe said "No need to break the notches off the 3L driving ring, just push a 1x1 lifftarm into each end of the driving ring, works just fine unless im missing something." Now how is the old driving ring going to work like this..? How will it slide into and engage gears and rotate the axle..? And how will it work with the red clutch gears I am using when they are not compatible with each other..? Unless you both are assuming that I am just using this as a place holder and not for an actual functioning purpose.. My whole point was that it is much easier if you want to experiment with the sliding 3L connectors NOW by breaking the clips out of the 3L driving rings instead of trying to sand down the humps on the current white 3L connectors.. I am assuming that is what he was talking about... Not really sure why they call it a pin connector though.. I use them mostly for spacers.. Lipko asked about sanding the humps down on the current white 3L connectors to replicate the new sliding ones in the Porsche and I told him it is easier to just break the clips off of the driving rings..