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  1. J_C
    I doubt TLG has any interest in anybody being able to get the parts from any other source than their retail. I doubt TLG has any interest anybody being able the aquire the parts that are not available in the current sets. I doubt TLG has any interest in anybody being able to aquire any parts without buying the sets. I doubt TLG has any interest in anybody selling MOCs or instructions or anything like that. I doubt there will not be another platform (very) soon.
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    once upon the time in the near future: "A" typing on the internet: "I do not like this set from lego, too many stickers, too much colours...(add anything) " "A" two days later on the internet again: "my 42100 does not work, it says app has been blocked...what to do? " (sarcams alert - or maybe not)
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    IMO: - it looks great, I agree better than the real one - I agree totally about the mudguard! thank you Sariel for pointing that out. (I feel sort of the same about the shovels on loader, excavators etc.) - one thing that was not mentioned (I did not notice anybody to mention that) (and to me it is total head scratch-er) why on earth there is a knob for the winch in the engine bay under the bonnet? (I know - it is close - but it is totally illogical place) Playing scenario (I know it is playing, not real life situation): your car (toy) gets stuck and you need to winch it out, you gotta open the bonnet....? as a kid, that would spoil my play) - I agree the gearbox in motor-less car is pointless. - I am not excited about yet another colour (which will probably never appear again) - interior is superb - looks overpowered functions (which is not exactly the praise at Technic) - I do not like the system "decorations" like boxes (or filters on 42100) - I am not fan of the trend - I sort of agree on tires with LEGO since probably very few defenders will ever leave the tarmac and will be mostly used in city centres or for taking kids to school - again it is "display queen" (which is not exactly the praise in my books) - it looks great (I already mentioned, but it looks so great, it can be mentioned twice) - it seems like everything is well thought through and everything works IMO
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    thanks for video. it looks great, but it seems so sloooow and jerky. maybe if it would not be so enormous in size it would be much better, considering it can "only" do what 8043 can do to, I hope its size is not its own enemy. I am afraid it might be. I would be happier with smaller scale and better performance. I am very curious about Sariel's review. So far I really do not like it is "screen" operated, if there would be manual option it would be big plus for me (like either or - play with it either way you want). maybe Sariel will do "strip down" light version without decoration of tubes, and "filters" and will tell us it is faster and smoother if just the core is built. Maybe that might be my project, to build it reduced to minimum and thus lighter. I am still not decided if I am excited or disappointed with this set. Maybe I am both. Is it possible?
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    Ferdinand Piëch would approve this. That is really cool.
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    stickers graphic is so 80s. (could be good thing for someone maybe)
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    This is just awesome! Brilliant.
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    this is beautiful.
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    I know, I am not beginner with children. Trust and responsibility is always good parenting strategy. "you can use my iphone, but I need it for work, so treat it accordingly and you are not allowed to do anything else with it, just lego app, otherwise there will be no more leibherr" "yes, daddy, I get it" As I said before, not a big deal really
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    yes (internet) and no. it is not a big deal really, but it is another argument on the kids side in "dad, we need an iphone too" discussion.
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    I am not excited about the phone control. I have a smartphone, but we as a family try to limit screen time for children. Lego is one of the non-screen activity my children do (among skiing, reading, cycling, fishing, judo, dancing etc) but now Lego will be screen time. they do not have smart phones of their own. When it comes to technic I build and I MOC, they play. With system they mostly built and play very little, usually stuff get rebuild quickly. so Leibherr playing time will be screen time. Far from perfect from Lego. IMO. (I am buying the Leibherr), this complain is just complain not a deal-breaker.
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    I have more expensive fishing rods. I think it is a toy. I even think it is toy even for kids (obviously not 5yo), but it is. Is it for everyone? of course not. I skipped the Porsche, I skipped the Bugatti - IMO both ridiculosly expensive for what they are, even at some "amazon discount" price. I did not buy Technic set since H2 2016, because there was not anything I would feel like I "need" or the price/like ratio was poor or very poor. But I will buy Leibherr 9800, even at this price I will get one. price/like performance is good, even at this price. it is all relative.
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    sounds good, I hope you are right
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    tracked loader is brilliant!!! that is 100% sold on me. This is what technic should be. the best set since 2016 (IMO). for the rest, I am either not an audience (which is ok), or I am not impressed at all (Porsche statue - not like that - as a Technic set it is just wrong. As a Creator that would be ok, borderline cool)
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    why is the targeted to adults? 6yo would get bored with it in 30minutes (that includes 15minutes of building). maybe I underestimate the aging hipsters market and its desire to buy knick knacks and dust-collectors, but I just do not understand this. This does not bring anything over conventional LEGO, neither for adults nor for children.
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    This is the best argument to get 42056 so far! Brilliant!
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    Thank you!
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    could someone who has 42042 and 42082 (built at the moment (I hardly ever keep the models built for long time ) please take a picture of them together? thank you.
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    review on brickset. car is ugly. I do not care how clever the build is inside. it is ugly. and making on of the most beautiful cars in history into the ugly one is not good.
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    green and yellow beams in the chassis. I do not like it. lots of asymmetrical panels (I mean without Left/Right counterpart), I do not like it. part of the parts list missing, cropped, but even what I saw is ok. still I like the set very much.
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    looking at the side profile, I really like how back of the superstructure is elevated and black stripe on the side is continued along this profile. That is really cool design detail.
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    that is probably true, because they might not be lego people, but they are car people who wrench real cars perhaps. will it stop them from buying next UC technic car? my point is (probably i said it clumsy way) that these listed "issues" people complaint here about will not harm the sales. IMO.
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    sell it for same price as BWE (same part count) (minus for PF in BWE plus license = 0) and I am OK with all the shortcomings. ___________________ I think we are missing big picture. I think most of UC car customers are not Technic people, those are car people, maybe not even lego fans, just guys who loves cars, cannot afford real 911 (real Bugatti either) and their wife buys this as a gift. This is the typical purchase story, IMO. These people do not give a .... anything...about functions, comparison with other technic models, they will build it, put on the shelf/coffee table and that is it. you who are going to modify it, improve it, looking for imperfections, build derived versions etc. you are minority (IMO)
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    Great, thanks for info,, because I am buying the red crane, I am not buying the Chiron (I like it, but it does very little - because it is car and cars are inherently low on functions - IMO, and I am not interested in fancy box (I would recycle it anyway in paper container) and display value is zero value for me, I build and rebuild and dismantle and build again, I do not use lego as dust colletors :-) Do not get me wrong, I like it, I really do, but I am just not the right audience to buy it) These parts on the other hand are brilliant, and I am really looking forward to that 90deg ring, the best new part from Lego in years, total winner for me.
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    I like the new gearbox parts. especially that 90deg shift ring. I hope they will be in other sets too.
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