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But as I see they are only "coming soon" on Jan 1 2017. In the US you can already buy some of them.

The rest of the sets are online as well: http://brickset.com/sets/year-2017/theme-Technic

Official images of the BMW set appeared online: http://zusammengebaut.com/lego-technic-bmw-r-1200-gs-adventure-42063-press-release-14540/

Meanwhile I posted the question on the Ldraw forum as well, and as Philo found out the issue was with the headers - Lpub3d did not handle well the empty author field. Once the headers were replaced the files can be opened flawlessly :)

Thank you for the offer, I have no problem sharing the files: version with 8 submodels version with 11 submodels version with 21 submodels

I'm pretty new here so apologies if I'm asking something known - I've tried to search the forums for an answer but no luck so far. I'm building a C model of the 42029 pickup using Ldcad 1.5 and I was planning to create instructions with Lpub3D. I made the mistake of not testing my .mpd during the building process with Lpub3D, so I've realized towards the end that the file cannot be opened, Lpub3D crashes when I try to open the file (Lpub3d***.exe has stopped working). As I did not have any other troubleshooting ideas I started to remove submodels and steps in my mpd going backwards to see if I can find the problematic part. As it turned out the problem is not that simple - different versions of Lpub3D on different operating systems can open different versions of my file. E.g. version with 8 submodels - opens with Win10/Lpub3d 2.0.14 / opens with Win7/Lpub3d 2.0.14 / opens with Win10/Lpub3d 2.0.14 version with 11 submodels - crashes with Win10/Lpub3d 2.0.14 / opens with Win7/Lpub3d 2.0.14 / opens with Win10/Lpub3d 1.3.4 version with 21 submodels - crashes with all versions (nearly complete model has 60 submodels) Due to this inconsistency I could not find a single part or submodel causing the issue - above a certain complexity all versions of Lpub3D crashes. I'm sure Lpub3d supposed to handle a model with ~1000 pieces, so I don't know at this point how to change my file to make it work. Any advise or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Really nice design! Although it fits better, I still doubt this battery box will be used in the production model - as far as I know it was never used in a Technic set before. I also wonder if Lego managed to make their design to run smoother without suspension.

As the wings of the plane seems to be really odd, can it potentially have a variable sweep wing? I think it's fully retracted on the main picture, and the black section visible on the side could slide out to form a proper triangular shape with the back section when extended. That would be a cool function to control via PF :)

It has to be right below the body sitting on the chassis. I really wonder if/how the 8881 battery box fits there, as far as I know the AAA box was never used in a Technic set before.