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Thanks guys, it makes sense now :) The big sprocket at the end might be the one to adjust the height of the car I guess. I still don't like the whole design of this set but the details are more and more interesting.

Might be a noob question, but what are those shock absorber-like parts under the wheel arches? Definitely not the regular size of the usual ones.. are they imitations or placeholders?

Well, this one looks pretty good in purple, ready to be created in Technic :) Otherwise 42069 looks odd to me, like a set without a proper concept. 42070 can be a good base for a cool trial truck. I assume the manual switches can be easily motorized and by adding another controller the set becomes fully RC.

Hi all, Do you have any idea what new product is teased in this post? It says "We are so close to revealing an awesome new play experience that boosts your child’s creativity! Watch out for our next post!"

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.