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For the 42177 Mercedes-Benz G500 4X4 I bet (and wish) for dark green aka earth green. Its just a matter of time seeing this color in Technic after many elements for the plants and flowers.

Again another misleading set in education. The sun is rotating on its own axis in "reality"? C'mon Lego. And whats about a proper set for the flatearth people...

Nah but according to your calculations you are right that the parts count isn't that high, so these are two mid-sized models in one package and the 49.9 tires are the most likely joice here (or offroad tires on the same rims, which does not affect the scale). Given the parts count the truck can't be wider than 17 studs on 49.9 tires

Yeah the truck is most likely 15 or 17 studs wide with common 49.5mm tires

I dont think that just a purple recolor for the new connector is reason enough to see the next Hypercar in purple. TLG did some strange and random recolors for connectors in the past and If so, cant Imagine that this connector is heavily used in the outer skin of a car. Purple isnt a good match here and looks totally ugly together with all blue pins. Cant Imagine that the wider audience who pays alot of Money wants that color and its not really welcome for the main market

TLG surprises us with those F1 cars in Technic. I would say nobody has expected this before to get two identical F1 cars with nearly the same product names at the same release date. But what if such surprises going on into summer ... We know about smaller Koenigsegg cars, and keeping this license the next 1:8 Hypercar can also be a Koenigsegg and I bet for a Koenigsegg Gemera HV8 in light turquoise or dark turquoise. It seems it is just a matter of time to get a Koenigsegg in the 1:8 lineup and with this "bluish" color it is a welcome eye-catcher and addition to the Hypercar lineup. Besides that the car looks not too identical to its predecessors. The production of the real car starts end of 2024, so this might be a good promo for both TLG and Koenigsegg.

Luckiliy I'm not a 1:8 collector :) But we can learn many things from that. TLG trys a large color variation for the 1:8 models that should fit all together on a shelf, so we will not see a black 1:8 Hypercar very soon.

Remember we got the 42156 Peugeot in 1:10 scale last year. From marketing perspective this is weird. People collecting 1:8 cars have to buy two sets a year in a row in march and in june (same for 2022) but have then to wait two more years. Its more logic to release another 1:8 scale car in a year between where no other 1:8 hypercar appears.

Thanks for that, true the 42141 had no label for scale on box, I always thought it was 1:10 following the trend of cars the years before. This makes all no sense. As we know Technic has the 1:8 lineup with expensive Hypercars and parallel to that the 1:10 cars with simple functions. Now these simple cars that can do nothing are also 1:8 breaking the 1:10 lineup. People collecting 1:8 can put an F1 bolide next to Hypercar on shelf, but people collecting 1:10 are still missing models. Ok we got the 42156 in 1:10...

I wonder why the box says 1:8, isnt it 1:10? Was the 42141 McLaren also 1:8, dont think so. The trend with these cars from the last years was 1:10, it is not bigger than 42141 but says 1:8. Two cars in a row with 1:8 is pretty odd, the McLaren was 1:10 and then the SP3 was 1:8. Now this is 1:8 with upcoming Hypercar 1:8... weird

Looks like only to flex axles are in this color and some sticker

The color combo is indeed really nice. Should be used more often in Technic

This is why Lego bashing becomes a very popular niche in social media. This guy is not interested in the products or in the Lego company, only goal is to get views on the channel. People are watching this doing it for amusement and entertainment, not for serious information. I know so many people who are watching this videos, but no one of them is familar with Lego

This seems more logic. @Ngoc Nguyenplease edit

Curious about where all the parts go for a skinny F1 Car. The 42141 has only 1400 parts, this one has 1200 more

You are absolutely right - 42175 seems to be the most promising set if the list is true, and luckily the 2 years Volvo brand continiuous again

If the list is true... Release April first with this strange number can be also Aprils fool

Logic in Billund: "Hey let us not work that hard and let us recolor some existing sets and bring them back as new releases" What we all can learn, the new 1/8 is not a Koenigsegg...

Thanks alot, appreciate that much from an tractor expert

Thanks, never thought before that it can work but it does surprisingly good

Did you know that 28T gears can be used as sprockets? Is it worth working, lets find it out by model using it here

Hello Community, I want to share a cool idea and model I came up with - using relative new 28T gears as sprockets for a tracked vehicle. When I first saw the inventory for the new 42168 John Deere 9700 Forage Harvester, I was impressed on how many gears are packed inside this small model so I decided to use as much as possible of them for a tracked Tractor. But can all that gears are used as sprockets for driving small tracks? Lets find it out. The new 28T gear fits literally perfect as sprocket and thanks to the soft tooths of that bevel gear, tracks are running surprisingly smooth. Every second tooth fits inside the gaps of the track links, where the other tooths fits inside the gaps of the track part itself and so on. With such a setup it might be possible to build a tracked vehicle and I tested alot on the tracks and the sprocket setup. Available gears from the 42168 Forage Harvester are not enough, so I decided to use the yellow gears only for the visible side of the model and to use other parts provided with the set to prevent the additional tracks from slipping... The model I ended up is a John Deere 8RX Tractor as alternate build for the 42168 John Deere Forage Harvester that requires 124 additional widely used track links (part 3873). Something odd, a model that requires additional tracks and let you the tires left over for some other cool stuff. The Tractor comes with steering and a working piston engine. Only parts from donor set 42168 are needed and all functions are working even without the additional track pieces. Lets take a look how smooth the tracks are running. The model is steered with wheel from the back (shown in blue) while the rear tracks are running the piston engine (shown in green) by driving the model smoothly over rough ground. Let the piston engine run by driving the tracks or by rotating the rear sprocket manually. Some impressions: If you like what you see and want to build your own John Deere 8RX Tractor Unit, feel free to support me on rebrickable. Happy Building.

Thanks for sharing that. Atleast one guy who keeps his promise...

Thank you very much for sharing

Dont think that. If someone is unsatisfied with his job and for what Lego Technic stands since decades and for what Lego Technic was growing, then they should give up job.