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If not mentioned before, the truck cabin is 15 studs wide. Due the wheel arche the front is 17 studs wide. The upper deck is 19 studs wide. Without the rails there is a parking space of 17 studs in wide and the 15 studs wide car can fit proberly. Maybe there is a need to collapse the mirrors when parking in the lower deck. It seems that this model is in scale a little bit larger than other trucks with same wheels, like 42024 for example, but the truck should fit this sclale very well, 'cause they are also big and wide in real life.

I thought the designer of 42094 is also Olav?

This would explain why the design of the boom is a simple and not really innovating copy of 42082

yes, it depends on the motor itself. XL and L are servo motors as well, for example PU-M in batmobil is not. With the release we have the full lineup of motors, but the XL and L are designed for Technic use, where the M is used for regular sets

Talking about colors, this year is free of green. This suggests that 42110 Land Rover becomes regular green or lime and we can expect some panels that are missing yet in these colors. I do not think earth green or olive 'cause it looks to military for a jeep

I'am a bit disappointed about the crane boom design. This was exactly copied from 42082. No innovation here.

speaking about the color of 42099, for me it looks like regular orange. If it is so, we finally get the tapered 5x11 panel in this color. Otherwise it would mean bright ligth orange, but compared to other sets (for example 60197 city train) it looks darker. I always wondered why we did not see bright light orange in Technic yet, but I think not in this set.

Has anyone noticed that we have 4 tracked models this year? Two in 1H and two in 2H. This seems strange and have never done before.

Amen to that. Everyone who is interested in PU-train-topic should notice that TLG is working on multi hub support for their trains for the official PU app. That is what the customer support said. And even it is possible, we will see this in Control+ app.

yes, I saw this critism in your video. The Batmobile-Interface did a good job here I think. The system is mainly provided for kids, which loves to play with tracked vehicles for example. The interface of the batmobile solves this "problem" cause it can drives two motors running in opposite direction. This makes it very easy to build own tracked vehicles and play with it using the batmobile interface... My TLG customer contact said that the Powered Up app will be always improved and that many customers ask for this feature (to drive or program more than one train/hub). So it is possible that the PU app becomes an update with this feature and Control+ uses it as well

good investigation - we will see whats coming. The interface on the smartdevice looks a bit overloaded on this pic. Two or more hubs connected together would be nice indeed, but I do not understand why this is not implemented in the Powered Up app yet. With the last update this app looks final in terms of playability and programming for future use, so it's weird why there is no dual hub connection implemented

The Nürnberg demo shows the model only driving or digging, but not all functions together at the sime time. It also shows some interfaces of the app what is possible to play with. When you go to interface "driving", the lower hub is selected from the list and becomes active. The same for digging mode. The interfaces shown had no control of all 7 functions together. It is rather a control of "select what you currently want to play". For a pro version of Control+ (or PU) app, binding more hubs together or give better icons in programming are absolutely indispensable, but for the launch of Control+ I did not expect such a high level.

The statemant says "performing multiple movements". This does not mean that the Control+ app can send commands to more than one hub at the same time. The Powered Up app also has the possibility to bind more than one hub, but only one hub can be active. Hubs are autonom and for 42100 this would mean that either controlling lower structure (driving) or controlling upper structure (digging) is possible, but not booth at the same time. The statemant "performing multiple movements" does not mean to control multiple hubs, but it means to control up to 4 functions of one bound hub at the same time with a need to switch the hubs like the Powered Up app does. The good point is that it seems to be possible to program the new 4-port-hub with PU app unless the Control+ app has initial no function of programming. There is no need to update the PU app here cause the programming an icons for hubs and motors are already there. I think the Control+ app has initial 2 menu's on screen - one for 42100 and one for 42099 but there is no programming nor "pro" mode. It is rather an app to control the models and give hints about that.

It depends on the firmware of the hub. The app is just the controller to send commands to the hub wich must have the correct firmware that everything works together. The terminology is indeed confusing. We can expect the own Powered Up app as the "uber app" to controll and (more important) program all components. I think we will see the name Powered Up only in City and in future trains. The problem is that with every release of new set (in this case a new train) the app needs an update for the screen. This is why TLG produce separte apps for their own tasks (Control+, Boost app). Btw Prime is its only thing like Mindstorm and not PU compatible, or in other words not part of Powered Up. This is what I have understood in the chat with TLG. Maybe we will see new Mindstorms based on Prime platform in the future. This would explain the other design of motors, but this is my only interpretation

Powered Up and Control+ Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with TLG customer service due Powered Up and the upcoming Control+. They said "we plan to bring all systems together in the near future" and that Control+ is simple just the name of the new app to control models for Technic, not the name of the new system itself. This means that anything is based on Powered Up and its protocol an we can expect these new hubs an motors as new parts in the PU-lineup especially for Technic. The reason for this is simple: It gives builders the possibility to control and program all electrical parts with just one app - and this is the Powered Up app which is already available und updated for programming yet. When you have a closer look to its programming mode, you can see ports A to D are available 'cause Boost needs this, but it opens the opportunity to program the new upcoming 4-port-hub with the Powered Up app, 'cause all is Powered Up under the hood. Vice versa this means that sensors can be attached to the new hub too, which opens incredible models for Technic in the near future. The actual firmware of each hub ist the only important thing that all works together fine. All in all we can expect with 42100 (and 42099) just new components in the Powered Up lineup for more possibilities (4 ports means more to do simultanously). Control+, Boost and upcooming Boost Star Wars are all own apps with own names to control Powered Up components for the special playing scenario to avoid overloading the Powered Up app itself (too much entries on home screen for example). Or in another words, Control+ is one app to control Powered Up for Technic. Just one thing to say: As we can see in previous pics, one hub of 42100 is located in the upper structure ane the another one in the lower structure. This means that the lower hub drives booth tracks and has one motor attached to rotate the superstructure. The four motors attached to the upper hub are only to control the arm and bucket (4 functions in sum). The lower hub has one port spare. Because the lower compact structure have to house one hub and 3 motors, we can not expect the motors as big as mindstorms etc but normal motors like PF L or XL. Remember that we already have PU-M from Batmobil, which works fine with each hub. The delay of the launch could be due problems of production. This would explain why another PU components are late at S@H

You probably mean a material handler, but this new bucket is not designed to use as clamshell. It is the same if you try to use two Volvo-Buckets (42030) for clamshell - it will not work. But anyway it would be nice to see a new clamshell buckets of this size.

Is it confirmed that in 42100 one hub is located in the lower structure or is it just a speculation? If so, it would mean that the hub + 3 motors (tracks + rotation) are assembled together in the lower structure. I prefer that all electrical stuff is in the upper structure, because this makes the set more technical and easier to remove the hubs for battery access. In such a case it is needed to put axles to drive the tracks trough the turntable, like in 8043. This is for a Technic set more important than driving each function with one motor directly, and it is more fun to build. Look at the pictures, the lower structure is just a block with 21 studs and is build very basic. I don't believe that there is enough room for a hub + 3 motors inside, with the hub build in to easy access them.

Talking about 42100 B-Model, I except something like a tracked loader to reuse the bucket. Liebherr has this in production but maybe with color yellow in it. Remind to 42032 and imagine a bigger version with one hub and 4 motors to control tracks, bucket lifting and tilting. If it is not the B-Model, this will be indeed a nice C-Model moc.

The car transporter is 15 studs wide an matches nearly the scale of 8109 with the same rims, but the newer wheels (like Mack). Seems not to be Arocs scale with Arocs tires. For this price point, this can be a very nice set.

no, chaining the hubs would require to pass the wire through the turntable, 'cause one hub is located in the lower structure. One connection is spare for one light or motor. Thats the same for 42099.

This year is only an electrical one. We get 10 (!) Motors in 2 Sets, with the first half we have 3 RC sets. Is it really neccessary to line up the new system with two sets together? This offers only adult wishes. I miss the playability sets with gearboxes. For each set, each function is powered by one motor, with no gearbox inside. We can excpect the 42097 and 42098 as full operable, but with no gearbox, meaning one knob controls exactly one function. It is interesting, but in such a powerful lineup, the 42094 seems to be the only set which has a gearbox inside, which is a bit poor. RC is cool, but it is way too much for this year.

Don't know if this was mentioned before, but the 42070 B-model has 4WD and back steering as seen in the video by Jeppe. But in this video he forgot to say anything about the front winch, which is of course a remote controlled function. What he say and show is the function to open the body, but it is clearly visible that he move only one stick of the remote to use this function. That means that both parts of the upper structure will open at the same time and the other remote function ist the winch. In short the B-model supports drive an steer and after switching, the function to open the body an use the winch. This makes this B-model not so bad because it offers a lot of playability. In the winch/body mode, the driving is unlocked, so it is possible to use the winch to climb up the model

I thougth the designer is the guy who talked in the designers on tour video. Why should another designer by invited as the designer. Sometimes, techlug is wrong with the Information.

42064 as a Olav K. model. Alfred Pederson is the designer of 2017 firetruck 42068. By the way the 8264 Hauler is designed by Markus Kossmann

This set was designed by Lars K.J.