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From what I can find about it, USB-C charging port is mandatory in EU for new phones and other rechargeable electronic appliances, by the end of 2024. Guess TLG likes to come prepared in this case.

Ah yes, I have that set myself as well . I'm glad TLG introduces these basic colors like grey and black (opposed to the red and yellow of the hard 6,5L shocks), makes it possible to integrate and blend them in almost any context

Back in the days I have built nearly all B-models from my studded era collection, and already did my own MOCs back then too. When Lego moved to studless I was full focus on MOCcing, so sets became more and more a parts pack for me. I've hardly built any B's from big studless models, mainly to save myself the pain from disassembling the set 2 times... With this forum and rebrickable etc. there are enough ideas to still spark creativity, so I personally do not miss B-models as part of a factory set that much.

Funny(?) detail: on the front clamp of the grabber mechanism they put little 1x1 round 'eye' tiles, making it look like some sort of reptile beak... Not sure if they have a function or are just decoration though.

Btw, are the front shocks a new recolor in LBG? I have only seen them in pearl gold as far as I can remember...

I think it means you can interconnect all cargo modules from the entire space series through those orange frame pieces to make something like a space station out of them. Possibly you can also carry the modules from each set with the other sets.

Probably a 7l flipflop beam in red, seems to end all the way up into the wing.

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Regardless the official answer by Jim, I'd suggest making the mirrors non-fixed so you can adjust them to sit flat on the side of your model if they get too wide in standard position... I essentially do the same with the excavator arm on my model...

I'll make it work somehow

@Jim just to prevent confusion and last-minute stress: I assume all pneumatic hoses, electrical wires and other 'flexible elements' of a model are also supposed to be within the bounding box?

Thanks, I'm quite pleased with how the arm turned out myself as well. Hardest part will be cleanly routing all the hoses without interfering with the joints... I didn't really know Mecalac until I did some research, but they make great stuff! Yeah the electronics are a bit useless, but I like the challenge of fitting everything, and seeing this thing race around is pretty cool (for it's scale and type of machinery, it's FAST). The bucket linkage will be revised, it's a real quick'n'dirty WIP... I hope to make an easy coupling mechanism so attachments can be switched, like the real thing.

For TC22 I'll attempt a model based on the Mecalac MCR-series: https://www.mecalac.com/en/machine/6mcr.html The most interesting part for me is the multi-stage folding boom with left-right swaying function. I intend to go full pneumatic for the boom, with RC skid drive and hand-activated motorized pump. Superstructure rotation will be manual. Space will be very tight... might sacrifice the cabin interior space for electronics. This is what I got after two evenings in: Tracks are motorized RC (2×M, skid steered), all pneumatic rams for the boom are installed (5). Tubing is WIP, and I need to get everything packed in the superstructure. If I can't get it to fit, Plan B would be to omit the motorized pump (M-motor, PF switch, mini-pump), and install a manual pump. It seems possible to squeeze it in a 15x25x25 stud box, which is just within the 10000 square stud limit for this competition...

Congrats on 10years @Lego Technic Milan!

Argh, fell for it... @Jurss nice one

Could go anywhere actually... small handlers, telehandler (both can have fork, grabber or bucket), container handler/stacker, or fullsize (e.g. Liebherr or Sennenbogen) material handlers (on wheels, tracks, rails)... All of these categories have been done before in some form (as A- or B-model, small/medium or large scale), so I don't expext anything really surprising here, maybe just a 'new' scale for an 'old' model. Apart from that, sounds like an interesting subject for sure, and given the parts count should be pretty affordable as well. Been a while since we had a handler like machine in a large(r) scale. If it gets a bucket or grabber arm, could be a perfect platform for Pneumatic (although pretty similar functionwise to 42080 then...)

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Could be, although the panels might have been part of that same long design process... The #60 and #61 panels just seemed like perfect candidates for motorcycle bodywork...

Excellent review @Milan!! Overall the bike looks great, I'm not convinced though seeing what it offers in terms of being 'Technic'... The new wheels and shocks are really beautiful, but highly specialized and almost single purpose. And the size/weight of this model seems to go over the limits of the ABS and LEGO snap ability. Anyway, I probably end up getting this because of my collectors OCD and, well, it's new and big and LEGO... Am I the only one that is surprised to not see the new #60 and#61 panels in this bike...?

Could TLG have used it to pitch the idea of a Technic model to Ford in the first place: 'Look what else we could do with the licence, next to the tiny racers'. And then Ford replied: 'Cool, but 2021 version, orange, crewcab, pricepoint/partscount etc etc...'

Totally agree there I have to say that I am pleased with orange though, the current F150 design gives us a few missing panels in the orange palette which I dearly missed while MOCcing the past few years.

Looking at the front of the dark blue version (headlight and grille shape mainly), it is an older F150, previous model maybe? I can imagine Ford not being OK with that. Edit: looked it up, blue front is the 2015 facelift version

Tearing it down just for the parts is the exact reason why I'm thrilled to buy this set. Always a cheaper deal than the same parts as loose buys from bricklink...

Now that is something fresh! I wonder if it will become possible at some point to load a digital model of a MOC into the app and do the same with any model, that would really blow me off my socks!!

Haven't checked the video, but if the guy is not an experienced reviewer/builder he might have mixed up a red with a grey 16t gear somewhere, not knowing the difference between them. That might explain weird behaviour in functions...