Jundis

For this set, I am fairly sure the technic team was forced to do it and therefore very little love and effort was put into it. We know the process from the interview from @kbalage (Link to youtube video at about 2:00), that the Lego Technic team can't decide alone what to build. I am pretty sure the thinking was: Whoa, other Lego Batman sets sold very well (both Tumbler and 1989 batmobile), so lets do some Technic sets (42127 & 42155). A general thought: TLG should have get the idea, that iconic vehicles without functions that only have unique appearances shouldn't be recreated in Technic but rather with System bricks. Even I am a purely technic guy, I highly admire the Creator Expert/Iconic series. There are some examples that work (42110, 42154), but not many in my opinion. This may also be the reason we see very few cars in the new 2024 technic lineup...?

3L with Ball Socket at one end, axle hole in the other and pin hole in the middle... Plz TLG, we need it!

Love the simplistic look! Great job :-) One thing: Seats could be blue :-P *Edit: Is the steering hindered by the 1/2 stud offset for the gear rack?

Liebherr doesn't have a dragline exca... oh wait, there is an original model? WHY WAS THIS NO BRICKING B-MODEL??!! What a brilliant job and presentation!

Really curious about the Dozer and especially the Forage Harvester! With all the John Deere branded vehicles coming out one after another, I hope for a Claas tractor or wheel loader this year Please TLC, don't waste the licenses!

I'll aim for this scale and order a Technic arctic figure. Now the question for me is: tractor tires or tracks?

Wish this would have been an official b-model! I still wait for best discount on this set, but maybe this alternative will be a push for me

This I think is a very good feature for this contest, as it makes contesting models more comparable. Many orange models have been published in recent years, so I think there are enough pieces in this colour floating around.

Very cool contest! Thx @Jim and @Milan! Hope I finish my current moc soon, then I will enter

I am not sure if this is really needed except for "for the sake of beeing bigger".... Not a fan at all. Really strange that one complaint is "Lego is too expensive nowadays! In my days it did cost only 2 cents and a half!" and another one is: "Meh, we need bigger models to include more functions." :D Bigger wheels would mean bigger models with even more parts and thus higher prices. Sure there will be a technic model with 5000 parts one day, which will cost 800€ and has 2 or 3 hubs with maybe 10 functions. But I really don't know if this is a good thing.... I'd rather have 5 models for 100€ each with 1000 parts and 4...5 functions each. A really good example is the 42154. In my opinion, this thing is way better constructed that all the 1:8 supercars. With half the parts of its bigger brothers, it packs nearly the same functions.

I think @Seasider only meant that the next contest has already been decided, as the word "next" from @Zerobricks suggested a new contest. There are many cool themes to come in future contests I think :-)

Finally my textile degree can come in handy :D Polyamid is more expensive than polyester and not really needed for Lego in my opinion. Although this nylon (PA) cord looks very much like the one from lego: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Metres-Braided-Nylon-Wire-Light/dp/B07L5T2NRG For this item, shipping is too expensive, otherwise I would try it out. Edit: I'll do a fire test tomorrow to see, what kind of fibre we have here.

No suspension? Quote: "Double A-Arm suspension keeps optimal ground contact..." (Source) The T274 would also be nice at it is a fairly new machine. Could maybe make good use of the new tires from 42160, although the Unimog tires would fit better in scale for the 42100. Thats the thing. Sounding like an old record, but I crave: - small truck with new 43.2x14 narrow tires - backhoe - grader

The cabin looks great :-P Jokes aside, really cool and minimalistic model! I thought i have already asked, but why did you display it with the tractor wheels instead of the heavy duty wheels from 42160? :-)

This really is a beast full with technic! Wonderful work :-)

2023 was a really good year for Technic in my opinion and a step up from previous years. Problems with cars and prices are already mentioned, also what @Gumalca said about medium sets: We really lacking non-rc vehicle in this year like a truck with under 100€ in the scale of the 42112 and something like the 42079. Also I really really hope in 2024 and 2024 TLC makes use of the cool new tires (tractor and the ones from 42160).

It really feels this way! Can you make a comparison to prior years in terms of amount of parts?

Great B-Model with the available parts!

Full support here. To achieve the same scale, we can narrow it down to use only wheels that fit on 30.4 mm rims. It worked great for TC18. Still my preferred contest would be PU contest with 1 normal hub and max of 4 motors with at least 1 function which is neither driving nor steering. As I said, this can also be good that the community will learn Control+ App.

Overall quite nice mining equipment :-) Only the painting and use of sticky tape makes me shiver... :D

So cool :-) Would have scored very high for the last TC :-P

Hmm they hab been used in the 42037, which had less than 500 pieces :-P Could be cool, still I hope for bigger scale :-)

Something like this with 81 parts so far: - Main wheels drive the front mower unit, which can also be lifted. Other functions are steering and movement of arm.

Ok, if it would include a trailer (which could also be attached to the Deere 9R), then I can see it happen in this scale.

Again, I highly doubt that. The 42136 has 390 pieces, the tractor itself only 280 pieces. Even with more function elements and the front attachment I don't see how to squeeze in 280 pieces more. For me I really hope and anticipate the bigger wheel combination ;-) I have some time after work today to make a sketch of the model with 81 tires :-) This would be kind of boring in contrast to a more present mechanism of the corn forage harvester ;-)