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5€ for a 221 part model, that's bad value for money. I've spent more than 100€ on instructions on rebrickable, but never have I paid more than 1 cent per part. Mostly around 0,6 cent per part. But also I've never bought instructions for a moc with less than 300 parts, because such small mocs I can mostly reverse engineer. And furthermore I've never spent more than 10€ for a single moc, because 10€ is a lot of money, no matter how many parts the moc has. Popular designers sell more on rebrickable. Have you considered to release some free mocs first, to get something like a fan base? There are so many bad premium mocs on rebrickable that don't hold together well, so people first must come to trust your quality before they spend money. With just a single moc people will not get to know you there. Presentation is important also, for example you have no real photo in your photo gallery. There are too many digital designed only mocs there that have big flaws, so by showing that you actually build your model yourself you already earn a lot of trust in your quality. The less view angles you show, the less interesting your moc becomes. And since somebody has already uploaded fan photos for your moc, you can't restrict it anyway. I also agree about the special parts issue, I wouldn't have the necessary motors to build this. Many of the most popular premium mocs on rebrickable are alternate models for a good reason. Advertising is important, but also hard. For example r/Lego on Reddit is putting restrictions against self promotion. I'm following the technic alternate group on Facebook, but it actually feels like spam, no interesting discussion there, just self promotion to make a few bucks. I think it is good that you speak up here and tell how many sales you have, because as long as this information is not public there, a lot of people have illusions about how much money most mocs make there.

The margin is pretty big. The small independent toyshop near me has 20% off on all sets all year round. Seems to work for them.

But there are already sand blue technic parts in other themes? The garmadon shark had large panels. Time to expand!

If it has as many gears as are in front of that guy l wouldn't mind another car 😁

My thought too. They should have at least asked how many Technic sets have you bought last year and at which price points. Now somebodies opinion who has never bought a Technic set (but believes he will buy one if they ever release his absolute unrealistic dream set) will weight as much as those who bought all sets. That doesn't mean Bionicle was anything good. The same people might have bought Technic would there have been anything else than 3 rereleases on the shelves that year.

Exploration Submarine, 50€. Now let's see how long I'll have to wait for that

5: 10 9: 6 17: 4 6: 3 22: 2 12: 1

Great idea with the canopies! On which strange planet were the photos taken?

So did you manage to make the tail foldable?

But this time you will have to build rotor blades from beams? I would have to gears at the fold and let them disengage when folding. Or maybe two Y-shaped axle extensions that can interlock?

To me the one with orange side panels looks better.

Looking good and to scale! Some work on the front and adding engine cowls and you're done.

9x42x7 should be enough space to fit a 2-function gearbox and a control+ battery box.

That would be unfortunate. There are so many pictures of the Chinook unloading while still flying, the back resting on a hill side, mountain or roof top. They are also used for parachuting. So the ability to open the ramp while still spinning the blades seems crucial to me. I know probably almost every official motorised Lego helicopter can't operate ramp, landing gear or winches while spinning, but I always found that very illogical. Seems like a very big project for a first time moc. At least due to scale set by the rotor blades it will be rather small. I would start with building the functions just on an open frame/grid structure. You can worry about the looks later. Especially getting the proper linkage for the ramp can be tricky, because you don't want to have the linear actuator attached to the ramp directly, in the middle of the opening.

But according to Promobricks a Toyota will appear in the Speed Champions line this year. You have to compare it with another licensed vehicle, so 42125 for example, which is also 18+. It's more likely it will have about the same functionality as 42125 at a bit smaller size.

In Germany you usually get most polybags in Müller (drugstore and toys).

Also 8451

It might be a half pin with a transparent round tile attached, to make a tail light.

In the back there should be a 3L perpendicular connector. There seems to be a blue pin in the middle hole of that part also, though it's not visible what's connected there on the pictures I've seen. And the 4L half beam is the one with a thick end.

What is the gear visible at the bottom back in this photo for? Link It's not for the steering. The steering is connected with a universal joint as seen shortly in the video.

The grill looks printed, but some of those pieces are 3x5 L beams (visible on the open hood pictures), so they printed two different bricks for this? I think no engine was to be expected. Otherwise it would have the same and more functions than the Senna. Engine is difficult with pendular suspension in this scale I guess especially if you have to stick to proportions from the real vehicle. I don't think it's too bad, but I won't hurry to get it. Maybe on next black Friday ?

At least more gears than the Wrangler.

Right, there is nothing seen connecting the 11L liftarm. A half inserted axle might be still possible. Or it's a separate manual function, but that would be bad/sad. I don't think that will work. Does the hovercraft even have parts that only came in the osprey? It sure does not have tapered panels, curved tapered panels or rotor blades or any grey panels. And the rest of the orange panels is easy to retrieve elsewhere.

Really somewhere both sets will have the same price? In Germany Senna will cost more than Corvette too.

New picture shows that the control panel is two parts, not 3L tile. So sticker (or even two) seems unlikely. Probably a printed tile.