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Fortunately not yet, we have a few more months and backup - see below

To clarify - better new electronics, than PU in the state of decline. PU is ideal in terms of having a lot of options for people able to use them, but it might be just too much for most of applications and since versatility comes at the cost - also too expensive for TLG to maintain.

I would be astonished if LEGO Group was secretly preparing new electronic system, but I'm afraid this assumption does not have to be true. More pessimistic perspective is: Lego sets are becoming more and more 3D puzzles with instruction, designed almost solely for display and not to spark creativity and build MOCs. Sometimes motor would be nice to have in some sets, but it isn't common requirement. Recent years in Technic come with overwhelming wave of technically uninteresting cars, where the only possible need is simple, reusable motor assembly, with unified functions, for one-per-year motorized set - and that is exactly we got with new Technic "Move" Hub (present in 42176, 42214 and coming 42239 sets). No sets with complicated mechanics, where motor would be needed to power it up. On the other hand - no need to develop complicated control programs, completely new app profile for each new set - just new interface in the app, done. New system from CS&AI fits well this very application - independent pieces with wireless charging and communication, intended for this almost only one remaining theme where Lego wants you to tear down what you build and build something else (however, still with their instruction). For Technic wireless charging would be pure pain in the megablocks, since if we had each motor with its own battery, they should be all accessible for charging - this is not going to happen. What do we miss in PoweredUp which would be nice to have in new electronics system? Maybe Power Functions' simplicity and compatibility with new USB plugs, but not much more. Is it worth building new system? For me end of cooperation with FLL and progressive phasing out PoweredUp is sign of TLG giving up electronics, apart from few exceptions: CS&AI, Trains and cookie cutter Technic cars. The only hope is that the current weakness in Technic lineup is rather result of Powered Up end-of-life and some new electronics systems will bring renewal of Technic.

Yeah, that would be great, but Lego just abandoned Mindstorms, discontinues Spike, there is no developed studdless robotic system, so hopes are rather low :( .

Apart from that: first, all remote controlled non-car sets are excluded (unless Lego introduces new motor system, as Powered Up seems to be discontinued). Second, all frame-like cars are excluded too, as only limited number of customers would be interested in such "ugly" (for today's standards) model, and reworking them into fully panelled version would make them totally different from original version. What is left are famous sets like 8868 Air Tech Claw Rig, maybe 8480 Space Shuttle, 8110 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 (but we just had something similar), maybe 9397 Logging Truck. Others might be to recent and not so much "historical" to be part of the 50th anniversary. So being very optimistic, I would guess we can get renewed 8868 Air Tech Claw Rig.

https://www.brickshelf.com/

https://bricksafe.com/ But what about programs? By the way, the local content (like mentioned programs) is downloaded in chosen language version, so keeping it all seems to be rather hard...

@sizlaq Brilliant solution, worked very well for me. I have uploaded the content here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pDewe8LFHKds_LlaA60QbHHw8c13rdTg/view?usp=sharing It should be unpacked into directory like below (or similar). c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\TheLEGOGroup.LEGOMINDSTORMSInventor_m36angppq0g76\LocalCache\Local\LEGO MINDSTORMS Content

Installer of Mindstorms for Windows (appx file) can be downloaded using https://store.rg-adguard.net/ (or https://msft-store.tplant.com.au/) + Mindstorms App ID, which is 9mtq0n7w1d6x. For now it seems to work, I have put it in my google drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CMtGbpDzl44eDxhv-hZWh4I4N2gVuwZO/view?usp=sharing.

Any idea why they didn't use axles with stop there, to prevent lower 5L beam from slipping out?

Thanks, it works :)

Hi, I think mu home IP was banned too, forum works well when I access through the mobile internet, and does not respond when I stitch to home network. I tried to enter Eurobricks on Saturday, and it wasn't some crazy refreshing, but apparently it was already too much.

I suspect in development process it takes some time from conceiving new element and using it for early prototypes to official release of the set containing it.

@m2fel I think answer boils down to the same thing - to control PoweredUp devices in the first place you need to use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmitters. NXT uses old Bluetooth 2.x, so there is no way. If any Bluetooth pistolgrip remote uses BLE and it is programmable, you can program it to control PoweredUp.

Yes, this the one I am talking about too. I checked it now and it does not use standard Lego Wireless Protocol (I was wrong about it) but the protocol is already known enough to control it with custom app, here is description https://github.com/DanieleBenedettelli/TechnicMoveHub See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zeW6gNV7Jo