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I put together some random facts and ideas :) So in 26th series of minifigs we got Ice Planet Explorer with penguin! So we know for sure there are space penguins on Ice Planet! https://brickset.com/sets/71046-8/Ice-Planet-Explorer In SeaTron related stuff there are some interesting details: First interesting detail are minifigs standing on top of spaceship and in station - thouse are classical red space astronauts! So clearly SeaTron has conenction with classic space. (If whole monorail tech is not clear enough connection ;-) ) https://www.backoftheboxbuilds.com/seatron/ The main antagonist Sea-People have a few very interesting details. In very left corner of base we can see two Aquazone Chrome crystals, in middle there are three shark like creatures and finally looking at sub we can easily see magnetic arm holding crystal box. They are using the same tech as Aquazone and M:tron! https://www.backoftheboxbuilds.com/sea-people/ And the very last is Aquadome, you can very easily see classic shark, octopus and sub in very right corner has atop again Chrome Crystal. https://www.backoftheboxbuilds.com/aquadome/ tl dr; space is full of terrestrian creatures and animals ;-) What is interesting for me, we can easily see the same energy box technology being utilized across multiple factions and themes! Blacktron - There is simple box for example as part of base or being transported as cargo https://brickset.com/sets/6987-1/Message-Intercept-Base https://brickset.com/sets/40580-1/Blacktron-Cruiser Blacktron II - being fixed part of ships https://brickset.com/sets/6832-1/Super-Nova-II https://brickset.com/sets/6878-1/Sub-Orbital-Guardian M:Tron - Magnets, boxes https://brickset.com/sets/6896-1/Celestial-Forager https://brickset.com/sets/6956-1/Stellar-Recon-Voyager Spyrius - box with magnet as part or even without magnet :) https://brickset.com/sets/6949-1/Robo-Guardian https://brickset.com/sets/6889-1/Recon-Robot Auqazone - and of course the vry same orange box technology with magnets for crystal transport https://brickset.com/sets/6175-1/Crystal-Explorer-Sub https://brickset.com/sets/6190-1/Shark-s-Crystal-Cave M:Tron has the same magnetic boxes like Spyrius, Aquazone and even Sea-People ....So only conclusion is. They must be in same universe to use the same technology. (and of course this is just mine reasoning why Aquazone is part of Space ;-)) )

There were awesome reddit thread with lot links... something like:

It is really awesome! So many details and even animation is quite nice! :) Crossing fingers!

I put together build for recent Lego challange :) https://beta.ideas.lego.com/challenges/5ef2c3ef-c229-4417-9728-6ab8df89024a/entries/fc98ca6c-0e63-4425-860b-c31bd40bcd35

So basically new 8043 :-) are we even mad? I just hope for big hub and 4 motors and not this 3in1 hub...

sorry, you are right, my logic is not working today! :)

Looking at the vehicle, check the tires...they are basically 42181 Lunar vehicle tires....:)

Totally agree. Air tank, pneu engine or some new element would be awesome. Especilly proper combination with motors - RC.

It would be cool, if we got both options - hammer and bucket to switch between.

CAT was 500 Eu right for 3854 pieces. Liebherr 680 Eu for 2883 pieces both with multiple motors.. This should be 2359 pieces for 400 Eu, I imagine basically new 8043 right? That has 4 motors, I don´t think the sport car hub is enough here?

Understand. But it is sad, Im waiting for new pneu elements or at least return of Air tank..or would love to see some. :)

So current estimation is Volvo Loader with Pneumatics and second set being most likely motorized demolition excavator? Sounds cool if you ask me. Two non cars. Just thinking if we can see possibly pneu + motor combination ala 42080. Im still waiting for some proper pneu engine/air tank/new stuff....

And I still would. In the end, it is all about our imagination. Sure, Aquazone is action theme and that is probably due to LEGO marketing and way of doing things in those times.. Plus I have one strong reason to consider Aquazone to be space theme. We all agree that Sea-tron is (or would be) space theme. And if you check the pictures for it, you can clearly see octopus, sharks and manta ray. At the same time there are chrome crystals and helm masks for Sea-tron. Aquazone is utilizing all of these (except Manta Rey), so one theme is space and other is not? Some sharks could be on other planets and others cannot? I just liked ideas and ideas in:

42211 sounds interesting price like 42158/42181. Plus looking forward to 42215 with those 2300+ pieces.

If I look at 18+ technic sets... 2359 pieces ..that´s like Liebherr Crawler with 2883, Mercedes G500 with 2891...or recent Volvo+Excavator with 2274 (not 18+ set) is very close.. Formula cars, motobikes and sport cars are in 1400-1900 range.. While McLaren P1, Ferrari SP3, Sian are 3893, 3778 and 3696. (looking back - Defender is 2573 and Volvo Hauler 6x6 about 2193) Something like Defender/G500..another one, that is probably too soon...and piece count is too small for another super car.. It can be anything :D but I bet on something like Liebherr Crawler but smaller, demolition excavator using a parts from crawler perhaps sounds ok? It is little bigger to Volvo 6x6 and Volvo+Excavator and smaller to Crawler.. Plus because we are missing similar piece count recent car/bike..