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It resonates with me too. Lots of playability for such a small and inexpensive thing. https://www.dreamland.nl/producten/lego-technic-john-deere-1470h-houtoogstmachine-42218/02323787

Oh don't you worry https://www.brickmerge.de/img/sets/l/LEGO_42218_prodimg.jpg (sorry full image file was too large to upload)

January 2026 leaks, from brickmerge.de Visit https://www.brickmerge.de for higher-resolution images. Seems like your wish was granted

Not unlike how 42225 is a essentially a yellow-orange reskin of 42132 from 2022 - I don't think that kids will mind, and personally I will admit that 42225 has the advantage of having the attached pistons (part number #6452846) and crank discs (#6452845) as opposed to detached pistons and cams (#4211483 and #4210759 respectively).

Good point, we can't be too harsh on the little sets. They're (primarily) meant to be gifted for birthdays and Christmas. In a sense they're the ones carrying the spirit of Lego as a toy first and foremost.

Yes, that's been a recurring theme in recent years, but usually January images come 1-2 days after.

I personally will wait for the 42218 harvester and 30736 seaplane, already have the 42132 motorcycle from 2022 so 42225 is quite redundant to me.

Usually early December, 1st - 3rd

I was referring to the little 42218 harvester. It seems like these days the small sets are the ones keeping Technic alive (by not being cars).

All of that in 117 pieces has me interested. Compare that to the 42163 bulldozer which has a worm-gear actuated blade in 199 pieces. Makes a great birthday/Christmas gift and would look great beside my 42157 skidder. Curious to see how 42225 compares to 42132 from 2022.

Everything you're saying makes sense. Basically any toy that isn't a die-cast model will be off to some extent, and even some of those lack details. On the topic of who pays who, I also think that JD pays Lego as a partnership with them (with Lego) is an excellent source of advertising. That's what Fender said when they partnered with Lego to create the Lego Ideas Stratocaster (set 21329) (I'm only speculating though, my statement may be false).

To me this set offers a good balance of price and piece count while having great playability.

You're correct, but knowing Lego I know that they have their reasons as to why it looks that way. That's why I said that if you're interested, don't hesitate to contact them.

Thank you for taking more time to explain and for writing a (seemingly) calmer response than some of your earlier posts. In this case, yes, the discussion may continue. On the topic of design decisions, I'd honestly recommend you reach out to Lego. I have friends who have noticed interesting or unusual design decisions in sets before and by writing to them, they actually got to hear from the designers themselves and were given (often) surprising answers. In my opinion it is worth the try.

Most kids might care about looks enough to notice that it's the same color and general shape as the real machine, but I doubt that they'll start to compare it side by side with the actual machine and start bashing it for every detail that's off. That's because even children know that this is a small toy, so it's normal that it's not identical and what's more, as a Technic set, this toy is meant to be playable more than to be displayable. This discussion may go on, but frankly I think that it's immature (from all of us) to have such a prolonged and animated discussion about a toy that's marketed to children and that unlike Creator/Icons sets, is meant to be played with.