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Those wheels have larger diameter, you need to rebuild whole model to fit them to scale.

And I thought that this day can't be worse.

That's a catalogue image of box, not some watermarked post stamps.

Tell me that you expect it to be using a fairly priced, easy to use electronics with physical remote. That's the same level of wishfull thinking.

That's Skidder, not skid steer loader. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-206133/east_brick_customs/skidder/#details This is Skid Steer Loader

Demolition ones, with long reach arms could not be made as set. Long arm is hard to raise a lot due to leverage, and LEGO motors, especially C+ ones are too weak to move it properly for LEGO stadards.

It was badly designed and grinded gears. That's all.

New connector for V engines :)

Two new connectors from 42205:

I see some progress:

Smells like RC chassis module.

I have built the 42203, using those large frames gave it a bit of "Technic Dupo" feeling, few parts and we have whole frame.

Because it's perfect for some uses. By the way, Ecto 1 from CE used it like in old sets :)

Don't do it. LEGO does not stick to the dimensions of the real machines, they just add labels.

Hear me out; Only C+ component left is that 2in1 chassis from Porsche. Why do I think that TLG could be so lame and use two of those in a RC excavator? One between the tracks, second in the superstructure, with gearbox like in 8043? I hope not, but it might be sold as RECHARGEABLE!

Ah yes. The perfectly working 42114, after few weeks on shelf, decides to lift the bed at 3rd gear and move forward on tipping bed mode. Been there, my customers had similiar complaints. This system is a joke.

Powered Up never had good days. Its parts are 2-3 times more expensive than PF counterparts, motors are weaker than PF ones - while being larger, does not come with physical remote (don't get me start laughing over that 2 dial one, please), did not had any support from LEGO from start (Racing Brick had made an enormous work for making a tutorials for PuP). To easy make and use something more than shown on the box, you need to use 3rd party app like Brick Controller 2. First set - 42100 - was a great motors pack. But after that we did not get anything like previous 8293 set - a cheep affordable set allowing to power up sets like 42068 with single motor. LEGO left the idea of single motor powering various models. Instead we got a few models that had overdesigned gearboxes, just to justify presence of THE APP. 42131 barely moved, everything took ages to work and it came with 4 motors only. With same price as 42100 with 7 motors at start. The whole policy about each motor being servo and propulsion motor made the motors much, much more expensive. Now imagine how much would cost 42131 with 6 PF motors and some decent bluetooth device :) All I see now is a quiet withdrawal of that nonsense after 6 years, (LEGO just put lefotvers from PuP on sale - only new 2in1 block from Porsche is "new") where Power Functions was used for 12 years, and only thing it needed was Bluetooth and maybe more powerfull rechargeable battery. And a as a designer who make models with instructions - nobody asks for converting my models to C+, but people asks if I'll gonna use PF for next RC model, becuase it's easier to obtain and much cheaper (let's be honest, people buy MK and CaDa motors). Prove me wrong :)

You spell "fallen down" in a funny way :)

New sets appeared in US, I have seen this Frankenstein connector in 42205 Corvette, shown at one of the FB groups;

There's a saying in polish - "If something is (used) for everything, it's (usable) for nothing". Having overpriced motors that can serve both as servo and propulsion was a stepback, instead having decently priced motorized sets with single motor, we got few overpriced sets, with app that basically does nothing interesting.

Shorter +o liftarms with towball socket: And similiar with ball on end. Also, new engine block mount.

Control+ is full of dead ends. Another one just fits. All that PF needed was Bluetooth. Was cheap, easy to use and had physical remotes.

I made a small comparison. Thoughts?