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Oh no, the castle rumour has now passed over to here. I would love it to be true but until we have some something like leaked pictures I am not even going to give it much thought.

Thanks, that what I liked about 42030 you get all 4 motors that I could try out and play with although I guess M motor will be fine for most things I am planning. Thanks do they have variable speed like the train controller or is it just one chick up and down?

Me again just 2 questions I am sure are simple: 1. How many remote controls can I use at the same time? Is it like the train ones where it is 4 channel and each controller doing two things so 4 controllers doing 8 different things? And also are these the same 4 channels as the train remotes so they will interfere with them, and if so could I just used them? 2. What is the difference between the 4 different motors and what are they used for? Thanks again.

I will say yes, as a kid I mixed my technic and space Lego together. OK so a lot of the space ships had small holes all over them but that's the brick I had. But you could build build build with them what ever you wanted and they mixed well.

Thanks reading now.

---Update--- After thinking about it over night I think I have a better idea as to what I planning to do although I don't have a clear idea which sets to get so your help again would be great. My plan is to add power functions to some of the system mocs I make in the future and for these to be controlled remotely. A few examples of ideas I have had. Making a rocking function to put under 70810 MetalBeard's Sea Cow to make it look like its moving with the waves. I think the weight of the Sea Cow would be the problem here. Making a helm's deep diorama where the minifigures move, kind of like how some of the great ball contraption move in a number of ways with just one motor. Having some figs moving forward and back like they are fighting and having some pop up from behind a wall. Making an ice skating scene where the skaters move. Making a castle with a remote controlled drawbridge. So what I need are a lot of power functions parts like motors and remotes and so on but also gears and axles and other common technic parts. What I don't need are non remote parts like pneumatics (although how do these work now as a kid I used to have to pump them up by hand) and suspension as I wont be making cars. My thinking behind starting by buying a couple of big sets was that they are better vaule with 42030 being £127.00 on amazon and just the power function parts costing about £90 on shop at home. I don't know what I need and I need to learn how parts work and the best and most fun way to do that is play around with them. I would also enjoy building the sets first and I would learn that way too. So where am I best to start, I guess I have about £200 to send on technic sets or parts which will tech me and give me good parts to build moving remote machines to go inside mocs to make them move. Thanks again

Thanks Andy I didn't even think to look at what sets were coming out this year although I plan to make moving mocs by remote control so other sets might be better. I wanted some parts in hand so I can try them out see how they worked and what I could do with them as I am new, I don't think I would be at the level to be able to digital building something (not at the moment anyway). Once I know what I am doing and now for sure I need this part or that then bricklink will be my friend. This makes me think I should have picked up 41999 Crawler Exclusive Edition as I did see read about it at the time. Thanks I am guessing I wont use suspension a lot with what I have in mind and the green parts in the Service Truck just make me wonder what I would ever do with them which I guess is my problem, finding sets with the most parts I can use. I think I could just about do both, I spent about £200 on two trains and a lot of track and now I have everything I need I was hopping to do the same for technic but I think I have bigger ideas so might have to rethink. Although I agree with the post below yours I do agree that technic has moved away from system since I had it as a boy removing for the most part the studs on top and this is what has made me stay away until now. I think technic has moved away from system since I was a kid but other than that I think you are right look at the 76023 The Tumbler it has a lot of technic parts even though it doesn't have steering or any other technic functions. Yes yes and yes, for lots of reasons. 1. You are spending a lot for just parts, 2. They look great, like fun builds with interesting results and 3. to learn how to use all my new parts. Not only would I build them I would keep them built for some time before parting them out.

Hi all as a kid I did used to like technic sets a lot but since I came back to Lego they don't really appeal as a collector, I have been back into Lego for a few years now and have spent a lot on my collection, Lord of the rings, super heroes and so on. I did buy two 7938 Passenger Train sets when they were on a good offer mainly for the power function parts so that I could build my own trains and now I am wondering if I should start buying technic sets in the same way for the parts rather than as a collection. Although collecting technic does not appeal to me building my own creations does, I love the ball machines and would love to have the parts to power my Helicarrier. My main question is what sets are good for parts 42009 Mobile Crane Mk II and 42030 Volvo L350F Wheel Loader are sets I have looked at for the large amount of power functions which is what I am after. I am not sure where to start but at the moment I have only a few technic parts so I am also wondering if I should try and stick to say yellow/black sets as I don't want to buy too many sets then a lot of my parts will be in the same colour so if I do make anything it wont be made from lots of different colors as they are all I have. Thanks for any help. ---Update--- Same as post 10 After thinking about it over night I think I have a better idea as to what I planning to do although I don't have a clear idea which sets to get so your help again would be great. My plan is to add power functions to some of the system mocs I make in the future and for these to be controlled remotely. A few examples of ideas I have had. Making a rocking function to put under 70810 MetalBeard's Sea Cow to make it look like its moving with the waves. I think the weight of the Sea Cow would be the problem here. Making a helm's deep diorama where the minifigures move, kind of like how some of the great ball contraption move in a number of ways with just one motor. Having some figs moving forward and back like they are fighting and having some pop up from behind a wall. Making an ice skating scene where the skaters move. Making a castle with a remote controlled drawbridge. So what I need are a lot of power functions parts like motors and remotes and so on but also gears and axles and other common technic parts. What I don't need are non remote parts like pneumatics (although how do these work now as a kid I used to have to pump them up by hand) and suspension as I wont be making cars. My thinking behind starting by buying a couple of big sets was that they are better value with 42030 being £127.00 on amazon and just the power function parts costing about £90 on shop at home. I don't know what I need and I need to learn how parts work and the best and most fun way to do that is play around with them. I would also enjoy building the sets first and I would learn that way too. So where am I best to start, I guess I have about £200 to send on technic sets or parts which will tech me and give me good parts to build moving remote machines to go inside mocs to make them move. Thanks again

Disney cmf, what's this. Lego said "snake is exclusive to this set full 2015" which makes me think if we get a d2c and cmf next year like we have the last 2 years we will see snake like we got normal eyed Maggie from the Simpsons house in this years cmf.

J2G dont you think snake will show up in the next cmf if we get one. I think it will.

^ and breathe.

Where from?

^ Yeah that would have been awesome, the kind of thing that makes a set much have too.

Thanks anyway I thought this might be the case as you did not show them together. I have the other two t-rex for the dino line as well but as I will wait for a good sale it will be some time before I will see all 3 together and at first I thought the two would look very alike but as you say they are different so I hope the 3 will look good together. Cant wait for more reviews, keep them coming.

Thanks for the reviews guys. just2good do you have the other dino t-rex as I wanted to see how different the colours were?

Hi all thinking of picking up this set, is there any way to know which shark you will get is they a way to look for if its a older or newer batch. I think I remember this also happening in sets when the gills sharks started showing up in sets.

Yeah but don't forget for us (UK) tax is built in, but in US its not.

I'm guessing £30 and £100 here, that second set better not break the £100 mark!

Yeah this would be my thinking too although I am a bit surprised they went down the ideas rout to begin with they must not be 100% sure on it.

^ That would be poor as Lego need to think if they want to look down on people for the job they do. They didn't have to have him holding a beer they could give him flowers as he looks for love.

^ Like this whole topic?

So this is a list of the Simpsons characters with the most appearances from a couple of years ago 530 Homer Simpson 530 Marge Simpson 530 Bart Simpson 530 Lisa Simpson 530 Maggie Simpson 348 Moe Szyslak 314 Milhouse Van Houten 283 Ned Flanders 279 Seymour Skinner 241 Montgomery Burns 216 Abe Simpsons 194 Apu 188 Krusty the Clown

For a d2c I will be happy with anything as long as its a minifig set unlike the last 2 SH D2C.

I really didn't expect the game to be JP when the sets are JW. Maybe we will see JP sets next with the brown t-rex we all want. They didn't have time to do JP sets before JW so maybe will we see more next year. They have all the molds already.

^ That would be great too.