Maaboo the Witch

Small sets are where it's at, brah.

With massive single-use hull parts. Those I'm less impressed with. Or at least I would be if I gave a wet slap about boats! Cool buggy. And I like the pullbacks, funnily enough. They include accessories, too! The race rig kicks butt.

B-models! Wahoo! That Xerion is adorable! It'll look great next to its big bro.

When in doubt, ask the experts.

Wonder how this'll sell in Argentina...

Something tells me TLG have been slowly phasing out B-models since 2008, when the big sets lost the secondary manuals. This year we've had all alternate instructions going digital, and now it looks as if B-models themselves are going extinct. And to think sets used to have multiple alternate builds...

Not to minimod, but let's get back on topic! We have two sets to chatter about - let's do what @Ngoc Nguyen said and go nuts.

Nope. Think this was inspired by the Terex AC80, like I said earlier. See 42038.

It'd be a great Terex AC160 if it had an extra axle. Right now it looks like an AC80.

Preach it!

I spy this part in black on the cab.

I DO NOT like this direction TLG is taking.

Looks pretty cool, but no B-model? Seriously? This is worrying...

If you have to ask that, then no.

Yeah. For example, a "curbstomp battle" is where one side crushes the other in no time and with little effort.

Oh yeah, forgot about that.

What-the-hell-ever. Lemme know when the Mini Xerion surfaces.

See my reply on the 8081 topic, but I'll just say it here: looks great!

Great stuff @HorcikDesigns! Looks awesome. Brings to mind a meld between 8081 and 8466. The metallic green from the latter would look great on this!

Wouldn't even give this crap the time of day.

Mm-hm. There have been some significant shifts between 2008, when most ripoffs were impulse-sized and fairly inconsequential, and now.

Well, we're discussing Technic clones, so I think it should stay here.

Get off this forum, then.

I've seen YT adverts for sites that ply the same sort of colour-projectile vomit "for kids" shite that's on YT. Not naming any, but I'd say there is an effect on advertising as well, especially if the CPVS involves brands.

CADA did start out doing partial copies of Technic sets, in particular the 2014 pullbacks with a couple of missiles attached (seriously).