paul_delahaye

I was literally about to post the same thing, this is polybag territory, I cannot imagine if this carries on any designers wanting to move to the Technic design team :-(

4+ tractor is rubbish, but should be a cheap sheep solution!

I suggested this exact same thing a couple of years ago, I'm sure brands like Volvo are happy to work with Lego and are not charging them, we generally get goods sets for a fair price

Is it not more likely that push beam adjusts the flappy bits on the wings?

Ok, this might be the highlight of 1H if you don't like cars...a lot going on here

what a disappointment this has become, it's just pointless having any resources designing such a lacking Technic set?

In my collection it has to say Technic on the box for it to be a Technic set, it rules out many racers sets otherwise the collection will get even more out of hand

I'm always amazed, only 7 days since launch, and already 16% discount on Amazon in the UK. The true RRP of lego technic is actually about 30% off current RRP, they are just relying on early adopters to pay the inflated price. I'm not sure this is a good long term strategy. Surely a regular bricks and mortar retailer must get very upset when Lego allow amazon to reduce the selling price of a set this quickly? anyway, roll on 33% discount and I'm in!

I'm starting to wonder if the 42146 Liebherr is going to be the 2H 2023 flagship, and they have pushed this years back to become a 2024 flagship. It's not realistic they are going to have 2 large flagship sets at circa £400/$450 fighting for the same customers/market space.

I’m pretty sure I read somewhere, that these boxes were very varied, I’m sure I read they were almost customised depending on what the retailer/market wanted, so often there is no such thing as a standard parts list.

Very nice, definately the B model Lego could not be bothered to make! Good job

Not sure why, but I really was expecting that Material handler to be blue, not black and red? Shame they did not release the small cylinder in black, seems a bit lazy. Other than that, I like it. the base looks a little thin on bricks, but still a good set. Helicopter, I need some time to study, hopefully this will be function over beauty.

I like the train station, bus looks like a really nice addition, also the train maintenance vehicle. probably would have been better as a suplimentary set to reduce the price of the station set, but ok I can live with this. I can't recall I've ever seen a toilet on the move down a rail line, but there is certainly a level of humour included. The passenger train I like the design, colours are quite vibrant and the chin on the front of the train? but I like the doors and the stepped carriages. I wonder if it will include headlight bricks as they look like they are glowing in the pictures. Obvioulsy the usual lego ploy to get us to buy 2 of these to make a complete train. Freight train, despite being a bit of a random mix, I'll be adding this to the collection as well. Will have to see how the launch prices look. I still do live in hope for a smaller engine set at some point. Fingers crossed.

yes, really liking the amsumement part truck with spinner ride. I love the Mixer sets from years ago, and whilst not to that level, I think this is great step forward. The last few truck transporter sets have been a bit lacking for me. Interesting to see the artifical leg on the grocery store man. and all the new vegitables, looks like a good summer. Whilst I'm liking the farm, that tractor looks like a real filler piece in the set. I sometimes think they would be better off leaving it out and creating a seperate tractor set as they have done before.

Certainly in the UK, and likely other countries, they are bringing in a law in April linked to a tax on plastic packaging, of £200 a ton (when a business imports more than 10 tons a year, this is based on plastic packaging supplied with products. Lego will clearly fall into this category, and for the right reasons, it makes sense to switch over to cardboard.