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Maybe, it would fit the rumoured price point, but one of the most recent creator Ferris wheel 3in1 builds is bumper cars, and I'm not sure what a bigger version of that would actually do. Maybe they could have a long, winding chain under the floor with magnets to move the cars around, but so far the fairground collection has been very good a realistically recreating ride mechanics, so it would be a shame to break that tradition.

Arguably the most important thing to Christianity isn't the crucifixion (though that does show God was willing to stand beside us in suffering) but the resurrection. That set could be a three part build, one part would be the tomb with a huge stone that can move from the tombs opening with a light brick that comes on when the stone is moved, the second part would be the temple that splits in half, with all the occupants falling into the crack. Then finally there would be a hill with 3 empty crosses, and a crown of thorns beside the middle cross. So this would cover all the most important parts without directly depicting the crucifixion. The second most important is probably the Nativity, which would also be a great Christmas set for obvious reasons. Nice stable build and lots of minifigs including some animals. And of course Noah's ark could be a good set. As an old Earth Christian (who absolutely cannot stand the likes of the westborough Baptist church!) I don't believe this story to be so important, and could be just a story (I believe history was often recorded as stories back then, with the meaning behind the events often taking priority over the events themselves. History wasn't as routinely recorded as a series of factual events until around the time of Christ, or so I read somewhere, I could be wrong) but a big ark with all the animals would just be a good set, and could range from a duplo build to a vast 18+ display build with a hugely detailed ark atop a small section of mountain, and anything in between.

I kinda hope it's not one of those just because of the reported low price point. One would be great but it needs to be bigger, like carousel sized but taller obviously. That would be really quite spectacular, seeing something the size of the carousel spinning and rising up and tilting like that. I wouldn't want the designer of such a potentially spectacular set to be limited to only 100 euro. I am all for smaller sets to fill out between the bigger sets. For 100 euro, I'm thinking maybe a simple twister ride, kinda like a bigger and more realistic fairground mixer (like with all the triangular truss work of the roller coaster Tycoon twister) but without the truck and side builds of the first mixer and with optional motorisation. There isn't really much else I'd want to see done so cheaply TBH! Maybe they could do an octopus ride? As much as I want a swinging pirate ship, top spin, enterprise, swinging chair ride and many many more, these all need to be at least 2000+ pieces to be done well. And once they release one at a smaller, less detailed, less realistic (which would be fine for city) scale then it becomes less likely they will release another at the "proper" scale for the fairground collection. Now of course, they probably could do a launched looping coaster, where the coaster fires from the station round a new loop piece, up a hill and then reverses/falls back down and around again into the station. That might be doable for 100 euro. But that might also be better done as a small alternate build from a much larger steel looping coaster set.

Technic is usually released in August, and only very recently, sometimes there's something else released in October, not June, so expect to wait a couple more months.

That depends on your definition of new and old. To me anything studless (or from around 2003) is new! The colour issue has been very noticeable to me since around this time.

I'm also interested to see these new wheels in combination with the claas size wheels to see who they look together on a larger scale tractor/blackhoe

For me it's all about the model and what's best for a specific task. If studless technic can build a more intricate gearbox for a particular model then use studless. But if the chassis of that same model can be built more rigid with studded Technic beams then use those in the same model. And if the interior can be built best with mostly system pieces then use those also. I'm open to both a mix of systems in the same model, as well as total homogeny of only Technic parts in a Technic set, so long as they are using the best pieces for the task at hand.

The size looks close enough for me.

42100 has the most with 2 technic PU hubs and 7 motors.

Nice use of the turn tables as spur gears

The Lamborghini lime isn't always Lamborghini lime!

I like it! Should be fine for smaller builds. I have found that those wave selector pieces can really struggle to shift when whatever it is trying to shift is under high levels of torque but clearly works fine here.

@AmitDC sadly this is not the first time we've heard of TLG sending out parts they know have issues.

Yup, the new diffs are much better but the way the 12t single bevel grips the very end of an axle (that's also rounded on the corners) is still a weak point. Maybe TLG needs to remove most of the indentation on the back of the bevel gear?

That's true for PF XL motors but PU XL motors don't have as much torque.

I don't see anything wrong with hard coupling motors so long as the gears ain't breaking or cracking.

My dream job!!! But I'd miss my family and friends too much in the UK.

IFFFFF there are two motors for drive I hope that they are hard coupled. Two motors combined into one "engine" is way more realistic than having a separate "engine" for each axle. Another benefit of hard coupling the motors is that both axles can make use of the power of both motors. This helps greatly when driving forward up a steep slope for example, when most of the load is on the rear axle (as the front has less weight and grip). In the crawlers of the past the front axle does very little when driving up a steep slope, and so the power from the front axle motor is mostly wasted. This is a good benefit of having the PU XL motors geared faster than the PF XL motors. The reduced torque from the PU motors mean you can hard couple two motors together more safely than with 2 PF XL motors. The stronger diffs (with higher reduction) and planetary reduction drives then allow for the same or even greater overall gearing, meaning the same or greater torque and smooth, non jerky forward motion at the wheels with less stress on components.

I agree with this. Also the newer diffs are way stronger. Also, the two crawlers kinda sorta had their motors coupled through the ground. Not directly but they would still be "fighting" each other, which I don't see as much of an issue. Surely most motors are under more stress in normal use?

I remember building them when I was a kid, too long ago!

I wouldn't compare this to 42070 just because they are both 6x6. That was a tow truck whereas this is a trial truck. If they gear it down correctly it might perform quite well. The smaller wheels will help gear it down also.

This is getting more and more disappointing. Surely they must know about this issue by now but they are still shipping defective parts? We know they can do better.

Apologies for quoting a picture but it does show a detail that I see in pretty much every real life truck that I miss in Technic sets and that's the prop shafts. In real life you can mostly always clearly see the spinning prop shafts going to the axles when looking at the vehicle as it drives by, not so much in Lego sets though. Too much stuff in the way.

This is also how it looks to me right now. If the price is right and those wheels are sized about 80mm roughly, then it'll be a very tempting parts pack, even more so if it's using planetary reduction hubs and the newer diffs.

Not sure that's true for everyone. I didn't like the 8275 bulldozer when it was first leaked, when it was released and I still don't like it now