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They must be throwing in the pins for free!

Empty? Why would you want and empty box?

I have never EVER seen eurobricks this busy, not for a single minute, and this is going for hours! The designers really got us excited this time. i thought it would be a while after the Arocs before we got something aimed at us AFOLs again, everything is awesome!

£179.99 for this is an amazing price!

it's a piece that holds a decorative 1x4 gear rack.

I know right! Lets support this!

It will be very interesting to see what they have in store for us. Right ow it's hard to tell what functionality it has, nothing is confirmed by looking at it like it is with most models. But it looks like a near perfect replica of the real thing at least. Hopefully this car allows the designers to show us what they can really do and finally dethrone 8880 as the king of supercars.

Some black pneumatics would look very nice on this, and of course swapping out the orange with the proper colours.

This is good news, very good news! Can you say any more? Can you say anything about what functionality they are trying to achieve with this thing?

Well of course it is, did anyone think it wouldn't be?! Seriously though, the problems with the XL motor is raising it's ugly head in the model. See how jerky the movement of the front wheel and conveyors are? The long axles that drive them are moving too slowly and with too much torque so they are twisting which causes the jerky movement. You need to have those long axles spinning very fast but with very little torque (with the majority of the gearing down being at the wheel) so that those long axles can transmit the same amount of mechanical power without twisting. this would make for a much more solid looking movement.

Anyone else notice that on the box it says 16+ ?

On the wheel it says 107.4 so yeah, bigger than power puller. Though my guess was off by 0.6mm, dang it!

YEY for pneumatics! I would also like to know where this picture came from.

This is the one we most need a toy fair video of now! I really like the black it is in now (but with more highlights and coloured interior of course and without those stickers obviously) or dark blue, or maybe even dark red? I think a dark or metallic colour is what this car really needs.

Never thought I'de be excited for a tractor, but this looks great. Those tyres are fantastic. By my count I'de say they were between 13 and 14 studs (about 108mm) diameter. That's bigger than the power puller! Oh yeah! Looks to be four wheel steering also. With that piece count it might also be 4WD.

I LOOOOVE those new wheels! And could there be working brakes or is it just aesthetic detail? I really like those new wheel arches too. Even after seeing it there is still so much mystery surrounding it. how does the gearbox work? what will the final colour be (it might not even be black!)? How does the suspension and steering work? How is it motorised and controlled? I like all the mystery. I hate it when you can just look at a model (like the volvo front end loader) and instantly know everything about it. This car has me very excited. Although it probably will be black, it may not be, so what colour would you like to it it? Dark blue? A metallic colour?

Those decals are not for the finished car. They are what you see on real cars before they are released to hide the lines from competitors.

I could see that but I meant you could have two rings with rollers between them. Maybe rollers are being used in the BWE also?

This is great! Looks very impressive and like it could empty my box of Technic pins in no time! I really like the new curved gear pieces as well. I think you could use half bushes or 1/2 x 3 pulley wheels to make a huge roller bearing equipped turn table.

Why have you posted this again?

Is it this? http://www.technicopedia.com/8064.html

That's amazing, it's very rare I say this but this should be front paged

And besides, the presentation starts at 2. Only after that has finished (an hour or so?) will people start to take pictures. And then it will be another while before picture are uploaded. So you may need to be patient for a few hours longer.

Arocs was close to 3000 parts and I don't think the BWE would need more than one motor so £180 sounds about right for that. I hope so anyway, would prefer the Supercar to be the £250 set.