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I got one for 469 Euros. I think the price will gradually go lower - perhaps the most patient people will get it for around or even slightly less than 400 euros since it is 40 percent off the 680.

The tall version of a crane was made from two sets

Found it on instagram. Author says it is 1.9 meters tall:

I like your idea. I think 3D printed shells made of 2 pieces + concrete poured inside = success. Finally, I would remove 3D printed shells to have concrete exposed.

Perhaps he will assembly it, enjoy the process and the final result. I am very curious why are you asking this?

42170 has only 643 (less than NASCAR Camaro) pieces but the price is 80 bucks. It can be a small pneumatic set

Danil, there is no need to taunt or bully people who are buying this. Some people can afford it at this price, some people like it and there is nothing wrong if they decided to buy this set.

I think that is the main reason his channel is sunsetting.

Maybe anyone recall, what was the last technic flagship set about which members of eurobricks forum was satisfied ? :)

Ngoc Nguyen just betting that it will be cancelled, because he personally don't like what this set is offering for the price. That's all, the puriest speculation :)

Yes, but they can do the same after milking LR13000 dry. Only reason it might be cancelled is a major design flaw, which I doubt since this set was delayed by one year just to make it right.

I dissagree. I see the hype and it will sell. No way it will be cancelled. Overpriced Zetros is here for around 2 years with a pernament discount. LEGO made some investments Into this one (new molds), this is the main difference from Osprey which was mainly designed from old parts.

Haha. Perhaps LEGO don't have enough sets for a massive amount of pre orders after the reviews will come out. They are definitely buying some time here . Sariel mentioned in the comment section of this Yamaha video that review will come at the end of the month.

It is interesting approach. I personally assume that LEGO wont discontinue control+ without leaving permanent alternative of how to use old control+ sets. If so, it could damage reputation of business badly. I don't know if it would be even legal in EU to do such thing (when an existing company won't provide support on their product which may lose its functionality). I personally own and enjoy control+ sets because I found them cool and interesting, if my kids won't be able to play with them (which I doubt), they will get other alternative. But at least their pops had a great memories himself.

I am interested too so just made a quick draft. It is not as sophisticated size comparison as the one from Reddit but for a reference it should work:

Found this size comparison on reddit legotechnic community:

This is not how business works, believe me, is its not based on ''sounds cool, let's roll!''. I am sure they do analysis what would sell well before investing into new product. At the end of the day TLG has to sell stuff and they are experts at that since it is multi billion company. More diverse line up = more people are interested = more sales. I think if 42146 will sell bad, we won't see any other big boy with multiple new parts anytime soon. On the other hand, I bet that Technic cars are the best sellers considering the amount of new releases we get every year :)

Perhaps dragline excavator could be another use of new molds from 42146. Or new version of bucket wheel excavator. Since the last two flagship sets were tracked (42131 and 42146), I bet the next one won't be tracked and won't be a crane. I think it may be front loader. Something from John Deere line up is also possible (licensed + has wheels + not yellow :D )

Now I am think this is just a marketing campaign from TLG. Price will fall. But now everyone is talking about the crane because of it's ridiculous price. And when the price will have a ''discount'', some people will consider it as a deal.

Try to be respectful while answering to the comments. Design flaw of a toy? It is not defined by ISO standards. How can you call it a flaw? By your visual observation? In engineering it is usually relied on numbers. Can you provide any? Or it is just your assumptions which has to be taken as a facts?

I am sure it will be strong enough to lift advertised weight (which is rumored to be 0.5 kg.). Other than that, why do they need to overengineer it? It is a toy not heavy duty machinery.

Interesting. French eshop "cdiscount", from which the most recent leak originated, removed 42146 from its website. Now page results in 404 not found.

You missed the point. I'll wait for discount. Saved money could be (but it doesn't mean will be) spent on additional parts to extend boom (if it will be needed). At the end of the day, I should get more for the same initial price. If Crane would be 1,5 meters high from day one I perhaps would consider to pay the actual price on 1st of August. But we all know why LEGO settled with 1 meter height of a crene.

At the end of the day it is a modular constructor toy which is restricted by the elements of LEGO system. LR13000 perhaps was too ambitious for LEGO system, they should have went with a smaller Liebherr crane.

proportions can be different due to different perspective. After we get more pictures from a different angles, crane look much less awkward than on the leaked image of a box. It is only my opinion, people with a better 3D imagination could already had a better general opinion on proportions of this set.