Oh_Hi_Mao

Personally, I really like it. It looks massive and proportions are not awkward like in the leaked pictures. Few let downs: price (I'll wait for a discount, 500 EUR is max what I am willing to pay). Tracks were not being used from 41131. It does not look like LR13000 but perhaps it is a compromise to have this set safe. I don't care about the length of booms, it can be easily extended (it is still LEGO at the end of the day).

Excellent hidden references for 42146 Liebherr :)

I am sure Lego is already working on 2024 line up which may have flagship set (we didn't get any in 2022 so there is a free spot). RacingBrick had good insight, that information about August releases should be in the first half on July. Remember Skidder, information was released about three weeks before it arrived to the shelves. And we are also waiting for Yamaha motorcycle to be revealed. If Liebherr won't be announced together with Yamaha, then I would be a little concerned. Another fact that 42131 was released in October so I would not be surprised if 42146 release date will be also October.

We should not forget it is LEGO. LEGO deliver to us ''not impressive'' but safe crane. At our own risk we can (I guess easily) extend boom and other parts, add more counterweight, etc. I think we will see quite magnificent modifications from a community.

Mould king crane is too large and unstable. And Mould king don't care about it. Actually I didn't bought it because it is too large (no space to store it) and has not enough counterweight to work properly. So in my opinion Lego does not need to match size of a competitor set - they need to make it stable. Profit of TLG is increasing every year, LEGO is doing the right thing for business, and not so right thing for nostalgia.

So new picture was leaked? Is the crane different from the leaked box earlier?

My guess is that this will be the fastest Control+ set. They didn't tried to fully recreate the real Dakar car (no spare tires, interior). It does look like just a shell on a chasis (Same like the non-Lego RC cars).

Any ideas why we don't have 42146 in the catalog ? I have a feeling that it is again delayed to October.