Technic 2018 Set Discussion

[Aventador2004]

2 hours ago, dimaks13 said:

That's new picture, right?

No, it was on page 30-32 link.

I see the axle connector in brown!

[dimaks13]

7 minutes ago, Aventador2004 said:

No, it was on page 30-32 link.

There's no such picture there.

Edited December 3, 2017 by dimaks13

[Aventador2004]

Just now, dimaks13 said:

There's no such picture there.

Huh, I swore it was there before.

[1gor]

2 hours ago, vectormatic said:

Im hoping the rear axle has a diff, but i cant quite make it out...

It is very difficult to say,just look over the left rear tire. There is enough width to fit inside anyway

Edited December 3, 2017 by I_Igor

[1gor]

...at least it has two cylinder flat engine...but engines are now also in other themes like this set - Mining Heavy Driller (60186)

Edited December 3, 2017 by I_Igor

[PicnicBasketSam]

Having seen Jang's review of the two pull-backs, I'm puzzled as to how that exploding engine feature got past play testing. It works so poorly and does so little, in contrast to something like this from the Racers line it seems quite unspectacular.

Also the designs seem quite poor, the huge gaping hole in the front end of Bash! especially.

[TechnicRCRacer]

1 hour ago, Aventador2004 said:

I see the axle connector in brown!

It comes in many sets.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6538c&colorID=88&in=A

[Aventador2004]

28 minutes ago, TechnicRCRacer said:

It comes in many sets.

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6538c&colorID=88&in=A

Not many technic sets.

[Jurss]

4 hours ago, vectormatic said:

The trans boat-stud in the bed puzzles me, it looks like some HOG kind of thing,

First I also thought - why they made separate HOG knob, but then I found this picture

[tgrbailey]

4 hours ago, Maaboo35 said:

Problem is, that got them in trouble in the early 2000s when it diluted the Technic brand

What themes did the merge/drop then? I was in my dark ages and can't figure it out!

[1gor]

Just now, Jurss said:

First I also thought - why they made separate HOG knob, but then I found this picture

 

Now question remains what are pins inside rear compartment?

[dimaks13]

Just now, I_Igor said:

Now question remains what are pins inside rear compartment?

On that top view image orange pieces are visible there.

[1gor]

18 minutes ago, dimaks13 said:

On that top view image orange pieces are visible there.

...so pins are used to prevent usage of that pin holes

[Maaboo the Witch]

38 minutes ago, tgrbailey said:

What themes did the merge/drop then? I was in my dark ages and can't figure it out!

Sets like 8279 and 8457 were Technic sets in the early 2000s; they were motorized vehicles that would have belonged better in Racers, but the theme hadn't been invented yet. Blakbird himself says that 8279 was practically a Racers set. Same with the Speed Slammers and some other sets. Also, some of the Racers sets around that time used Technic parts and functions. 2002 is notable, here; there were no new Technic sets but lots of Racers sets with Technic parts. In fact, the first fully studless sets were in the Racers line.

Racers came to an end in 2012, and in 2013 the pullbacks came out, probably due to some math in the financial department in Billund. I'm just guessing there, though.

[Leewan]

The instructions for the sets 42071, 42072, 42074 and 42084 are listed on Brickset. (:

[Maaboo the Witch]

19 minutes ago, Leewan said:

The instructions for the sets 42071, 42072, 42074 and 42084 are listed on Brickset. (:

Shame the instructions of the First Responder aren't up - we need to know what those pins are for! 

[dimaks13]

[Alex Ilea]

Am I wrong or those are #4 white connectors on the rear of the hover? Weren't they quite rare?

[1gor]

Are there bigger images on Internet? So far I could not find any usefull images of 42075 to see if it has rear differential, or just one wheel drive 

...and there is no new image of 42077

Edited December 3, 2017 by I_Igor

[dimaks13]

Just now, I_Igor said:

Are there bigger images on Internet? So far I could not find any usefull images of 42075 to see if it has rear differential, or just one wheel drive 

There should be, but there's some error on pages of some sets on the site where I've found those so I couldn't get 2000x2000 ones. 

[1gor]

7 minutes ago, dimaks13 said:

There should be, but there's some error on pages of some sets on the site where I've found those so I couldn't get 2000x2000 ones. 

On 2000x2000 resolution we could finaly see if it has differential at rear or not

[1gor]

If you look at this image 

It looks like there is a differential with 28 tooth bevel gear turned to left side. Of course there is always a posibility that combo of shadow an part color makes full of us, but hope dies last...

[efferman]

Looks smaller than 28z. A 20z bevel gear perhaps.

[1gor]

Just now, efferman said:

Looks smaller than 28z. A 20z bevel gear perhaps.

Could be, I could not measure and compare it to 49.5 tire. If you are right then first responder has only rear left drive. I do not believe that LEGO would introduce new small differential in such small set, despite best possiblity offered here...

[Gnac]

Here is an excessively large image showing a standard DBG diff (and a black 5x7 frame!)

Also, that shock absorber appears to be a standard yellow one.