17 minutes ago, Maaboo35 said:

Buncha June sets have been revealed on Brickset, so I can't imagine the wait for images is gonna go for much longer.

Your words in Gods ears; I also wait to see Deere skidder...

2 hours ago, 1gor said:

Your words in Gods ears; I also wait to see Deere skidder... 

We should see them pretty soon :-)

Also I wonder we get new special wheels with the Mars Rover:

2 hours ago, Jundis said:

We should see them pretty soon :-)

 

 

 

Also I wonder we get new special wheels with the Mars Rover:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reintroduction of futuristic wheels from 8432 set?

This looks like futuristic class harvester

6 hours ago, Jundis said:

We should see them pretty soon :-)

Also I wonder we get new special wheels with the Mars Rover:

We may get a recolor of all-plastic 2148 wheels from the 71780 Ninjago set:

They are two-sided and their "thin-profile" side may work here very well:

42158, NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Image from the LEGO site.

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There is also a picture of the brand new never seen before Bugatti Bolide.

https://www.lego.com/nl-nl/service/buildinginstructions/42162

Looks like dark azure. I hope so anyway.

10 minutes ago, LvdH said:

There is also a picture of the brand new never seen before Bugatti Bolide.

https://www.lego.com/nl-nl/service/buildinginstructions/42162

Looks like dark azure. I hope so anyway.

I don't know which one looks better of the two. The yellow is something a fresh colour for a car, though the blue is more faithful to the original.

16 minutes ago, LvdH said:

There is also a picture of the brand new never seen before Bugatti Bolide.

https://www.lego.com/nl-nl/service/buildinginstructions/42162

Looks like dark azure. I hope so anyway.

Blue hubs!

Is Technic coming out of its dark years? The cars are getting better (Peugeot!), we're getting three proper Technic sets with the Rover, the John Deere Skidder and the Firefighter Plane. The Airbus was already pretty nice. New images are making me happy 

2 hours ago, LvdH said:

There is also a picture of the brand new never seen before Bugatti Bolide.

https://www.lego.com/nl-nl/service/buildinginstructions/42162

Looks like dark azure. I hope so anyway.

Not sure why the release of the same set in a different colour. In saying that, if I see it at a good price on sale I'll most likely buy it so I have the matching set :)

1 hour ago, mugwump said:

Is Technic coming out of its dark years? The cars are getting better (Peugeot!), we're getting three proper Technic sets with the Rover, the John Deere Skidder and the Firefighter Plane. The Airbus was already pretty nice. New images are making me happy 

I wouldn't be so optimistic. IMO post-2018 Technic is in a clear downturn and Lego doesn't seem to be changing direction. They abandoned B-models, they have ridiculously jacked up prices, they ditched Power Functions in most sets and introduced an inferior system, the theme has been dominated with car sets making it Racers 2.0, and the build quality has been lacking a lot in some sets, too. Simply because this year's sets are somewhat better from some awful sets of the past one or two years, it doesn't mean Technic is out of its dark ages.

Edited May 2, 20231 yr by johnnytifosi

1 hour ago, johnnytifosi said:

I wouldn't be so optimistic. IMO post-2018 Technic is in a clear downturn and Lego doesn't seem to be changing direction. They abandoned B-models, they have ridiculously jacked up prices, they ditched Power Functions in most sets and introduced an inferior system, the theme has been dominated with car sets making it Racers 2.0, and the build quality has been lacking a lot in some sets, too. Simply because this year's sets are somewhat better from some awful sets of the past one or two years, it doesn't mean Technic is out of its dark ages.

I feel the same way. 2021 offered some brief hope, but it was all too brief.

2 hours ago, mugwump said:

Is Technic coming out of its dark years? The cars are getting better (Peugeot!), we're getting three proper Technic sets with the Rover, the John Deere Skidder and the Firefighter Plane. The Airbus was already pretty nice. New images are making me happy 

Personally I think so. Lego was really gunning to get adult car enthusiasts to buy their Technic sets. I am not sure if this marketing strategy paid off as well as they wanted. The ferarri 488 for example just sits on the shelves of my local Barnes and Noble discounted. They seem to be really listening to fan feedback now and going back to their roots of making technically interesting models. Even the Cars are using novel solutions now.

7 hours ago, Gosse Adema said:

42158, NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Image from the LEGO site.

Wow, it has new, original, wheels! 

6 hours ago, TechnicSkiier802 said:

Personally I think so. Lego was really gunning to get adult car enthusiasts to buy their Technic sets. I am not sure if this marketing strategy paid off as well as they wanted. The ferarri 488 for example just sits on the shelves of my local Barnes and Noble discounted. They seem to be really listening to fan feedback now and going back to their roots of making technically interesting models. Even the Cars are using novel solutions now.

It could've worked for a while, but then all those people who are really into cars but not that much into Lego bought their one or maybe two car sets and then forgot about Lego.

They won't abandon cars, that's for sure, but I hope they're going to expand the offerings of other kinds of machinery in the future. They certainly have the skill and resources to make awesome sets as they have proven with the Tow Truck, Airbus, ATV and now (probably) with the John Deere and Perseverance rover, now they just need to bring the focus back to these things that are at the core of Technic. Oh, and make those cars better too, the Peugeot shows some small promise I guess, but I hope there will be others with something more than those done-a-thousand-times steering+fake engine+simple suspension car sets.

echo_bricks on Instagram also has Skider pictures.

I'm interested in what's going on with the back axle, it looks like a suspension of sorts as a function?

Pneumatic as suspected but just from the picture doesn't seem like a big deal compared to something like 42128. 

Rover looks awesome and I'm getting it just for the display value alone. If they manage to sneak some functions in it would be icing on the cake. 

If the Liebherr crane is set n. 42146 from last year, and the Bugatti is 42162, we are missing 42159, 42160 and 42161. 

May we expect 3 unveiled sets for summer / October?

I also feel strange they released new Technic sets almost every month this year, I'd like to have the same continuity also in summer and autumn 

1 hour ago, mpj said:

If the Liebherr crane is set n. 42146 from last year, and the Bugatti is 42162, we are missing 42159, 42160 and 42161. 

May we expect 3 unveiled sets for summer / October?

I also feel strange they released new Technic sets almost every month this year, I'd like to have the same continuity also in summer and autumn 

As far as I know, these e will be the 1:5 scale bike, the small Lamborghini Hurracan and possibly a C+ Audi Q e-Tron

Oh yes sorry I forgot about them! Still to know the release date.

3 hours ago, mpj said:

Oh yes sorry I forgot about them! Still to know the release date.

The latter two are August iirc. Maybe the bike, too.

Sorry for Dutch, but I'm sure you'll understand.

Juni 2023:

2. LEGO® 42157 Skidder John Deere 948 L-II: ( foto beschikbaar op onze webshop )

          LEGO® Prijs € 189,99 Pre-Order Prijs € 169,00 ( aanbetaling € 69,00 ) ( restant € 100,00 )

3. LEGO® 42158 NASA Mars-Rover Perseverance: ( foto beschikbaar op onze webshop )

LEGO® Prijs € 99,99 Pre-Order Prijs € 85,00 ( aanbetaling € 60,00 )  ( restant € 25,00 )

 

Pre-Orderen Juni items kan tot 20 Mei 2023 of zolang de Pre-Order voorraad strekt.

       (  De Release datum van deze 2 artikelen zijn op 1.6.2023 ) uitlevering bij binnenkomst

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Augustus 2023:

4. LEGO® 42146 Liebherr LR 13000: ( Mega Kraan hoogte 150cm 6 Motoren, 2 Hubs, Control+ )

          LEGO® Prijs € 699,99 Pre-Order Prijs € 589,00 ( aanbetaling € 139,00 ) ( restant € 450,00 )

5. LEGO® 42159 Yamaha MT 2022:

LEGO® Prijs € 249,99 Pre-Order Prijs € 209,00 ( aanbetaling € 79,00 )  ( restant € 130,00 )

6. LEGO® 42160 Audi RS Q e-tron:

          LEGO® Prijs € 179,99 Pre-Order Prijs € 155,00 ( aanbetaling € 65,00 ) ( restant € 90,00 )

7. LEGO® 42161 Lamborghini Hurrican:

LEGO® Prijs € 59,99 Pre-Order Prijs € 49,00 ( aanbetaling € 24,00 )  ( restant € 25,00 )

 

I think I missed it, but the LEGO® 42160 Audi RS Q e-tron sounds interesting. I will surely pre-order the Mars Rover.

My usual local retailer has a pre-order price for the John Deere at 152,99€. Seriously considering doing a pre-order, but I want also the Curiosity Rover and it's not listed yet so going to wait at least few days more...

1 hour ago, howitzer said:

My usual local retailer has a pre-order price for the John Deere at 152,99€. Seriously considering doing a pre-order, but I want also the Curiosity Rover and it's not listed yet so going to wait at least few days more...

Hmmm strange.

I just pre-ordered the Mars Rover.

Funny thing about the John Deere is that the tires are mounted backwards. People are finally getting used to mounting them correctly hehe

1 hour ago, Jim said:

Funny thing about the John Deere is that the tires are mounted backwards. People are finally getting used to mounting them correctly hehe

I stand corrected. Obviously, the backside is shown on the box. Thanks to @kbalage for pointing it out. Good thing I'm not doing reviews anymore 

Looking forward to the NASA rover and the Yamaha bike. I googled the Audi as I didn’t know what it was. Some mad off road race thing, so not on my watch list

Deere skidder was on my list, but knowing my local stores (and shipping costs when I order on-line); but now I have only plan to finish my MOCs and...