Ngoc Nguyen Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Photos from Brick Fanatics Go nuts Edited July 7, 2023 by Ngoc Nguyen Quote
artemisovsky Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Unfortunately all reviews have already been removed. So many new parts this year... Edited July 7, 2023 by artemisovsky Quote
JunkstyleGio Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) This link is dead. Maybe everyone was too soon with posting. And big Brother (read TLG) is watching us.. Edited July 7, 2023 by JunkstyleGio Quote
Frequenzberater Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 The amount of coloured parts makes it look like an confetti bomb. Easy pass for me... Quote
JunkstyleGio Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 With all the new parts this is going to be a no-brainer buy for me. Can't wait to see more.. Quote
Lipko Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Is that real? All our transmission dreams came true? Edited July 7, 2023 by Lipko Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted July 7, 2023 Author Posted July 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Lipko said: Is that real? All our transmission dreams became true? It is about damn time YESSSS Quote
AVCampos Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 This opens the door for the next evolutionary step in the 1.8 car scale. Quote
LvdH Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 Those are some game changing parts. But I can’t help but see some similarities to this gear shifter with the relatively new CaDA equivalent. Those driving rings are also 2 long like before. Very interesting for sure. Quote
AVCampos Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 Well, for years Chinese companies have been getting inspiration from LEGO parts; it's only fair that TLG occasionally gets some from them too. Quote
Jim Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 55 minutes ago, JunkstyleGio said: This link is dead. Maybe everyone was too soon with posting. And big Brother (read TLG) is watching us.. TLG has moved the embargo on the 42159 set at the last moment. But not everybody got the memo. TLG being TLG. 43 minutes ago, Lipko said: Is that real? All our transmission dreams came true? Can you explain in more detail what you mean? Not an expert when it comes to gearboxes. I do see some interesting stuff in the gearbox pic. Edit: It looks like it will be easier to turn a rotary movement into a gear shift. Quote
Thirdwigg Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Super pumped about these parts. The bike looks fine, but those gearbox parts look great. Is it a 3 speed gearbox? Edited July 7, 2023 by Thirdwigg Quote
JunkstyleGio Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 @Jim we may not all have seen the review by Sariel, but at least i saved the pictures.. Quote
Jim Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 1 minute ago, JunkstyleGio said: @Jim we may not all have seen the review by Sariel, but at least i saved the pictures.. Yup. At least we have something to discuss. Quote
Lipko Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Jim said: TLG has moved the embargo on the 42159 set at the last moment. But not everybody got the memo. TLG being TLG. Can you explain in more detail what you mean? Not an expert when it comes to gearboxes. I do see some interesting stuff in the gearbox pic. Edit: It looks like it will be easier to turn a rotary movement into a gear shift. I think there is a selectable 24t gear too. Sorry, my English fails Quote
Erik Leppen Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 This is looking to be very interesting. This seems to be the first case of a gearbox with 3 speeds where all the gears are on two axles, like in reality. Not sure yet how the yellow "stepper wheel" works, and how the medium azure thing has 8 positions. My guess is that putting it on the axle the other way round will shift things by 45 degrees. Also, there are letters on the azure thing that are probably there to indicate stuff. Also I'm very curious to how smooth everything works with those orange sliding things. In any case, it's good to see the new 24t gear and the new shorter driving ring (always hated how the new driving ring is a full stud longer than the old). But IMHO, TLC has shot themselves in the foot by using blue and azure for the recent "normal" 12t and 20t gears. There's rhyme nor reason now to gear colorings. It's good that the 24t is red, to indicate it's "functionally the same" as the 16t, but they should have made all cross-hole gears in basic (dull, grayscale) colors and reserve bright colors such as blue for all the round-hole gears. Right now, there is no functional relation between color and gear type. I think both the normal 12t and 20t could have been white, or dark tan, or reddish brown. Those colors won't confuse with existing gears, but are still basic enough to indicate "normality". Anyhow, looking forward to seeing the reviews. Also, glad I didn't buy the skidder just yet... Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted July 7, 2023 Author Posted July 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bensch55 said: You definately did, ripping my pictures I posted and not even giving credit :) Sorry for the omission of credits, I added it. I don't get what you meant by ripping, because I posted photo links from amazonaws uploaded through Brick Fanatics, which you can verify by hover the cursor on the photos, and the forum loads the photos automatically. I didnt download them and reupload them on a separate server and claim as my own. Quote
dhc6twinotter Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 Those new transmission pieces are fantastic! Quote
nerdsforprez Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, Erik Leppen said: There's rhyme nor reason now to gear colorings. This is my gripe with color vomit. Which I will not go into. But I will just say I can handle the vomit if it were to serve a function. But I agree, it does not, and therefore the stench of the "vomit" is strong.... Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted July 7, 2023 Author Posted July 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, Erik Leppen said: Not sure yet how the yellow "stepper wheel" works I think the stepper is visible in this photo. It's probably the 3x5 triangular thin liftarm that pivots around a DBG 8L axle with stop in the middle, and at both ends there are two double perpendicular connectors that are connected to pin hub with 180 degree axles which serve as pushing pins, similar to the paddle shifter mechanism in the 1:8 supercars. Quote
AVCampos Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, Erik Leppen said: Not sure yet how the yellow "stepper wheel" works, and how the medium azure thing has 8 positions. My guess is that putting it on the axle the other way round will shift things by 45 degrees. Maybe they implement a Geneva drive? Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted July 7, 2023 Author Posted July 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, AVCampos said: Maybe they implement a Geneva drive? I thought Geneva drive requires a rotational input while this model uses a stepper. Quote
Zerobricks Posted July 7, 2023 Posted July 7, 2023 Everyone! There is also new, shorter gearbox change element, only 2 studs long like the old version! And it has 8 instead of 4 engagement teeth. Quote
Ngoc Nguyen Posted July 7, 2023 Author Posted July 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Zerobricks said: Everyone! There is also new, shorter gearbox change element, only 2 studs long like the old version! And it has 8 instead of 4 engagement teeth. Funny how Technic goes from 2-stud-driving-ring which everyone complains bout due to 0.5 stud offset to 3-stud-driving-ring and then back to 2-stud-driving ring Quote
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