1 hour ago, mpj said:

According to instagram, 42182 should be "1970 moon rover" priced 250$ and released in June.

If that's true, we have left the year of repetitive cars and we are going into the year of repetitive space sets.

There aren’t a lot of rovers or other possible space sets. When was the last Technic moon rover set?

Holy cow. Are we getting an Apollo LRV in Technic for $250? That would be a shut-up-and-take-my-money set for me (if drastically increased rent and utilities hadn't already taken all my money starting in June of 2023).

Finally! I hope it means there is hope for a Shuttle in the coming years, too..!

41 minutes ago, Jim said:

There aren’t a lot of rovers or other possible space sets. When was the last Technic moon rover set?

There are a lot of space sets scheduled for 2024, that's what I mean. It's not a bad thing if they make something new, but if they make 4 or 5 sets based on space, there will be 4 or 5 sets less for other different themes.

A technic LRV (moon rover) … so custom wheels I’m guessing (wishing for).

curiously was used 1971 & 1972 (Apollo 15, 16 & 17) … not 1970

2024 the year of space … all good for me. Still hoping Lego does an ICONS version of SpaceX Starship to go alongside the Saturn V

How likely is it that they'll reuse the wheels from the mars rover?

12 minutes ago, pleegwat said:

How likely is it that they'll reuse the wheels from the mars rover?

Completely the wrong design for the 1970s LRV

they may use them on the loader though

14 minutes ago, pleegwat said:

How likely is it that they'll reuse the wheels from the mars rover?

The Lunar Rover is nothing like the Mars Rover. So not likely at all. 

Considering 250 dollars price and the plain design of the Rover can it be 1:8 scale model with around 2500 pieces? 

I mean, 1970 Moon Rover is basically just a car chasis with few gadgets. I think either it must be a huge set or have additional obejects to increase piece count (astraunant ?).

Or it will simply be a Control+ set. 

Edited November 4, 20231 yr by Oh_Hi_Mao

1 hour ago, Oh_Hi_Mao said:

Considering 250 dollars price and the plain design of the Rover can it be 1:8 scale model with around 2500 pieces? 

I mean, 1970 Moon Rover is basically just a car chasis with few gadgets. I think either it must be a huge set or have additional obejects to increase piece count (astraunant ?).

Or it will simply be a Control+ set. 

I imagine it being in the scale of 1:5 motorbikes, just seeing the narrow wheels. They wouldn't have to make another wheel and tire parts in a new scale, only the pattern must change. And, as you said, it really is a simple structure, so I can see bigger parts being used in the whole set.

Those vespa wheels really could fit. Even tires.

12 hours ago, Seasider said:

curiously was used 1971 & 1972 (Apollo 15, 16 & 17) … not 1970

There was another Moon rover in 1970 though...

22 minutes ago, kbalage said:

There was another Moon rover in 1970 though...

Indeed but I was assuming it would be another NASA based set, I can’t see them doing Soviet space programme equipment

Yey! Another Technic space set. Since there is no NASA in the name of 42182 I assume it will not be licensed, similar to Perseverance Rover. I also don't think it will have new custom wheels, but for 250$ probably C+ again.

@Ngoc Nguyen Can you update the front page listing with this set please?

2 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

Yey! Another Technic space set. Since there is no NASA in the name of 42182 I assume it will not be licensed, similar to Perseverance Rover. I also don't think it will have new custom wheels, but for 250$ probably C+ again.

@Ngoc Nguyen Can you update the front page listing with this set please?

Done that

1 hour ago, kbalage said:

There was another Moon rover in 1970 though...

Toy of soviet equipment in nowadays context? I cant see this one selling in western world :) 

19 hours ago, mpj said:

According to instagram, 42182 should be "1970 moon rover" priced 250$ and released in June.

If that's true, we have left the year of repetitive cars and we are going into the year of repetitive space sets.

If this is true then it would break the pattern of premium supercar sets.

31 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

If this is true then it would break the pattern of premium supercar sets.

Why? We've seen other Technic sets being released in May/June, not just the supercars. 

36 minutes ago, kbalage said:

Why? We've seen other Technic sets being released in May/June, not just the supercars. 

Mars rover and deere harvester this year.

However i think having 2 200€ and over sets release at the same time, besides the usual august 1st releases is a bit unusual, so i expect the supercar release to be staggered by a month or delayed to august.

Finally there is something interesting under 100€ and looks like next year will be the best for me since 2019 (but also hard for my wallet). I'm especially counting on the forage harvester and space wheel loader. I don't have a motorcycle in my collection yet, so if Kawasaki includes new gearbox parts, it will be mine too. Additionally, may be interesting Mack truck and bulldozer, if this set includes yellow small tracks. So if the leaks turn out to be true, I will probably buy at least 5 sets in one year (I only bought one set for parts in the previous two years).
However, I am still amazed by the decisions of the TLG management to release a whole group of similar models in one year. Last year we had a series of the same cars with only different shell, now it's time for space sets (which of course is still better than several similar cars). I'm afraid it could be end with poor sales due to cannibalism of the same products and a return to car design.

Just a speculation from my side, but what if TLG introduced a new Reddish Orange color for 2024 specifically to match a specific car manufacturer paint color? Maybe next year's 1:8 Technic hypercar will be a McLaren 750S or Artura.

Please, no speculation in this topic. We have a separate topic for that  

11 minutes ago, Jim said:

Please, no speculation in this topic. We have a separate topic for that  

Oh right, sorry, please move it to "Future Set Wishes and Speculation" topic and delete this comment.

4 hours ago, R0Sch said:

Oh right, sorry, please move it to "Future Set Wishes and Speculation" topic and delete this comment.

No worries

2024's Super Mario sets have been revealed on Brickset. Hopefully Technic isn't much further behind.