42204 Fast & Furious Toyota Supra MK4

[Auroralampinen]

7 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

They are not gonna do it, so the best bet is just to report the first post and ask a mod to do it.

Well i edited the title so hopefully its now much better:) 

[Maaboo the Witch]

Just now, Auroralampinen said:

Well i edited the title so hopefully its now much better:) 

It isn't.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

1 minute ago, Auroralampinen said:

Well i edited the title so hopefully its now much better:) 

May I direct your attention to the fact the official name has several letters in capital and the title isn't?

If you're not willing to get the name correctly please don't create new threads. 

[Maaboo the Witch]

2 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

May I direct your attention to the fact the official name has several letters in capital and the title isn't?

If you're not willing to get the name correctly please don't create new threads. 

Agreed.

[R0Sch]

@Ngoc Nguyen Don't be rude. I know it was always you posting first, but it's not a competition here. And she did correct the titles.

[Gumalca]

The rear mudguards have to be printed, right? That makes them less useful for alternate MOCing.

But having the engine in the front is nice, because it requires a bit more gears. Since most other cars at this scale have been sport cars and have their engine at the back, they were often technically simplistic beyond means.

[Auroralampinen]

5 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

@Ngoc Nguyen Don't be rude. I know it was always you posting first, but it's not a competition here. And she did correct the titles.

Yes i always listen to feedback and try my best to improve stuff and im learning a lot of new stuff i remember when i was a little kid i was looking eurobricks technic forum a lot from my family computer and im happy that im finally reached the goal that i have starting posting here regulaly and im still learning a lot of stuff from the longtime users and their feedback and to me:) 

[XTN]

For each taillight they printed four round lamps on a 4L curved slope... 
I got used to printet taillights and i understand the use of these if a supercar has complex taillights with special lines, but here? Four round tiles on each side would look so much better.

Edited December 1, 2024 by XTN

[Timewhatistime]

3 minutes ago, XTN said:

For each taillight they printed four round lamps on a 4L curved slope... 
I got used to printet taillights and i understand the use of these if a supercar has complex taillights with special lines, but here? Four round tiles on each side would look so much better.

It is even worse!

They didn't print the taillights on a slope, but they printed them on a sticker (hopefully, not in another shade of orange)!

[Oh_Hi_Mao]

2 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

May I direct your attention to the fact the official name has several letters in capital and the title isn't?

If you're not willing to get the name correctly please don't create new threads. 

Don't be so sour, user is learning and taking notes

Edited December 1, 2024 by Oh_Hi_Mao

[2GodBDGlory]

Well, this gives me old Racers (well, Technic Racers) vibes! 8146, etc. Probably not in a good way, though

Edited December 1, 2024 by 2GodBDGlory

[Milan]

4 hours ago, Auroralampinen said:

Yes i always listen to feedback and try my best to improve stuff and im learning a lot of new stuff i remember when i was a little kid i was looking eurobricks technic forum a lot from my family computer and im happy that im finally reached the goal that i have starting posting here regulaly and im still learning a lot of stuff from the longtime users and their feedback and to me:) 

Don't worry too much about it.
We are all here together, and we all improve over time, and most importantly, we can make changes on existing topics easily.
I suggest you double check your capitalization and punctuation of your topics, and also to format it so the images and text are not clashing with each other...
I have edited your topic to have capital letters, dots, arranged text etc...

Thanks for your effort, and have fun :)

[damian_kane_iv]

Wow they really missed an opportunity to make this in the same scale as Dom's Charger :/

[StudWorks]

I like keeping a positive attitude, but man, this is terrible. I can't find any redeeming, good quality about this set.

• First of all, the headlights are a joke, and while the front bumper is faithful to the bodykit the stickered intercooler/radiator looks awful.
• The gap between the front bumper and hood and the angle at where the hood is mounted is also a big fail.
• The toilet paper roll mirrors don't look good.
• The "pull my finger" guy decal is an absolute travesty because of how much is cut out from the decal to make it fit onto the set.
• The stickered taillights suck (as they did with the Corvette) and the 18944 panel on the rear should have had its "vents" covered.
• The gaps between the taillights and the hatch are bad.
• The trunk detail is low and looks cheap with the hole in the back.
• Big gaps between the doors and interior.
• So much potential was wasted with the engine bay. I feel like LEGO is going to market this set as having a "authentic 2JZ engine with moving pistons" to be hip with the stereotypical Supra-obsessed 12-year-olds, plus adult JDM enthusiasts, and this doesn't cut it at all.

Also, I'm still incredibly confused why LEGO didn't make this a Speed Champions set. The F&F Supra is without a doubt the most requested and anticipated Speed Champions set that LEGO could produce, especially from the success of the two previous F&F Speed Champions sets, and we get this tragic, rushed, cheapo yawn instead of something LEGO car enthusiasts actually WANT.

At least it's a recognizable silhouette and more recognizable as a Supra than the infamous 2019 Corvette ZR1 set, but there's not much I can see that would make this set any worse than how it seems from the pictures. This is a testament to what happens when LEGO doesn't listen to its fans, and the continuous amount of flawed designs that make me wish LEGO hired talented and well-esteemed MOC makers that actually take their designs seriously to design their sets.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

6 minutes ago, StudWorks said:

LEGO hired talented and well-esteemed MOC makers that actually take their designs seriously to design their sets.

It's not that LEGO doesnt have talented designers, it's that they are bound by some strange internal rules that result in products like this. 

[rm8]

5 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

It's not that LEGO doesnt have talented designers, it's that they are bound by some strange internal rules that result in products like this. 

in the same time, new Corvette, McLaren Senna and Koenigsegg look more accurate and recognizable. With a lot of new small panels and LEGO system pieces used in latest Technic sets, task is much easier than before,

[Danil]

11 years ago, Paul Walker passed away

[johnnytifosi]

WTF is even this. Temu sets have had more effort put into them. Lego Technic has jumped the shark.

[R0Sch]

https://www.lego.com/cdn/cs/set/assets/blt9802f03e98c06d34/42204_360_SoMe.mp4

[Ngoc Nguyen]

If someone showed me this model without all the references to a Toyota Supra I would think it's some random MOC by a novice fan designer.

[gyenesvi]

Hmm, when rotated in 3d, it does not look as terrible as on the images :D But I agree with many others that this one is far from their best. For me, it's all the gaps that kill it. Never liked these fender parts as they are hard to integrate with the rest of the body, and this shows very well what I mean. It's like the whole car is cut in 3 pieces. The hod is also cluttered, especially the lights, yet another recolor quota that could have been spent better, and I agree that the tail lights could have just been brick built. At least on the technical side, the front engine together with the steering seems like something of a challenge, so let's see. But for an orange, parts pack, it's nice :)

[jorgeopesi]

2 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

Hmm, when rotated in 3d, it does not look as terrible as on the images

I thought the same so we will have to keep moving it forever.

[StudWorks]

7 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

It's not that LEGO doesnt have talented designers, it's that they are bound by some strange internal rules that result in products like this. 

I could say that about A LOT of sets from 2023 and 2024 like the SP3, P1, and the Icons MP4/4, but I like to look on the bright side.

[Aurorasaurus]

At least the headlights use black axles instead of red ones? I'm fishing for positives here...

[bruh]

Seriously, although I doubt I could design it better (I suck at bodywork) it isn’t good. 
Gaps are huge, and all over. 
On the plus side, they did do a decent job at angling the rear roof and adding panels there. 
otherwise, eh. I don’t have too much of a budget for sets, and this is NOT worth my money by a LOOOONG shot.