Posted May 9, 201212 yr Well, it looks like the Technic competition is moved to October and there will be some changed to the actual competition itself. Also, it looks like Jeppe is pretty excited with the 2013 Technic line-up. I hope it is a supercar with a gearbox and everything. Maybe a construction vehicle that has never been built before? What do you guys think it is? Here is a link to Techincbricks about the news. Edited May 9, 201212 yr by sama
May 9, 201212 yr Only thing I'm looking for in 2013 is a flagship model in blue, or at least a 1000 part count in blue theme.
May 9, 201212 yr I personally want them to do a new 3 axle fire engine with power funtions for a working ladder and maybe able to pump water through it. Or a army tank with a power funtions turret and make it RC. And a police car. Also want them to invent some sort of flashing lights for construction vehicles that you can hook up to a battery box, just my thoughts. Edited May 9, 201212 yr by technicfan
May 10, 201212 yr Author You know, I also wanted TLG to do a new and cool firetruck. They haven't done a good one in years. PF's on it would be nice, as long as it isn't to large (or the price we be over the top).
May 10, 201212 yr I just want lots of groovey new parts and alot of mechanical authenticity, like the unimog. A white flagship would be awesome. A white (or blue, but not white and blue) 1:8 scale supercar that looks like a lambo with an authentic gearbox would be sweeeeeeeeet! Or a forklift or a JCB backhoe with longer pneumatics. A fire truck COULD be awesome, but personally i'de like more than just a standard rolling chassis with an engine. How about having leaf sprung live axle suspention with telescopic shafts that go the the engine like the real thing. It could be motorsied with a gearbox that selects between drive to the chrome rear wheels, rotation of the ladder (assuming it's a big American style truck) and pneumatic functions (like lifting the ladder, operating the stableisers and so on) and extending the ladder (via pneumatics of course ). It maybe too much to ask that it pump water, parents might shout, but a new PF rotating flashing light element could have uses in many vehicles. To be honest I think most anything could be made into an awesome technic set (except for maybe a banana!), for me it just depends on how authenticly they can realise it and what awesome new parts we get. Edited May 10, 201212 yr by allanp
May 10, 201212 yr I would love to see a flagship RC PF Back Hoe. The Fire Truck idea is a good one also. I was just looking at an 8289 from 2006 today and thought a new version could be nice.
May 10, 201212 yr Maybe a flagship Bagger 288 excavator ? That would get me pretty excited! Did you mean some thing like this?
May 10, 201212 yr Maybe 2013 will bring about the long awaited Technic Theme of Kitchen Appliances... Edited May 10, 201212 yr by Paul Boratko
May 10, 201212 yr Did you mean some thing like this? This is the bagger 288 , the world largest machine after it dethrowned Hanz and Franz from NASA's Saturn program and later repurposed for the shuttle's
May 10, 201212 yr I don't think lego will make a large model of that,as the parts needed to build it would be to high.But lego might make a micro model of it.
May 10, 201212 yr Collecting more and more old sets I just got the 8459 loader. 15 years ago they had the airtank! I have the modern excavactors, trucks and unimogs, and ALL other pf sets, and I can say one thing: bring airtanks! Maybe combined with the power functions. It just works so well. Just make a large airtank filled by an xl motor. it can power up and smoothen everything. Sometimes it woud also be Nice if you don't need the noisy PF. My wive doesn't really like it for example ;-) By The way, i am new, hi! (long time daily reader) Peter,
May 10, 201212 yr Collecting more and more old sets I just got the 8459 loader. 15 years ago they had the airtank! I have the modern excavactors, trucks and unimogs, and ALL other pf sets, and I can say one thing: bring airtanks! Maybe combined with the power functions. It just works so well. Just make a large airtank filled by an xl motor. it can power up and smoothen everything. Sometimes it woud also be Nice if you don't need the noisy PF. My wive doesn't really like it for example ;-) By The way, i am new, hi! (long time daily reader) Peter, I don't think that airtanks will come back because the reason of their existence was - no motor in the set. Now when all sets with pf have motors TLG just adds pumps.
May 11, 201212 yr PF Forklift would make fine, playable model. Submarine would also be nice, maybe as "1H flagship" (largest set from first half of year). I am also very disapointed they we did not get new shuttle. Just imagine all those white parts...
May 11, 201212 yr Or maybe a airport fire truck like a Oshkosh. I was thinking about this, and besides drive and steer, ARFF trucks don't really have very fun "functions" sure, turn a knob to rotate the bumper turret, and the roof turret, but those things don't actually "do" anything... however, as I'm typing this, one more function that might be neat would be to have a telescoping snozzle... still not very fun though... and in my opinion, the newer oshkosh and rosenbauer trucks aren't very cool looking... the e-one titan's are sweet ... Edited May 11, 201212 yr by manbearpig
May 11, 201212 yr Collecting more and more old sets I just got the 8459 loader. 15 years ago they had the airtank! I have the modern excavactors, trucks and unimogs, and ALL other pf sets, and I can say one thing: bring airtanks! Maybe combined with the power functions. It just works so well. Just make a large airtank filled by an xl motor. it can power up and smoothen everything. Sometimes it woud also be Nice if you don't need the noisy PF. My wive doesn't really like it for example ;-) By The way, i am new, hi! (long time daily reader) Peter, Welcome to the forum! Glad you like that set. I don't own it but I'm working on a modernized studless version of it, complete with the blue air tank. It's a design that has been around on Brickshelf for a while but I have made some changes to it. I will post images of the completed model at the end of next week, most likely. Edited May 11, 201212 yr by Technic Gearhead
May 13, 201212 yr Real blinking lights on construction vehicles would be nice, but on a smaller scale than the HOG 'lights', maybe something smaller like strobes used on most construction vehicles...would be kind of cool for a fire engine with real pumping water, just hope it won't be the disaster of a model the 8289 Fire Truck was, that was the biggest waste of $89 USD I have ever made, it did practically nothing, had reels on the back but no 'fire-hose', the stabilizers were useless and no ladder. Of course there is a different between a ladder truck and engine pumper (was a volunteer firefighter at one time), but still it would nice to see a nice ladder truck with an operating water hose for high-rise fires, but then again the water lines, unless well enclosed in the model, would possibly get into the battery box or PF motors unless they were tucked far enough away from the ladder hose pump assembly...a police car I would definitely buy as well... I personally want them to do a new 3 axle fire engine with power funtions for a working ladder and maybe able to pump water through it. Or a army tank with a power funtions turret and make it RC. And a police car. Also want them to invent some sort of flashing lights for construction vehicles that you can hook up to a battery box, just my thoughts. I'm with you on a flagship RC PF Backhoe, JCB styling, as a poster above alluded to would be nice, I think JCB Backhoes and Telehandlers are the among the most stylish in real life. I would like to see a Telehandler of a smaller scale than 2008's 8295 as well that is a tad more realistic. I think with a short boom than the 8295 with an LA on each side of the boom as in real life ones, would definitely be among. Wouldn't mind seeing an orange color Skytrac telehandler either, since the Unimog has lots of orange it, I am sure it wouldn't be a stretch. Also a blue (the color of Genie Lifts and the color most of the Technic folks here would like to see a comeback of) Genie Boom Lift or Scissor Lift on a medium-large scale would be nice too, maybe in the 1000-1200 piece count range, they could easily design one of the more complex Genie Lifts with multiple scissoring boom sections, either by pneumatics (though doubt that will happen), but at the very least LA and PF controlled. The 8289 for its huge pricetag (probably for high piece count) and hardly any functions except for steering and stabilizers was dismal at best. Sorry I ever bought it, gave it to a neighbor kid a few years ago, glad to get of have gotten rid of it. have to say that was probably the hardest set to dismantle as well. Everything was intertwined. Already quoted on the PF Fire Engine, that would be nice, but put some more functions on it, like the ladder. I would love to see a flagship RC PF Back Hoe. The Fire Truck idea is a good one also. I was just looking at an 8289 from 2006 today and thought a new version could be nice. As soon as i saw this had to quote, recall the 8454 Airport Rescue Truck? It had the turret for water, and was interesting, picked up one rather inexpensively even after retirement in 2003. It is rather cool with the 6-wheel steering. However the Oshkosh version would be better, especially if it was PF'ed. I was thinking about this, and besides drive and steer, ARFF trucks don't really have very fun "functions" sure, turn a knob to rotate the bumper turret, and the roof turret, but those things don't actually "do" anything... however, as I'm typing this, one more function that might be neat would be to have a telescoping snozzle... still not very fun though... and in my opinion, the newer oshkosh and rosenbauer trucks aren't very cool looking... the e-one titan's are sweet ... Oh lord- can the see the mess there... Maybe 2013 will bring about the long awaited Technic Theme of Kitchen Appliances... Geez, that would beat out any Technic vehicle in terms of piece count and price, probably well over $300... This is the bagger 288 , the world largest machine after it dethrowned Hanz and Franz from NASA's Saturn program and later repurposed for the shuttle's @Peter81 - welcome to posting, lots more fun than lurking, I did that for a while too...8459 is a really nice set, 8448 got me into Technic in '99, the 8464 really got me into construction vehicles. I now have all three versions, the 8459 from 1997, the 8464 re-release in 2001(although that one I beat up bad and let sit in the intense sun too long and a lot of parts dried and cracked and then got 2 of the 8439 re-re-releases in 2004, too bad they don't make airtanks any longer, or at least haven't implemented them on any recent models, the 8436 Truck from 2004 could have used one, but really the only one that desperately needed one was the 8455 Backhoe Loader from 2003. I don't know if you go as far back as the 8421 Mobile Crane from 2005 with old style black motor before PF were introduced, that motor was far louder than any of the PF motors. I still have an old school 8720 Motor Kit with the tiny motor, that basically you just hooked up to the model, like the 8448 Supercar from 1999, but the battery boxes back then and up to PF were too large to install on the vehicles themselves except for the back of the 8421 and the 8285 Tow Truck's 'b' model tractor/trailer w/ crane from 2006, so they just sat beside the vehicle the motor was attached to by a wire going to the battery box. I actually mounted the gray battery box from the 8287 Motor Kit to the trailer right in front of the crane, barely mounted, but it worked so it wasn't separate from the trailer itself. Collecting more and more old sets I just got the 8459 loader. 15 years ago they had the airtank! I have the modern excavactors, trucks and unimogs, and ALL other pf sets, and I can say one thing: bring airtanks! Maybe combined with the power functions. It just works so well. Just make a large airtank filled by an xl motor. it can power up and smoothen everything. Sometimes it woud also be Nice if you don't need the noisy PF. My wive doesn't really like it for example ;-) By The way, i am new, hi! (long time daily reader) Peter,
May 13, 201212 yr I think that they need to build some different construction vehicles and different vehicles, there have been a few different versions of cranes, bulldozers, excavators, tractors, motorbikes, trucks, tow trucks, helicopters, loaders, backhoes, planes etc. Time for something new. Maybe a line of emergency vehicles, police car, fire truck, ambulance, maybe a SWAT personel carrier or something like that. 1 question, why has lego never really done army stuff like tanks, personel carriers, jets etc?.
May 14, 201212 yr Author A better telehandler would be nice concerning construction vehicles. Buy a proper supercar is seriously needed. EDIT OOOOH! A tank would be cool but i think it won't set a good example for them little kids. But on the contrary, kids are exposed to stuff like the avengers and stuff. I honestly do not know why they don't make a tank. Edited May 14, 201212 yr by sama
May 14, 201212 yr I honestly do not know why they don't make a tank. On Brickset's Cuusoo Corner, it said: "This afternoon the Cuusoo team made a statement about brand standards that outlines what makes a suitable LEGO product. It states that they will not make products that feature: • Politics and political symbols • Religious references including symbols, buildings, or people • Sex, drugs, or smoking • Alcohol in any present day situation • Swearing • Death, killing, blood, terrorism, or torture • First-person shooter video games • Warfare or war vehicles in any situation post-WWII to present • Racism, bullying, or cruelty to real life animals." Edited May 14, 201212 yr by DLuders
May 14, 201212 yr I honestly do not know why they don't make a tank. Lego makes Tanks... But they are normally covered in horns, spikes, buzzsaws, flick missiles, swords and other various weapons of destruction... You know, because Lego doesn't want to make anything that resembles anything that would be used in a "War"... When you look at these vehicles that Ninjas "Roll" in, a Sherman Tank seems a little stale.. Edited May 14, 201212 yr by Paul Boratko
May 14, 201212 yr though i like the idea of emergency vehicles...i dont think that anything other than a fire truck would be appropriate for the technic line... i could see them in another category but not technic...there would be no functions to them.
May 14, 201212 yr I'd really love the return of the technic idea books... Or a model(buldinginstruction) build out of all the parts of the 1h sets.
May 14, 201212 yr When you look at these vehicles that Ninjas "Roll" in, a Sherman Tank seems a little stale.. Yeah. Sorry LEGO, I'd rather have my kids play with realistic looking tanks instead of some of those. Just how I feel.
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