Future Set Wishes and Speculation

[Zerobricks]

I wouldn't mind seeing an SUV for the next "supercar", something with bigger wheels and proper suspension.

[AVCampos]

Four-wheel steering would be nice, too. The 8880 was the last "regular car" with such steering, right?

[pleegwat]

Regular cars with four-wheel steering are pretty uncommon in the real world too.

[syclone]

3 hours ago, Zerobricks said:

I wouldn't mind seeing an SUV for the next "supercar", something with bigger wheels and proper suspension.

https://www.caranddriver.com/ferrari/purosangue

There's a Ferrari SUV coming in 2022... Imma leave it here  

Edited May 20, 2020 by syclone

[CrankyCraig]

They had a great opportunity to do four-wheel steering with the Porsche.

I'd love Lego to replicate a beautiful classic car, complete with working manual gearbox, clutch and brakes. A Shelby/AC Cobra could be the pinnacle of display pieces, or perhaps an original GT40. 

An RC Tatra crawler, a large pneumatic back-hoe, a small floating RC Sherp ATV, and a self levelling walking excavator, to showcase the true capabilities of Technic and powered-up. 

[Rudivdk]

34 minutes ago, CrankyCraig said:

a self levelling walking excavator

Now that's something else... would be really cool indeed if Technic were to go (should I say back?) to at least some models with pure functionality. I am an absolute car-nut (I MOC-build almost nothing else) but I love some good mechanical stuff which are not your typical run-of-the-mill 4-wheeler as official sets!

[CrankyCraig]

I favour functionality above all else, but spider cranes are the only vehicle I can ever think of that seems wildly beyond the scope of  being able to accurately replicate with Technic, at least in my mind and with current parts. There's a mind boggling amount of functions packed into a relatively minimalist structure, which would require an incredible amount of motors, creating more volume, weight and in turn requiring even more motors! Of course, they could build a much simplified version as they often (unfortunately) do, but I think it would likely end up loosing too much of the character that distinguishes it. I'd love to be proved wrong though, if Lego or anyone else fancies taking on the challenge. It would be quite a thing indeed.

[JoeM]

The first time I’ve expressed an opinion on this site so be kind :)

my wish list:

•A detailed and large scale mini or micro excavator - which could include a blade, expanding tracks, boom swing, quick hitch and different bucket attachments

•I think we’re due another knuckle boom crane truck and there are so many styles to choose from... but an articulated lorry with a HIAB style crane would be sweet - a bit like the Arocs b model but with a tractor unit mounted (knuckle boom) crane.

•a large(ish) skid steer (wheels not tracks) with a few bucket attachments and quick hitch. Having higher speed linear actuators (with less fine threads) would make the movement a lot more realistic. 

• A small regional jet like a CRJ200 with retracting landing gear, steering tiller, multi stage flaps, moving ailerons, rudder, elevators, horizontal stabiliser jack screw, and opening passenger and cargo doors. I think that for the primary controls some kind of unpowered hydraulics using the mini hydraulic cylinders would work pretty well (I’ve found them watertight if you fill them up with de-ionized water and use one to push and pull the other) and save a lot of space, but I’m guessing TLG wouldn’t go for it, plus it might be more fun to make it with linkages. The jack screw and flaps would be more faithfully represented with linear actuators anyway.

[Jimrask]

 

On 5/20/2020 at 5:16 PM, AVCampos said:

But, from a Technic standpoint, an electric car is a lot less interesting than an ICE one...

 

On 5/20/2020 at 5:18 PM, Jim said:

Absolutely true.

At least in this set, they could cooperate with BuWizz for a Ludicrous mode :p

[Jim]

Hehe that’s true.

[dabo]

They need to make a 1:8 of the most beautiful car ever made, the Jaguar E-Type.  I haven't even been able to find a MOC of a Technic E-Type.

Edited May 30, 2020 by dabo

[Rudivdk]

2 hours ago, dabo said:

 I haven't even been able to find a MOC of a Technic E-Type.

That's actually weird for such an iconic car, but it seems you are right... This comes close though:

 

Edited May 30, 2020 by Rudivdk

[JamesJT]

On 5/20/2020 at 11:03 PM, CrankyCraig said:

or perhaps an original GT40. 

Ford GT40 MK1 1967_11 by James Tillson, on Flickr

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-33807/GeyserBricks/ford-gt40-mk-i-1967/?inventory=1#comments

[dabo]

43 minutes ago, Rudivdk said:

That's actually weird for such an iconic car, but it seems you are right... This comes close though:

 

I think so too, I would like to display it next to this one that I am yet to build:

Too bad I am not any good at designing MOCs otherwise I would have a good model to look at, correct scale and all.

Thanks for the D-Type link I wasn't aware of that one.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

I want sth like this. 

 

[Jundis]

3 hours ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

I want sth like this

How many panels #17&18 do you need to ge a full circle with?

[Ngoc Nguyen]

2 hours ago, Jundis said:

How many panels #17&18 do you need to ge a full circle with?

This looks like a job for the new triangular panels.

[AVCampos]

Oh no, that poor tree, LEGO would never do something that harms tress! Oh, wait.

[Bartybum]

3 hours ago, AVCampos said:

Oh no, that poor tree, LEGO would never do something that harms tress! Oh, wait.

Are you trying to sarcastically call out some sort of hypocrisy? Because that machine doesn't harm trees, its job is to dig them up with their roots and then relocate them.

As to the feasibility of that, the whole reason that mechanism works is because it's built with dense steel, has a 20T truck to further weigh it down, has sharp blades that can apply an extremely high pressure to slice through the dirt and has water to make them slippery. I don't think a plastic model can achieve the same feat with blunt Technic panels, unless it's very heavy and cuts into loose dirt or even sand.

Edited June 1, 2020 by Bartybum

[Jundis]

6 hours ago, Bartybum said:

As to the feasibility of that, the whole reason that mechanism works is because it's built with dense steel, has a 20T truck to further weigh it down, has sharp blades that can apply an extremely high pressure to slice through the dirt and has water to make them slippery. I don't think a plastic model can achieve the same feat with blunt Technic panels, unless it's very heavy and cuts into loose dirt or even sand.

True. As cool as this machine is in reality, built in pieces wouldn't be so interesting as the mechanism really needs some soil to show off.

 I mean there are plenty of "earth moving" stuff in Lego technic, but only because you can use lego pieces instead of soil. Same goes for a cement mixer. But how could you really show the function of this machine? You would need at least a bucket full of tiny lego pieces (big parts would block the mechanism).

 

What I wish for is some sort of a "Classix" line with old machinery and maybe cars. Not old building techniques, but just things like that:

Edited June 1, 2020 by Jundis

[Ngoc Nguyen]

2 hours ago, Jundis said:

But how could you really show the function of this machine?

A brick-built tree will do just fine. 

[Maaboo the Witch]

2 minutes ago, Ngoc Nguyen said:

A brick-built tree will do just fine. 

It would need to be better implemented than in 42080, natch.

[agrof]

This would be for me a candidate for UCS line. Dakar has the history, could have the needed marketing hype... or an official Trophy Truck.

Edited June 1, 2020 by agrof

[Bartybum]

21 minutes ago, agrof said:

or an official Trophy Truck

PLEASE GOD YES. What I would give for a 1.5-2.5k piece trophy truck, RC or not. Anything for that sweet sweet long travel rear axle.

[Jundis]

52 minutes ago, agrof said:

official Trophy Truck

Definitely!

I just discovered the Super Truck Racing series, where similar vehicles are used for racing. This thing with a Smart Hub and these wheels. 1 L-Motor for steering, 3 L-Motors for driving of rear axle, directly as possible. Bam.

Edited June 1, 2020 by Jundis