December 23, 201410 yr Lego won't produce anything related with the army. ok...but why not emergency service vehicles?.....they've done it before....8289 etc., but we have not seen such a vehicle in many years now? no voilence attached to them, not directly....they save lives etc. i just dont get why they dont do them?....they range of functions you could add to them is great for kids!
December 23, 201410 yr So agents or ninjago is great example how lego really abide rules of no violence law.When it is not realistic then it is killing OK...Also lego movie is pretty violent. Mobile crane is 219 USD if Mercedes is 230 USD I cant hardly imagine what it will be at this price point.Another unimog or zetros is one of possibility. But I cant wait to see first info or photo.
December 23, 201410 yr ok...but why not emergency service vehicles?.....they've done it before....8289 etc., but we have not seen such a vehicle in many years now? no voilence attached to them, not directly....they save lives etc. i just dont get why they dont do them?....they range of functions you could add to them is great for kids! True but we kind of had one this year in 42020 it was a rescue heli. A remake of 8289 would be nice though. Edited December 24, 201410 yr by LEGOMAN132
December 23, 201410 yr Just to clarify something, the name showed up as "Technic Mercedes-" and was cut off, so it might be something like Mercedes-Benz. Not sure. Edited December 23, 201410 yr by just2good
December 23, 201410 yr Just to clarify something, the name showed up as "Technic Mercedes-" and was cut off, so it might be something like Mercedes-Benz. Not sure. I'm hoping it concludes to Mercedes-AMG (GT), not Mercedes-Benz
December 23, 201410 yr The Volvo front Loader is clearly "yellow heavy machinery", the Unimog not so much. So how does the Volvo franchise relate to the Mercedes one in Lego Terms? I don't expect the new Mercedes to be anything in the "yellow heavy machinery".
December 23, 201410 yr Just to clarify something, the name showed up as "Technic Mercedes-" and was cut off, so it might be something like Mercedes-Benz. Not sure. Mercedes-Amg?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-AMG Edited December 23, 201410 yr by Ondra
December 23, 201410 yr Mercedes-Amg? http://en.wikipedia....ki/Mercedes-AMG Too similar to the 24 hour race car, I think.
December 23, 201410 yr Not this http://image.motortrend.com/f/roadtests/trucks/1311_2014_mercedes_benz_g63_amg_6x6_first_drive/62764866/2014-mercedes-benz-g63-amg-6x6-front-three-quarters.jpg
December 23, 201410 yr We're getting a $230 USD Mercedes Technic set in Summer 2015. No other info at this time. I'm trying to retain my excitement about this rumor as much as I can, to avoid possibility of disappoint, but I'm only an afol and I don't know how much longer I can fight it.
December 23, 201410 yr I'm trying to retain my excitement about this rumor as much as I can, to avoid possibility of disappoint, but I'm only an afol and I don't know how much longer I can fight it. Resistance is futile.Also expectations in this thread tend to skyrocket so disappointment is unavoidable, just not another 42039 fiasco please
December 23, 201410 yr Resistance is futile. Also expectations in this thread tend to skyrocket so disappointment is unavoidable, just not another 42039 fiasco please Hahahahaha, you are right. By the time we see the first photos, these expectations will turn into a big hungry monster - I wouldn't want to be TLG then. Edited December 23, 201410 yr by sm 01
December 23, 201410 yr 230 USD set must be great as hell, or I dont know why I must pay that price. Well from what I know in the lasts years profits in % have increased over % revenue so that's why. They are lowering costs without lowering prices or they are increasing margins by charging more per brick.Unrelated to Technic but http://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2014/november/lego-speed-champions As they are expanding franchises we can now fantasize about a McLaren 8880 successor. Edited December 23, 201410 yr by aol000xw
December 23, 201410 yr If I remember corectly mercedes doesnt have contract with Mclaren anymore. Price is ok if set is great with innovations, not this million times seen mechanism as in le mans car. Edited December 23, 201410 yr by Ondra
December 23, 201410 yr Does the 42039 have a release date yet? I see a seller on Ebay from Germany has been selling them and claims to have them in hand.
December 23, 201410 yr I doubt it will be a supercar due to the existence of the Le Mans car. I would think somewhere along the lines of a Zetros or a variant of the unimog (due to the 8110's success)
December 24, 201410 yr Please let it be pneumatic with some new pneumatic parts,auto valves and longer cylinders :) dream come through. I'm thinking something in the line of 8258 but bigger with pneumatics.
December 24, 201410 yr it's not far out of 42009 territory. Yes... It sort of is, two years later down the road. Sets are getting more expensive for smaller parts counts. You're suggesting a bigger set at a similar price. Heck, the Volvo was a LOT less pieces for $250. (Yeah, yeah, PF, I know.) It was half the number of parts suggested (@3000) and $20 more. Edited December 24, 201410 yr by rollermonkey
December 24, 201410 yr But Volvo has more pieces(Plus one big shovel) and wide variety of PFmotors than last RC technic sets.Maybe there is also license fee, who knows.
December 24, 201410 yr In the Volvo, I believe it was the power functions that made it so expensive. When I was debating on buying it, i totaled up the cost for the pf alone and it was almost half of the cost. so it was the pf that made it so expensive for the smaller part count
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