Love the Porsche and the tractor, great sets. But are those patterns on the Porsche really all stickers?

Wow 3927 pieces! I wanna buy, but where do i store it after building?

And the porche looks sweet. Seems like either lego has to create quite a number of new technic panels, or the actual model is going to contain plenty of gaps.

My new year resolution is down the drain.

I'm kinda hoping/expecting those patterns are like the camouflage like they do on real cars before release and are not part of the actual model when released. Done now as a little joke.

I want red or silver Porsche, not whatever that color pattern is called

Prototype camouflage? Test car camouflage? Anyways... if released that way, I'll try to build it in another color!

8 minutes ago, Ensche said:

Prototype camouflage? Test car camouflage? Anyways... if released that way, I'll try to build it in another color!

You and everyone else. It they're stickers, I can see a whole pile of sticker sheets going up for sale since nobody will put them on.

It really does look like test car camouflage - that would be a pretty nice touch.

13 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

I want red or silver Porsche, not whatever that color pattern is called

yeah my guess is they are doing the car camo pattern as a joke on the prerelease photos.

looks very similar to the gt3 rs http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2016-porsche-911-gt3-rs-photos-and-info-news

 

Edited January 26, 201610 yr by jay4e

...oh.. my... god.

YES. I'll preorder. I'll preorder the preorder. I'll pay for one day shipping. Im sooooooooo getting that Porsche and BWE. What a year for Technic. Finally were getting a buttload of unique sets one after the other. 

That excavator will be the largest Technic set ever... Almost 4,000 parts! 

Interesting subject; doubt it will be a bestseller though.

8 minutes ago, jay4e said:

yeah my guess is they are doing the car camo pattern as a joke on the prerelease photos.

looks very similar to the gt3 rs http://www.caranddriver.com/news/2016-porsche-911-gt3-rs-photos-and-info-news

 

I don't see why they would do this. Why turn people off the set they are trying to promote?

Oh my lord, a Porsche! I am excited!

6 minutes ago, tractorboy said:

I don't see why they would do this. Why turn people off the set they are trying to promote?

 

6 minutes ago, tractorboy said:

I don't see why they would do this. Why turn people off the set they are trying to promote?

because anyone who follows cars, knows that cars are revealed in  stages, and camo is used to mask against spy photos before the official reveal.  real car guys will get it and eat it up.  would love to have them release the sticker sheet as an alternate add on option, to put over the standard pieces.  

Excellent sets.

Note that Porsche is 16+, aimed at AFOLs. Basically, our first Technic exclusive.

If I was LEGO, I would sell those plates that make up the Porsche body in different colors as add on packs.  Lets say $40 per bag/box, each containing just the plates in 1 color.  Maybe metallic grey, gunmetal grey, hot red, and metallic dark blue.

1 hour ago, Pomodoro said:

Here is the 42055 beast, courtesy of zusammengebaut

 

DAAAAMMMMNNN! This is a real set?!? I thought it was a MOC at first. I might have to go back to school to get an engineering degree to build this SOB. 

12 minutes ago, jbacunn said:

DAAAAMMMMNNN! This is a real set?!? I thought it was a MOC at first...

Thought exactly the same. Kind of MOC or school project.

Here is a video of 42055 in action.

Model B is a Mobile Aggregate Processing Plant. It could possibly look like this (pure speculation on my part based on what we've seen so far):

 

Edited January 26, 201610 yr by Pomodoro

woow the porsche and tractor a beautiful!

The BWE is a beast! Not sure I would buy it though as I like the traditional construction vehicles and cranes. Maybe I'll change my tune once I see it in person.

 

There's a lot of panels used for the Porsche but boy have they nailed the front end

 

Looks like a tricky build as well with loads of intricacies

 

 

Volvo EW 160E

Thumbs up from me for the Porsche, excavator and even the little (in comparison) vovlo above - love the pneumatics. Looks like 2016 might be a good year for technic.

They all look great, but I love that Porsche!

17 minutes ago, TheGallows said:

They all look great, but I love that Porsche!

Yep - but I love the excavator for the sheer unapologetic meat-headed way that it looks. Brutal!

My christmas present to myself last year was the MK2 Crane. I suspect that's this year's christmas sorted.

Edited January 26, 201610 yr by suns

2 hours ago, tractorboy said:

Love the Porsche and the tractor, great sets. But are those patterns on the Porsche really all stickers?

Stickers have ruined Lego

6 minutes ago, Deanfjr said:

Stickers have ruined Lego

You don't have to apply them