The first new sets are available from 26th Dec on EU shop

When do the details of the larger sets make it to the public

When do the details of the larger sets make it to the public

Officially, usually the 11th hour. Leaks are sporadic...

Been wating all day for this and YEAH!!!!!!!!

• 42053 Volvo EW – £69.99
  Pneumatic digger
• 42054 Class Xerion 5000 Trac – £119.99
  Looks like it comes with new huge tires.
• 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator – £179.99
  Largest ever technic set at over 3000 pieces
• 42056 Confidential Technic Ultramotive – £249.99
  Some front-engined confidential sportscar build similar to the mclaren (might be a Mclaren?)

Hell yeah. It seems that LEGO is beginning to make Technic flagships being targeted at AFOLs. I welcome it, a return to my roots. My first sets were large Technic ones, being a 5 years old. Skipped Duplo and SYSTEM entirely. My friends were building LEGO Town police cars while I was assembling this:

Probably my all time favorite set, of course mainly for emotional reasons, but not like it would not stand the test of time.

Edited January 24, 20169 yr by inversion

36 minutes ago, Val-E said:

Been wating all day for this and YEAH!!!!!!!!

• 42053 Volvo EW – £69.99
  Pneumatic digger
• 42054 Class Xerion 5000 Trac – £119.99
  Looks like it comes with new huge tires.
• 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator – £179.99
  Largest ever technic set at over 3000 pieces
• 42056 Confidential Technic Ultramotive – £249.99
  Some front-engined confidential sportscar build similar to the mclaren (might be a Mclaren?)

Does this mean that 42030 will be gone soon to make space for 42055 and 42056?

I doubt it but some other poor selling 2015 sets may go in the summer.

On ‎1‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 7:27 AM, Val-E said:

Been wating all day for this and YEAH!!!!!!!!

• 42053 Volvo EW – £69.99
  Pneumatic digger
• 42054 Class Xerion 5000 Trac – £119.99
  Looks like it comes with new huge tires.
• 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator – £179.99
  Largest ever technic set at over 3000 pieces
• 42056 Confidential Technic Ultramotive – £249.99
  Some front-engined confidential sportscar build similar to the mclaren (might be a Mclaren?)

The last couple of years have only produced 1 or 2 a year that I've been really interested in, and Lego is getting a little ridiculous.

There's already like 3 from recent releases, and then just about everything on that list is going to have to be a buy for me.  DAMN YOU LEGO!!!! DAMNS YOU ALL TO HELL!!!! *pounds sand*

My life just got much more expensive

Here is the 42055 beast, courtesy of zusammengebaut

 

Edited January 26, 20169 yr by Pomodoro

WOW that looks like an insane build. The box must be huge!

You can see the white dump truck on the box design behind the set

Edited January 26, 20169 yr by Crustybeaver

Woah! That's a monster. Kinda ugly, but still...

 

So if this is the £179.99 set, what's the £249.99 42056 gonna look like?

Edited January 26, 20169 yr by tractorboy

Are we sure this is priced at £179.99? Looks more a £249.99 set to me.

If  42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator is the largest set ever at over 3000 pieces then that would mean that  42056 Confidential Technic Ultramotive has less pieces but priced at considerably more. Unless this is a rather expensive contract tie-in I suspect these prices are quoted incorrectly.

Edited January 26, 20169 yr by Crustybeaver

10 minutes ago, tractorboy said:

Woah! That's a monster. Kinda ugly, but still...

 

So if this is the £179.99 set, what's the £249.99 42056 gonna look like?

I think the prices between 42055 and 42056 were mixed up on Promobricks.de (it also displayed 1249 for 42056 at some point).

Are we sure this is priced at £179.99? Looks more a £249.99 set to me

I suspect the prices are wrong way around. Also, I'll have to get that.

10 minutes ago, Crustybeaver said:

Are we sure this is priced at £179.99? Looks more a £249.99 set to me

Yeah, I suspect you're right.

15 minutes ago, tractorboy said:

Woah! That's a monster. Kinda ugly, but still...

 

So if this is the £179.99 set, what's the £249.99 42056 gonna look like?

It's really ugly, but still... I bet the number of power functions are inspiring on a beast like that!

13 minutes ago, Crustybeaver said:

Are we sure this is priced at £179.99? Looks more a £249.99 set to me.

If  42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator is the largest set ever at over 3000 pieces then that would mean that  42056 Confidential Technic Ultramotive has less pieces but priced at considerably more. Unless this is a rather expensive contract tie-in I suspect these prices are quoted incorrectly.

A motor is considered to be one piece. Look at Volvo vs AROCS. Price per piece is such a wrong metric....

8 minutes ago, inversion said:

A motor is considered to be one piece. Look at Volvo vs AROCS. Price per piece is such a wrong metric....

So by that principle you're suggesting that the car has considerably more motors? Judging by the photo of the Bucket Wheel Excavator it looks like it's got plenty of pneumatics and motors

9 minutes ago, Crustybeaver said:

So by that principle you're suggesting that the car has considerably more motors? Judging by the photo of the Bucket Wheel Excavator it looks like it's got plenty of pneumatics and motors

Judging by the photo BWE has 1 motor and no pneumatics. The piping belongs to the VOLVO EW behind it. And yes, I am saying that the car will have several motors.

from promobricks on facebook

Edited January 26, 20169 yr by Ensche
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Technic sets are going from strength to strength

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