The new Lamborghini is neat and all, but there not catching my intrest until they make a Bugatti Atalante.
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I find this piece very interesting.
I assume that there will be a new helicopter that will use those
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The Lamborghini does look pretty sweet. Really fancy, just like the real car.
I donât know why, but this new setâs unveiling made me realize something: all these fancy Lamborghinis and Ferraris and other big, expensive carsâŚdo they have any purpose, besides being parked in a store display and looking cool? Since theyâre so shiny and fancy, it wouldnât be very smart to use them for stunt racing, because thereâs the risk of them getting damaged. For regular town driving, maybe, but cars like that are WAY too expensive for most people to afford.
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Thatâs the thing. A good portion of these are whatâs called âconcept carsâ. Theyâre there as a way for the designer to show off his skills, not to be mass produced. Designer clothes you see on runways often fulfill the same purpose. You can buy them, but theyâre more designed to show off what the designer can do.
Is this one a concept car? I dunno, I havenât looked into it, but I guarantee you that the production model (if it even has one) will be very stripped down in comparison.
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But still, it seems kinda pointless to construct a fancy car that has extreme horsepower, and then keep it parked in your garage.
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Thatâs why you go to the race track and let 'er rip! (and yes, there are race tracks you can rent.)
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So this year in 2021 we are getting âAxle and Pin Connector Perpendicular Double Splitâ in white again for the first time since the Krekka set used it in its disk retractor assembly in 2004. The 2021 X-Wing playset uses eight of them.
Due to the partâs rarity and high utility, this connector goes for crazy amounts of money on bricklink so itâs great to have it back. The X-Wing also includes 1x1 bricks with axle holes which is something that I feel is long overdue.
Update: With 2022 coming soon, lego has unveiled some new pull back racers with awesome new recolors, namely these:
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I believe weâre getting one of the 3L axlepins in lime as well. Hard to tell from the picture, though.
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If you watch the review for 42138 on Sarielâs Youtube channel, he shows which pieces are new recolors and I donât believe the 3L axlepins were there.
I went back and rewatched the vid and they are two Lime âTechnic, Pin 3L with Friction Ridges Lengthwise and Center Pin Holeâ.
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Ah, I see!
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42141 âMcLaren Formula 1 Race Carâ was revealed recently. It introduces 1x2 half liftarms in orange.
It took only twenty years, and I am still waiting on a B&P order with the pull back racer recolors.
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I donât do a ton of Technic building, but Iâm still interested by this:
I was scrolling through Bricklink when I noticed that Lego has made two more new gears. Thatâs interesting enough on its own, but what makes these special is that theyâre the first standard Technic gear in 20 years to have teeth counts that arenât multiples of 4 (other than worm gears, obviously). This allows for more gear ratios, but, more importantly, the 14 tooth gear allows for consecutive axles in the gear train to both be positioned at 90 degree angles relative to their surroundings.
(Yes, the same thing could be accomplished with the old 14 tooth gears as well, but those are pretty flimsy compared to the current standard of gears, and they donât mesh well with modern gears)
The only âissueâ with these gears is that theyâre bevel gears, which limits their use. Iâm interested to see if Legoâs going to make spur gears with these tooth counts in the future.
EDIT: Never mind; after researching these gears a bit more, it seems that they can only mesh with each other, eliminating the possibility of new gear ratios. At least the 14 tooth gears can still be used to get rotationally-aligned axles.
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Technically they still are multiples of four when using decimals
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Thatâs not how multiples work, not even âtechnicallyâ.
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But I say that it is correct so Iâm obviously right
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Similarly to my last post above, Lego has made another way to obtain axle alignment for perpendicular axles, but this new part is far more versatile than the 14 tooth bevel gears:
From a New Elementary article:
(As a side note, I find that part number to be weirdly low for a new part.)
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Theyâve been filling out all the leftover four digit spaces recently. Almost every new part produced since early last year has been four digit, I think
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