Milan- I am the father from the father/son team that designed and submitted the “Automated Garbage Truck” project to LEGO Ideas in 2019. We’re glad to see your appreciation for the bin arm mechanism as we feel some connection to it. It took us over a year and 18 iterations to develop the bin arm for our Ideas submission, and from our research it was novel. We believe that if we had not submitted our design to LEGO Ideas, the bin arm of set 42167 would not exist as it does today. My son and I are earnestly interested in your perspective on this as an experienced LEGO designer. Thanks, Scott

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Hi Scott, not having all the insights, I do not feel it would be fair to express my own opinion here. In terms of the function calibration, I believe the new 45° offset gearwheel is really revolutionary. It was for a long time on the wishlist and opens many possibilities to do things in an easier way than before. Like the grabbing arm of this truck.

@scotthasse280

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply. I guess we'll have to wait until the designer of the set becomes known to get their perspective.

I really love your videos. By far my favorite Lego related channel.

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

For a moment there I thought you designed this set too. I assume none of the January sets belong to you, or you'd have updated your Bricklist by now.

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Correct but enjoyed being the suspect on this one.

Can you offer any genuine insight why Lego stopped offering Technic B-models altogether? That was a really sad development for a lifelong fan of the line like me. I sent a complaint email to TLG but of course I got a generic answer. Personally, I will just move to Creator 3-in-1 sets, for as long this line is still standing. And no, Rebrickable is not a legit alternative, as lots of people will rush to reply.

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Too many sets, too few hands to build them.

@johnnytifosi

5 ай бұрын

@@grohl666 thanks for the honest answer

@R0Sch88

5 ай бұрын

@@grohl666 You mean too many botanical and Icons sets that have priority because they make a better business case. I see Friends gets a lot of love and help from other Designers. Maybe Technic will come around too once the focus shifts away from cars and licenses. So I'm rooting for the Space sets to be successful.

I see my previous comment was moderated away. Not sure if that was a technical issue or an intentional one. If you don't want my comments about the bin arm here just let me know and I'll stop trying to post.

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Was there a link in it? KZread tends to block any outside links automatically.

@scotthasse280

5 ай бұрын

@@grohl666 There was. Is it available for you to approve, or should I re-post without the link?

@scotthasse280

5 ай бұрын

I'll just re-post and omit the link, thanks!

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

It automatically gets deleted and I do not get to even see it, unfortunately. @@scotthasse280

@scotthasse280

5 ай бұрын

@@grohl666 Thanks, I ended up just re-posting, and it looks like that came through.

The best lego garbage truck is the b model of the air tech claw rig anyway XD

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Was it really meant to be a garbage truck? To me it always looked like a weird (in a cool way) space truck.

@richardjulien1329

5 ай бұрын

@@grohl666 XD i kinda see what you mean, but i find it so sad that lego never made an official set with pneumatics with a looping function such as this one... it was awesome, but almost never seen...

Turn your garbage truck into a semi truck or maybe a giant plane.

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

I am changing it into a truck with a trailer and some functions on top of course.

No paper bags? Strange...

@grohl666

5 ай бұрын

Not in mine.

@R0Sch88

5 ай бұрын

Those were sent out only to the sponsored reviewers for marketing purposes. There is still time until 2025.

Mini Mack is at 1:35 scale and bigger one (designed by you) at 1:21 so mini one isn't 2x smaller but 1,6x (35/21)

@grohl666

4 ай бұрын

The bigger is exactly 1.89x the length of the small one.

I'm the first!!!

@Bloksik2288

5 ай бұрын

The set is cool