I do like this classic direction they're taking new Technic sets in. It has some aesthetic paneling but functions still reign supreme
@taxigalaxi Жыл бұрын
Yet the price is too high
@BlackringIII2 жыл бұрын
The comparison between the tow truck and the waste handler was... surprising, to understate it 😂
@ullcringe28952 жыл бұрын
I just finished building the Heavy-Duty tow truck set. That thing provides much better value compared to this. For the same price, both have pneumatics, but the tow truck has 1,200 (!!!) more pieces. I don't see how Lego thought $150 usd was a good price for this.
@nerdynephew2 жыл бұрын
Agree. I also just built the tow truck and it’s a great set - way better than I was expecting.
@DNovac2 жыл бұрын
Also, TowTruck has 4 actuators, 3 diffs and a lot of panels.
@ullcringe28952 жыл бұрын
@@DNovac The truck actually has 6 actuators, but only 2 differentials (the front axle of the 3 rear ones lifts up and isn't attached to the others.
@houseofpuszkar Жыл бұрын
I just picked this 7p for $125 Aud, $77 USD. Couldn't pass it up.
@ullcringe2895 Жыл бұрын
@@houseofpuszkar Wow, that's a really good deal. Nice one
@NathanSoccer1082 жыл бұрын
Love the thumbnail 😂
@brickanizor8392 жыл бұрын
A great review, and a blunt honesty about the price gouging. LEGO is giving us a new twist on "less is more"! I'm still a sucker for pneumatic and construction sets, and I might have to get this one eventually.
@MrThejimmy00092 жыл бұрын
I will wait for a sale, it is priced higher than the new tow truck where I am.
@AHYL882 жыл бұрын
The Material Handler has a decent amount of good stuff going for it, a lot of functions, pretty big and it's about as pure as a Technic set can be. It's just a shame it's ruined by being so massively overpriced (almost insultingly so), what ever country it's sold in; currently retailing at the same price as the Heavy Duty Tow Truck in the US is absolutely crazy. Which is made worse when the Tow Truck and other older but more substantial sets have been getting discounts here and there as they've been out a while now. Right now for example, it's the Tow Truck is touch less costly than the Material Handler's retail price in the UK; heck I even saw the Land Rover Defender set for HALF price recently at £87.50. This set has no business retailing for three figures, inflation or not, when it's so heavily cut down from the Volvo set from 2016 and priced so closely to other much larger Technic sets from past and present. I would've guessed this set's price to have been £75/$80/80 Euros to be honest.
@bside85682 жыл бұрын
the only way it stops is by people boycotting it a full year. any set that increased price. don't buy. don't preorder.
@bside85682 жыл бұрын
i had guessed $99 -$ 119 since there always was about 10-15% extra for pneumatic +0.12c a piece. but $149 is just insulting to any loyal Lego fan. combine that with the fact that over the last two years the Lego rewards points value dropped by 30% and it's becoming an issue
@cstl234-k6v Жыл бұрын
Honestly this is a scam at 150$ even with pneumatics. Should’ve been 100$ max and probably would’ve sold better if such
@Sean-me4fv Жыл бұрын
Pneumatics have always cost more
@cstl234-k6v Жыл бұрын
@@Sean-me4fv then how can the 42128 tow truck have 2000 pieces and contain pneumatics but only costs 160$?
@M1longer2 жыл бұрын
I like the magic that happens at 4:00 ;)
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
There are strange things in the Upsidedown... Some stuff might be upside down :)
@gtrulez Жыл бұрын
I love these material handlers lego is putting out. I used to make them as a kid when i got my hands on some pneumatic parts in the late 90's. It is basically where my interest in machines all started. Later on i used a small electric airbrush compressor to power my pneumatic technic models. Worked wonders! These days i'm an operator on mobile (spierings) tower cranes. Cant wait for the Liebherr crawler crane😁
@michaelbauers8800 Жыл бұрын
Cool idea, to use an airbrush compressor.
@system11yt Жыл бұрын
The tow truck is such a good set, both overall technically and from a value point of view. It got me back into Lego.
@leronpereira68592 жыл бұрын
Papa!...had me in splits 😆🙏🏼...yeah, the tow truck and the Airbus helicopter are true Technic sets to own 🙏🏼... sadly we don't know where lego will go with their pricing options...gotta wait for discounts 🙏🏼😞...and can't wait to see what you review next, Bro 🤔😋🙏🏼☺️
@vladgheneli2 жыл бұрын
I love that even though 1 dollar = 1 euro, we still have different prices on each, makes a lot of sense :))))
@Gracemace2 жыл бұрын
Great review !
@thelegendarysaus2 жыл бұрын
Racing Brick i have a question: what would you say is a good mid level technic set? I am trying to get into technic and I wanted to know your opinion.
@sidhusbrickworld25782 жыл бұрын
I prefer the 42139 atv it is good starter technic set
@thelegendarysaus2 жыл бұрын
@@sidhusbrickworld2578 i will look into it, thanks!
@razvanpopa72942 жыл бұрын
McLaren Senna
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
ATV is really great, that's my favorite mid-size set from this year.
@bside85682 жыл бұрын
All Terrain 6*6 vehicle. Mustang GT500 or heavy duty excavator are still great price/value . especially starter that want more than just $20 for 100 piece miniature . let me know what you chose. I am curious
@user-zv7vl7ot3n Жыл бұрын
I just picked this up new for AU $90 (about US $58), which feels like an amazing deal. I'm really looking forward to it - it will be my first Technic set since 8040 (the original pneumatic set), which I must have gotten as a kid about 35 years ago. Can't wait to build it.
@maliciousyew44332 жыл бұрын
Much larger than I expected!
@XCrazyshark2 жыл бұрын
I like its scale.bigger than i expected
@rickert23202 жыл бұрын
The volvo crane was really fun to build!
@DNovac2 жыл бұрын
From one side, it is very cool set, but form another for this price 42128 looks much more attractive.
@Inflator822 жыл бұрын
120 Euros is crazy for what you get. I bought 42098 car transporter for less.
@pavelspopovics26552 жыл бұрын
Aha, so we can shall wait till Sep 2022, in case Lego will release Liebherr 42146
@mr.scurvy2 жыл бұрын
When this was announced in June the price was gonna be $100. It was a day 1 buy for me at that price. $150 is preposterous.
@DNovac2 жыл бұрын
I bought Zetros with damaged box for 150EUR.
@Breyzipp Жыл бұрын
LMAO! At the “Papa?” 🤣🤣🤣
@mxes59382 жыл бұрын
for 150€ they could at least include a motorized pump. or release it as it is for 100€ retail so you can get it for 60-70€ after discounts wich would be reasonable. like it is, it is way too much money for three manual pneumatic functions on wheels.
@wings99252 жыл бұрын
A great review, as always. Thanks!
@gorbistrunz43212 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review Balazs! I have the Volvo excavator with PF upgrade, so I think I'll skip this one and get the Helicopter. And maybe the Galaxy Explorer and the DeLorean. And as you mentioned in your Atari video, a brick built Commodore 64 would be nice.
@imtheboss84142 жыл бұрын
I really want this
@danielsala812 жыл бұрын
I have the Volvo EW160E (i got it for 105$ CAD instead of 150$ CAD) and it is much better than this. More pieces, you can motorize it (the instruction is included in the manual at the end). This one is 200$ CAD + taxes for less pieces.
@awesomeguy2142 жыл бұрын
1:43 unfortunately, I don't think this is a Pythagorean Triangle, the pieces have lengths of 4, 5, and 6 which are not Pythagorean Triples , meaning that this is either not a right triangle, or it is stressing the pieces to force a right triangle.
@Stereomoo2 жыл бұрын
You count from center to center of the pins, so the outer 1/2 stud at each end isn't part of the triangle.
@jakubpollak20672 жыл бұрын
If you are counting holes, start with 0 If you are counting length (or walls between holes), count normally Either way it IS Pyth. triple
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
The sides "meet" in the center of the pin hole, and not at the end of the beams, so the distance between the "corners" is 3,4,5 :)
@hollow_stud2 жыл бұрын
It would have been a nice set, if it was half the price. L€GOs pricing is crazy. I think that it is possible to build something very similar with the parts from the tow truck. The tow truck was the last set i bought from L€GO, fortunately i bought it before the price was raised by more than 40%.
@oaksgarage Жыл бұрын
Nice collection, I've just started collecting myself! Great video.
@JimmyDuckworth11 ай бұрын
I really think Lego should be consistent with their pricing… Also, they should maintain the price of a set more or less the same in different countries
@Mani-io5re2 жыл бұрын
That's an okay 70 Dollar set. But 150 bucks is an insult to the intelligence of customers. Nice review, as always.
@h7348022 жыл бұрын
8:20 That is on many heavy duty machines in the similar construction for keep "things" there
@Filipes1 Жыл бұрын
super video
@saeklin2 жыл бұрын
For an 800pc set costing $150, it should include the power function components to at least drive the pump.
@R4shyyyyyy2 жыл бұрын
To be honest I actually thought that this would be a control set by the looking of the box
@orestsknite69757 ай бұрын
you can rebuild the towtruck with instructions into the material handler lol
@Blaxtard Жыл бұрын
The tow truck is the best set of the past year for pneumatic by far.
@casperhansen8262 жыл бұрын
Maybe I could build it with my existing bricks
@gamer-jw3ui11 ай бұрын
where I live the price of the tow truck is quite a bit higher than the material handler
@backwardsarcher59262 жыл бұрын
why is it cheaper to buy it with euro
@iuter87 Жыл бұрын
in eu the price dropped to 100 euro and now has xmas discount to 70 euro.
@INSIDEHARDWARE2 жыл бұрын
A comparison with set 42006 would still be nice to see. Similar piece count. Diff wheels/tracks. Same operation using actuators vs pneumatics. Nice vid as always.
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure someone will do it, I don't have all Technic sets ready to be filmed unfortunately :)
@cstl234-k6v Жыл бұрын
Maybe this set could’ve been 150$ if it was fully remote controlled and pneumatics as that would be more comparable to the Rc cars of near similar price
@thomasrodriguez78032 жыл бұрын
I'm broke! Need a loan to buy all the Legos technics that are out and coming soon. As always your builds and opinions are appreciated. I like that you admit when you make a mistake because we all do.
@kawydeen10 ай бұрын
I love. Legos !
@academybooya2759 Жыл бұрын
From 3:58 to 4:00 the upper cylinder is upside down:)
@mosthated8632 жыл бұрын
I just bought this kit and in Australia you will be paying $169 for this set. as I normally like building the trucks I have the heavy duty tow truck, car transporter and the mack container truck so this should be easy
@brickchef82822 жыл бұрын
The 42053 was released in my dark ages but still I would prefer it to the new one. And checking ebay for the last weeks one could get a good in shape 42053 for under 50€ if one can wait and don't need a mint condition box or won't buy the first one. just be patient and buy a good used one from a no scalper Only thing I like about the newer one, it's red.
@qv812 жыл бұрын
Are there any new pneumatic sets that are battery powered, not by hand? When I was young in the 90's I had the 8868 and loved it!
@danielsala812 жыл бұрын
you can motorize the Volvo EW160E with Power Function parts, you can even put lights in it.
@qv812 жыл бұрын
@@danielsala81 yes, I know this, but I was wondering if there are any sets which come with the motorized pneumatic system as standard, so You don't have to buy anything extra or modify the set in any way.
@danielsala812 жыл бұрын
@@qv81 the only one i know and is the most recent (but a retired one, sadly) is the LEGO Technic 42080 Forest machine, it's pneumatic and comes with a large PF motor and battery box (no need to buy extra parts). You can get it from Bricklink new and sealed starting from 100 euros (132$)
@philp88722 жыл бұрын
42043 Arocs had Pneumatics and other functions driven by a motor. It´s probably the nearest new iteration of 8868. But that was from around 2014 or 15 I think.
@danielsala812 жыл бұрын
@@philp8872 yeah, except that set is $450+ new on bricklink or 270$ used.
@skooter62352 жыл бұрын
Why are the hoses longer? They were also longer in the Heavy Lift Tow truck. Kind of confusing
@Crummieboi562 жыл бұрын
For easy routing of the pneumatic hoses
@ZEROBRICKS2 жыл бұрын
Is it me or did the big turntable change? Seems like it no longer supports bevel gears? Any way to check? Thanks!
@D4rk_Lum1nous2 жыл бұрын
If only they brought back the air tanks for these manual pumping models
@IneffableSpy2 жыл бұрын
The price alarms me. Edit: commented before the end of video, glad you agree!! I recently got the Technic tow truck/wrecker which was £134. This is £124 and has no where the same amount of parts or functions…
@paulsmith-ll9vg Жыл бұрын
the only way you can say it was a good idea to buy this lego set was if you got it on special offer, but once constructed like other technic lego sets who actually plays with this set for a long time before moving onto the next technic set, as long as were buying these complicated sets to have something difficult to build, and off course an amazing lego model to look at then that`s ok, there certainly is things in the shops that we should have bought rather than perhaps buying yet another technic set to add to our already large collection, but then we buy these lego sets for the fun of building them and how great they look on our shelves. and there is nothing wrong in that,
@Antwonioo2 жыл бұрын
Good video 😀
@Hellgrey2 жыл бұрын
Is this set is worth for 91 euro? I'm not sure if the price will be lower, but can anyone give advice on it? I kinda like the design but the price is... less than ideal for me.
@rainerklement6667 ай бұрын
Hi! Havent seen all the videos jet , but I was wondering if you kight happen to know why is the air tank so rare part of pneumatic sets?
@RacingBrick7 ай бұрын
I'm not sure what is the reason for that, lately all sets have either manual pumps as the system is not that complicated or have a motor installed
@biachboy2 жыл бұрын
42144 is the Wish version of the Volvo. Wtf
@ReaperDelRays Жыл бұрын
Is there a way to permanently keep the boom on an elevated position? If I simply pump with the left switch turned on the left, some slow air loss will eventualy have it come down.
@Hidden-editor-2k5 ай бұрын
I have the same one but i dosent stand up why is that
@Lihtsleeper2 жыл бұрын
Is there anymore Technic sets coming out this year
@i-muts2 жыл бұрын
the small yellow cilinder actually looks shorter than the ones we got before, can you fact check that? (i dont have either of them on hand lol)
@user-tk7qy7gm7l11 ай бұрын
I finish building it but why it is not working?
@michaelbauers8800 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm...sorta annoying to hand pump continuously. I am still waiting for a pneumatic set that's a must have for me. Been waiting over a decade, heh. Something cool. With a motor or something like that.
@szabodavid852 жыл бұрын
Régen minden jobb volt, akkor amikor még ezekben a pneumatikus készletekben voltak “puffer” tartályok, amivel kicsit egyenletesebben lehetett szabályozni a mozgásokat.
@El_vispen2 жыл бұрын
🥂🍾
@jboog52752 жыл бұрын
$150 for not even a 1000 pieces is insane
@mupinPL2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be worth comparing the 42144 with the 42006 tracked excavator model, which also has a gripper, but it is all mechanical. At first I was interested in this crane. Personally, I have the 42006 model and looking at your presentation of hydraulics in this model, I will give up on the 42144 in the meantime. The more that I can see how the gripper has practically only an on / off function. For a widely advertised model, I think it is overrated. And this price! o.o
@dougdavis94382 жыл бұрын
Prices for everything is going up. Unfortunately LEGO products are a luxury purchase, not a necessity. I'll be waiting for sets to come on sale at the discount websites.
@davidrodriguezpalomar62952 жыл бұрын
Hi, Balazs. They are not showing the claws on the part list, right? Or I am starting to have vision problems.
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
Lol you are right, apparently they forgot them :)
@legofreak57692 жыл бұрын
I feel like I should just buy a few tow trucks and transformation vehicles just to save money on parts
@FSUethos2 жыл бұрын
This looks like a rebranded Volvo material grapler
@noahscarbrough32242 жыл бұрын
I totally want this, but I will not pay Lego’s full price out of sheer stubbornness. A $100 sale price would do the trick, and if we vote with our wallets, it can happen.
@Vince777777772 жыл бұрын
This thing needs a tank for the pneumatics...
@chandananaik5901 Жыл бұрын
The material handler has an advantage over the ew160e in that the pneumatic tubing on the boom is neatly arranged while on the latter the tubing is messed up as seen in Sariel's review.I also think that the material handler is too overpriced as it costs 120 EUR \150 USD for just 835 pieces.This is the same price as the 42128 tow truck which aso has pneumatics but more advanced mechanisms and 50% more pieces.The absence of a b model for this set which is non licensed and has high price and almost same functions as ew160e is non understandable
@zaphodbeeblebrox81842 жыл бұрын
not a bad set, but terribly overpriced... damn
@nomic6552 жыл бұрын
I think they're just trying to sell the pneumatic functions on this one, hoping that people will buy it because we haven't seen pneumatics in a while. It has nice functions, but I believe the more serious Lego enthusiasts will either buy this set for the cylinders or not buy it at all. A bit too overpriced for an unliscenced set with less bricks than the Volvo, I don't recommend anyone going for it unless you really need the pneumatics.
@danielsala812 жыл бұрын
"hoping that people will buy it because we haven't seen pneumatics in a while".....The Heavy Duty Tow Truck came out last year, it has pneumatics too, cost the same price and has over 2000 pieces. 1 year is not a while yet.
@Matthias_sammy2 жыл бұрын
54 sec
@nkwarts79662 жыл бұрын
No airtank. Why. 😖
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
Kids need to pump more these days! :)
@catzzzz14502 жыл бұрын
Airtank was discontinued decades ago…
@nkwarts79662 жыл бұрын
@@catzzzz1450 was a good moment for lego to start over again with the airtank. The sets I have with airtank all work fine still. Would be a great sellling point
@bside85682 жыл бұрын
i honestly thought ok. that's a $99 set maximum $119 after price gauging. i mean greed. i mean inflation. $149. nope. Thanks. I'll wait for bricklink and eBay end of year or target gift cards
@ForestExplosive750 Жыл бұрын
B L A J Z
@MaxPower27192 жыл бұрын
120 euros for 900 parts, give or take. I’m done, LEGO.
@JohnJeffrey982 жыл бұрын
150 dollars💀
@Devilke2 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw this, I thought this set was the size of the rough terrain crane… What a disappointment.
@hysel12342 жыл бұрын
I have to say that the overall quality of the instruction sets is getting worse. The part list for each step is centered too much to the left that eventually, the manual fold hides them. This is also true of some micro steps that sometimes are so close to the fold that you may need to ruin your manual. Never mind the mistakes in the large 1:8 sets. Common LEGO, you can do better.
@moditorplayz2 жыл бұрын
I love this set..... But my wallet doesn't
@aliwesker2 жыл бұрын
sounds like a arbitrage.
@lf91792 жыл бұрын
120 euro for 800 pieces....😅🤣 lego really is expensive as heck these days.
@nicomoller39062 жыл бұрын
Legos are getting too expensive nowadays
@Crummieboi562 жыл бұрын
Theyve always been this expensive…
@johnnielawson50132 жыл бұрын
🎊 ρɾσɱσʂɱ
@tomweyts2 жыл бұрын
way to overpriced
@lachlanwestrupp74872 жыл бұрын
More often than not your lack of knowledge of the real world machines leads you to make dumb comments in your videos. This videos one was the "flappy red panel" pretty much every real excavator has a tool box right there and they open upwards
@RacingBrick2 жыл бұрын
Well I'm sure you are the kind of person who knows everything about all the machines of the world, us mere mortals are not that lucky. Usually I have kind commenters who correct me in a constructive and informative way, but occasionally I have people like you who feel the need to add condescending remarks on top of that.
@lachlanwestrupp7487 Жыл бұрын
@@RacingBrick truth hurts . Demand better of yourself as someone creating content criticizing models of real things