Donc on aurait, tenez vous bien, pas 3, mais 2 sets
Les photos :
Hélicoptère 9396 :
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-He_h ... 209396.png
Le Crawler 9398 :
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EMw3 ... 209398.png
L'intitulé de TechnicBriks :
TechnicBriks a écrit :As most of may have seen by now, images from the Dealer Catalogue with the 2012 sets, are being published on YouTube since last Sunday (18).
A few minutes ago, it was time for the LEGO Technic line-up!
You may easily find it, so I'll just make a few comments on my first impressions.
9396 - Helicopter
Age: 10-16
It is an huge yellow and red Rescue Helicopter with winch, which recalls me the 20 years old 8856, Whirlwind Rescue..
The preliminary box art doesn't give any indication about the inclusion of PF elements, however it shows the typical "Batteries Not Included" sign...
The functions seem to be:
Winch
Opening rear door
Main and tail rotating rotors
There seem to be also a kind of swash plate, to control the main rotor blades pitch.
Guess the landing gears are also retractile, despite not clearly indicated on the present image.
9398 - Crawler
Age: 11-16
As anticipated it seems to be a large Crawler, despite the tire size seems to be equivalent to the already existing "81.6 x 38 R Ballon" (45982).
It seems to include the same portal axle hubs, as included with the 8110 Unimog, and pendular suspension on both axles.
The orange annotations are also welcome!
The box-art shows one PF IR Remote, on Battery box, one PF IR Receiver and 2+1 PF M-Motors.
While this sounds Ok from the capability of the battery box to feed three PF M-motors, it won't fit the single IR Receiver neither the motors arrangement on the box image.
As it happened in the past, maybe this is so preliminary that not even the motors were shown in their correct version and one XL might be used instead!?
From the image, it seems we will be able drive the model remotely (which is very unique for a LEGO Technic wheeled flagship) and also steer the wheels. But... front and rear
Still not convinced whether this is going to be a good year from the LEGO Technic theme POV.
Après, vu les refs, il pourrait y avoir un set 9397 ...
On peut toujours rêver