The cement truck is awesome, and totally the best Technic set of 2020 so far. The osprey is a new idea, and it looks okay too. The hauler is sort of boring though. It just looks like any old construction vehicle to me.

Is it just me, or does the Hauler look small? Looking at the panels, I can see that it is big, but it's not like the rough terrain crane or mining excavator in projecting that presence.

I was really excited for the Osprey but the Powered Up system kind of pushes me away a bit. I'll have to wait and see the price...

That Boing’s box art is so badass!

Parts collectors opinion: Each of these sets have a few nice panels that I would like to have.

42112:
They should have put a white pneumatic air reservoir (cf. 9641) as water tank...
The drum is missing a proper funnel to fill in the 1L 'beams'

@LegoRobo said:
"Is it extremely unrealistic to hope that the Osprey flies?
Answer: Yes, a hunk of technic with no remote controls probably can’t fly, but I’ll hope anyways ;D"

Seriously doubt the rotors can create enough lift to overcome the weight of the motors and battery box.

Concrete mixer seems to imply motorization to turn the drum, but there’s no indication of it, not even something like “power functions capable”. Any ideas about that?

The Osprey looks fantastic! Though the B models have suffered from a lack of creativity lately, I am sad to see them go. I often bought doubles of sets just to build both.

@Vladtheb said:
"Come on Lego, they’re properly called concrete mixers, not cement mixers."

The box has on it Concrete Mixer, but I did have to click on the picture to see that.

Wow-the Volvo Hauler looks amazing to me! I'd bet you are excited about these sets, Huw!

Weird. LEGO making a modern weapon of war.

@aamartin0000 said:
" @LegoRobo said:
"Is it extremely unrealistic to hope that the Osprey flies?
Answer: Yes, a hunk of technic with no remote controls probably can’t fly, but I’ll hope anyways ;D"

Seriously doubt the rotors can create enough lift to overcome the weight of the motors and battery box."

Even if it could, it couldn't well. Check out the reviews here on the recent City ripcord helicopters. They're supposed to, but don't fly! And ridiculously expensive as well! I can buy a ripcord helicopter from the dollar store right now for $5, and I will guarantee it will fly--until it gets on the roof.....

Concrete mixer looks great, especially the color scheme. Other sets seem ok.

@aamartin0000 said:
"Concrete mixer seems to imply motorization to turn the drum, but there’s no indication of it, not even something like “power functions capable”. Any ideas about that?"

Move the switch to the right, and the drum turns as the truck moves. Move the switch to the left, and you can turn the crank to turn the drum. Seems like an obvious place for a motor to me!

@aamartin0000 said:
" @LegoRobo said:
"Is it extremely unrealistic to hope that the Osprey flies?
Answer: Yes, a hunk of technic with no remote controls probably can’t fly, but I’ll hope anyways ;D"

Seriously doubt the rotors can create enough lift to overcome the weight of the motors and battery box."

Anything will fly, provided it gets enough thrust.

@Wrecknbuild said:
"" @aamartin0000 said:
""" @LegoRobo said:
Is it extremely unrealistic to hope that the Osprey flies?
Answer: Yes, a hunk of technic with no remote controls probably can’t fly, but I’ll hope anyways ;D"""

""Seriously doubt the rotors can create enough lift to overcome the weight of the motors and battery box.""

"Anything will fly, provided it gets enough thrust."

It won't be able to fly, but it will be able to fall with style.

Am I the only person who looked at the concrete mixer drum parts and thought, "Yes! A UCS-style (huge, super-detailed) 70605 Misfortune's Keep must be next!" I am? Oh. Well, never mind, then.

The Volvo hauler looks great but then I saw the app control symbol so I shan't be bothering, I know I can build and not use the app but I am still paying for it.

mmmmmm noneappealtome

Two things strike me with the Osprey which I think looks excellent.
1) That the battery box and motor are branded as nothing more than “Motorised Funtions”, unlike Powered Up or Control+. I did think the dumb hub might be branded as “Control” with the “+” added for RC but apparently not.
2) The battery box’s twin three position switches negate the need for the increasingly rare multi-function gearboxes.

@andyh1984 said:
"The Volvo hauler looks great but then I saw the app control symbol so I shan't be bothering, I know I can build and not use the app but I am still paying for it."

I’ll gladly buy the PU parts from you :-)

For me the Osprey is by far the best. What is interesting is they put all the setup for a proper pitch in the blades but the system is not actionable (i.e. no variable pitch - which would have been a neat feature like 9396 - it might be feasible by removing the two orange hubs after the propellers and building the system there - linking it inside the plane is another story - flex system would definitely help for model like that or any aircraft really). Around 40 parts need to be changed to bring it back to a full military livery. Now the hauler: look at the picture of the real thing and then the Lego rendition: the whole front is about two studs too low and the cab is significantly taller than the original - what happened there? And that hauler should use pneumatic. As for the concrete mixer, I second the motion for a pneumatic tank for the water tank instead of what they did. There is also a big number of pieces with no purposes (i.e. concrete pellets).

@Paul_Davis said:
"Two things strike me with the Osprey which I think looks excellent.
1) That the battery box and motor are branded as nothing more than “Motorised Funtions”, unlike Powered Up or Control+. I did think the dumb hub might be branded as “Control” with the “+” added for RC but apparently not.
2) The battery box’s twin three position switches negate the need for the increasingly rare multi-function gearboxes."

I'm excited that the packaging for the Osprey isn't labeled Control+ because that most likely means it isn't app-based (which is what has been steering me away from other motorized sets as of recent). Hopefully that turns out to be true!

About the B models, there were some admirable ones, like 42078, or 8417. But, let's face it, there was always something off with the B models. It's understandable though, because they were built by borrowed bricks, sort of . I don't feel comfortable with the loss of the tradition, but much like in system sets, no one will remember (or miss) them in couple of years.

@Lego_lord said:
"About the B models, there were some admirable ones, like 42078, or 8417. But, let's face it, there was always something off with the B models. It's understandable though, because they were built by borrowed bricks, sort of . I don't feel comfortable with the loss of the tradition, but much like in system sets, no one will remember (or miss) them in couple of years."

I sort of agree, but what I what find more interesting is that there is now a cottage industry of builders creating alternate models with instructions. I was blown away with 3 alternates by the same builder for the https://brickset.com/sets/42082-1/Rough-Terrain-Crane

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-40482/Nico71/42082-model-e-offroad-truck/

And if I see that, I feel the designer of the original B model for 42082 was not really trying.

Looking at the picture of the Volvo it seems that it has a remote controlled gearbox (3 forward + reverse). Interesting.....

@mixedin said:
" @Boettner_Builds said:
"Weird. LEGO making a modern weapon of war."
Yea I thought the same thing but I guess it’s ok because they slapped some orange panels and “rescue” stickers on there. But as far as I know the osprey isn’t used outside of the military in real life.
"

With this kind of thinking maybe a tank is next. Color it orange and slap some rescue stickers and we're good.

Getting rid of the Technic B-Models ist just another sign of how sad and lazy LEGO designers are nowadays
This will be the end of me buying Technic sets (which aren't true Technic sets anymore anyway, and haven't been for quite a while now).
And no, I am not kidding. This to me is not Technic anymore. Plus, it is not the job of the community to come up with alternate models, that's what LEGO Technic designers are there for. Shame on you. I am really sick of the way TLG ruined my once favorite theme.

I think the designers are trying and were in favor of creating B models, but were probably hit hard with some excel sheet that says "don't do that or else"...

@Vladtheb said:
"Come on Lego, they’re properly called concrete mixers, not cement mixers."

Perhaps they translated it directly from the danish "cement blander" '\_(?)_/'

@Mestari said:
"I think the designers are trying and were in favor of creating B models, but were probably hit hard with some excel sheet that says "don't do that or else"..."

i dont believe in the threat at the end of the sentence ".. OR ELSE".. you could be right with the command "DO NOT THINK of B model" - because it is our new strategy, policy, marketing approach.. but stating something like ".. if you do think of B - you are fired?" .. that is such a sci-fi.

I pretty much buy all Technic aviation related sets just because I like both so it's a great combo! My primary interest is in the building process and then models go off to display to be played with occasionally. So I prefer non-motorized because it's money spent for things I don't care about. So I initially heard the Osprey had the fancy Control+ stuff and was not interested. If it's just got dumb motors (which are cheaper) that's good. Excited to see the actual model, can't judge based just on a picture.

I appreciate that Lego have a choice of different functions, i.e. 1 set without any power functions, 1 set with motorised functions and 1 set with Control+.
For me the concrete mixer is the one I'm most likely to get. I'm not interested in the Control+ stuff for the time being as I'm more interested in the build experience and then have the sets on display.
The Osprey did interest me a lot but then I looked at the extra pictures on the Promobricks site (thanks for including the link in this article) and it says it is 52cm long by 71cm wide ! I have no idea where I could fit that in my small house unfortunately.
But the Lamborghini Sian is still at the top of my wish list before these sets.

@Boettner_Builds said:
"Weird. LEGO making a modern weapon of war."

LEGO's already done the Osprey before (admittedly in a much smaller form) as 31020 Twinblade Adventures.

@MTBrickHouse said:
" @mixedin said:
" @Boettner_Builds said:
"Weird. LEGO making a modern weapon of war."
Yea I thought the same thing but I guess it’s ok because they slapped some orange panels and “rescue” stickers on there. But as far as I know the osprey isn’t used outside of the military in real life.
"

With this kind of thinking maybe a tank is next. Color it orange and slap some rescue stickers and we're good. "

LOL

It's weird that a militarily used air plane/helicopter is getting a LEGO set. At least according to Wikipedia it's only use is by different Militaries around the globe. I thought LEGO did not release current military tech. I mean it's primary use is troop transport ( I guess?) Anyway, since there also released Overwatch themed sets. They seem to get a bit weaker on this front. But ,I don't expect them to release Humvees or Tanks soon. There are other brands already doing this.
It's mechanically most interesting I guess.

Don't worry, the LEGO version does not shoot does not shoot! I can visualize the Coast Guard using Ospreys for search and rescue before long. I work for Boeing and was excited to see one flying over my house in Tacoma Washington yesterday!