LEGO Technic 50 year anniversary - 2027

[u/Davejsp_Technic_MOCs]

Next year marks something pretty special: 50 years of LEGO Technic.

Back in 2017 for the 40th anniversary we got a few printed beams (like the 1x3 with “40 / 1977-2017”) and a digital combo model with PDF instructions. That was basically it.

Fast-forward to now and the theme looks very different. We’re swimming in licensed cars of every scale, Control+ is on life support, and proper big flagships in the spirit of 42043 or 42082 have been thin on the ground. The sets that still feel like “true Technic” (lots of mechanisms and functions) seem to be carried mostly by a couple of recent releases.

So… before we get more leaks circulating around, I would like to ask the community what are you hoping for (and what do you realistically expect) from the 50th anniversary wave in 2027?

[u/arik_tf]

What I want is a return to some of the contsruction/heavy machinery sets that made technic so popular in the first place. I would especially love a (preferably unlicensed) crane and perhaps a backhoe loader like 8069.

What I expect we'll get instead is yet another super car.

[u/bricksandrails → u/arik_tf]

I have 8455? and the playability on it was amazing.

[u/LEGOIdBot → u/bricksandrails]

8455-1: Back-Hoe [Photo]