LEGO Technic summer 2021 sets officially revealed

The LEGO Group has officially revealed two brand new Technic trucks – one generic, and one licensed by Mercedes-Benz.

While 42128 Heavy-duty Tow Truck and 42129 4×4 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trial Truck cover similar subject material, however – and come in at similar piece counts – they both occupy very different roles within the wider Technic line-up.

That’s best illustrated by their price points, because 42129 4×4 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trial Truck comes in at twice the cost of 42128 Heavy-duty Tow Truck – despite containing just 93 more pieces. We have CONTROL+ to thank for that, as the Zetros is motorised by the LEGO Group’s Powered Up components, while 42128 relies on pneumatic and mechanical functions.

42129 4×4 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trial Truck is also the first Technic model to include differential locking – controlled by the accompanying app – which it packs in alongside four-wheel suspension, a gearbox and a spinning radiator fan. 42128 Heavy-duty Tow Truck, meanwhile, includes a six-cylinder engine with moving pistons, working steering, an articulated crane and – for the first time – a lifting axle to control additional wheels, spreading the weight of its loads.

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Check out all the details and images of both brand new Technic sets below. They’re both launching on August 1, but 42129 4×4 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trial Truck will be available to pre-order at LEGO.com shortly. We’ll update when it goes live.

42128 Heavy-duty Tow Truck
Price:
 £139.99 / $149.99 / €149.99 Pieces: 2,017

42129 4×4 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trial Truck
Price:
 £274.99 / $299.99 / €299.99 Pieces: 2,110

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I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.

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