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Hello,

I tried to find somekind of a web page were the Lego Techinc offical sets prototypes were displayed. Apologies if this topic has been already discuss.

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Here are some I could find. The unimog:

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A link to 8043:

http://www.technicbr...43-part_19.html

8462 towing it's prototype: (Can't tell if it's real or a MOC. It is a computer render).

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Some info on the 8480 prototypes from a Q&A with one of the designers.

Q: How many prototype models of the space shuttle did you build?"

A: After a year of research, the space shuttle took three designers a whole year to finish. They did nothing else, which shows how much detail goes into a technic model. Around 80 working versions were built before the final one."

Q: "That seems a lot."

A: "Not really-for every model in the lego technic range around 800 prototypes have been built in product development."

I remember seeing a very early prototype of 8485 in person. It was very much like the plane simulator from the 8891 ideas book but twice as big with a black base (there was some 40t gears in there) and a red helicopter. The rotor blades were direct drive from a vertically mounted motor, so pretty darned fast!

I also remember seeing an an early 8448 prototype. It was black and looked more like 8880 but with a front mounted blue/purple engine!

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There is generally little to no published information on prototypes. Your only hope is early images, leaked pictures, or maybe something from the Technic blog.

There was video about the development of 8275 a while back. I took a screen capture of the prototypes:

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8462 towing it's prototype: (Can't tell if it's real or a MOC. It is a computer render).

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I think it is a MOC, since it uses soft axles around the cabin, which weren't put in sets until 1999 and the 8462 is from 1998.

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Looking at all five Unimog's beside each other you would be mistaken to think that a 6 year old made the other four compared to the one we ended up with. :look:

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Looking at all five Unimog's beside each other you would be mistaken to think that a 6 year old made the other four compared to the one we ended up with. :look:

But 3 and 4 had some things that we should have gotten on the regular unimog such as black wheels, no clutch on the winch, etc. They were all minor things; however if you look closely at number 4 you can see it has a different gearing in the portal axles. I wonder why?

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But 3 and 4 had some things that we should have gotten on the regular unimog such as black wheels, no clutch on the winch, etc. They were all minor things; however if you look closely at number 4 you can see it has a different gearing in the portal axles. I wonder why?

Yes a 6 year old can do that,maybe number four was motorized.

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I think it is a MOC, since it uses soft axles around the cabin, which weren't put in sets until 1999 and the 8462 is from 1998.

Well spotted :thumbup:

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