[REVIEW] 42021 Snowmobile

[EvilEnderman]

Review - Snowmobile

'Ello all

Recently purchased the snowmobile, and wish to try my hand at this reviewing lark. It costs £14.99, and for non teadrinkers, USD $19.99 and EUR €14.99. This set appeals to me greatly, due to the plethora of interesting peices, and great angular design. Not to forget, those tracked peices too, especially as these are the first in my collection.

Nonetheless, does it provide a nice set of skids for your quids?

Let's find out!

The box

Here's the box, quite small, with a nice image of the set. Well presented so far - Shows suspension function in the corner

Ashens fans will be relatively amused, 0-3 sad onions here! (Not the rare 0-8 we seldom see)

Contents

Out of the box came three polybags, one for tracks, one for small nitbits, and other for main elements - exciting bits can be seen already!

Comes with instructions for A and B model, which is always great - to TLG for that.

Upon opening the bags, we see some great pieces, new suspension arms that are compatible with this new small steering knob, and the larger one, making it great for all scales of vehicle. There's also a connector with the two cross axle holes coming out of it, as depicted as Hrafn's forum avatar - very useful piece. additionally, the dog bone I frame, another useful piece. But, most importantly for me, 6 of the thin 4x2 plates in black - I've always wanted a pair of those!

The steering link here comes with no stoppers, which is always useful - especially after building Kuipers' pony car, which uses both sides. Not to forget the 3l pin with cross axle, which this set has 2 of!

The Build

Instructions are well laid out, had no issue distinguishing colours, although some steps were very simplified.

We begin making the suspension assembly, with a clever use of the I frame. Turning radius is a little short, however.

Another instruction shot, however I've highlighted the frictionless pin there, as I've perused the instructions with great effort, and haven't found anything that connects to it. If anyone does fathom its purpose, let me know

Cool technique is used here, hat goes off !

Leftovers

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Completed Model

The finished model stands proudly on the desk, after about half an hour of building, helped along by some 80's rock, and a good cup of tea, it's looking great. Especially love the colour scheme of the black on green, and those angles are truly astounding. Note the pin on the L beam that stops the track from tipping up when being held, and the white gives it that sporty look. Great model!

Stickers do compliment the model, but I found it looked great without too. They won't be staying on for long, however, as I have plans to use the panels!

Front looks very 'gnarly' , and the suspension is plush, and fun to compress - also note that the chassis does not hit the ground when the spring bottoms out! The skids themselves feel a bit wobbly, but they do not come apart easily - those red pins were a bugger to get in, and I don't look forward to getting them out

Track rolls freely, and satisfyingly, as well as being nigh on impossible to derail. steering lacks a bit on a hard surface like my desk, however, it's a lot better on the carpet. I doubt next year will bring any snow to test this on either, us Essex folk never have any luck with that

The Verdict

The functions of the set work perfectly for the price you pay, which isn't big! IT looks great, feels great in the hand, has great pieces that can be used for MOCs. So hats off to designer Mike Jeppeson!

PROS

Suspension

Steering

Great aesthetics

Good colour scheme

No STAMP

CONS

Could have had a few more functions

Playability is limited on hard surfaces

Skids are a tad flimsy

Design

8.5/10 Looks absolutely stunning

Build process

7.5/10 Nothing interesting, but not much repetition

Functions

8/10 Functions work well, however there is a lot of empty space in the model

Playability

7/10 Works wonders on carpet, but hard surfaces not so much, which could be a drawback for some

Parts

9.5/10 Spectacular part selection

Value for money

8.5/10 You get a good set of skids for your quids

Total: 8/10

Cheers for reading, and apologies for not including a poll - I haven't got the ability to do so (if any staff could add one on, I'd be extremely thankful)

This is my first review, so tips are greatly welcome!

Also, if anyone found the reason for that frictionless pin, do share with us!

Cheers again,

Enderman

Edited August 18, 2014 by EvilEnderman

[Zerobricks]

Nice review, its a really good set for parts, esepcially suspension arms.

What did you mean by no STAMP?

[Alasdair Ryan]

Awesome review,I have added a poll.

[Rishab N]

Nice review. I think I;m going to get this set as it just looks so good

[TimH]

Nice review.

[Balrog]

Good review.

What did you mean by no STAMP?

STAMP = Sticker across multiple pieces

No STAMP = good

[EvilEnderman]

Cheers all, and cheers to Alasdair for adding the poll in!

[grum64]

Good review.

STAMP = Sticker across multiple pieces

No STAMP = good

Never heard it put this way before. Every day really is a day at school

[TinkerBrick]

Nice review. I got this set around febuary or so. Mostly for this pieces, but it turned out to be a rather we'll designed set.

[miguev]

Nice review. Not only this is so far, and may well be, the only 2014 I bought... I got 2 of them, just for the new parts. Love specially the suspension arms, as compact as those in the 9392 but much stronger!

[MajklSpajkl]

Great review for a nice set! I love how you put down the words, not that serious english they teach us in school. One can totally tell that you're a native speaker and it comes natural to you to add a bit more "poetry" to the lines . I can't really decide on the picture frames... to serious maybe? Anyway, I'm giving you an "AWESOME". Cheers!

[EvilEnderman]

Great review for a nice set! I love how you put down the words, not that serious english they teach us in school. One can totally tell that you're a native speaker and it comes natural to you to add a bit more "poetry" to the lines . I can't really decide on the picture frames... to serious maybe? Anyway, I'm giving you an "AWESOME". Cheers!

They hide my awful photography, and justify for me not using a white background :p

[Boulderer]

Nice review, with a relaxed style.

Spell check wouldn't go amiss though

[EvilEnderman]

Nice review, with a relaxed style.

Spell check wouldn't go amiss though

Fixed that :p

[BusterHaus]

Pretty accurate review. I got this a few weeks ago to pilage for parts. That dog bone is a godsend for installing the medium EV3 motor in tight places.