murtaughf3 Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 There are several older/retired Technic sets I think i'd like to take a try at building. Bricklinking all these sets will get very pricey. I'm curious if anyone knows of any other sets that might contain high counts of Technic pieces. I've parted out a few Galaxy Squad sets that had some. My theory is to hopefully save a few dollars by stripping the Technic pieces out of the sets and adding the rest to my bricklink store. Or do you think it would more cost effective to just continue buying what I can get deals on, take what I need, sell the rest, and just order everything else. Any input would be appreciated, thank you. Quote
DrJB Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Try to get the 8996 Bionicle Skopio set, it's full of technic parts, and often you can get it for decent price. Other Bionicle Battle Vehicles and Exo-Force sets as well pack a good amount of Technic parts. Edited February 23, 2015 by DrJB Quote
murtaughf3 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Thanks for the input, I'll be on the look out for these. Quote
BachAddict Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Which sets are you wanting to build? Buying Technic sets would be the cheapest way of getting Technic parts, and you can still sell the extra parts. Quote
dougstar Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Join rebrickable add your set and see were you are. Then you have a good idea of you need for mocs or set and start collecting. Bachaddict is right the cheapest is to buy sets Quote
braker23 Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 DrJB is spot on, I am a Technic / Bionicle fan, so I naturally bought most of these sets. They are masterfully done, have a very high count of Technic parts, and can be acquired at a decent price. I still miss Skopio, but that one is very rare, especially in Eruope. Also I highly recommend the 8108 Mobile Devastator, those huge lime wheels are found only in that set, and it also holds many Technic & Bionicle parts. From Exo-Force, I would also add 7721 Combat Crawler X2 to the sets above. There are others, of course, but that's for you to decide. Good luck in your endeavor! Quote
murtaughf3 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Posted February 25, 2015 Most of the sets I'm thinking I'd like to build are mostly the tractors/harvester and some of the trucks like the 9397 logging truck, 8285 tow truck, 8258 crane truck, along with some of the contraction equipment. Actually that sounds like a lot doesn't it. I know some the newer ones I can get cheaper as a complete set. I guess on the other hand paying $200 for something weather as a complete set or brick linked it doesn't matter in the end. Quote
Rockbrick Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) We got this for my son recently '70165 Ultra Agents Mission HQ' and I was impressed that it came with : 2 x 5by7 Beam Frames 12 x Black Flatpanels and 6 x Silver metallic 11M Beams plus many other technic pieces (oh and 8 wheels) Edited February 25, 2015 by Rockbrick Quote
braker23 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Very nice find, this set has the largest number of large black panels (12) since like EVER :) Quote
Richard Dower Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 On 2/25/2015 at 2:10 AM, murtaughf3 said: Most of the sets I'm thinking I'd like to build are mostly the tractors/harvester and some of the trucks like the 9397 logging truck, 8285 tow truck, 8258 crane truck, along with some of the contraction equipment. Actually that sounds like a lot doesn't it. I know some the newer ones I can get cheaper as a complete set. I guess on the other hand paying $200 for something weather as a complete set or brick linked it doesn't matter in the end. I built 8258 and 8285 via ebay from buying new parts. For 8285 i bought a second hand set to get the unique Metallic Silver parts, i then bought as many of the part inventory in brand new condition as i could. I belive i had over 95% of the parts brand new....the wheel hubs and the 77535 connectors were the hardest to find brand new. I have been collecting parts to build old Technic sets myself, i have found lego Racers to be an excellent source of older parts. You can buy alot of the Racers sets brand new in box still, for example i bought 8140 and it had 4 of the old Black panel types i needed for 8285. For the Combine Harvester what i plan to do is buy a second hand set cheap, take all the unique parts that cant be replaced with new parts and wash them....then buy all the other parts brand new. I have built lots of old Racers and Technic sets this way. My most recent project is building 8649, i plan to review that set when i start to build. Quote
DrJB Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) if you're buying an old set anyway, why bother buying new parts for it? From my experience, used/assembled sets, once washed, typically have good quality parts ... but of course, it's your $$$ ;) Edited February 25, 2015 by DrJB Quote
rollermonkey Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Almost any UCS set will have a pretty good quantity of Technic parts, but they really are becoming more widespread. I helped my daughter build a Friends set that had multiple rack gears, an axle and two gears to make two panels/doors move in opposite directions when moved. I was pretty surprised to find them in that theme! Quote
DrJB Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 On 2/25/2015 at 7:12 PM, rollermonkey said: Almost any UCS set will have a pretty good quantity of Technic parts, but they really are becoming more widespread. I helped my daughter build a Friends set that had multiple rack gears, an axle and two gears to make two panels/doors move in opposite directions when moved. I was pretty surprised to find them in that theme! Which set was that? Quote
DrJB Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) On 2/25/2015 at 8:43 AM, braker23 said: Very nice find, this set has the largest number of large black panels (12) since like EVER :) Almost, the set with the absolute largest number of black panels (28) is the FLL 2012 Senior Solutions Edited February 25, 2015 by DrJB Quote
paul_delahaye Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 There were quite a few technic bricks with City set 7095 Tower Crane, Quote
murtaughf3 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Posted February 25, 2015 Thank you everyone for the responses, lots of helpful info in here. Hopefully more than just myself will benefit from it. A little off topic. Getting back into Lego is VERY OVERWHELMING I just want so many sets, trying to make a realistic want list and it keeps growing and shrinking. Oh well that is half the fun I guess. Doesn't hurt having them on the want list, maybe I can move them to an active project list on day. Quote
750ACE Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 UCS Tumbler, X Wing and Slave 1 all contain a fair amount of technic. Quote
Richard Dower Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 On 2/25/2015 at 7:02 PM, DrJB said: if you're buying an old set anyway, why bother buying new parts for it? From my experience, used/assembled sets, once washed, typically have good quality parts ... but of course, it's your $$$ ;) Because i want a **brand new** set, or close as possible. I disagree about parts looking the same after washing. They dont compare or look the same as brand new parts. New parts are shinny and have no scratches, whereas used parts look used and have obvious time blemishes. I buy second hand sets because there are usually parts unique to that set which can only be found in that set. Quote
Gnac Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 I was just checking out 70228 - Vultrix's Sky Scavenger, and while it probably doesn't have a huuge amount of technic bits (roughly 1/4 of the total), some of them are pretty new and useful. It has 4 of those black axle/pegs with 2M axle, 4 dark bley 1M "pin joiners" and strangely, 2 cardan cups which seem to serve a mere aesthetic purpose. I was actually searching for sets which contained the latter, and thought "what the hell is Chima doing here". Quote
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