Ideas Book 8888 Excavator

[louisk]

First topic. Mostly a lurker.

Its not new, or shiny, but it brings back fond memories for me. From the Ideas Book 8888. Something to keep me busy while I wait for parts for other projects. Mostly original, a few slightly yellowed, a few are new. Just for fun, I included a comparison with a 42009. Technic has come a long way since 1980.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Frequenzberater]

This is great! I always love to see old technic stuff. 

[jorgeopesi]

Very nice machine and functional.

[ludov]

That is surprisingly functional! Good old technic...   

[Jzawesak]

It´s funny how tiny this thing is. btw. the blue crane is 42042.

[Boulderer]

I always enjoy seeing builds from the studded era. Really appreciate what could be done with such a limited palette of Technic pieces. 

[RohanBeckett]

You know.. this would be a great future competition:  Build something that would fit in with the 8888/8889/8890/8891 Ideas books

So.. Studded.. and no parts newer than 1991  :)

 

Oh.. and great build louisk - but you lose 5 points for using a modern white silicon band!   

Edited July 24, 2018 by RohanBeckett
typo :P

[louisk]

7 hours ago, Jzawesak said:

It´s funny how tiny this thing is. btw. the blue crane is 42042.

Serves me right for posting at night. You're right.

[LucyCol]

On 7/22/2018 at 12:13 PM, RohanBeckett said:

Oh.. and great build louisk - but you lose 5 points for using a modern white silicon band!   

The white ones have been around since the early 80's  

Square pistons rule 

[GroundskeeperWillie]

Yeah, remember that thing. Was a fun build, even though I missed the right coloured parts and had to do a rainbow build. Worked well :-)

[Captainowie]

On 7/22/2018 at 9:13 PM, RohanBeckett said:

So.. Studless.. and no parts newer than 1991  :)

That's going to be tough! :-P