42209 Volvo L120 Electric Wheel Loader

[Ngoc Nguyen]

[Satisfied]

He looks delicate and compact, without electric or pneumatic power, and the bucket is a new component

[Auroralampinen]

Wow, the new bucket piece looks really cool and good. I actually needed now a bucket for my mocs:) 

[Auroralampinen]

more pictures:).

[Paul B Technic]

I might get this for the gears and LA's.

[1gor]

41 minutes ago, Paul B Technic said:

I might get this for the gears and LA's.

Yes, it looks like good parts pack. It has light bluish gray 9L beams with alternate holes...

[Jurss]

Good look and good functionality. This time it is not only parts pack.

[1gor]

Good start for those who need panels, gears and daytona differentials

[Timewhatistime]

In the promo image, the left mini-LA doesn't seem to be connected to the boom (the ridges of the mini-LA pinholes are visible)... whereas the box shows a black 2L pin.

[Bartybum]

I'm really liking how densely packed the functions all seem to be in this model

[Timewhatistime]

The mini-LA's design has been slightly updated.

[Jundis]

At first, the overall dimensions are spot one. This really is a good representation of the real machine. The only thing I am sad about is the lack of the 81.5 tires... Although the would boost up the dimension about 20%.

New buckets are always a great addition, especially in this scale. On the back side of the box, the bucket is a little wider than the model and shout be 16 or 17 in width. The geometry of the arm is also perfect, the bucket should be stable when lifted.

21 minutes ago, Timewhatistime said:

The mini-LA's design has been slightly updated.

Good spot! On the base, the middle strut seem to be gone. Also nice to see these small LAs back.

[Timewhatistime]

58 minutes ago, Jundis said:

The geometry of the arm is also perfect, the bucket should be stable when lifted.

TLG still doesn't learn and ranks symmetry higher than accuracy. The arm will be (slightly) twisted when being raised. It's the well-known issue with the 20t bevel idle gears getting turned counterwise...

[Maaboo the Witch]

New bucket! Wahooey!

Little disappointed that this 🐕 is in a smaller scale than previous Volvo sets though. And no Audi tyres? Pooch screwed, TLG. Pooch screwed.

[Auroralampinen]

The ford gt cv axle appears in this set. And that wine bottle, in the cabin is nice little added detail:). 

 

[Timewhatistime]

On some of the image the yellow maccaroni parts (front axle) are atttached to the main chassis (below the cabin), on others they are torn half way out, so that a red axle connector is visible.

In effect, the 5x7 frame (around the front differential) is misaligned (tilted downwards in respect to the rest of the chassis).

TLG should have engaged some pros for taking the photos... or at least to assemble the set...

Edited 5 hours ago by Timewhatistime

[ukbajadave]

Are these the same wheels and tyres as in the old 42030 L350F? My tired eyes are struggling to get an idea of size

[Auroralampinen]

Just now, ukbajadave said:

Are these the same wheels and tyres as in the old 42030 L350F? My tired eyes are struggling to get an idea of size

They are from the batmobile 76139, they were used in the front. And on the ninjago 71783:) 

[mahjqa]

4 minutes ago, ukbajadave said:

Are these the same wheels and tyres as in the old 42030 L350F? My tired eyes are struggling to get an idea of size

 

1 minute ago, Auroralampinen said:

They are from the batmobile 76139, they were used in the front. And on the ninjago 71783:) 

 

Link: Tire 68.7 x 27 S : Part 52985 | BrickLink 

Nice that they're using them again.

[ukbajadave]

So quite a compact set then. It helped when I realised the LAs were the small ones. At the right price I could see myself buying this.

[Timewhatistime]

2 hours ago, Jundis said:

The geometry of the arm is also perfect, the bucket should be stable when lifted.

The bucket will tilt in the degree the arm is lifted; there will be no  compensation in this movement because all the mini-LAs are located on the same axis.

[Jundis]

6 minutes ago, Timewhatistime said:

The bucket will tilt in the degree the arm is lifted; there will be no  compensation in this movement because all the mini-LAs are located on the same axis.

No, the arm itself is 2 studs above the axis of the LAs, same as the bucket. While the arm will rise, the actuator for the bucket will be pulled back, pushing the rod forward which connects to the bucket.

The axis of the two main-boom LAs aren't important here.

[Maaboo the Witch]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like this thing can fit on the trailer from 42175.

[1gor]

11 minutes ago, Maaboo the Witch said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like this thing can fit on the trailer from 42175.

Yes, both seems to be about 15 studs wide; actually 42175 is 15 studs wide and rlevtric liafer has 13 studs wide bonnet and tires are a bit wider

[R0Sch]

I'm already working on reverse engineering this lovely little set. I see a bunch of recolors like 1x9 flip-flop beams or the 10197 connector in lbg. Driving ring in dbg is also pretty rare, previously used in the Kawasaki Ninja.