Darth Dino Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Hi after three month of research i got one and "a half" 8466 Offroader from ebay. The super car was firstly seen on 2001. The prices today are horrible - 490€ for a new and sealed one, 150-200€ for used in "good conditions" by average. Many thank to many guys from EB that recommended me (and others) to buy dusty sets and set that probably have not all parts left. I got a dusty 8466 without a single piece lost for just 60€! There are sellers on ebay that takes 15€ for a single wheel... Last but not least i also bought a "half-one" that consists of the whole chassis including all gears, wheels, suspension and steering parts for just ~30€. So only the green metallic parts are lost, but it is still a good and functional base for a second car or parts for a 8x8. It tooks me 45minutes to disassemble the whole car for cleaning, and later to rebuild it with my son. I never had so much pain in my fingers after that because i was in a extreme hurry. The car should be a surprise and therefore i pulled out all the ~500 technic pins with lightning speed.... Man is this car well made and stiff! If you do not know where pull you will only be able to get off the green cosmetics parts. The conbination of studded and studless technic parts is unbelieveable strong. There are parts that only could get off by pulling a hidden long technic pin, otherwise you will never get them off by pulling the part itself without breaking it. My plan is to rebuild the 8466 over the weekend. I did not found a review of that nice set except the one from Siegfried where he "just" took the 8466 as base of a mod. Is anybody interested in a review of such an old set? Dino Edited October 18, 2011 by Darth Dino Quote
davidmull Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I'd like to see a review as I havnt seen one on here :) Quote
Cwetqo Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 Review would be nice! The set itself is one of my favourite technic cars (second after 8448), but it looks like its value is dropping. I was selling one at our LUG meeting thes weekend (in mint condition, with very well preserved instructions) and I did not sell it. The problem is that its getting obsolete (at least for younger lego fans) with all of todays PF models. Almost every other one was asking: is it remote controled? Besides that its coulour is not compatible with any other technic sets and its wheels are too heavy for any serious offroad usage. But anway, it's still very very good and impresive set and so I decided to keep it and mybe biuld B-model (has anyone tried it?) Quote
JunkstyleGio Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 A review would be much appreciated! Quote
1980-Something-Space-Guy Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Considering the popularity of this set, and the amount of people who consider spending on it, I think that you should definitely make a review. Quote
Jim Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Come on.....it's taking forever! (Tenacious D - Drive-Thru ) Quote
allanp Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Come on.....it's taking forever! (Tenacious D - Drive-Thru ) Maybe he's too busy inward singing! Quote
Trawler Man Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) I wasn't entirely sure where to post this, but i did an "8466" search and given the somewhat general title of this thread, i figured this would be the most suitable thread for my question. If it's in the wrong area, please notify me of my mistake and direct me to where i need to be. Thank you :) I picked up a used / nearly mint condition 8466 a while ago. It came disassembled (but stickered) in it's original box with the original instructions. I started the chassis back then, but things came up and the build was put on hold until a few days ago. When i finished, i immediately noticed this issue, which (i'm assuming) should be in the axle / steering part of the build. I rarely make a mistake i don't "catch" later in a build, but i decided to go back to the instructions and closely inspect the model. I couldn't see anything wrong with it, so 1 put the model down and told myself "It's 12 years old...it can't be perfect". Well, me being me...this irks me to no end, so....here i am. I have included some pictures of the problem, hoping you guys might be able to shed some light on what's causing this. More detailed pictures in the spoiler box below. Edited August 11, 2013 by Trawler Man Quote
750ACE Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 Designer Han has a steering fix mod on his website. I own this set and did his mod it works great. Quote
Kumbbl Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 Designer Han has a steering fix mod on his website. I own this set and did his mod it works great. yes, i can confirm this - strongly recommended to apply this mod! http://www.designer-...difications.htm (scroll down until you find 8466) In addition i recommend to change the shock absorbers because the original ones are to weak for this model and the mounting point (especially for the front suspension)... Hans MOD (s.a.) make them already working slighly better but still too weak. So i have mounted 4 absorbers of the Unimog 8110 (Shock Absorber 9.5L, Complete Assembly (Extra Hard Spring) - you can buy them in Bricklink for reasonable price - with this aborbers and the MOD of Han the 8466 works like a charm... Quote
The_Skirrid Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 Agreed, needs the steering mod and better shocks. It sits very knock-kneed after a week, the original springs were a bit too weak. I bought one a while ago as a B-Model with no extra parts for the A-Model at all. Took about a tenner on BL to get the A-Model done. I like it a lot. The door function is groovy, it looks purposeful, and takes my niece sitting on it well. Quote
EyesOnly Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 I got this set when it was available in stores but didn't like it much. Sure the parts are nice but i remember the steering being difficult to move so i was surprised to see those same parts used in many recent race cars. Then again those cars don't use the same tires. Looks like TLG should stick to smaller tires on more axles because this and the unimog are examples of vehicles with crappy steering without modification. And you shouldn't have to mod a car for it to steer well. While i still haven't finished building the crane, just the crane itself left, it's still a really heavy vehicle with a nice smooth steering. Sure hope next year doesn't bring any more big vehicles. I can't comment on the super cars since the latest one i own is the 8880 but i don't recall reading any complaints about them and some of them is quite large. Quote
paul_delahaye Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 I picked mine up during my dark period, I was up at Legoland Windsor in the day's when they used to have a great discount tent. They had hundreds of them for £40 each, one of those sets you now kick yourself for not buying a few of. What's worse is they also had loads of the pneumatic accessory set (to build the towing hook add on for 8466) at £15 each and I did not buy one........£150 on bricklink now. It does make you wonder what happened to all those sets, I doubt they ever sold them all, maybe they parted them out. Quote
Trawler Man Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks to all, for the helpful and informative replies. I looked over Han's instructions, and i'm not sure i'll be able to do it without taking it apart. Unless someone has a revelatory "DOH" method on how to do this, i might even strip it for parts and build the B-Model with Han's mod later on. Quote
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