Review - LEGO Technic 42101 - Buggy

[Pauls Technic]

 

Recently I purchased LEGO Technic set 42101 Buggy.

From the LEGO Website:

“Children get double the fun with this super LEGO® Technic™ (42101) Buggy set. Let young imaginations run wild as they recreate the thrill of powering over sand dunes in their Buggy. And the fun does not end there! The toy Buggy cleverly rebuilds into a sleek toy Racing Car for kids to bring even more adventures. A LEGO set with lots to discover Hot colour scheme? Check! Skull stickers? Check! Working steering and suspension? Of course! If you are looking for feature-packed action toys that kids will love, this awesome set has it all. Buildable toys to help kids develop new skills LEGO Technic building kits are ideal for LEGO fans ready for a new challenge. These vehicles look and drive like the real thing, so kids will love building and playing with their creations. Each set comes with printed instructions but there is also a new way to build this car toy with Instructions PLUS, available in the free LEGO Life app. This interactive guide has zoom and rotate viewing tools to help even younger children build this cool engineering toy.

• Here is a fun building challenge for kids who love racing toys! Build the Buggy and recreate an off-road adventure. Then rebuild into a Racing Car for even more building and role-play fun.
• With working suspension and steering, this action toy set (42101) creates an interesting building challenge. It promotes problem-solving skills, and there is plenty of opportunity for imaginative play too.
• The 2-in-1 design means twice the fun. Kids can build the Buggy, then rebuild the model into a sleek Racing Car. Once built, kids will love playing with their creation, or enjoying it with other buildable toy vehicles.
• Kids who love action toys will have plenty of fun building and playing with this Buggy. This educational engineering toy makes a great LEGO® gift for boys and girls aged 7+ who enjoy racing toys.
• Once built, the Buggy car toy measures over 5” (13cm) long, 2” (7cm) high and      2” (7cm) wide, making it ideal for role-play and a super addition to any existing car collection.
• No batteries are required for this Buggy car toy, so the fun starts straightaway and never slows down.
• Printed instructions are included for the Buggy plus an online PDF for the Racing Car. This model toy set also has Instructions PLUS, available in the free LEGO® Life app.
• LEGO® Technic™ building kits are ideal for kids who love to build and are ready for a new challenge. With a range of buildable toys, the LEGO Technic universe is loved by kids and adults alike.
• LEGO® plastic model kits meet the highest industry standards. They are consistent, compatible, and easily connect every time – it has been that way since 1958.
• LEGO® Technic™ pieces are tested to the max to ensure every one of the model toy sets meets the highest global safety and quality standards.”

The build process was short, 15 minutes and it is finished. The Buggy is a very nice set. For $15.95, it is great value and a great first step into LEGO Technic, bridging the gap between normal LEGO and Technic. It looks cool (which is important for the target market) and has some basic Technic functions such as steering and suspension, it is the perfect way to bring in these concepts.

I really like this set; it feels like a modern-day version of 8832 which was the first LEGO Technic set I ever purchased.

 

 

 

 

[Tomik]

I own this set and I bought it because it reminds me buggies 8829 and 8048 (8829 was my very first LEGO set and 8048 brought me back to LEGO from dark age). It is good set if you don't expect much from it. Since it has limited number of parts it is really difficult to build good alternative model out of its parts.

And about your review - I wouldn't call it review. You just copy-pasted official description of set from lego.com and added few more lines with almost no additional information about model. It would be better to add some information about toughness of suspension, steering radius, solidity of model, some interesting building techniques and parts (for example this set contains just one gear), pictures of model without stickers and pictures of B-model...