chaosof99

Do we have any dates for them?

Sweet mother of Zeus, this is amazing. I would love it if you were to put this on Cuusoo and this were to be made into a set. Sorry for dragging this thread back up, but I came here from the pic in the signature and just couldn't not post. This is some amazing work right there and some great motives you've chosen.

This is one of my favorite Technic sets. It just has so many functions and playability in such a compact frame that it is a pure joy to play with and build. I also really like the bucket-tilting mechanism, how it's hidden as the exhaust pipe of the engine, and the little pedal in the drivers cabin it moves.

Thanks for the tips. And yes, I already knew about Blakbird's Technicopedia. Love that site. Is there any good way to determine how to spread out the lines on the body of the model, or is this more a trial-and-error sort of thing for an amateur like me?

Not sure if this is the best forum to talk about this, but since the more technically inclined people dwell here it should be good enough. I rather like Airplane models by TLC, and they've granted me a wish so to speak by releasing another Technic Airplane model after quite a while. Now I've got a decent number of Technic and Creator airplane models: 8425 Black Hawk, 6745 Propeller Power, 8222 VTOL, 8836 Sky Ranger, 5892 Sonic Boom, and of course the new 9394 Jet Plane. I also plan on obtaining an 8855 Prop Plane some time in the future. As you can tell, I quite like my Airplane Models. The only problem is that due to wing span and such, these models take up a rather large amount of space somewhat inefficiently. I would like to store/display them more efficiently. One thought that came to mind was hanging them from the ceiling. Kind of a classic in air plane displays. I got a wood panel ceiling and I think I can display a couple of the planes by putting some hook screws in them and using fishing line to suspend the planes from them. However, I'm not quite sure how to go about that. Some tips would be appreciated. I've also heard that dental floss could be used as a substitute for fishing line as it is also rather hard to tear, but I'm not quite sure whether or not there is some truth to that.

Something I noticed earlier but forgot to include in my previous post: For the very first time there are Technic sets which are numbered with a number larger than 8880. I think they used to attempt and preserve that number as the limit for a while, but I guess the limited space in the set numbers made that impossible now. That is actually a pretty good observation. I wonder if they gunned for this.

Damn, this is a nice line-up for early next year. I actually want to buy every set except the quad bike. My wallet's already weeping. I'm particularly surprised about the log loader. On a first look the front is almost identical to the 8285 Tow Truck, which happens to be my favorite Technic set of all time. It is however actually a bit smaller. Should still be good though.

TechnicBRICKS posted the Snowplough parts list created by one of their readers called Ryan. Ask and ye shall receive, I guess, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who asked :)

Does anybody have a parts list for the snowplow only?

I got this model today and though I was already anticipating it from seeing it first, having it in my hands is even better than I thought. The main model has a lot of functions that are intricately built together in a great design. It reminds me a lot of the 8069 as a great beginners set with much functionality in a small space. Plus the white panels and white liftarms which are quite rare as far as I can tell. Th only other Technic set in recent history I can think of that has white as a primary color is the 8262 Quad Bike.

Sorry that this is late for the OP personally, but I guess this is the best spot to put it. I was at my local Toys R Us and saw that they are having a sale with 20% off all Lego products (excluding Star Wars and books) on a purchase of 30 € or more. Probably in anticipation of the new models coming in in order to clear shelf space. I dunno how many stores are actually in on that, because two days before I was in another TRU in a different town, and there was no such sale announced (though they already had the new models in store, which is where my bought my Unimog). So perhaps, if you're lucky, you can get an 8043 for about 135 € at the moment. The set is already worth every penny at full price, but not even casual Technic builders should be able to resist such a deal.

Somewhat related, maybe you could take the design of the snowblower and perhaps turn it into the head of a combine harvester? Would also make good use of the length. In fact, that's what I thought it was before reading the thread. "Why does a Unimog got a combine harvester head on it?" :)

That looks great, but I agree that it should be a bit bigger. Also, shouldn't the "smooth" surface of the panel be on the inside looking at the spiral?

Corrected in the body of my post. Unfortunately can't do it in the title.

I recently got my 8258 Crane Truck and after building it, I'm more impressed than I thought I would be. My usual pattern of selecting sets is reading the instruction manual off of the Lego home page. The 8258 was one of the first I read when I came out of the dark ages and while I recognized it being a complex and huge set, I wasn't terribly excited or eager to get it. Partially that was also because it was out of my price range at the time. I got my 8285 a couple of months earlier off e-bay, though unfortunately incomplete. I restored it to near completion since, but I was excited about the set from the moment I came to know it even existed and still very much am, because I really like such big tow trucks. Now that I have both, and the comparison between the two is rather easy to make. Both have the same number of pieces (1877) and rather similar features, though for different purposes. Both have a limited extensible crane arm with a winch and a metal hook. Both have differentials leading into fake motors that are under pieces which can be lifted and angled outward. Both have outriggers. They are of almost identical length (the car lift of the 8285 not withstanding). And simply, both are trucks. Now, the key difference between the two beside the purposes of the model, one being a tow truck for vehicles and the other being a lift truck for heavy equipment or cargo, is that the 8258 is motorized while the 8285 is not and uses manual input for all functions instead. Though the 8285 also has a small air piston to deploy the car lift, and a pneumatic function for raising and lowering the car lift. In my personal opinion, I like the 8285 more, due to the design and diversity of functions, though the 8258 has very thoroughly and well implemented functions as well, in particular the folding crane arm. My question however is, which do you guys prefer, are they equal in your opinion, or are you entirely indifferent about both?