volks_womble

You don't say where in the world you are, but I picked one up last week from tescos in the UK. No problem whatsoever. It is included in their current offers, so the price is very good, which may affect availability... I should add that was via their direct service, rather than in store...

Grand! Thank you. Duely ordered, along with some string! Ta

The 20cm one is perfect - I can't believe I hadn't found that! Thanks :)

I have a couple of parts queries... hopefully this is the right place to post them.... PF Extension cables I have extended the chassis on my 8258 in order to get a decent load bed on it, but in doing so I need to extend the motor cabling. Can anyone tell me if extensions like this one are available in shorter lengths? I only actually need the same as the cable on a PF switch (15cm?) and 50cm is a lot of cable to lose! I have presiously bought the right sort of length extensions (advertised as for trains) but they are black, and don't have the switched interface on the back two studs... Pneumatic Hoses I have also finally managed to extract my original 8854 set back into my possesion, but the original hoses are a bit shot. I need to replace them, and the newer silicone hoses seem ideal. Can anyone suggest somewhere to buy long lengths of the correct hose that I can then cut to length as apporiate? Thanks in advance Mark

That's kinda my point. Other than the sets I have, which I want to keep largely as sets, I don't have anything! So beams, connectors, axles etc are all on my shopping list. The intention is to have enough stock to experiment and build up the mods I want and then be able to use brick link and/lego direct to get the specifics, exactly as you describe. :) I did start bidding on an incomplete unimog 8110 on eBay, but it went for very close to the same price as a complete, boxed one... Cheers for the detailed replies, Mark

42009 is on my shopping list... 8258 I have, It's a really great model, and is one of my main reasons for wanting parts to modify... It seems to be crying out for a number of changes. However, that rather rules out using is as a parts supplier, and it is a rather expensive set to buy in the first place...

Thanks for the welcome OP duely edited Time? hmmm... Money? hmmmmmmm so, yeah I should probably have mentioned I would like to build it up ecconomically... Thanks for the pointers. I have found Amazon id often cheaper for recent/current sets than eBay (sometimes new via Amazon is cheaper than secondhand via eBay ) Selling off unwanted parts is also a good tip - although I am not sure how I would establish what was needed and what wasn't! I will keep my eyes peeled, thanks Mark

Recently I have come back to my interest in Lego, specifically Technic, after a 20ish year break... I have bought some kits sets (a mixture of second hand and new), built some models and now want get back to modifying those and inventing my own, so really want to have parts to hand to do so. Prior to my 'break' I had a pretty good size Lego collection (a 3 draw chest full) of which about 1/4 - 1/3 was technic. It had been built up over many years having been bought the occasional kit set but mostly by from job lots from jumble sales/boot fairs/other parents etc. although this was shared with my brother... In the intervening years my parents stored it, under distinct instructions not to get rid of it. Then my brother had kids... and now 'my' lego is thiers... Don't get me wrong, they absolutely should have it, and get the joy and learning out of it that I had. But I am wondering what is the best way to build up a stock of technic? I realise the usual way of doing so is to use what comes with kits sets but I tend to leave things built once they are done. Given that even the newest of my old technic is over 20 years old, it is entirely studded and all of the models I have been building recently are of the studless school of design, so I would need to update anyway. So how do people generally go about getting hold of 'stock'? Buy duplicate kits sets and break them up? Are any kits sets particularly good for parts? Buy secondhand job lots? suggestions as to where from? Do all their building with a CAD tool, and then order the specific parts they need for a model? Suggestions (and offers ;) ) are most welcome, thanks Mark