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  1. Josephiah
    Great update - 8479 was just after my dark ages started, but my wee brother had it, and I did sneak enough of a play with it to appreciate its excellence. I don't think 8459 was the first with an articulated chassis - 8854's rather fine b-model dump truck did back in 1989.
  2. Josephiah
    Built this one a couple of months ago, and very impressed - clearly lots of thought has gone into both the functions and construction - very densely packed and sturdy, with some intricate little arrangements of parts I would never have thought of. Took it apart again last night, and it was genuinely puzzling in places (in a good way) as to how to get it apart again. Well worth a build for all you 42009 owners out there.
  3. Josephiah
    I think years and parts was an excellent choice of priority. If it was me I'd go for "flagships through the years" as the next theme - they're almost always the most interesting, and tend to use most of the new parts. I could see the years with umpteen mini-models being somewhat tedious to update...
  4. Josephiah
    That is delightfully idiotic - love it! :)
  5. Josephiah
    Jaw = floor, and that was before I watched the video!
  6. Josephiah
    Ah, Flanders & Swann, excellent!
  7. Josephiah
    Each to his own :)
  8. Josephiah
    It depends a bit on the type of vehicle, I think. On something specific/unique/iconic like the Unimog it makes sense, but for this truck the fact it's a Mercedes doesn't really add anything. Likewise the Volvo loader would be just as good under a different brand or none. If the price is higher because it's branded, then that puts me off rather than attracting me to it.
  9. Josephiah
    The easiest way from the point you're at is probably just to take a series of photos during disassembly (doing it in some sort of logical-ish order), then reverse the order of the pics.
  10. Josephiah
    Another 42009er here. So far it's mainly inspired me to: 1. get my old studded flagships (8880, 8485) out of the loft; 2. search through the "miscellaneous Lego" boxes to try and reassemble my even older ones in non-chewed form (8854, 8856); 3. eBay the flagship-I'd-always-wanted-but-couldn't-be-seen-to-keep-buying-toys-as-a-teenager-and-moved-into-audio-equipment-instead (8480). Other recent sets haven't inspired me enough to part with the cash required (old crane truck and unimog a bit too pricey), but that may change with the new Arocs...
  11. Josephiah
    Nicely done - always loved the ingenuity of the pneumatic loop in original.
  12. Josephiah
    The old 8856 rescue heli has them meshing with a 24 tooth crown gear - a construction I've always found odd and out-of-character for TLG!
  13. Josephiah
    Yes! Though think of the number of stickers :(
  14. Josephiah
    For me a decent B-model is essential, and used to be the norm as Kumbbl says. Lured back to Technic last year, the B-model issue was the decisive factor for me to choose between 42009 and the unimog (budget only stretched to one set!). I was still very disappointed by the lack of printed instructions, however.
  15. Josephiah
    Yes, allanp, that sounds right, well remembered.
  16. Josephiah
    This was my first technic set, aged 7! Still a great one in terms of function density, and a great B-model. In the UK I'm certain it was called the "Salvage Hoist".
  17. Josephiah
    In the UK it was always "Compressor Truck"; none of this air claw nonsense! There's a few sets like this where I've noticed the seemingly universal name on all the sites/forums is completely different from what they were in real life (my first set, 8854 was definitely "Salvage Hoist", for another example, and 8880 was something like "Daytona Supercar") - just differences in UK/USA naming conventions, perhaps?
  18. Josephiah
    I'm a few steps into building the 8480 space shuttle which I just got my hands on for Christmas. (This set came out just as I entered the "can't get toys anymore, must get HiFi instead" teenage years, much to my regret!) It's already far more challenging (in a good way) than my recent 42009 acquisition - thoroughly absorbing and enjoyable.
  19. Josephiah
    You'll just have to build some parts sorters: LEGO Axle Sorter AS-L40A:
  20. Josephiah
    I think we have a winner! (Wonderful set by the way)
  21. Josephiah
    The aircraft/hovercraft combo seems fairly obvious to me (and has been done before - e.g. the whirlwind rescue helicopter). The combination works well because of the parts selection, e.g. very small wheels for the size of set, propeller parts, good sets of panels and so on.
  22. Josephiah
    I'd love to see a large scale technic steam loco - lots of interesting connecting rods and mechanisms to include.
  23. Josephiah
    I think the over-simplified instructions of recent years also has a big impact on perception of complexity. The 42009 (my first and only recent set so far) never felt difficult because of the simplicity of each step; many of the older studded sets, while perhaps less complex technically, feel much more complex while your building them. Another aspect is that with the studless system, the nature of the pieces means that it's not always immediately obvious what is structure and what is mechanism until you've finished building the given subassembly!
  24. Josephiah
    Sounds interesting. I had never bothered trying to motorise back in the day as the motors didn't seem remotely powerful enough for the size of the model. Just got mine out again (this week in fact, after 15-odd years) and the steering and drivetrain are both quite heavy to move on the 8880, so I imagine that might be a tricky challenge even with the more powerful new motors. Interested to see how you get on though.
  25. Josephiah
    Wow!
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