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Hello, As I almost exclusivley own old Lego Technic sets, I can only help a little ; The black wedge is fairly common, it's a Wedge, Plate 8 x 4 Wing Right (Ref. BL 3934) The yellow wheel is a 20*30 wheel, in yellow it comes from 8862, 8854 or 8853 That's all I can do! Hope this helps

True, but I keep them away from screens too, and i dont like to print 100+ pages instructions. Plus,I like them to be independent in their games, I dont want to go and find by myself what they can do, and then give it to them: "go build this". But anyway - I understand the argument and mostly agree with it. Untrue for many (maybe most) old models, according to my children. I can't say for the recent ones. Just to be clear : I'm not arguing that it will be impossible to enhance creativity with lego if they don't give official b-models. I just wanted to point out, in addition to everything that has been said before, that for my very young, beginning children, good b-models (or even better, multiple models, including simple pictures with no piece call out) have proven to be the best way to get them to play with the Lego PIECES, and not only with the official finished model.

Being a huge fan of the old Lego Technic, there's something I'd like to add something to the discussion about b-models, and even universal sets. My kids have got a bunch of vintage Lego technic, including some universal sets (and I plan to offer them much more in the years to come). In addition, my eldest, 8 years old, has got only 1 studless set : 42092. Here's my experience : he built 42092 A-model once, loved it, kept it on display a few months, then wanted to try the b-model ; liked it, but not as much. Kept it on display a few days, disassembled it and rebuilt the A-model. It's now been on display for a few months, and I don't know whether he'll ever disassemble it or not. He also loves almost every old model he's got. Every time, he wants to keep them assembled to play with them... but every time, he then wants to build the other models again. He has built almost every model twice, or even 4-5 times (the car transporter 8872, the car from 8034 just to motorize it, nearly all 8062 models...). And it goes on and on and on. And in between, he often tries to build his own mocs. And I don't expect it to stop soon - he keeps asking me for more models, and bigger ones. Of course there may be a "volume" effect : he's got much more studful lego technic than studless one. But from my point of view, i believe GOOD b-models are essential when it comes to stimulate young kids' creativity, and to extend their toys' life expectancy. I can hear those saying that aesthetics is just too important nowadays. This isn't true for my children, who don't care at all about the looks, the colors etc... they just mix all pieces from all sets - actually they rarely care to use the right colors according to the instructions, even when they've got everything they need in their collection. I can hear those saying that there are a lot of nice b-models that you can find on the net, no need for official ones (if only that was true for studful, I'd love it...) - but my kids are too young, I won't let them browse the internet anyway. To conclude, from my experience as a father, I love good b, c, d-models, because they are the true reason why my kids, from 4 to 8 years-old, actually disassemble very regularly all of their models and experience with the pieces, rather than keep them on display.

I would even take it a step further : the reviews not only give you all the information you need to determine whether you will like it or not, it also gives you perspective throughout the whole theme. Blakbird's reviews are great at pointing out what's special or unique in every set, at emphasizing what's great (or not so great) about it in comparison with the others. Once you know what YOU like most in Technic sets (aesthetics, functionnality, originality, versatility...), Technicopedia's the best guide for you.

Hi Blackbird, First of all, I'll do my best in english but I haven't practiced for a pretty long time... please forgive my mistakes. I've just seen you're coming back to Lego and to technicopedia. Before this day, I had never registered on any forum in my whole life, but I just did it here to share my story with you. As a thank you, from my point of view, I hope you'll receive it that way, and that it will encourage you to pursue with your decision. I'm 37, and the happy father of 4. When I was young, I received a few Lego technic from my godfather, namely 8843, 8815, 8828, 8064 and 8074. Played a lot with them, lost contact with my godfather, and never received any Lego more. I had totally forgotten about them, until I ran into them when my parents moved out in the summer 2018. I instantly fell in love again with them, and re-built them with my elder boy, 6 years-old at the time. What was supposed to happen happened, he fell in love too, and so did my N°2, then 4 years-old. So I thought I should buy a few sets more, from the same period, to be at my parents' house, at the disposal of my 4 children and of their 18 cousins... Enter Technicopedia... Wow, what a gold mine for information! I started with buying a little lot containing 8857, 8832 and 8839, because it was close to my parents' house. Loved it, so did my children. So I thought I should go on, and build a collection of vintage sets, to offer gradually to my children (Christmas, birthdays, even tooth fairy or Easter) for their very own collection at home. I bought several big bulks, and every time they go on vacation and I stay home, alone, for work, I re-assemble sets. Your site was my biggest inspiration (after of course the selection of parts that I found in the bulks!) to choose the sets that I wanted to rebuild. It is still my main inspiration to select which set I should offer to my children, based on their age and interests. Now they begin to have quite a good collection together (my children chose to share all their parts, even my 4 your old girl, who's getting into it...). And I still have a lot, lot more hidden in my attic. WHen I offer a model, I discover it too! Magic... (well, except a few models I built when they were away, to display at my office - by the way that got one of my colleagues out of his dark age... All it took was to hand him the 8854 for a few days) Unfortunately, I don't intend to participate in the forum, or to moc ; I just read some topics from time to time ; and I will stick only with the vintage technic (pre-1998), as I don't have the ressources (neither time nor money) to get interested in the recent ones. I only know the 42092 rescue helicopter, for my elder boy got it from his godfather (and the 42082, that my colleague bought immediately after building my 8854). So actually, you got it, Technicopedia is already complete to fulfill my needs (except for the b-models!). I've stopped buying bulks, got enough I think (though I miss a number of sets that I would love to have - but can't afford), but I still visit Technicopedia very often, to watch your animations and dream about the treasure I've got in the attic, waiting for my children's birthdays and christmas... and that I will discover along with them. I let you imagine how hard it is, every single time, to choose... and consequently to not choose the other sets. THat's what I wanted to share with you. If you go on with your site, I'm sure it will benefit a lot of people. For me, it's got it all already. And I thought I had to thank you for that. Best regards