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I like the look of the B model, I just wonder if moving the battery box would of helped offset the heavier front?

Maybe take the towing part out of the back and put a bbq and tv ;)

The loader with the telescopic fork lift arm is really neat and very clean.

It really pops in the blue, I wonder if using panels from the williams F-1 Racer would help, I know they aren't the same as the new one but I am sure it could be made to work.

Thanks :) Patience is the hardest part of course. My motor control is getting better but be damned if I could thread the string or apply stickers too the helicopter. As for my recovery, this week the plan is for me to go out and participate in doing groceries. I somehow need to sneak a trip to toys r us and see if the new sets are on the shelves ;) The specialists are happy with my progress overall. I am looking at a fairly good recovery for range and motion but the downside is pain is always going to be a factor unfortunately. At least I can read eurobricks and check out bricklink to pass my good days. I am really loving the old idea books lego put out. I wish they had kept up with it even if it was just a quarterly thing they released on there website.

I have recovered decently the last few weeks from being operated on. I am not getting back into being able to build. 9397 was the last model I buit and I enjoyed it very much. My motor functions still aren't 100% and i have a lot more limitations for before, so i bought the 2011- 8068 helicopter and 8109 flatbead. I figure start smaller set then go to the flatbed and hopefully be ready to make the crawler hoping its out soon. I am still fairly medicated and tackling that looks to be a lot like the unimog but without pneumatics and dont want to have a repeat of me messing up every 10 minutes cause im a spacecadet. With physio and medication, my life quality isnt exactly better for the moment but when physio is completed I will get to taiper off the narcotics hopefully easy. All is well other than that, the military has been sending me people that have nothing to do in the day to see if I need anything done around the house. They literally meant anything and there master corporal gave me a list of things i can ask them , and if somethings not on the list to call him and ask him before i ask. My new neighbors have found it very strange so far seeing military men and women cut my grass, trim the trees and yet be so happy and having fun while doing it. Sometimes the support of others can make me happy just seeing how much they enjoy it and have no problem coming back off hours if I need anything.

The new brick separator is pretty good for removing pins as well. It has been in so many sets this year but not a single one of them technic sets.

It is an amazing looking ship, but the price is crazy for what you get. That new 10 year star wars deal must of cost lego a lot.

I think that power puller needs one more row of engines ;) I bite the bullet and ordered the two face tires, I just really liked the design and plan to buy the 4x4 crawler and see how they work. wheels+shipping to canada was under $40 so good place to shop from.

I like those tires, the tread pattern is nice.

Great pictures, nice detailed shots on the new blades. Even with the birthmark they are fairly impressive and can't wait to get this set when it comes out.

Great review and photos, it is going to make waiting to get it that much harder!

Damn, oh well it is defiantly going to be a $200 US set, $250 CDN :( Those prices are crazy, XL motors are only $12

Very nice truck, it looks great!

Thanks for the information, I will have to see if I can find these tires over here as the ones on the upcoming crawler look a little too small.

I see a lot of the old studded stuff very nice. You have a very diverse collection

great review and the final shot of all the bikes together is so nice to see them all together.

Thank you :). My biggest anxiety is I won't be able to put together my lego for a few weeks after the surgery. I did get the logging truck today and hope I get to start putting it together this Friday. With the new photos of the helicopter and 4x4 crawler I am excited for later this year though I don't think I will be able to find the sets until October.

Spending so much time in the hospital and in a recovery home I saw exactly how much some people do and how little a lot do. I just try my best and my attitude is that it can always be worse than it is so be happy for what I have. Building has helped me focus and I do have sets off to the side for days that dealing with all my crap gets too much I can put together. Space is a issue, and as I bought non technic sets it got crazy. The modulars are lovely sets and I will probably always have them displayed. I bought the unimog and it was fairly difficult the tubing was the hardest part and I made a few mistakes on the suspension when I made it that I had to tear it down and start over again because I couldn’t figure out my oops, the orange is great and it is the only pneumatic set for sale currently. I defiantly want the rock crawler and the helicopter that are upcoming and am undecided about the tractor I will have to see what other people think of it as the information and photos I have seen I am not sold yet. Thanks for the well wishes! I have another surgery and the recovery/rehab for it to try and improve my quality of life. I agree that it does help just having that sense of achievement. Making my own meals, getting my own groceries and being able to slowly take care of myself made it all a little better. Every choice I make in the day has a consequence on my body and it is usually pain related and then followed by mobility. Thanks to the internet it is easier to know other people with the same interests, I haven't met any AFOL's in the area who have a interest in the technic sets let alone anyone else who is disabled who enjoys lego.

I read this story and it made me feel great that you are able to do it is inspiring. You asked if there is other disabled builders, I am one of them just not to the same extent as you are. On good days I have full use of my left arm and can get by with use of a cane for a short while. I can kind of hold shopping bags with my right arm so I can get out and go buy more lego ;) or groceries After I was injured I spent over a year and a half in the hospital and when I got out I couldn't work and had nothing to do with my time. I was pretty lost with nothing to do. I had worked all my life from since I was 8 until I got injured. On a day trip with the hospital that was taking care of me, I saw the super car and bought it and figured it should be fun. I never had my own lego as it was a boy's toy to my parents so I only ever got exposed to what my brother would let me play with which wasn't much. When I opened the box and started putting it together and remembered what it was like to be doing something and how good it felt to be accomplishing something I could see! It sounds silly but having the set build up in front of me after being unable to do things for so long was the first good day I had since I got hurt. After that super car I then picked up the 8051 motorcycle, a few weeks after that 8041 Truck and 8053 Mobile crane. After my accident I didn't have very many possessions left and what I did was in storage until I could live on my own permanently. I had a small room in a recovery home with a bed, dresser and tv but next thing you know lego started being built and took over the top of the dresser. When my doctors/specialists/therapists came to see me and noticed it and fairly quickly I was known as the lego girl by them. A few months later I was able to move into an apartment and be on my own and then my collection just exploded. I ended up buying every technic set that was available to me. I bought the extreme cruiser, backhoe loader, container truck (love the blue!), 8043 Excavator and ordered from bricklink 8258 Crane truck. My apartment was just like my other room soon covered with lego. Unfortunately while I am able to live on my own and take care of myself for the most part I will never fully recover anymore than I have now so I am looking at going on 30 and having to find something to do during the day. I branched out of the technic line and picked up some creator, then alien conquest and star wars and a few modular houses so far. Life was looking pretty dark for me and I had nothing to really look forward to and felt lost then I picked up some abs bricks and at least then I could look forward to building them and taking them apart and then new and more sets coming down the line. Sure some people don’t understand it exactly but they have never had to deal with not having a job to go to and what to do with all sorts of free time. I always felt as long as I enjoy it and it hurts no one I wouldn’t be ashamed of my pastimes. I feel lucky that I found this as a past time and at least when I have a bad day and can’t get out of bed or do anything I know that when I am feeling up to it I have something to do that I enjoy. It makes a difference. Thank you Grum64 for sharing about yourself, and your experience with lego and life.

The new brick separator has the axle nub on it that you can use to get the axle/pin out. Before that I was just using a 4L axle into a 1x2 brick that had the axle hole connected by 2x2 plates to another 1x2 brick to hold the axle in place.

The B model is excellent for play value for younger kids too, I haven't had one kid come over who didn't want to take it off the shelf and play with it. It moves fast and can push bricks around quickly and pick them up and move them. The Excavator is great but it is slow and well kids like fast and go go go. My favourite set all around though last year was the supercar. It was a really fun build and the parts are great for future builds of car chassis and is just a great start to your collection. The 8053 mobile crane has a nice B model of a harbor crane it might be worth looking at :)

That is just wow, if lego ever released something like that I would be on it in a heartbeat.

Between this, and the loom and water strider some people have really gotten creative with the sets outside of vehicles. I really love seeing all these different things.

Great truck and nice scale, it looks really good.