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In real life tank tracks are driven by either the front or the rear sprockets, never both front and rear so I guess there is little or no advantage to having all sprockets driven.

The package weight of 42030 is almost the same s he 42009 according to amazon. With about 1000 less pieces that's either wrong or a lot of motors.

Working rudder and fake piston engines for the props would be my first easy mods. Then maybe steerable nose wheel and alterable blade pitch control then most difficult would be full set of working pilot and co-pilot flight controls for rudder, elevators, ailerons and so on.

They female counterpart is way too soft! Um, sorry, I think i'm a bit off-topic

Wouldn't they just slide off too easily, or is that the idea?

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Both have their strengths and weaknesses but I think the reason for the change was cost savings. The newer beams are much easier to mould and require less plastic. As for long, complicated builds I guess 8110 and 42009 are your best bet as they both have over 2000 pieces. 42009 has the most parts but I personally prefer 8110 and I would try to get that one first because it is older, 42009 will be available from Lego for a couple of years yet.

No, this is not standard practice, just a simple cock up!

Looks awesome, I hope we get to see it in the snow

In the coming weeks more like.

On the larger sets they already have the box and a lift up lid, as well as all the correct parts in the correct bags. Would it cost so much more to have a clear lid to show the parts and a very thin plastic tray? Not that I'm all that bothered to be honest. I would rather see better sets and better parts that better packaging. It just seems a bit shoddy compared to the older style.

Lego pneumatics powering a pretty much full size car? That's awesome any way you look at it!

I know the older packaging was more expensive to make, but it also made the sets more appealing on the shelves, I wonder if it made a difference in sales enough to warrant using the more elaborate packaging. I know I much prefer the older style. Take a look at a brand new 8868 and lift the lid, it just screams "oh yes, you want to buy me, you really do!". The thing with Lego is that you are not buying a finished toy, one of it's man appeals is that you are buying a kit of 100's of parts to put together. The older boxes showed that off perfectly.

The real buggers are the ones that are easy to build but impossible to take apart.

I think it's a pretty standard sheet of cellophane.

Epic model, and I love how everyone is able to jump in and generate accurate instructions, computer models and have the thing for real in their own living room in no time. That may seem pretty straight forward to us now, but It's times like this that reminds me how freaking awesome that actually is, as well as this community. With fan created tools such as LDraw, bricklink, Eurobricks and so on I know of nothing else that is as well supported online as Lego, not even close!

Well done everyone

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No we haven't, the receiver doesn't take batteries , but what you have forgotten is the 3 AAA for the transmitter

Yes, the official instructions that come with the set tell you to get the motor set 8293 pictured above and shows the builder how to use it to motorise the opening of the hood and the movement of the rear spoiler. If that is what your husband wants then the motor set 8293 is the only extra thing you will need. However, this will not make the car driveable via remote control, which led to some of us here on the forum to make our own custom motorisation. If your husband has built a few sets then he should find this custom mod pretty simple http://www.eurobrick...3 . To do this mod I used 1 x http://shop.lego.com...-8881#shopxlink , 1 x http://shop.lego.com...R-Receiver-8884 (actually I used a version 2 receiver, but you can only get that by buying another large set and this version 1 receiver should be fine), 1 x http://shop.lego.com...Listing=listing , 1 x http://shop.lego.com...te-Control-8885 , 1 x http://shop.lego.com...Listing=listing and a couple of pins and one or two bits and bobs to strengthen the gearing, which your husband will likely have if he has another technic set already, but the parts I listed are the main ones and make up most of what he'll need. Oh and 6 AA batteries! However that little lot will work out more expensive than the standard motor set and some parts may be out of stock. So without knowing exactly what your husband means by motorising, the safe bet is probably to just go for the standard motor set. A 42000 race car and an 8293 motor set is a pretty awesome gift, waaaaaaay better than slippers! . Any questions just ask

This is very good

Party on? That's Bill and Ted isn't it? Game on!

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Looking at an actual set might not be that useful as it was produced for a number of years. Some sites say 1981 and others say 1982, so it seems to me like it had a limited release in 1981 with a wider release in 1982.

"Air pumps are super cool!" That's what I tell TLG but do they listen?!