Tuesday 6th December 2011

PH Blog: Santa has come early

Technic Lego at Christmas is as traditional as turkey and tinsel at PH towers

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OK, so I'm a bit of a Lego geek. Especially Technic Lego. So when news broke about the biggest, baddest, most Technic of Technic kits EVER - the U400 Unimog - I knew it was going on the Christmas list. I know, I should be over it by now. But I'm not.

Lego Unimog: nearly as complex as real thing

And I know I'm supposed to wait until Christmas day and everything but the nice man at Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles seems to have beaten Santa to it and my Christmas is, officially, sorted.

Mercedes CV man wasn't quite done there though. Because tomorrow I'm going to be driving the real thing too. A full comparison of real Unimog versus Lego one will follow. Well, once I've built the latter. Nine hours is the reckoning of someone else who's constructed one. Microwave Christmas dinner it is then. I've got more important things to be doing over the break.

Watch this space for more Unimog related goodness...

Dan

[Draexin]

Wow, it's huge! And awesome!
By the time the wintery weather hits, you can use that shovel/snowplow to clear out the driveway!

[randlemarcus]

Seems to have been a reasonably successful press campaign - there was a huge puff piece in the Torygraph the other day.

[soad]

Ages:11-16
That can't be right?!
I want one!!

[badlands1]

Was Mrs Claws wearing stockings for Santa to come early.

[TheHeretic]

Used to love technic Lego. I won a crime egg in school CDT class as I made the one that climbed the steepest slope all the way to the top! Brilliant stuff. It was also, (the pistons at least), better than an empty Niro for shooting bits of half chewed paper against the blackboard!

[Lebigmac]

if you want a challenge try this....



over 5,000 pieces, 33" long, 22" wide and 8" tall

[TheHeretic]

Does it do anything cog and piston wise?

[M666 EVO]

£155 for a toy?

I am getting very old...

But that is very cool :-)

[vrooom]

i want one.

[Dave Dax builder]

I am fortunate enough to have an 8 year old son.
We (read "I") had loads of fun putting the Unimog together.

Don't tell him, but he's haveing a load more Technic stuff for Christmas. Mwhhaaaaa

ETA. 9 hours is bang on the money.

Edited by Dave Dax builder on Tuesday 6th December 19:43

[Exar Kun]

There's a big box wrapped up under the Christmas tree addressed to me. And the other day my wife wrapped up some batteries to go with it... I dropped a lot of hints so hopefully it is what I think it is. The original red Lego unimog from the 80s was my first ever technic so I've wanted this one badly ever since it was announced.

Looking to add to my collection:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4143/4895160448_94be...

[JohnGoodridge]

Saw a fully built up one of these in store. It's awesome - 3 gearboxes, full suspension, with four wheel drive, winch, pneumatic crane arm, in line 4cyl engine with moving pistons, and robust enough to not to shed a part when dropped feet first onto the floor from about a foot and a half.

The alternate build is a tasty looking snowplough. Will keep my 8 year old going for a few days!

[Ace-T]

Is this in the right forum?

Already being discussed in this thread:

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

And a reference to the Torygraphs chap videoing himself building it...

5potTurbo said:

I see The Daily Torygraph's caught up with the Unimog:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motoringvideo/...

I'm not allowed to touch the one I purchased until 25th December. I'm itching to get on with it!

HTH

Trace

PS Awesomely cool though!

PPS I got the slightly smaller Millenium Falcon for my 30th. I love my husband!

[Piepiepie]

You guys dont put enough effort in....

It's quite big...

[rampageturke]

i've had one like this for years and years, was fun

[Old Trout]

The Unimog is fabulous.

If it makes you feel any better, my precocious, Lego fanatic son got it for his 6th birthday and completed it in a weekend!! He made one mistake.

It is a great kit

[lodgy]

iv asked for the vw camper

[louiebaby]

lodgy said:

iv asked for the vw camper

It's great, and sat on my desk at work, because the missus wasn't impressed. Apparently there isn't anywhere to put it at home.

If work is quiet over the Christmas Break, I might get a Unimog to work on...

[nedge2k]

I had this one...about 16 years ago. Even back then it was about £100!

[Vixpy1]

Funnily enough I've just picked up a UniMog from a friend who collected it from a fellow PH'er who got it in the Argos 3 for 2 offer, which cut the price down somewhat.

Its sitting on my desk waiting for some time when the kids are not around to um.. help