Technic lego

[CRA1G]

Heartworm said:

sgrimshaw said:

At £135 I'm sorely tempted to buy a second Excavator to have the A and B model on display at the same time

I've been having the same thoughts, but I know the trouble I would get into, our guest room is turning into a Lego store.

You mean a bit like this...!



And I've just orderd the Excavator for £135...!

[sgrimshaw]

Smyths have Porsche available for home delivery now.

Just bought that and the Claas.

Editted for accuracy

Resisted a second copy of the Excavator

Couldn't resist it

Edited by sgrimshaw on Wednesday 25th January 09:39

[garythesign]

TooManySheds said:

Just a heads up.
Anyone still after an Mercedes-Benz Arocs 42043, Tesco got them back in stock at £124, and if you order online (and use your Clubcard when shopping) you usually have a load of little E Vouchers that you can apply making it even cheaper. Ended up being under £100 for me :-)

http://www.tesco.com/direct/lego-technic-mercedes-...

Thanks for this. Mine arrived on Monday, undamaged

This is my first lego in about 45 years! Prompted by reading articles here.

We are moving to Ireland in a few weeks so will save this for once we are settled over there

[Oakey]

I posted in the other thread but I'll post it in here as well

My local auction house has some Lego coming up in their next auction, bit surprised as some of those are quite new sets;

http://www.gerrardsauctionrooms.com/BidCat/Catalog...

Sets:

42022 - Hot Rod
8297 - Off Roader
10248 - Ferrari F40
10242 - Mini Cooper
10220 - VW T1 Camper
8053 - Mobile Crane
42006 - Excavator
42024 - Container Truck
42043 - Merc Truck
9398 - 4x4 Crawler
42030 - Volvo L350
42009 - Mobile Crane Mk2
42039 - 24hr Race Car
42025 - Cargo Plane
10226 - Sopwith Camel
9396 - Rescue Helicopter
8264 - Hauler
42008 - Service Truck
75105 - Millenium Falcon (latest one)

I'd love to know the story behind this lot, you'd think a serious collector would put them on Bricklink or similar as opposed to some random auction house.

Edited by Oakey on Thursday 26th January 16:04

[2pad]

John Lewis now selling the Porsche for 169.99. Just ordered mine.

[MissChief]

2pad said:

John Lewis now selling the Porsche for 169.99. Just ordered mine.

I wasn't going to but at that price I just couldn't turn it down.

[djdest]

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

[raceboy]

djdest said:

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

I'm in exactly the same position, and I've not bought it yet either, and I prefer the Lepin copy in white.....

[djdest]

I'm literally sat here with my wallet wondering if I should go to Smyth's and get one
Still cannot decide....

[BigBen]

raceboy said:

djdest said:

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

I'm in exactly the same position, and I've not bought it yet either, and I prefer the Lepin copy in white.....

Not just you, it looks horrible.

[troc]

I wasn't sure about it either but it looks much better in reality - at least I think it does

[Ransoman]

djdest said:

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

I am on the fence about the Porsche too. It does look hideous but it has all the features I want in a lego Supercar. It doesn't help that it is £100 overpriced. Even at £170 it is still at the very least £20 too much.

[Bullett]

I was unsure despite loving Porsche and lego, it should have been a no questions purchase but I was unsure on the looks.

Glad I got it though as it's excellent and looks a lot better in real life.

[djdest]

However, it looks excellent from the side in this shot, so maybe the answer is to display it on a high shelf!

https://goo.gl/images/ZQGUvl

[SunsetZed]

raceboy said:

djdest said:

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

I'm in exactly the same position, and I've not bought it yet either, and I prefer the Lepin copy in white.....

The white made a huge difference for me, I wouldn't order it in yellow but I much prefer it in white and have ordered it.

[Kenny.Junior]

djdest said:

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

Same as, to my eyes it's just not right. My wife was going to get it for me at Christmas but my son said no, I got the Class instead. Love that thing.

[72twink]

It's Technic, it'll never have the "complete" or smooth finish of a creator model, but then you don''t have the functionality of Technic, either way will always have a compromise to some degree - I love mine, something that I never felt for the Le Mans car.

[djdest]

Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate the design and how clever the workings are, and I can imagine that after building it you see it in a different light. I do love the side view of it, so might be tempted to get it while it's cheap

[sgrimshaw]

Mr Hermes made a delivery today

Claas, Porsche and Excavator.

Must admit I was a bit surprised at the size of the Porsche box ... for some reason I expected it to be bigger.

Very nice though, somehow it looks "better" than the other Lego boxes.

[sorrento205]

djdest said:

The Porsche really frustrates me, I really want to buy it and really want to love it, but I just cannot convince myself that it looks good.
To me, the obvious shape is there, but the bodywork is just too much of a dogs dinner with all the panel gaps.
Did anyone else feel this but go on to buy it and love it?

I enjoyed the build more than i like the look of it. My son likes to play with it though so win win. I'm in the middle of attempting the removable body mod and realised I'm short a few elements which has stifled me a bit and upset the lad though!