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ThunderSpook said:
The Brummie said:
I have built, stripped down & rebuilt the Defender 4 times.
I still can't get the sodding thing to move on its wheels.
Gave up & put it on a shelf!!!
So what you’re saying is they’ve made it ultra realistic?I still can't get the sodding thing to move on its wheels.
Gave up & put it on a shelf!!!
I keep meaning to strip mine down and try to get it working, I'm sure I saw a guide online for what needs to be done but can't find it anywhere.
Zetec-S said:
ThunderSpook said:
The Brummie said:
I have built, stripped down & rebuilt the Defender 4 times.
I still can't get the sodding thing to move on its wheels.
Gave up & put it on a shelf!!!
So what you’re saying is they’ve made it ultra realistic?I still can't get the sodding thing to move on its wheels.
Gave up & put it on a shelf!!!
I keep meaning to strip mine down and try to get it working, I'm sure I saw a guide online for what needs to be done but can't find it anywhere.
RosscoPCole said:
toastyhamster said:
A55hole! And we're off to Kennedy in August!
Snap. I cannot wait. Booked lunch with an astronaut too.
vaderface said:
Not normally a Technic builder, more a horder.
But i look forward to this to go with the shuttle, lander and Apollo sets.
Not sure on this one. Was really disappointed with the NASA Mars rover thing in both build experience and display looks. Might be a purchase if it’s discounted at some point. But i look forward to this to go with the shuttle, lander and Apollo sets.
wolfie28 said:
vaderface said:
Not sure on this one. Was really disappointed with the NASA Mars rover thing in both build experience and display looks. Might be a purchase if it’s discounted at some point. Just visited a friend and he asked my advice on selling his late-70s Technical Lego. He brought out a box that he had liberated from his parents’ house I think, containing boxed examples of 6 sets plus 5 supplementary sets: blue go-kart, yellow forklift, red car chassis, yellow bulldozer, red tractor and blue motorbike and sidecar. Still in their boxes, with intact plastic trays etc though built and dismantled (not many times looking at the pieces).
I think old Technical sets are less valuable than normal LEGO from the era (yellow castle, space sets for instance) but the car chassis and motorbike are worth perhaps £150 each and the rest maybe £40-60 each. Supplementary sets seem very low value. Anyone had recent experience of selling a collection like this? He asked me as a Lego fanboy but I don’t buy it to sell on, so have no idea if Bricklink is the only sensible place to use.
Despite my own Technical sets from the era being in slightly worse condition, nostalgia means they are the ones I want to keep. I did say to my friend that I’d struggle to part with them if they’d been from my own childhood.
I think old Technical sets are less valuable than normal LEGO from the era (yellow castle, space sets for instance) but the car chassis and motorbike are worth perhaps £150 each and the rest maybe £40-60 each. Supplementary sets seem very low value. Anyone had recent experience of selling a collection like this? He asked me as a Lego fanboy but I don’t buy it to sell on, so have no idea if Bricklink is the only sensible place to use.
Despite my own Technical sets from the era being in slightly worse condition, nostalgia means they are the ones I want to keep. I did say to my friend that I’d struggle to part with them if they’d been from my own childhood.
This was really good. Nice build, and playable finished thing. Steering with a tight enough radius to drive around a workbench, it'll lift and tip a crate full of bits (from just one gear on the other side), and the back then tips them back out. Plus working doors. I do like the smaller Technic stuff.
Grabbing!
Lifting!
Tipping!
Emptying!
Grabbing!
Lifting!
Tipping!
Emptying!
As a treat to myself, instead of buying a new set and dealing with the wrath of Mrs RosscoPCole I want to replace the stickers of my Bugatti Chiron and Porsche 911 GT3 with printed bricks.
Does anyone know of a place I can buy this from?
I thought steindrucker.com made them, but it appears not anymore.
Does anyone know of a place I can buy this from?
I thought steindrucker.com made them, but it appears not anymore.
The Brummie said:
I bought 42171, the Mercedes W14E F1 car, yesterday.
The black tyres look dull so does anyone know from where I can get some decent Pirelli decals from?
Thank you.
There's some here:The black tyres look dull so does anyone know from where I can get some decent Pirelli decals from?
Thank you.
www.brickstickershop.com/website/index.php?Show=Se...
I recently bought some Concorde stickers from them on the rec of another PHer, super speedy delivery.
Jobbo said:
Just visited a friend and he asked my advice on selling his late-70s Technical Lego. He brought out a box that he had liberated from his parents’ house I think, containing boxed examples of 6 sets plus 5 supplementary sets: blue go-kart, yellow forklift, red car chassis, yellow bulldozer, red tractor and blue motorbike and sidecar. Still in their boxes, with intact plastic trays etc though built and dismantled (not many times looking at the pieces).
I had most of those as a kid, the red tractor was my first set. Sadly I never kept the boxes but have the parts and the manuals somewhere. I went to the Lego World exhibition in Utrecht last year and they had a museum section with a history of lego, with the fork lift, red tractor and bulldozer in a display case. You know you're old when stuff you own is in a museum
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 28th May 12:57
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