Hopey

Are the front wheels on power puller rims, or the same rims as 8110 / 9398 / 42000 ?

Bringing it to the attention of everyone here may have been a mistake...

You can do this if you do this.

I've been waiting for it to be cheap on amazon or similar, but it hasn't really gone down at all. Might have to wait until 42030 comes out.

You can build it with just one small turntable, with a little ingenuity; I did (The red one a few pages back).

I made a red one! I've made a few modifications to accommodate for the parts that I didn't have. I could have matched it a bit more closely if I'd done it in yellow, but I'm kind of sick of everything being yellow. I didn't have enough tiles to achieve the smoothness in the original but I don't mind the look of the exposed pin holes. The most notable modification is the use of a regular battery box, which was surprisingly easy. The engine cover is just one stud longer and theres a slight change to how it attaches, but nothing tricky. There must've been a lot of extra room in there with the rechargeable one. All in all it's a wonderful MOC. The build was challenging; I kind of liked how the instructions don't have to be kid friendly like TLGs ones, so sort of just show you how it should be put together without always showing every tiny step. Many thanks for producing the instructions, it's much appreciated. This is really the first time I've been able to build someone else's fairly large-scale complex MOC with the parts I already own, and I enjoyed the experience. It's fun to play with too! (As an aside, I didn't realise until after I'd finished it that the front IR receiver forms the driver's seat. Nice touch!)

My phone (Samsung Galaxy s4) has an ir thingy built in. Is there an Android app that can control the pf receivers?

What happened in 1987?

Do the back wheels fall off? They don't look very well secured...

Awesome, there's onei can swing by on the way home. Thanks.

Hiya. My son't just had his brithday and ended up with $75 from his grandparents to spend on whatever he liked. He had a look around the lego website and decided that 60009: Helicopter Arrest would satisfy his needs nicely (in terms of a destination for the chase that begins at the museum in 60008) The postage at $30 is a little steep, but Wifey and I figured we could cover the difference if we could find it at or near the RRP of $79.99 in a shop somewhere. No such luck, however. I haven't been able to find it at any of the big department stores, in specialty toy stores, on eBay being shipped from within Australia, or even on any of the European amazon sites. Brickset says that it was released in the US, UK and Canada last December. Is it available in Australia anywhere other than S@H? Is it going to be?

Those are added to hold it straight, so that the front and back suspension are aligned. You'll remove them later.

This thread makes me sad.

This looks fantastic. I can't wait to build it. I'm getting the 42009 soon and plan on building the official model first soi can appreciate all the changes you've made. One small comment though: I'm not sure what software you used to make the instructions, but does it have an antialiasing option? Because if it doesn't, it should. I find the jagged edges on all the lines a bit distracting. Other than that, superb work.

Now we just have to wait for someone to put one of the container trucks on eBay...