March 26, 20159 yr A Unimog is a Mercedes Benz offroad 4x4 heavy duty vehicle mainly used by the Army. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Mercedes-Benz_Unimog_U_5000.jpg Edited March 27, 20159 yr by LuxorV Image too big. Turned into link.
March 26, 20159 yr Holy laziest most unnecessary topic ever I'd have to agree there, I personally am tired of things like this. I've only asked questions like this after my google skills failed me.
March 26, 20159 yr Hi hey hey, maybe its not only anout lazyness. I will answer. Unimog is a name of a vehicle class from Mercedes Benz. It is NOT manly used for military, its very very very versatily platform for any kind of driving/street/working/machines/vehicles. The vehicle has its origin as tractor, ranch supporting vehicle. The name stands for german "Universal Motor Gerät", universal motor device. Most Unimogs are as the Lego set orange, because thats the german volor for building site, street works vehicles. Beside this, street cleaning and maintaining vehicles are in Germany orange too, many or them are Unimogs. Dino Edited March 26, 20159 yr by Darth Dino
March 26, 20159 yr Hi hey hey, maybe its not only anout lazyness. It would take half the time to google unimog instead of creating this topic and checking back for replies. Plus You'd get much more info.
March 27, 20159 yr :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: Delete this thread lol..........
March 27, 20159 yr Amazing how unfriendly this forum has become. Guys, give the guy a break! How many of you have never made a mistake? No, he's not lazy, starting a topic on EB takes more effort (keystrokes) than it does for a google search. He simply did not think of that and decided to ask the obnoxious lego experts. Back to OP's question: The Unimog is a utilitarian Mercedes truck, very versatile and very capable. Few years ago, Lego made a model based on the unimog. It was one of the most anticipated technic sets ever. Since it is no longer in production, prices have gone up, and those who did not get one are, well, biting their fingers. Below is the official photo from bricklink. Edited March 27, 20159 yr by DrJB
March 27, 20159 yr There could theoretically be a question that nobody's answering... Perhaps, and this is a possibility, not necessarily what he's asking, he wants to know what a unimog is... Many automobile and truck models have names that mean something besides the truck itself: Tundra, Mustang, Thunderbird, Barracuda, Beetle, Bison, Blackhawk, Bluebird, Bobcat, Bronco, Cavelier, Charger, Cheetah, Cobra, Colt, Cougar, Eagle Firebird, Fox, Gazelle, Honey Bee, Hornet, Impala, Jaguar, Lark, Leon, Marlin, Pinto, Puma, Ram, Raptor, Road Runner, Robin, Sable, Scorpion, Skylark, Spider, Stag, Stingray, Sunbird, Super Bee, Tiger, Viper, Wasp, White Eagle, Wildcat, LaPuta, Laura, Pajero, Fitta, Moco, LaCrosse, Santa Fe, Reventon, Countach, etc. etc. etc. While some are relatively easy to understand, if you are from the right place or speak the right language, there are MANY that could be hard to glean the secondary (or more accurately FIRST) meaning of these names... ...and some are intended to have none... Like Camaro. So maybe we should ask for clarification as to what OP is looking for instead of piling on? Nobody seems to have answered: Universal-Motorgerät ...and if you're not a German speaker, how many know what that means? So kudos to Kiwi, Darth and DrJB for not instantly going off the rails. Edited March 27, 20159 yr by rollermonkey
March 27, 20159 yr There could theoretically be a question that nobody's answering... Perhaps, and this is a possibility, not necessarily what he's asking, he wants to know what a unimog is... Many automobile and truck models have names that mean something besides the truck itself: Tundra, Mustang, Thunderbird, Barracuda, Beetle, Bison, Blackhawk, Bluebird, Bobcat, Bronco, Cavelier, Charger, Cheetah, Cobra, Colt, Cougar, Eagle Firebird, Fox, Gazelle, Honey Bee, Hornet, Impala, Jaguar, Lark, Leon, Marlin, Pinto, Puma, Ram, Raptor, Road Runner, Robin, Sable, Scorpion, Skylark, Spider, Stag, Stingray, Sunbird, Super Bee, Tiger, Viper, Wasp, White Eagle, Wildcat, LaPuta, Laura, Pajero, Fitta, Moco, LaCrosse, Santa Fe, Reventon, Countach, etc. etc. etc. While some are relatively easy to understand, if you are from the right place or speak the right language, there are MANY that could be hard to glean the secondary (or more accurately FIRST) meaning of these names... ...and some are intended to have none... Like Camaro. So maybe we should ask for clarification as to what OP is looking for instead of piling on? Nobody seems to have answered: Universal-Motorgerät ...and if you're not a German speaker, how many know what that means? So kudos to Kiwi, Darth and DrJB for not instantly going off the rails. Actually, our point still stands, as the Wikipedia page says what the name means. To paraphrase, it means Universal Motorized Device, or Machine. But, if that were the intention of the OP, he should have said so. Our point of it being a little bit lazy still stands.
March 27, 20159 yr I think we don't realize that all of the people on here talk about the unimog in a very offhand way. Very rarely do we refer to it as a specific vehicle and more often we refer to the parts from the unimog set(unimog tires etc.) so I can understand why he might have thought of it as a specialized Lego term or something rather than a specific vehicle.
March 27, 20159 yr While we are at it lets limit the use of eurobricks to only allow the posting of questions, mocs and general lego information that CANNOT be otherwise found on some other site by searching on google Edited March 27, 20159 yr by rumpletump
March 27, 20159 yr LEGO also had a few unimog like sets in Technics theme like 8854 Power Crane, 8848 Power Truck, 9390 Mini Tow Truck.
March 27, 20159 yr Author Holy laziest most unnecessary topic ever I'd have to agree there, I personally am tired of things like this. I've only asked questions like this after my google skills failed me. :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: Delete this thread lol.......... all of you guys that's is a putdown not happy with the way that you handled this. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unimog A Unimog is a Mercedes Benz offroad 4x4 heavy duty vehicle mainly used by the Army. Hi hey hey, maybe its not only anout lazyness. I will answer. Unimog is a name of a vehicle class from Mercedes Benz. It is NOT manly used for military, its very very very versatily platform for any kind of driving/street/working/machines/vehicles. The vehicle has its origin as tractor, ranch supporting vehicle. The name stands for german "Universal Motor Gerät", universal motor device. Most Unimogs are as the Lego set orange, because thats the german volor for building site, street works vehicles. Beside this, street cleaning and maintaining vehicles are in Germany orange too, many or them are Unimogs. Dino Amazing how unfriendly this forum has become. Guys, give the guy a break! How many of you have never made a mistake? No, he's not lazy, starting a topic on EB takes more effort (keystrokes) than it does for a google search. He simply did not think of that and decided to ask the obnoxious lego experts. Back to OP's question: The Unimog is a utilitarian Mercedes truck, very versatile and very capable. Few years ago, Lego made a model based on the unimog. It was one of the most anticipated technic sets ever. Since it is no longer in production, prices have gone up, and those who did not get one are, well, biting their fingers. Below is the official photo from bricklink. There could theoretically be a question that nobody's answering... Perhaps, and this is a possibility, not necessarily what he's asking, he wants to know what a unimog is... Many automobile and truck models have names that mean something besides the truck itself: Tundra, Mustang, Thunderbird, Barracuda, Beetle, Bison, Blackhawk, Bluebird, Bobcat, Bronco, Cavelier, Charger, Cheetah, Cobra, Colt, Cougar, Eagle Firebird, Fox, Gazelle, Honey Bee, Hornet, Impala, Jaguar, Lark, Leon, Marlin, Pinto, Puma, Ram, Raptor, Road Runner, Robin, Sable, Scorpion, Skylark, Spider, Stag, Stingray, Sunbird, Super Bee, Tiger, Viper, Wasp, White Eagle, Wildcat, LaPuta, Laura, Pajero, Fitta, Moco, LaCrosse, Santa Fe, Reventon, Countach, etc. etc. etc. While some are relatively easy to understand, if you are from the right place or speak the right language, there are MANY that could be hard to glean the secondary (or more accurately FIRST) meaning of these names... ...and some are intended to have none... Like Camaro. So maybe we should ask for clarification as to what OP is looking for instead of piling on? Nobody seems to have answered: Universal-Motorgerät ...and if you're not a German speaker, how many know what that means? So kudos to Kiwi, Darth and DrJB for not instantly going off the rails. Actually, our point still stands, as the Wikipedia page says what the name means. To paraphrase, it means Universal Motorized Device, or Machine. But, if that were the intention of the OP, he should have said so. Our point of it being a little bit lazy still stands. I think we don't realize that all of the people on here talk about the unimog in a very offhand way. Very rarely do we refer to it as a specific vehicle and more often we refer to the parts from the unimog set(unimog tires etc.) so I can understand why he might have thought of it as a specialized Lego term or something rather than a specific vehicle. While we are at it lets limit the use of eurobricks to only allow the posting of questions, mocs and general lego information that CANNOT be otherwise found on some other site by searching on google LEGO also had a few unimog like sets in Technics theme like 8854 Power Crane, 8848 Power Truck, 9390 Mini Tow Truck. thanks for the help Edited March 27, 20159 yr by LuxorV Please do not quote images from the same page. Thank you.
March 27, 20159 yr @ D3K, Saberwing40k and TheLegoExpert - While your complaint might be motivated, the way you expressed it here is not constructive at all, and borders (or goes right into) minimodding and offensive. If you do not like a thread, just don't post there. If it really looks out of place, please just use the Report button, so the Mods can deal with it. Thanks.
March 27, 20159 yr Well said LuxorV 9V was making conversation instead of referring to a machine.... at least he/she is not losing touch of humanity... they were engaging us into conversation and we pushed them away to use a search engine which as we all know will throw up all sorts of information all at once. It is not laziness - some people simply cannot handle too much information all at once and would rather ask a person On a recent trip to Germany I was suprised to see so many orange Unimogs in motorway maintenance, with various attachments and other mercedes trucks too, you don't really see that many in other countries in general us - more specialist use
March 28, 20159 yr Hey thanks for bringing us back into the charming era before Google and Wikipedia, since you used the traditional way of asking questions, here is a traditional answer based on a real book not wiki, The Unimog has its origins in the closing days of WW2, that were dark for Germany, the prevailing notion at Daimler-Benz then was to have a vehicle that would do agricultural jobs in the absence of any industry that would take some time to rebuild, so Wilhelm Haspel, the head of Daimler-Benz at that time, instructed Albert Friedrich, the head of aero engine division to come up with such a vehicle It was originally built at Erhardt and Sohne, with the enginefs of the 170 V Mercedes Benz supplied to it It was funded by a shoe manufacturer and initially did not have the Benz Star! From 'Mercedes' by Rainer W Schlegelmilch
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