Just now, TeamThrifty said:

I notice @BrickbyBrickTechnic has started one which is brilliant (he's got the steering modes included), genuinely interested in following that moc.

Thanks man, I appreciate it! 

15 hours ago, dr_spock said:

Since the boom can't go at least horizontal, it is going to be an issue loading it on a lowboy trailer and fitting under the Technic overpass bridge.  It might make a good bridge crash video though. 

You mean this way :

Found in Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156692875651209&set=pcb.2219487158123305&type=3

Edited July 29, 20186 yr by Wolf_Zipp

I used in my MOCs more than once special linkages to increase travel of the movable parts it wouldn´t be bad idea.

You can see two linkages for the first and second arm to increase their travel.

looks like a whole bunch of little fidgety pieces that will make for an awesome build

def going to add this one to the collection

Finished the build last night and it's such a nice model. It's huge, has lot's of small details, looks really nice and building it was so much fun. While building it I came across some new building techniques that I haven't seen in a Technic model before. 

Haven't played with the functions yet but for me it's more abut the looks than the functions. I noticed that the crane itself isn't locked on the chassis and that it can turn freely without using the function to rotate the crane. Not sure if that's intended or that I made a mistake when building it (hope not.... :P)

Steering is really smooth despite the weight of the set. Only little downside is that the chassis bends a little but under the weight of the crane when using the outriggers.

Overall, I can really recommend this set if you have the space to store it 

Edited July 30, 20186 yr by NioN

58 minutes ago, NioN said:

Haven't played with the functions yet but for me it's more abut the looks than the functions. I noticed that the crane itself isn't locked on the chassis and that it can turn freely without using the function to rotate the crane. Not sure if that's intended or that I made a mistake when building it (hope not.... :P)

It is the same on some videos, so I think this is normal

 

1 hour ago, NioN said:

I noticed that the crane itself isn't locked on the chassis and that it can turn freely without using the function to rotate the crane. Not sure if that's intended or that I made a mistake when building it (hope not.... :P)

Loads of sets have functions that can be performed by hand when disengaged. The slewing on 42042 is exactly the same.

9 minutes ago, fred-eric said:

It is the same on some videos, so I think this is normal

 

Nice, I didn't watch the (speedbuild) video's yet to prevent any spoilers.

10 hours ago, bettc said:

a whole bunch of little fidgety pieces that will make for an awesome build

That should be TLGs' tagline :)

 

2 hours ago, NioN said:

I noticed that the crane itself isn't locked on the chassis and that it can turn freely without using the function to rotate the crane. Not sure if that's intended

It has been said this is by design because kids will rotate the structure regardless and then a whole bunch of little fidgety pieces stuff will get broken. I'd say that explanation makes a lot of sense.

Being able to rotate the crane when it's not engaged is actually quite convenient. Especially when your batteries are dead.

13 minutes ago, Jim said:

Being able to rotate the crane when it's not engaged is actually quite convenient. Especially when your batteries are dead.

Well, yes. but the same could be said about the outriggers or the boom, but it's only the super-structure rotation that's "decoupled". Which, concerning the mass and size involved, is where most damage could be done.

(Ironically, my sons' older nephew - whose idea of play is very Jeremy Clarcksonesque and therefore usually involves hammers - managed to rip apart the outriggers om my, ehr, his 42009 by 'operating them manually'. Nothing broke, but stuff did fall out. I'm now calling the 42009 crane the Alfa Romeo, which is very unfair of me since my son didn't brake it for a whopping 11 months - and it would have kept going for much longer if said nephew had not come along - which is about 10 months longer than my Alfa's would last prior to spilling parts)

I also think there is an element of play value: when my son is playing with the 42009, he is always having to do manual micro adjustments to the superstructure position in order to properly outline the hook with whatever it is that he is trying to lift (said nephew, for example). Imagine the frustration if he would have had to do that through a gearbox that was always 'in the wrong mode' (i.e. motor routed to lift/tilt).

Edited July 30, 20186 yr by JimDude

Just now, JimDude said:

(Ironically, my sons' older nephew - whose idea of play is very Jeremy Clarcksonesque and therefore usually involves hammers - managed to rip apart the outriggers om my, ehr, his 42009 by 'operating them manually'. Nothing broke, but stuff did fall out. I'm now calling the 42009 crane the Alfa Romeo, which is very unfair of me since my son didn't brake it for a whopping 11 months - and it would have kept going for much longer if said nephew had not come along - which is about 10 months longer than my Alfa's would last)

I agree with what you said about the free rotation of the crane, it doesn't harm at all and it indeed quite usefull.

Not sure if it's useful for everybody, but it still seems to be available:

https://www.stonewars.de/angebote/lego-42082-technic-rough-terrain-crane/

That is good offering 

Too bad there's no company in my country that ships from that website. I can only order shipping from amazon.de and ebay.de. Although I'm aching badly to put my paws on this set I've gotta wait a few more months.

it really tells you something about lego MSRP when you can buy sets for 20-30% off even before the original street date.

 

price wise though, this set might drop low enough that ill get it, it looks pretty impressive, and a cheap offer on this might be more tempting then a use 42042

1 minute ago, vectormatic said:

it really tells you something about lego MSRP when you can buy sets for 20-30% off even before the original street date.

RRP (as TLG calls it nowadays, Recommended Retail Price) is a recommended price for retail. The prices we see are mostly online stores or retailers with some sort of discount/offer. But you are right that one should basically never have to pay RRP.

can honestly say that if BWE didnt have similar neutral functions where you can spin things manually, it would be destroyed by my 2 year old

42 minutes ago, bettc said:

can honestly say that if BWE didnt have similar neutral functions where you can spin things manually, it would be destroyed by my 2 year old

I don't think TLG designed this set (or any other technic set for that matter) for 2 year olds! 

this set is openly selling in Russia begining on sunday in the licensed Lego stores (mir-kubikov), got it, very neat B-model and any digital instructions is not avaliable now. For some reason slewing doesn`t work, stick with gear moves freely, only built undercarriage by now. Is spare parts are normal, or there is mistakes either in my work or in building instructions?

Hi,

Welcome to EB!

Some spare parts is usual. Mostly small bits and pieces.

Looks like 42082 already has an awesome C model, courtesy of - I think! - @nico71 (can you confirm?).

Edited July 31, 20186 yr by suffocation

I can confirm   

This is proof how lazy TLG has become with B models

13 minutes ago, Ivan_M said:

This is proof how lazy TLG has become with B models

and it looks better than the 42079 heavy duty forklift...