JunkstyleGio Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 ......fW Could you please put some deeplinks here? So we all can imediately see what you mean. Quote
LordGalewind Posted February 15, 2010 Author Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) Take a close look at this picture. Does anybody else notice the 5x7 L Beam on the container? Edited February 15, 2010 by LordGalewind Quote
Blakbird Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 That does indeed appear to be a new large L-shaped part! Good eye. Take a close look at this picture.Does anybody else notice the 5x7 L Beam on the container? Quote
Siegfried Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Actually I don't think you are right here. I think the switch changes between driving (steering & turning) and the 3 dipper LAs. Yeah that's what I thought. For example Transmission Position 1 Motor 1 Left Track Motor 2 Right Track Motor 3 Slew Motor 4 Transmission Transmission Position 2 Motor 1 Bucket Motor 2 Arm Motor 3 Elevation Motor 4 Transmission Quote
d00dz Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 The new bike looks to have springs/suspension at the front! WOooo The old one only had it at the rear. It should be good! I hope Australia get them before anyone :P Quote
Siegfried Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 The new bike looks to have springs/suspension at the front! WOooo The old one only had it at the rear. Actually it had them front and back; read my review! Quote
d00dz Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Actually it had them front and back; read my review! Nah Im talking about the 8420 Street Bike. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8420-1 Quote
Siegfried Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Nah Im talking about the 8420 Street Bike. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8420-1 Ahhh! Quote
HyperBlade Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) I take it everyone's noticed that the forward and backward arrows on the excavator box are angled slightly from left to right... And notice the two collections of functions on the box, i.e one for the arm movements, one for the base and super structure rotation. Edited February 16, 2010 by HyperBlade Quote
CP5670 Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) The box diagrams do suggest that the function switcher controls three driving rings at once. That would make the mechanics more complex and interesting than I had expected. It would need to have two geartrains going through the turntable, in a way similar to what 8258 did last year, but in this case they would actually operate simultaneously. But at $200, I'm really not sure about this set. Maybe I can buy it at Brickfair and bring the price down to $160 with their discounts, which would be somewhat more reasonable. Edited February 16, 2010 by CP5670 Quote
freakwave Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Could you please put some deeplinks here?So we all can imediately see what you mean. second try... contracted arm extended arm Axle routing Quote
GT-Vince Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Isn't it possible that on the mobile crane, the rear end looks funny because you can shift the boom section front and aft? In the pictures it looks like the distance between the crane "cockpit" and the "cabin" on the crane arm changes. Do real cranes do this? So that the center of gravity (COG) is directly above the center of the outriggers? Greetz Vince Quote
GT-Vince Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Take a close look at this picture.Does anybody else notice the 5x7 L Beam on the container? Those are standard beams, you can see on the images from the front. Greetz Quote
deAraujo Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) Great work freakwave! I´ll try to build it as you´ve showed in these images Edited February 16, 2010 by deAraujo Quote
allanp Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 The excavator is looking more complex than I had anticipated too. I'm so glad it's not like the bulldozer where it was all motors and no complexity. That is a relief. 3 motors controlling 6 functions via a gearbox switched by a fourth motor . But the price !!!!!! Although I've really changed my mind about the excavator, I'm sorry but I can't justify paying that much for what it is. If it was a little bit bigger and pneumatic (yes just like I constantly bang on about with pistons at least twice as long and with more efficient/effective motor compressor pump) and the second set of motor functions being used to operate the valves, then i'de buy at least two for the same (or even higher) price. Quote
Daniel-Technic Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Video of an Excavator powering by 6 motors and fully RC.Found this while searching. Not the same but look similar. Edited February 24, 2010 by Daniel-Technic Quote
Polo Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Hello everyone I did a reproduction of the #8053 crane truck 10 days ago. It took me 13 hours to build it, and I reproduced it just with the toy fair pictures (thanks to the very high quality ) All the features have been integrated (without any new part), I'm quite proud of it ^^ There are 4 axles steering, "in star" deploying outriggers with independant setting, The rotation of the turret is full manual (like The 8421). On the turret, there are 3 features. There are on the same axle, and 2 transfert box allow us to have 6 possible configurations. Brickshelf galery : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=421679 Video : Hope you'll like it ;) Quote
Siegfried Posted February 28, 2010 Posted February 28, 2010 Found this while searching. Not the same but look similar. All the features have been integrated (without any new part), I'm quite proud of it ^^ Both are very good; the crane particular looks really close. Quote
vmln8r Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 All the features have been integrated (without any new part), I'm quite proud of it ^^ Excellent job, now you don't even have to wait like the rest of us All of the 2H sets look good (possibly excepting the excavator) and the crane looks like the pick of the bunch. Can't wait! Quote
menad Posted March 20, 2010 Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) In Hungary we get a price list for the 2nd half Technic models. The 8043 Motorized excavator is a bit cheaper than the 8275 Motorized bulldozer. I think it is valuable, because the 8043 is more complex than 8275 and it seems that it has very interesting technical solutions. The 8052 Container truck has the same price as the 8264 Hauler. The 8053 Mobile Crane is a bit more expensive than the 8265 Front end loader. Good year for Technic line. Interesting models (the 8043 is ) And the price is also good. Edited March 20, 2010 by menad Quote
Jetro Posted March 26, 2010 Posted March 26, 2010 I've seen similar price relations in a few online shops. Great to see Technic prices stay within the 'normal' range and that prices are lower than some anticipated. Quote
Fyredog Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) This is my 8043. Edited March 30, 2010 by Fyredog Quote
Milan Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 This is my 8043. Care to show it in a separate topic? Quote
JunkstyleGio Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Seperate topic on that homemade 8043? Yessss! And give us more pictures and movies! Quote
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