Unlike the Combine and Bulldozer though, if anything this model is too small compared to city buildings. These things are huge in real life.

True, but so is a Toys R Us store and look at the LEGO version of that. Plus, these aren't usually in close proximity to buildings, although I know of a few companies that have put windmills up on their property for extra power generation. I just think that having to fit it on our small LEGO table, towering over the undersized City buildings, it wouldn't fit in.

I know even at full retail ($60 US or a mind-boggling $80 Canadian), this set is over-priced.

But I think this set is definitely has play value at $30.00 at least for parts, and a nice wind turbine.

With modification and adding powerfunctions, this could be really fun. Not quite as nice as the vestas set,

mind you, but could be a viable alternative.

I refused to pay full retail, but jumped when Lego had them on clearance in January after the new year.

I see that Ebay sellers are trying hard to sell them above the $40 mark and lots of them are available

at the $35 US on Bricklink.

I just dont understand the complete lack of appeal.... well, as a set collector, this set would be

as far apart as possible from my list of wanted sets, but for playability, it isnt that bad.

On a side-note. I was going to hookup only a powerfunction medium motor and battery box to it to spin the blades,

but the motor was too fast. I just got a IR remote control (with speed controller) and a IR receiver. This

actually worked very good. I was thinking of getting a micromotor but I think this could be better long-term.

Damn...by reading this topic, my interest for the turbine transport was immediately back... although i have one already over a year...i just ordered a second on for only 45 euro's........i will but the mast on one truck....and the 3 blades on the other truck....that will lokk nice!!!

Greetz, LegoSjaak

True, but so is a Toys R Us store and look at the LEGO version of that. Plus, these aren't usually in close proximity to buildings, although I know of a few companies that have put windmills up on their property for extra power generation. I just think that having to fit it on our small LEGO table, towering over the undersized City buildings, it wouldn't fit in.

They look pretty good on group train layouts though. I see your point about them dwarfing a small table town.

I don't know. For me, the idea of a wind farm is much too rural for LEGO City. Whenever I see windmills, they are in a massive expanse of plains with only one or two roads cutting through. I haven't got the set because I don't think it would fit in my city.

I liked this set when I first saw pictures but the more I looked the less it appealed. There's been a bit of a glut of trucks recently and I prefer the transport trucks in green livery. The escort car isn't terribly exciting or different from other city cars and wind turbines are useless in a city. I just couldn't find enough to like with this set to justify buying it.

Yeah the set really doesn't fit into a city very well. I'm already thinking about selling my turbine transports.

Damn...by reading this topic, my interest for the turbine transport was immediately back... although i have one already over a year...i just ordered a second on for only 45 euro's........i will but the mast on one truck....and the 3 blades on the other truck....that will lokk nice!!!

Greetz, LegoSjaak

I used 4 trucks. 2 for the mast sections (1 already raised by the crane) 1 for the turbine and 1 for the blades. I doubled the mast height to make them more realistic.

I don't know. For me, the idea of a wind farm is much too rural for LEGO City. Whenever I see windmills, they are in a massive expanse of plains with only one or two roads cutting through. I haven't got the set because I don't think it would fit in my city.

It doesn't have to be a wind farm in the city. The city of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) has a single wind turbine by the lake shore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindShare

It doesn't have to be a wind farm in the city. The city of Toronto (Ontario, Canada) has a single wind turbine by the lake shore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindShare

We have a solitary one in the Wellington city suburb of Brooklyn in New Zealand.

The Brooklyn wind turbine on Polhill was built by the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand in the early 1990s to test the feasibility of a regional wind farm. Visible from many parts of Wellington, it has been adopted by Brooklyn as its symbol.

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Let me try to answer the question.

The same thing, here in Russia we have it for almost 95 $! And it is still available. It is hugely overpriced but that's not the only reason. It came out along with 7686, if you remember, which was nearly the same - ok, no wind turbine - but it offered a helicopter and a nice motocycle, it had more minifigures and in total was nearly TWICE as cheaper that 7747. So it was obvious that it came soon sold out while 7747 is still gathering dust.

Let me try to answer the question.

The same thing, here in Russia we have it for almost 95 $! And it is still available. It is hugely overpriced but that's not the only reason. It came out along with 7686, if you remember, which was nearly the same - ok, no wind turbine - but it offered a helicopter and a nice motocycle, it had more minifigures and in total was nearly TWICE as cheaper that 7747. So it was obvious that it came soon sold out while 7747 is still gathering dust.

This may be a correct and rational answer in the retail scheme of things, but on Ebay and Bricklink, both sets are relatively the same price.

This may be my own opinion, but the only redeeming factor on the helicopter set was the helicopter and if you are like me I

have helicopters coming out of my ears. The truck and trailer are just plain hideous. At least the Trucks in the Wind Turbine

Transport look decent...even though the color red is quite commonplace and plain.

This may be a correct and rational answer in the retail scheme of things, but on Ebay and Bricklink, both sets are relatively the same price.

This may be my own opinion, but the only redeeming factor on the helicopter set was the helicopter and if you are like me I

have helicopters coming out of my ears. The truck and trailer are just plain hideous. At least the Trucks in the Wind Turbine

Transport look decent...even though the color red is quite commonplace and plain.

I liked that helicopter set because of the unique coloured motorcycle and the train base. It was cheap enough here that on of my LUG members bought it just to split up the parts.

For people who are worried about the size of the wind turbine, remember that modern wind turbines are tall. Vestas, for example, delivers a wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 90 m. The hub height can vary from 65-105 m, giving a total height of 110-150 m. Much higher than most buildings.

Of course a wind turbine does not belong in a city, but in the country side or off shore. That might be a challenge for most of us with limited space for our cities though.

I got the set last Christmas from Santa Claus. For some reason, my wife got a little sad when I told her, LEGO had it on sale for 50% the price. Maybe she's worried about Santa Claus' economy. He could have saved quite an amount of money waiting for the sale

I like the wind turbine, and look forward to find a spot for it when I'm going to build my city. I might MOD the truck a little. Got some ideas from earlier replies here.

I recently bought a second set..so now i have two trucks to get the Turbine transported!!! I modified the trailers a little bit, just to make it look better! Have a look at both trucks!!

Greetz, LegoSjaak