(Review) 8081 Extreme Cruiser

[rm8]

Awesome, what about RCing it?

[Splat]

Wow. It looks like thirdwigg/thirdwig has rebuilt the entire chassis, and only kept the outer shell/bodywork the same.

I think this set provides a great potential for tweaking and modifying.

[DLuders]

Yes, thirdwigg's 4x4 8081 Extreme Cruiser mod is posted on Rebrickable and Brick Truck Trial. He wrote on Flickr, "The challenge for this MOD was the front axle. If I could get the front axle to work, I could get the rest of the project to work. As shown by efferman, a V-8 will fit, so with a little work, a couple CV joints, and some serious reworking of the front frame, I was able to add a driving axle to the front of the model."

Edited April 15, 2012 by DLuders

[DLuders]

[bUMP]

On MOCpages, Devin Crist shows a simple way of making a locking door handle for the 8081 Lego Technic Extreme Cruiser set. The design could be used on many Technic sets with similar doors, and on MOCs:

[Lauris]

I got this set few days ago and on the box there's a yellow text line "Limited Edition". Does anyone know what's so limited about it?

[efferman]

limited number of cylinders maybe?

[Lauris]

limited number of cylinders maybe?

ofc

Imagine, I had to get two sets - 9395 and 8081 only to get to a V8 which could be easily placed in any of theese sets...

Edited August 21, 2012 by Lauris