Recomendations

[Tazio]

Hello everyone, my name is Javier and I come to this forum after a 20 year dark age. All started one day at the office while I was waiting for a meeting and out of the blue I remembered when I was about 9yo or so and used to play with Legos and Tentes and then it all went bad. First I bought the 8051 set, amazing bike with loads of nice features and details(though terribly overpriced here in Chile), then the 8265 front loader which I had a blast building it, very entertaining model to work on and my introduction to the clutch mechanism.

After this...I linked my paypal account to my Ebay account and well....I bought the 8109, 8052 and 8258. All of them were a lot of fun to build, specially the 8258 which seemed to never end hahah, it's a huge model. I also bought the 8053(not so much love for this model on forums, why?) while I was waiting for those models to arrive, my wife was giving me the "what's gotten into you" look at that moment.

Anyway, so far so good. All the models have at least one interesting feature all of them are lookers, specially the 8109. So, I come to you with a question : I want another one but I don't know which one, can you give some recomendations?

To be honest I want to build a car, but the "legendary sets" are off budget is the 8070 my only option?I have been looking to both 8043 and 8110, please help a fellow AFOL.

Cheers!

[DLuders]

@ Tazio: Welcome to the Eurobricks Technic Forum! You say that (so far) you have gotten the following Technic models (pictured below), and now you want to build a car:

Yes, there are options (besides the 8070 Supercar set) for a Lego Technic car, IF you are willing to obtain the necessary parts from Bricklink.com to make your own "set". Some possibilities include these these excellent creations by Jurgen Krooshoop:

Edited September 15, 2011 by DLuders

[Darth Dino]

Hi

i started with the excavator 8043 to get off my dark ages. Also my 3yo son profit from that because he could look for parts during the build and because it is remote controled. Maybe you have also children.

Anyway the 8043 is great and gives you a lot of PF parts including remote. That might be good for later remote upgrades of you other verhicles.

Dino

[davidmull]

I came back from the dark ages last year too lol u need to buy 8043 and 8110 there the best, 8110 is my favourite and I do have 8258 too :)

Yesterday I bought a second 8043 to build the B model tracked loader!

Edited September 15, 2011 by davidmull

[Sokratesz]

get 8421 and 8455 :)

[Alasdair Ryan]

I never went in or out the dark age.

[DaddyWhale]

To be honest I want to build a car, but the "legendary sets" are off budget is the 8070 my only option?I have been looking to both 8043 and 8110, please help a fellow AFOL.

Cheers!

If you keep an eye on what's on offer on ebay you sometimes find good deals on the "legendary sets". Right now there's a 8880 for less than $200 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-Technic-8880-Super-Car-RARE-/170696349911?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27be4b98d7) for example. Last week I saw a 8466 for less than $200 as well. You need to be patient and you need to be willing to consider sets without boxes, a few parts missing, etc.

The MOC supercars are wonderful. But my experience is that it costs you much more to collect the needed parts on bricklink.

By the way, you can sometimes safe on shipping costs by requesting that the seller ship you the set without the box. This might be particularly significant for you, living in Chile. (Of course, you may really be into collecting the box as well...)

Edited September 15, 2011 by DaddyWhale

[Meatman]

If you are looking for any car ideas, check out crowkiller's site. cars are pretty much all he builds.

[basbase]

Here is a list of the most wanted Technic sets on Bricklink. It gives a decent overview of what sets are nice to get.

[Tazio]

Wow, thanks so much for your input guys. To be honest...I like the looks of the 8070(more than the supercar MOC), 8043 and 8110...I just might end up buying all of them(on a "sane" period of time) since the 1st half of 2012 does not promess much "set wise".

Regarding the shipping without the box...sorry man, that really kills the experience for me since I LOVE looking at the box and then opening it to see what's inside.

Thanks for your time and the links, I really apreciatte it.

Have a nice day guys!

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

Hi Javier,

Nice to meet a fellow Latin American AFOL. Welcome back from the Dark Ages, and welcome to the forum!

I don't know if you're into old sets, but my two favorite Technic sets are 8466 4 X 4 Off-Roader and 8480 Space Shuttle.

Those are worth the hassle even if you get a used copy in good conditions.

Edited September 15, 2011 by johnnyvgoode

[Tazio]

Hi Javier,

Nice to meet a fellow Latin American AFOL. Welcome back from the Dark Ages, and welcome to the forum!

I don't know if you're into old sets, but my two favorite Technic sets are 8466 4 X 4 Off-Roader and 8480 Space Shuttle.

Those are worth the hassle even if you get a used copy in good conditions.

Thanks for the kind welcome and yes, I LOVE the 4x4 Technic model, I've read a lot about it but have not been able to purchase one due to its price. Though I am considering gettin a copy of the 4X4 even a used one.

Cheers!

[PerryMakes]

I also bought the 8053(not so much love for this model on forums, why?)

I noticed that as well and the only reason I can think of is that this set is really just a stripped down 8421 - one of my favorite Technic sets and the one that brought me out of my dark ages. I did want to call everyone's attention to an aspect of this set that I discovered this afternoon.

If you purchased the 8053 - Mobile Crane and it does not have the instructions wrapped with cardboard backing, you may want to try returning it for another one. I picked this up last week and the instructions/sticker sheet were damaged to the point that someone had to have shaken this box fairly well! After opening the replacement, the first thing I noticed was this one had the instructions/stickers wrapped up. But even better... you get the new reinforced 16 tooth gears. Not sure if there are any other improvements, but this one I got today is surely better than the one it replaced.

Cheers ~ Perry

[TheHammer]

Not a car but i would recommend 8263 Snow groomer if you can find one at a good price

[FuzzyBallz]

8051 sports bike/chopper is a real nice show piece that's also really cheap.

[Tazio]

@PerryMakes, thanks for the heads up on the 8053, but since I bought it on a non Lego store I am not quite sure they will change it for me.

Thanks for the recomendation of the Snowgroomer. I've looked into it but have not yet found a good deal, also I am considering on not buying it in order to purchase one of the three incoming Technics I'm going to buy(8043,8110 and 8070).

I already have the 8051, and it certainly looks great, so many nice details!

Cheers everyone!