chorlton Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) I'm not sure if it's of much interest, but I'm putting all my old (70s and 80s) Technics up in the attic and found this booklet under the tray insert of the 8700 4.5V motor set. It took me back a bit so thought it was at least worth posting in case anyone else is interested. I think it's from 1984. What really took me back was the Lego Services section at the back, which I remember using to replace broken parts. There's few things better as a kid than waiting for something to arrive by mail, particularly when we didn't do all our shopping through the internet. Front Cover And a link to the folder with the rest: 1984 Lego Technic Booklet. Apologies for using Microsoft Skydrive but Brickshelf don't allow catalogue scans which this probably counts as. Please post if there's any permission problems. Edited January 30, 2012 by chorlton Quote
tomacwhite Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Wow thanks!! I remember that booklet like it was yesterday too. I used to love the square-shaped normal Lego catalogues too, especially with all the old cool electric train stuff. Super rad! Quote
KEvron Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 say, isn't that DLuders on the cover? KEvron Quote
barti673 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Didn't knew there was an internet in 1984... But maybe i'm too young :) Quote
Meisseli Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 Really brings back memories! 8843 Fork truck was my first ever technic set, my grandpa gave it as a christmas present. I don't remember that well myself, but my dad has told me afterwards that he had to help me build it and it really was not an easy task for him. He then told grandpa to never ever again buy such things to me. Luckily, he didn't obey and my next set was 8851 Excavator. Which I built all by myself. Thanks for posting! Quote
le60head Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Thank you very much for posting! I might even print it to enjoy it completely! Quote
chorlton Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 Thank you very much for posting! I might even print it to enjoy it completely! I have some MUCH larger tiff scans if you're really interested. Let me know and i'll upload and provide links tonight. Quote
Siegfried Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 I have some MUCH larger tiff scans if you're really interested. Let me know and i'll upload and provide links tonight. Could you archive them together? Quote
Jurgen Krooshoop Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 A good old blast of the past. I might just have a copy of that same catalogue in my Loge-booklet-box, thanx. This was from the time that I started with Lego-technic myself, I clearly remember the 8030 to be my first technic set. Quote
Parax Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 A good old blast of the past. I might just have a copy of that same catalogue in my Loge-booklet-box, thanx. This was from the time that I started with Lego-technic myself, I clearly remember the 8030 to be my first technic set. yep I remember spending hours with that catalogue.. and most likely still have my copy too.. I think 8020 was my first Technic then 8040.. Sometimes I wish they would do universal sets again... Definitely the best way to encourage independent building, lots of ideas and functions and good for parts, and models you don't want to keep made up... P. Quote
chorlton Posted February 2, 2012 Author Posted February 2, 2012 Could you archive them together? I think the following link - Skydrive Folder - will take you to a public folder contining the images plus three large zip files containing the TIFFs. Right-click on any file to download. Quote
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