[nikhilarni]

Originally Posted by Jeeper1941

Here are a few pics of my entire collection . I haven't built the ones in the boxes, maybe someday. I've been collecting since 2000.

That's an impressive collection. Your collection will light up the spark in any Lego fan's eyes and we will be back to being kids.

[joe1980]

A thread in T-BHP for Lego! Wow! What else can I ask for?

Is anyone here having Lego Mindstorms EV3? I got one for my 9 year old and she loves programming with it and is even more excited to see the results on the Robot! I find it a very good tool to get kids interested in programming!

[nikhilarni]

Looking at this thread, I was tempted to share my experience and journey with Lego.

I distinctively recall, I was about 6, when we returned back to Mumbai from Jeddah and my dad had bought a Lego set. It took a lot of pestering for my dad to finally allow me to play with it after making the models in the booklet. I was hooked ever since.

Then years later, I came across a catalog with various Lego sets and the Technic sets blew my mind. All this while, I kept toying with my lego set to build some of those motion arms, cranes and the movement mechanisms. But I was always wanting for the right parts, when ever I got a little time.

Now ( cut to 2017 ) I had my eyes glues to the Technic Arocs set and got a good deal around Thanks-Giving. I just bought it.

While assembling the model, I was like a boy with a new toy. It was pure joy to see and build the gear mechanisms and the pneumatic crane arms, the wheels with suspension systems. It was pure nirvana.

Here are a few pics of the model

[Sawyer]

Very interesting models those - and just the thing to spark an interest in areas other than video games and YouTube.

Technic is where I first really understood how a differential on a car axle works. When my son and I built it together for a Technic car.

[black_rider]

I very much wanted an Arocs, but decided on the 6x6 tow truck because of its remote control functions and the 6x6 drivetrain. Also the thing is big! 2 feet in length and almost 2.5 kg with batteries. Attached pics of it, with a Hot Wheels Tesla Model X for size. In other pics, it's lifted up a 1/18 scale LaFerrari R/C car which must weigh about 600gms, on its own power.

Actual off-roading ability is not as per my expectations, because of open center diff, no suspension travel on front axle, not enough power compared to weight; but I've learnt to live with it Putting it together was fun!

[deetjohn]

My daughter and I got this fella up over the weekend.



And it was a lot of fun. Too bad the good ones are too expensive over here!! I really dig that GT3 RS.

[dailydriver]

Trivia

Lego is the largest tyre manufacturer in the world, its annual production being 318 million units .



Link

[dean5545]

Has anyone tried Lepin ?
Aliexpress seems to have pretty good deals on them. The 6X6 truck is available for around 9k including shipping.
Is there any bhpian who has bought them ? Would love to take your opinion on the same before placing the order.

Here are some build pictures of a CaDa Defender I purchased off Aliexpress:

The Kit:


WIP:



The result:

[balderash_12]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

For more '21st century' Legos, check out the Mindstorm stuff too. It integrates electronic sensors and other things into projects.

I’m a proud owner and user of Lego Mindstorm and had a blast with it (currently kept aside, will be used in the vacations). Have built all sorts of things with it. I wanted to buy a Lego technic model but decided to buy this as it came with motors

[Bibendum90949]

Iconic Audi group B rally scenes recreated with Lego.

Source : evoindia.com

https://www.evoindia.com/news/iconic...ated-with-lego

[nikhilarni]

Originally Posted by nikhilarni

Looking at this thread, I was tempted to share my experience and journey with Lego.

Thanks to the Work from home routine and lock-down, I had time to do the Model-B build.

It's equally impressive as compared with the Model A build. This one goes to almost 30 inches in length and weights quite a bit.

I was good fun to build it, and re-observe the working of the gears and couplings.

This never ceases to amaze me on the level of engineering that probably goes into designing the lego components to build these.

I now want to get additional power functions and build it with the remote and light kits.

There are a few cheap variants like Lepin and stuff on Wish.com, But I just don't feel like getting them and trying.


I'll let some pics do the talking

[shibujp]

There is a child in all of us and Lego brings out the best. My first ever set that I had a long term affair with was the 733 when i was 8 years old in the 1980s. Those were the days of the good old universal sets for which the only limit was your imagination.



The seeds for Technic was set right then. Those days sets used to come with model books in addition to the instruction booklet. it was mouth watering and the prices ensured that in Nigeria the closest i got to those models was such books. The Technic models displayed were stuff of a small boy's wet dreams!

Circa 2015 and my son was past two and Duplo was fighting a losing battle with the curiousity and creativity, both mine and his. Raking my brains hard on a way to spend time with a two year old I figured why not give my old dreams an awakening and purchased my first Technic set, the Race Truck - Model Number 42041.



We both had great fun building it and the range of pieces and the building effort was just delightful!

So I started watch out for models that had a good piece to price ratio. I also started watching out for models that had interesting options like a electric motor for the price, or shocks.

Our next set was the Pickup Truck - Model Number 42029 over a 1000 pieces and at a decent price off Amazon. Great features was a 4 wheel drive, working front and rear suspension and a gear box mechanism that let you select between a winch and a dump bed.



The next arrival thanks to it's features of an electric motor driving a set of pneumatic functions was the Service Truck - Model Number 42008 . At 1276 pieces, features included dual axle steering and a gear box to select between 4 pneumatic features power by an electric motor. A winch, a crane, rear outrigger setup and a towing rack.



The most recent addition was the Extreme adventure truck - Model number 42069. This is a old anniversary edition and the set with the most pieces that we have. 2382 pieces and this is a heavy beast. The tracks were the biggest attraction and by this time my son at 6 years frankly does not give me much build time. . It has a full suspension setup with shocks but in terms of complexity is still out classed by the service truck. However this is one of the models in which the B model to me was more interesting than the primary model.



The sets are comparitively more expensive but it's money well spent I feel. My son takes good care of the sets and spends hours building out the sets. However at this age the creative side is better brought out by the creator and classic sets as Technic calls for a different building style more modular and building from the sides.

The friction pins too are quite prone to breaking and it pays to have a set of spares at hand. However of late sets have got prohibitively expensive and even the Race Truck I purchased for 6/7k was retailing at 15-20k a month back. This has cooled the ardor a bit but I am always on the lookout for a set at a decent price.

Folks who have experimented building out alternate models other than the ones on the cover please share. That's where the fun lies.

Fabulous thread.

Drive on,
Shibu

[Axe77]

I just completed my build of the 42110 Lego Technic Land Rover Defender. It’s a pretty humongous end result with over 2500 parts going into it. Amazing level of detailing though. Here are some pics.

[motorworks]

Although I do not indulge in Lego myself, having a son at home means its a default exercise on the weekends. He is now 7, but has been in to Legos since he was about 3-4. And last year we got him a Lego Technic which you can apparently even combine! So we did one round of building the two cars separately and even combining them, however we did dismantle it sometime later. Now during the lockdown he wanted to build it again, and he did it all by himself.

[reji22]

Originally Posted by Axe77

I just completed my build of the 42110 Lego Technik Land Rover Defender. It’s a pretty humongous end result with over 2500 parts going into it. Amazing level of detailing though. Here are some pics.

Thank you for the pictures. I am also planning to buy one set. From where did you buy and how much did it cost?
Any tips to build a perfect one?