- Details
- Category: Expert Builder Set
- Hits: 347
- Set Year: 1982
- Set Number: 8846
- Set Parts: 379
- Set Price: 69.50
- Building Instruction: No
- Currency: Guilders
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Set 8846 was released in 1981 but was never available in the USA. It features rack and pinion steering, a ratcheting rear boom hoist, a ratcheting and pivoting wheel lift, and a winch. Construction is primarily studded with the windscreen made up of old hinges rather than the new toothed elements.
This model packs a lot of functionality into a small package. The ratcheting wheel lift supports heavy vehicles very well, and the twin winches really give this model a wide variety of vehicle pulling options.
This is the smallest of the tow trucks which LEGO® would release, but is surprisingly functional for its size and easily competes with the others.
- Details
- Category: Universal Building Set
- Hits: 336
- Set Year: 1982
- Set Number: 8030
- Set Parts: 141
- Set Price: 33.50
- Building Instruction: Yes
- Currency: Guilders
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The small set 8030 was released in 1982 as the very first Universal Building Set. It includes full instructions for 5 models as well as photographs of several other possibilities. There a number of parts left over when any of the models are built, but the Jeep uses the largest proportion of the parts.
Except for the windmill, the models are pretty homogenous, and none of them display much in the way of technical complexity. In fact, only 4 gears are included in the set and they are only used for steering, again except for the windmill. The models are, however, an excellent introduction to the concept of building with beams, and the new friction pin connectors are used extensively. The friction works so well that most of these models take longer to take apart than they do to put together, and I actually broke a 12L beam in half when disassembling a model to make this page, which is a first for me.
- Details
- Category: Universal Building Set
- Hits: 353
- Set Year: 1982
- Set Number: 8050
- Set Parts: 140
- Set Price: 84.50
- Building Instruction: No
- Currency: Guilders
The small set 8050 was released in 1982 as the second Universal Building Set, and the first Technic set to ever include a motor. (Note that this does not include the earlier supplemental sets, some of which had motors.) It includes full instructions for 5 models as well as photographs of several other possibilities. There a number of parts left over when any of the models are built, but the Helicopter and Buggy models uses the largest proportion of the parts.
This is the first set to include a motor, which is 4.5V and runs on 3 C-cell batteries (more about the motor on the 1982 page). The motor is used in each of the models to drive a variety of functions. In each case except the helicopter, the motor is coupled to the model via a belt (rubber band) to prevent stalling the motor. The motor is underpowered for some of the applications and the belt either tends to slip or to stall the motor anyway. One of the reasons for this is that the driven axle is often also a structural pin (reacting shear load between two beams), which tends to make it bind and generate a lot of friction.
- Details
- Category: Universal Building Set
- Hits: 352
- Set Year: 1982
- Set Number: 8090
- Set Parts: 267
- Set Price: 97.50
- Building Instruction: No
- Currency: Guilders
The set 8090 was released in 1982 as the third and largest Universal Building Set. It includes full instructions for 5 models as well as photographs of several other possibilities. There a number of parts left over when any of the models are built, but the Truck model uses the largest proportion of the parts. The part count may not look impressive, but there are ten 16L beams here, so some very large models are possible. There would not be another Universal Set with such large models for a long time.
Unlike set 8030, the models in this universal set cover a wide variety of subjects and complexity levels. The car features a 1 cylinder reciprocating engine, a rear differential, and rack and pinion steering. The windmill features rotating main and lateral vanes. The forklift features rear rack and pinion steering, a 4 bar linkage to raise the forks, and a "kneeling" front suspension. The helicopter features rotating main and tail rotors. Finally, the very large truck features a 1 cylinder reciprocating engine, a rear differential, rear suspension, and rack and pinion steering.
- Details
- Category: Expert Builder Set
- Hits: 337
- Set Year: 1982
- Set Number: 8700
- Set Parts: 28
- Set Price: 59.50
- Building Instruction: No
- Currency: Guilders
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All technic sets consisting of 100 or less pieces.
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All technic setc consistimng of more than 1000 pieces.
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All sets belonging to the Expert Builder series from late 1970-ties and 1980-ties.
Pullback Motor
All sets containing a Pullback motor.