I finally Bought Me a Crawler Crane
I have been meaning to buy myself the crawler crane set (8288) for ages, but Lego discontinued them in the UK at Christmas 2007. However, after spending my £5 Lego voucher in my local Lego shop yesterday, I went to Toys R Us and to my great surprise, they had ONE left in stock. So I bought it.
And I must say, this is one of the best sets I have ever bought (apart from the NXT). It took me about 70 minutes to build, and it spent last night guarding my phone on my desk. Today I will build the second model that can be made from the set, and then tomorrow I will set about sorting out the pieces, so I can use them in my upcoming Mindstorms Models.
-Airkraft
February 20th, 2008 at 3:22 am
I do have to say that i love this set!! It was one of my first LEGO Technic Sets that i bought. The first one being the telehandler. In my experiences I liked the version in the picture. it can lift alot more and support more without tipping over. Now it is all torn apart and being used for my creations. It has a nice selection of 1×15 Lift arms.
Andrew
February 20th, 2008 at 3:34 am
yeh it has 21 of thoes lift arms, and lots of other usefull parts. I was quite impresed by the locking mechanism for the string reels (?)
Air
February 20th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
It is a very ingenious design.
Andrew
February 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am
I have always been thinking about getting this. Is it worht it?
February 21st, 2008 at 10:46 am
You bet! Nearly all the pieces are studdless, which i like, and there are lots of beams and pins.
Get it!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I Agree if you can find it Buy it. Cheapest way to get pieces in my opinion since it has so many lift arms.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Hmmm…I’ll think about it. I have quite a bit of money that I can spend right now, but I have several things I want to get. This is one of them.