Posts Tagged ‘vehicle’

They are here! 2008 Technic sets:

Friday, July 4th, 2008 by Airkraft in News, Power Functions, Technic

The long awaited Technic sets (see below) have finally arrived on LEGO S@H

The guys over at TechnicBRICKs.blogspot also compared the prices of all these new sets for every country

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Austria EUR 34,99 49,99 89,99 109,99
Belgium EUR 34,99 51,99 82,99 109,99
Finland EUR 33,95 69,95 99,95 121,95
France Metropolitan EUR 34,99 59,99 79,99 109,99
Germany EUR 34,99 49,99 89,99 109,99
Ireland EUR 34,99 59,99 89,99 139,99
Italy EUR 32,99 49,99 79,99 109,99
Luxembourg EUR 34,99 51,99 82,99 121,95
Netherlands EUR 34,99 51,99 82,99 109,99
Portugal EUR 34,95 49,95 79,95 109,95
Spain EUR 34,95 49,95 79,95 109,95
Denmark DKK 249,75 499,00 799,00 899,00
Sweden SEK 299,50 629,00 999,00 1.099,00
Switzerland CHF 59,00 89,00 145,00 179,00
United Kingdom GBP 24,99 39,99 59,99 89,99
Australia AUD 49,99 79,99 129,99 179,99
New Zealand NZD 49,99 99,99 149,99 199,99
Canada CAD 39,99 74,99 109,99 149,99
United States USA 29,99 59,99 89,99 119,99

I also noticed that Lego UK have lowered their prices for the snowmobile by £6 and the tractor by £12. looks like im going to be spending my birthday money after all!

Read more HERE

The NeXT Bus

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 by NXTMonger in NXT, Projects

This is my first entry for the Earth Day Building Challenge: The NeXT Bus! It is one of the first robotic public buses, and possibly the first made out of LEGO.
So here is how it helps the Earth:
This bus uses the same amount of energy as a TriBot, right? Well, maybe a little more, but about the same. So what’s the point? I’ll tell you. This bus easily carries 8 minifigs, but these minifigures are traveling alone, so if they weren’t on this bus, they’d be in 8 different cars! So with this bus, you would be using approximately 1/8 of the energy that would have been used.
Admittedly it doesn’t look much like a real bus, but at least it is functional! It has rack-and-pinion steering like a real bus, windows etc.