Random set of the day: Mini Mobile Crane
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 8067 Mini Mobile Crane, released during 2011. It's one of 11 Technic sets produced that year. It contains 292 pieces, and its retail price was US$24.99 / £20.99, which equates to about US$35 / £31 in today's money.
It's owned by 3,099 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $93.00, or eBay.
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Yella Fella
This is a neat little model. Sad I did not get it*. At 292 pieces it has more functions than most of what Lego produces for the Technic range nowadays.
* Often I justify not buying a (Technic) set because there are no mechanisms in it which I don't know or have seen yet or because I have more complex sets of the same thing. Still, I should have bought that one. (After reading the instructions, I will assume that I can build this from my parts as there is nothing very rare in it and probably all parts are still available on PaB).
Oh this is cute as hell. Why don't I own this?
There's a serious misalignment of those 8-tooth gears.
Hot on the heels of the 22nd’s Crane Wagon. Will this be Huwbot’s newest trend?
Wow, never seen this before. But 4 gear-driven functions in a model this small? And also a pretty cool looking B-model? Awesome! Why can't Lego do Technic sets like this anymore?
We need more Technic sets like this. Lots of playability, and cheap.
@WizardOfOss said:
"But 4 gear-driven functions in a model this small"
It is a nice model. But I think your statement is a bit too positive. The functions are gear driven only in the sense that you operate a gear to drive them.
But only one function is driven with meshing gears: The lifting boom. And that is a worm gear driving an 8 teeth gear directly on the axle of the boom. A bit of playing with the thing will break the gear quite easily I think.
@fredrigl said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"But 4 gear-driven functions in a model this small"
It is a nice model. But I think your statement is a bit too positive. The functions are gear driven only in the sense that you operate a gear to drive them.
But only one function is driven with meshing gears: The lifting boom. And that is a worm gear driving an 8 teeth gear directly on the axle of the boom. A bit of playing with the thing will break the gear quite easily I think."
Okay, there's no fancy gearboxes involved, but stlll. I mean, just look at those outriggers....nowadays in a set this size they would just put a liftarm on a friction pin and call it a day....
As for gears breaking.....I never had that happen. Just be a bit more careful.
Sadly, I rediscovered Technic two years too late to get this puppy (the only 2011 set still available in 2013 at my local TRU was a discounted 8069, which I did get!).
I like that it closely resembles 8460, and even has a similar B-model.
I consider this technic representation of a crane too small. You would need at least 50% more parts to get a decent working machine (855, 8854).
Also compare to 602324: Similar number of parts but (original) price more than doubled.
I think some recent Technic sets are also very good. For example the 42164, with very impressive functions in small set. And good use of "non-square" Technic building.
The 42147 is also a gem, with good functions and a very competent B-model.
@fredrigl said:
"I think some recent Technic sets are also very good. For example the 42164, with very impressive functions in small set. And good use of "non-square" Technic building.
The 42147 is also a gem, with good functions and a very competent B-model."
42164 indeed is pretty great, I particularly like that steering mechanism! Less impressed with 42147, it's certainly better than the more recent €10 sets (which more and more feel like slighlty oversized polybags) and indeed the B-model is nice, but other than that...
My favorites among the smaller sets are still 42102 and 42032
That boom, winch and hook combo gives me heavy 8270 Rough Terrain Crane vibes. The parts there are very similar (the part at the tip didn't exist in 2007 yet of course), especially the identical red beam with dark bluish grey handle it's lifting. Especially telling is how it's askew here, just as it was on the 2007 crane build.
Other than that, I'd say this is a successful smale scale technic model that uses its parts mainly to pack in as many (relatively simple) functions as the type of vehicle would require. That's just good technic design. Sure, it looks gappier than modern sets. But this set really focussed on what makes Technic excell as a system.
Also, seeing those old tyres from the 80s used here ties it all together so well. Or well, apparently this mould is from the relatively short era of 2009-2014, but its predecessor is from 1986.
Yes, those tyres are nostalgic for sure
@HOBBES said:
"This is a neat little model. Sad I did not get it*."
@Zordboy said:"Oh this is cute as hell. Why don't I own this?"
I'm with you two.