"We gotta get a pew-neumatic drill"

Looks comfortable to sit in - for a minifigure.

@Isabella_and_Lego_Liker said: "Might not be the best time for a Technic set, Huwbot......"

I guess Huwbot took the whole escapade personally, because now he has one less set to eventually choose from.

Although now I'm picturing that Huwbot one day attempts to conquer the world, just so that he has *all* of the Lego to eventually show off for random sets of the day. What have we done?!?

Classic Technic at its best: simple and educational, with clearly visible mechanisms and no frills. The closest modern equivalent is the 2016 Volvo wheeled excavator, and that went for $120 with over a thousand parts. $47 in 1992 is about $87 today.

Yeah, I remember this set. I thought tracks would suit better. I didn't like it with wheels. Updated pneumatic system was cool though.

Wow, that’s one of my first technic sets and my first pneumatic set that I bought with my own pocket money. I remember it costs nearly 50 DM in our local toyshop, that was a steep number for me as a ten year old kid. The box had a flap and you could see, what’s in there (windows in the cardboard). It has also the metal hook, although it wasn’t even used in the A-Model!
The A-Model was a bit clunky, because the arm had no joints, but the pneumatics were/are great! The warning light controls - as always in that time - the steering but if you pull at it, you can also turn the upper part of the excavator.

If we combine 2963 votes for the MF and the 2134 for the EN, Huwbot might have already 5000 supporters, but it's stuck below 2000.

Guys please support one of the best sets of the next decade.

Nice, just bought this set Yesterday through Catawiki, with box in very good condition. On BL they only come without box, with the exception that the set is new.
No the best set, but it has an interesting steering system that also rotates the super structure, a nice and unique feature. Bid on this one because of the good condition and box, plus it is a pneumatic set, that is always a good thing.
Last couple of months I have been buying older Technic sets that I still miss or are replace the bad one, due to ware & tear and heave play. Costs a ton of money, but makes me very happy!

Imagine if the random set today was the Osprey

Far easy to plumb 2nd generation pneumatics with two input values allowing, both an increase and decrease in pressure rather than just one input value in the previous generation with more complex plumbing through the distribution block. This also introduced the smaller pneumatic, which was useful in confined spaces such as opening or closing the log grabber in 8443. However, these special parts made the sets expensive at the time and the number of Technic beams was too mininal. There were also discussions on how well these performed or didn't and were replaced by more consistent linear actuators. Interesting these have made a come back with the 3rd generation in the modern equivalent Lego Volvo 42053.

@focus72 said:
"The box had a flap and you could see, what’s in there (windows in the cardboard)."

I LOVED those old boxes. I remember a bunch of that era's System sets had them, too, and it was always amazing to be able to just look through them on the toy shop shelf and lift up the outer flaps and SEE all the pieces inside. That's such a nostalgic memory for me, haha xD