Random set of the day: Wind-Up Motor
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 5223 Wind-Up Motor, released during 2001. It's one of 9 Technic sets produced that year. It contains 41 pieces, and its retail price was US$10.
It's owned by 72 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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I think the other sets from that year might have stolen this set's parts...
A wind up motor that can actually be MOCed with in a $10 set? That seems cool!
There's the wind-up, now where's the pitch?
While to me, they're both technically clockwork mechanisms, this is a pull-back motor, being as the key/winding mechanism is built into the rear axle, as opposed to an external key/winder.
Huh. The inventory on-site doesn't appear to contain the titular motor. Amusing.
In case you didn't see by the pointing of the very useful arrow on the picture...
Car not included
But I don’t see the… oh thank you arrow!
@GSR_MataNui:
Sure. All you need to do is buy another set to get parts to MOC with…
Who’d want a motor to stir up wind? Was this marketed to children of evil geniuses ?
@MCLegoboy said:
"I think the other sets from that year might have stolen this set's parts..."
Just be glad it takes more timeto build than it takes to build 'light"!
This beauty has more ability to move than that Harry Potter Train.
But what does Gold Good Guy have to say?
I have a few of these wind up and pull back motors and managed to cram one into 31089. The car was large enough to house it. I want to MOC a Technic so that I can use another but still waiting for a good idea. Tihis set is not it.
@namekuji:
Yeah, but even the minifigs look like more complicated builds.
These sets look like fun. With that I mean the 2000s range of supplemental packs. You had a car chassis pack, pneumatics pack, wheels pack, paneling pack, motorizee base pack and this pullback motor pack. Sets 5218, 5219, 5220, 5221 and 5222. I believe they were direct to consumer purchases, but I didn't know about tgem at the time so they might have been sold in stores too for all I know.
At the back of the instructions you can see the combinations. There's a lot!
Wind-up Motor!*
*Everything else sold separately.
this set is so adorably barebones
Finding it hard to see the 41 pieces, must be lots of brushes and pins or a wind-up :)
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"where's the spoiler?"
Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father but he kind of turns good just as he dies
Harry kills Voldemort. It turns out Snape was a good guy all along
The caterpillar gets stomach ache from eating too much but then makes a cocoon and turns into a butterfly
I'd say more but it might be giving away too much