Now I am a believer

willy431 · 2013-11-11T02:11:04.000Z

Found a couple decent used technic deals on Craig's recently...and decided to try building--instead of my usual standard inventory using bricklink. Well that...and I didn't want to count out a hundreds of tiny parts...many that needed to be measured! So....the biggest were the 2 super cars. The black and the red. The black wasn't too hard...but took about 6 hours. I loved it...and the family thought it was great...so we did the red one. My moly! This is the hardest and most rewarding build of any hobby type thing I have ever done. I am a 38 year old manufacturing engineer with 20 years of industrial automation and robot experience. This build took me a good 10 hours. I loved (nearly) every minute of it! It was genius the way they lay out the build sequence! Building a normal lego kit (especially large Star Wars) is tedious, predictable and boring. This was great! The way you go around the vehicle, instead of following the more symmetrical lego build logic was incredible. The integration of the power functions, levers, gears, working real differentials, and the use of all manner of joints--including spherical bearings, and working suspension! I can't say enough about this build. I was so nervous it wasn't going to work at the end--but every power function was flawless. The doors, hood, and trunk all opens and closed perfectly. The suspension and rack/pinion steering were fabulous! Paid about 75 for each....I don't think I can bare to sell them for 150--going rate on eBay--pocketing just 120 if lucky. After building these wonderful projects...I have most nearly decided to pop open one of my crawlers. Nearly. I love technic...and will be sinking more money into these sets in the future. I think the target market is what 14 for these sets? No way I could have done these when I was that age. At least not right the first time. The instructions leave a bit (too much) open to interpret.