With its rugged working treads and massive rotating boom, this big crane can go just about anywhere and lift just about anything high into the air! Standing 17.7 inches (45 cm) high and built with authentic construction vehicle details, it's ready for all the heavy-duty lifting your construction site needs. Features moving tracks, lifting mechanism, crane rotates 360 degrees Includes 2 minifigures, house section and barrier! Measures 17.7 inches (45cm) tall!
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This is truly a masterpiece! This is so well thought out by the designers. I enjoyed every minute of building this crane. Negatives: 1. Felt a lot like a Technic build.Positives:1. It is very realistic: -The jib is very sturdy as it coupled with the boom. -They included a large Rotex gear to handle the pivoting motion of the base. -The hoist is very intricate, but versatile2. The working tracks are a high point. -The are the stabilization of the rig.The greatest thing that I have found about the new Lego sets from years past is that they include extra parts... parts that are apt to be lost with much play.If you are a fan of the Construction Sets, this is one that I would recommend you purchasing. I bought mine after Christmas for $40.00 on a clearance sale at Walmart.5 Stars on this one.
This is definitely a great addition to anyone's construction sets. While it may be tough to transport through any town, this crane when on site can perform all of the duties needed. The treads on this thing are phenomenal. A great Idea. I plan on buying the dozer (its cousin). I aslo like the options they give with that panel wall. However, you would probably see this more in bridge construction. A great and very realistic set as are many of the newer construciton sets. I like how the boom is not just one piece. This is a great set and actually does take a decent amount of time to build.
Every year lego´s releasing some sets wich make them feel epic and a must have. IMO for every theme, like this year for star wars the AAT. A few years back the XXL crane for city. and I think this one can be added to the list. on to the reviewthe box is like every lego box, oversized and much of space inside. we get a few seperate bags wich make the building easierthe build is simple and it had a few suprises for me. I like the fence thing, but what me really impressed are the crane pieces. overall a good buildthe final result is a big crane, and it has really good looks. with some other construction vehicles it looks like a real construcion siteto play with this one is cool, ofcourse you can lift your parts, because that´s whay we have cranes. however like mentiuoned in all the other reviews, it tips over very fast. but there are 2 empty compartements wich can be filled with somekind of counterweight (wich don´t include the set)price is always a problem with lego, but sometimes not with city sets. this one was at the toysrus 55 euro! 5 euro more than the lego shop. so I bhought it online with some windows from pick a brick. I would say it's moderatly pricedoverall: I like this set, and it has some really cool featurers. I only think if lego fixed the tip over and counterweight problem it would be one of the best cranes in years. even with those problems I really like this set.
The instruction manual shows each of the tracks as having 30 pieces. The fit tension makes the moving of the tracks difficult, especially on flat slippery surfaces. Since there are two pieces left, try putting one into each of the two tracks. This makes the tracks a bit slack, but it helps in the moving.Having 2 pulleys at the tip of the crane, and ending the wire by tying it at a pin, do not look good. What I did was let the wire goes through both pulleys, and then put both ends of the wire to the roller. Although I do not know whether this actually happens in real cranes, this arrangment at least makes the finished product looks better.
When I first saw this set, I was instantly hooked and really wanted to buy it. Among the reasons is that it almost looks like a real crawler crane at construction site, although I felt that it should be carrying heavier stuff like beams or large concrete blocks used to perform load tests. The door and window piece doesn't seem to fit into this set and looked like an afterthought. The boom is in itself the main attraction of this set in addition to the hoisting hook, cab and large threads at the base. Like someone already mentioned, it is not 1 big specialized piece but instead several blocks connected by red technic rods. The boom design itself is almost similar to those used by real cranes whereby it is a square piece with an "x" inside the square for support. If you can afford another set, you can increase the boom height to make it even longer!I hope that Lego continues to make sets like this with realistic parts.
$59.99
(£41.99)
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