LEGO Technic Supercar

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The reverse of the flyer has images for Technic sets released in 1998; 8417 and 8428, and 1999 releases 8444, 8445, and 8446. Inside the instructions shows how the first five parts-boxes are needed to build the chassis; these are the five boxes in the left window of the protective cover mentioned above.

The box itself seems more substantially built than the boxes found in today's larger flagship sets. The sheer number of inspiration models in this set surprises me. I'm really not a big fan of the gappiness of this era of sets, nor of those old panels with the specialized ridges and grooves for tubing. I prefer the cleaner and more solid look of modern Technic sets. The swirl wheels have zero offset meaning the distance from the centre of the wheel to the face of the bolting plate is zero. On the rear of the box are some concept drawings for four alternate models, all based on the common chassis.

These gears add to the traditional 8, 16 and 24 toothed gears and give Technic sets a better range of gear ratios. While Technic vehicles tend to be built with left hand steering, due to Denmark following European standards and driving on the right hand side of the road, it is relatively easy to modify your build to make the vehicle right hand steering, should you want to. The swirl wheels and low profile tyres are also unique to this set. The tyres have 81.6 x 34 ZR printed on their walls: 81.6mm diameter and 34mm wide. ZR tyres are rated for speeds above 240 kph (150 mph). Only the convertible and wing-door models have complete instructions: the other four models have partial instructions and some concept drawings. Above the four concept cars is a character using a light bulb to think about the necessary steps to complete these four builds. Looking at the comments posted over the last day regarding the teaser for the release of 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, I thought I would post Part 1 of a two part review of this iconic Technic super car which is, in my opinion, the last super car produced by LEGO. Box

On the inside of the lid there are several images showing how the gull-wings-doors and convertible roof operate. Smaller images show the chassis, which is the basis of the secondary models, the gear box and other engineering features. When the cardboard sheet and all eight boxes are in the correct place, a complete watermark of a swirl wheel and tyre can be seen.

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