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Technicopedia: 8880 – Super Car

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Amazing internal mechanisms, but the body is very bare.

My favorite is the 4x4 crawler sets.

https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/4X4-Crawler-9398

https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/4x4-Crawler-Exclusive-Edition-41...

BTW if you really want an 8880 you can order a used one here: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=8880...

> Click the image to download the LDraw file of this model.

> Model by Koyan

Cool! Just test this MPD-model[0] using latest nightly build of LeoCAD[1,2] - structure of submodels not clear, so need redesign this model a bit (will do it later).

  The Super Car, set 8880, was first released in 1994.

Now we need to oil[3] those mechanisms ;-)

[0] http://bricksafe.com/files/blakbird/Technicopedia/LDraw/8880...

[1] http://github.com/leozide/leocad

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14801612

[3] http://i.imgur.com/hQ5Yxox.png

Thanks for the link! Brings back memories. I recognize this car and I can swear I played with it somewhere as a kid - maybe at friend's, maybe at some science or LEGO festival in town.

That said, I found the one model I dreamed about as a kid. I still remember its picture in the worn LEGO catalog I had. The Space Shuttle:

http://www.technicopedia.com/8480.html

(Also, now I understand why it was so absurdly expensive, way beyond the financial reach of my parents. I didn't imagine it was that complex inside. Still, I'm going to get one.)

> The Space Shuttle

Dude, I'm working on own SpaceX's rockets hangar MOC[0] now ;-)

> Also, now I understand why it was so absurdly expensive, way beyond the financial reach of my parents.

Thanks to such open-source software as LeoCAD & LDraw everyone could design any size Lego models on own PC for free.

[0] http://i.imgur.com/dDkSXXK.png

Holy shit, that's a thing of beauty!

If you finish it and are willing to share the design, please let me know (e-mail in the profile, or Keybase).

OK ;-)

I picked up an 8480 for £50 new in a shop in Essex, I'm still kicking myself for not buying the other seven they had on the shelf at the time.

Kick yourself you should, as - given the prices - I'd buy it off you for £150.

I remember seeing a few sell on eBay for much more than that.

Not as complex, but I got this for Christmas https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/BMW-R-1200-GS-Adventure-42063 . My friend gave me this gift because I have the real version too. My name is Greg, I am 48, and I still love LEGO

Saw that when I was a kit. Got the third-gen 8070, doesn't really compare to that.

I bet if they make a reproduction version of that it'll still sell today.

Terrific instant throwback to my then beloved 8865 that I got for Christmas as a kid. Very crude in comparison, but arguably the precursor to 8880.

There's a page for that too! http://www.technicopedia.com/8865.html

I had that car! It was my most prized possession growing up

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