Insert dirt for twice the awesome.
This engineering marvel is the work of pipasseyoyo on Brickshelf. Featuring ten separate functions, this Technic Caterpillar backhoe can do everything its real-life counterpart can, thanks to eight Power Functions motors and two gearboxes. See it in action below!
A big extension. We’re childish.
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Technic Skid Steer Loader by Bobofrut
Time for some more Technic, and today we’re getting it by the bucket-load (hah!), with this old-school Skid Steer Loader by Bobofrut. It’s fully remote control, being powered by LEGO’s ubiquitous Power Functions motors, and the bucket both raises/lowers on its arm, and tips. See more on Brickshelf at the link.
Power Functions to the max!
This rather splendid machine is the work of Technic genius Sariel. Powered by LEGO’s PF motors, linear actuators and lots of other Technic goodness, it functions just like the real thing. It’s also disconcertingly quick for a 2KG tractor – we’d quite like it for shooing the Elves away when they get too rowdy. Anyhow, to wonder in this model’s magnificence check out the accompanying YouTube video:
Caterpillar PL-87; the world’s biggest claw machine. You should see the size of the stuffed animal.
This month’s Featured TFOL hails from MOCpages, where the Elves spotted him via his rather excellent construction equipment.
Jon Treasure started out not too far from ‘minifig-on-a-plate’ type builds (ergh – we know), then rapidly moved through medium scale military and vehicular builds. He’s now reaching the heights of super-complex large scale Technic creations that any AFOL would be proud to create, like the awesome Caterpillar PL-87 pictured above. Check out his MOCpage at the aforementioned link, it’s well worth a look.
Insert Mock Turtles for twice the awesome (a '90s music reference for those of you who don't get the title!).
Another day, another Elf finds his way back to The Lego Car Blog Towers. Found on MOCpages, Jurgen Krooshoop’s Power Functions Technic excavator is one of the most realistically functioning machines we’ve ever come across. Watch this incredible vehicle in action in the video below (for which Jurgen’s even produced his own music), then head over to his website and download the building instructions.
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