Stuff like this really shows how cool of a company Lego is. They seem to have a passion for their work that you don't really see in other toy makers now or really ever. Truly amazing.
BrickVault I understand. Can you guys change it up and make a video showing us how to improve it? I would love to see what it can do a huge Lego pile :D
What an insane build, thanks for sharing. I remember when I was really young and regular X-Wings and trucks would seem massive, but this is just crazy. Hope you guys find somewhere to store it!
Is that the white cargo plane from about 2-3 years ago? That's only about 1350 pieces (I have it and I love it). This set is just under 4000 pieces, which makes it about 3x the amount. So yes, as a person who has both sets - it dwarfs almost every set I own.
Thanks for the review. Santa bought me this for Christmas. I got keen on this model when I saw it last year. I live in a city that has a coal port, so we literally see these massive machines digging away filling up ships with coal every time we go down to the harbour. So when a Lego version became available I just had to have one. While it does contain a kazillion parts, I didn't find this model took all that long to complete. I did it in 4 nights, probably spending 3-4 hours each night while having a movie or the sport on TV. I wasn't in any particular hurry but could have probably knocked at least one night off the build (as the time i did spend was fairly interrupted). Night 1 did the truck and base + tracks (bags 1-3). Night 2 was the support and lower conveyor (bags 4-5). Night 3 was the main digger assembly (bag 6) And the final night was the motor and bits to pretty the build up (bags 7-8). By far bag 6 was the biggest portion of the build with the most parts....and took the longest. It was also the most difficult as the component becomes quite cumbersome to manoeuvre around as the build progresses. I probably slightly disagree with one thing you said about the difficulty of the build. I would consider it to be one of the more technical builds, just in the point that it has a tonne of gears and parts that need to be set up. While it wouldn't have been too difficult for me to have built when I was in the recommended age range on the box, I would probably say its more of a +16 model than a 12-16. Though having said that I was building large technic sets solo when i was about 9, as my dad was fairly useless at anything mechanical. Things I love about this model are the scale and functionality. Its probably why technic is my favourite brand of Lego as they tend to be things that work and display how they work. And who doesn't love a big Lego model?!?! I also liked that the motor came as part of the set. These days, these items are usually added extras for another $100 or so, so its great Lego didn't gouge more money by selling it separately. Things i wasn't so impressed about was the manual raising and lowering of the digger. It really would have been 50 simple parts more to integrate it with the other gear-sets. So they probably skimped a bit on design here. It was also fairly good value for money, with a LOT of smaller and less interesting sets costing a fair bit more. All in all a great model, and a great talking point when people walk in to see it displayed on the coffee table.
I use dry garbanzo beans as rocks for my Technic construction equipment. Very realistic. A mountain of uncooked rice would probably work really well with this set.
When I was a kid, all larger-sized LEGO set boxes had a front flap. Through the cellophane sheet underneath, you could see the included minifigs and a selection of the more specialized elements in the set.
if he likes Legos he'll love it even if not it's just a really cool set, and it's from his favorite person...trust me, as a dad I know who my favorite person is, he could give me a flaming paper bag of dog turd
My dear friends!! I do have to say that you left some pretty important feature left out! The lock on the second belt SEEMS a bit functionless but do keep in mind it locks on a Base level, so even when the rotation of the big arm is engaged the second arm stays in place! This makes it possible that the dump truck stays on one place while the unit is grinding along the hillslide.
I haven't wanted LEGO for a long time, but now seeing this... I suddenly want it. Being that I have the Mobile Crane MK II (awesome btw) I have a love for massive technic sets. Even though I only have one big one XD.
I got it for Christmas and it took me about the same time it took him. I built it in two days, each about 6 hours of building. It was a ton of fun I must say!! I just wish it was easier to take it apart because I want to build the second model.
+Jacob H (MrGAEM) Yes it can ! Watch the technic designer vid here on youtube and it shows that all you need is the right setup and it will happily mine...
Bought this yesterday from my local shop, took me 16 hours to build it. Fingers feel like they are recovering from burns but it sits proudly above my computer. Tried to use it to destroy my kids lego village as "the bad guy" but it didn't have the power to do much. Did most damage walking over stuff than bucket damage. Get's stuck easily such a shame the motor lets its down with such an incredible and huge build.
the movable boom conveyor is a very cool feature try lock it off and then put the rotation on the main body it will stay relatively in one place within its turn radius try it
It's no problem, 8 hours not including food breaks. It's so much faster when you don't have to measure everything 1:1 but know the lengths and sizes by heart.
Of the numbered bags, all the bags with a *6* on them take about about a third (or maybe just slightly more) of the entirety of the set's pieces. For slow builders, this section will take you at least a day. I'm fast, but I like to multi-task and watch a TV show on my laptop at the same time, so I build at the rate of about 200-300 pieces per hour, which I would think is a moderate-fast speed, and got section 6 done in about five hours.
I built a shorter version of a Bagger. The model featured here with treads costs just less than thee hundred; my shorter version of the Bagger which "walks" just like the real thing could not be made to cost in kit form less than five hundred
I remember before I got the set I watched this video and saw that you can disconnect the axle and I used that tip when I played with it, btw I responding 3 years after I got the set, just wanted to say thx
Stuff like this really shows how cool of a company Lego is. They seem to have a passion for their work that you don't really see in other toy makers now or really ever. Truly amazing.
I agree
Yeah it's a dream job
Yeah, right!
You are so right.
LEGO is awesome because you can actually build your models...they don't come prefrabricated or constructed!
Who else had fantasies of using this set to clean up a Lego pile?
with a second motor that could be a reality for this set, just needs a little more power
BrickVault I understand. Can you guys change it up and make a video showing us how to improve it? I would love to see what it can do a huge Lego pile :D
Lol :D
Yeah try to make it stronger
Dumps every Lego drawer out
😎🚬 challenge accepted
It’s Friday evening and I’m sitting here watching a man building a giant Lego Technic set.
Wow.
Linuxdirk same
Same here
mee 4
me 5
Linuxdirk I am getting this coming Monday.
What an insane build, thanks for sharing. I remember when I was really young and regular X-Wings and trucks would seem massive, but this is just crazy. Hope you guys find somewhere to store it!
dude i have a 2000 piece cargo plane and its small compared to this
Is that the white cargo plane from about 2-3 years ago? That's only about 1350 pieces (I have it and I love it). This set is just under 4000 pieces, which makes it about 3x the amount. So yes, as a person who has both sets - it dwarfs almost every set I own.
It doesn't dwarf the Saturn V though.
Thanks for the review. Santa bought me this for Christmas. I got keen on this model when I saw it last year. I live in a city that has a coal port, so we literally see these massive machines digging away filling up ships with coal every time we go down to the harbour. So when a Lego version became available I just had to have one.
While it does contain a kazillion parts, I didn't find this model took all that long to complete. I did it in 4 nights, probably spending 3-4 hours each night while having a movie or the sport on TV. I wasn't in any particular hurry but could have probably knocked at least one night off the build (as the time i did spend was fairly interrupted). Night 1 did the truck and base + tracks (bags 1-3). Night 2 was the support and lower conveyor (bags 4-5). Night 3 was the main digger assembly (bag 6) And the final night was the motor and bits to pretty the build up (bags 7-8). By far bag 6 was the biggest portion of the build with the most parts....and took the longest. It was also the most difficult as the component becomes quite cumbersome to manoeuvre around as the build progresses.
I probably slightly disagree with one thing you said about the difficulty of the build. I would consider it to be one of the more technical builds, just in the point that it has a tonne of gears and parts that need to be set up. While it wouldn't have been too difficult for me to have built when I was in the recommended age range on the box, I would probably say its more of a +16 model than a 12-16. Though having said that I was building large technic sets solo when i was about 9, as my dad was fairly useless at anything mechanical.
Things I love about this model are the scale and functionality. Its probably why technic is my favourite brand of Lego as they tend to be things that work and display how they work. And who doesn't love a big Lego model?!?! I also liked that the motor came as part of the set. These days, these items are usually added extras for another $100 or so, so its great Lego didn't gouge more money by selling it separately.
Things i wasn't so impressed about was the manual raising and lowering of the digger. It really would have been 50 simple parts more to integrate it with the other gear-sets. So they probably skimped a bit on design here. It was also fairly good value for money, with a LOT of smaller and less interesting sets costing a fair bit more.
All in all a great model, and a great talking point when people walk in to see it displayed on the coffee table.
The sheer enormity of this build is astounding
His poor fingers after that...
Lol 😂😂😂😂
Lol xD
decon 42042 is messy as hell^^
i literally build this set last christmas...took me 12 damn hours...twice as long as expected....
My one of these took me 3 days but I was younger than the age guidelines
Lego is a toy that you are never to old to play with
the lego guy is like noooo 8:27
I use dry garbanzo beans as rocks for my Technic construction equipment. Very realistic. A mountain of uncooked rice would probably work really well with this set.
youre right
That instruction manual was so thick, wow! What an awesome build!
11 hours 15 minutes!!!! now that's commitment to building a lego set
This is the coolest Technic set I have ever seen! This is so big! 😜
When I was a kid, all larger-sized LEGO set boxes had a front flap. Through the cellophane sheet underneath, you could see the included minifigs and a selection of the more specialized elements in the set.
this looks like it was a lot of fun to build! awesome model!
Legend says the boxes at the back are still filled with Legos
Wow! The biggest Technic set! I'm not a big technic guy but OMG 😱😱😱
I want to give that to my dad it is his bday soon
Does he even like Lego?
+Soffor Unessa well if he doesn't they could buildit together so it could be fun for each look good and have a bonding experience
if he likes Legos he'll love it even if not it's just a really cool set, and it's from his favorite person...trust me, as a dad I know who my favorite person is, he could give me a flaming paper bag of dog turd
Max knows his dad better than you...
+AquatiBrick yes
My dear friends!! I do have to say that you left some pretty important feature left out!
The lock on the second belt SEEMS a bit functionless but do keep in mind it locks on a Base level, so even when the rotation of the big arm is engaged the second arm stays in place! This makes it possible that the dump truck stays on one place while the unit is grinding along the hillslide.
This is still my favourite lego set after 6 years
A Lego set this big would make me want to organize the pieces by color!
thank you for entertaining me whilst i build my Lego excavator
This set is huge!
The thickness of the box is just insane 😱
you know im old and i still play with lego but since then and now damn legos have evolved
That's huge!
i love brick vault and legos
the fast forward is a little bit like long
I hope that the Lego company still keeps making Legos for years to come.
This may be big as hell but I love it, honestly that's so cool
You did your best doing that and i'll drop a like
I haven't wanted LEGO for a long time, but now seeing this... I suddenly want it. Being that I have the Mobile Crane MK II (awesome btw) I have a love for massive technic sets. Even though I only have one big one XD.
Great video. Great set. I want one :)
I could imagine how reliving it would be to put the last piece on
So cool!😊
This really grinds my gears
I've got this set and it is awesome, it took me 12 hours to build, I can't wait for the next massive set to come out
I got it for Christmas and it took me about the same time it took him. I built it in two days, each about 6 hours of building. It was a ton of fun I must say!! I just wish it was easier to take it apart because I want to build the second model.
Could you PLEASE make a video of it cleaning up a pile of lego!
Did you watch the video? It can't do that.
+Jacob H (MrGAEM) Yes it can ! Watch the technic designer vid here on youtube and it shows that all you need is the right setup and it will happily mine...
I remember back when I wanted the Crystal Sweeper for that exact purpose.
+Ace Dynamike Me too! I never had a change to get it but now... MUAHHAHAA!
ThePlanemadness
I think it goes for pretty darn high on Ebay.
His Lego movie t shirt is so awesome
Great fun and informativereview
Holy crap that was alot of connector pegs and friction pegs
that is a big lego set !!!!!!!
I Love The Phone That Came With It
Bought this yesterday from my local shop, took me 16 hours to build it. Fingers feel like they are recovering from burns but it sits proudly above my computer. Tried to use it to destroy my kids lego village as "the bad guy" but it didn't have the power to do much. Did most damage walking over stuff than bucket damage. Get's stuck easily such a shame the motor lets its down with such an incredible and huge build.
This is very cool nice video
the movable boom conveyor is a very cool feature
try lock it off and then put the rotation on the main body
it will stay relatively in one place within its turn radius
try it
Whoever Builds this In A Day Has My Everlasting Graditude.
Xander Shukites It's not that difficult. It's my 11th lego technic vehicle and I just got for christmas and built in in 11 hours
its not hard just follow the instructions. and also all the bricks are in nice packages so they are easy to build whiteout loosing bricks
***** if you open all packages at once you are stupid
Xander Shukites I did dat
It's no problem, 8 hours not including food breaks. It's so much faster when you don't have to measure everything 1:1 but know the lengths and sizes by heart.
Thinking of getting this as I love lego
First three unit numbers, 420... YEEEAHH BOII
What I think the texts said on his phone- Honey, when are you going to be home? Um, at like 8:45+ pm, don't count on it >:)
Good God, there is no chance that I'd have survived this build - tip of the hat to you
That looks so cool I wish I had it
OMG I need this set!!!!!!!!
my dad and I plan to build this set together! We built the Porsche together too
I enjoy knolling the pieces. Nothing too crazy r time consuming just organizing like colors and pieces together. Not in a rush to finish a build.
Im getting this for christmas!
Of the numbered bags, all the bags with a *6* on them take about about a third (or maybe just slightly more) of the entirety of the set's pieces. For slow builders, this section will take you at least a day. I'm fast, but I like to multi-task and watch a TV show on my laptop at the same time, so I build at the rate of about 200-300 pieces per hour, which I would think is a moderate-fast speed, and got section 6 done in about five hours.
Jack you should build the London Bridge set.
*Bagger 288! Bagger 288! Bagger 288!*
I built a shorter version of a Bagger. The model featured here with treads costs just less than thee hundred; my shorter version of the Bagger which "walks" just like the real thing could not be made to cost in kit form less than five hundred
Oh my god that Lego set is big
I got one for Christmas and it is HUGE
I almost want to buy just the manual. I'll put it on my bookshelf with my dictionaries and it'll fit right in.
Im a huge fan of this set and guess what, IM GETTING IT😄
its amazing
Can you review those old star wars technic sets
11:44 what are those parts called that hold up the bucket part, when the gear is turned the scooper raises and lowers?
Nice Chang shirt! When were you in Thailand?
This is my dream job, just building Lego sets for RUclips
wow this is very cool I might get it MAYBE I wish
so cool!
thats a big lego set
I've got this set it is awesome I built it in 12 hours
David Truman good nice i have it to i use it to clean up my legos
12 hours? It took me over 2 weeks
It took me 1 day from 7am to 9pm to build had lots of fun
I was wondering what type of camera did you use for the time lapse?
taco tuesday ( the lego movie confirmed) haha XD
wow. that thing's a mechanical monster
You guys should do the ghostbusters firehouse
so good
so cool
I wonder how long this took him! but im sure he did every perfectly :P keep up the work!! ily
the dump truck here is super similar to the one released not so long ago
I built this! It took meh a while but I did it. But, the FREAKING GEARS WONT WORK CORRECTLY *AAARRRRGGGGHHHH*
Then you built it wrong
I mean they were grinding together.
Nice video
i am amazed
I LOVE LEGO
Undecided on this set, I will have to make space for it. I like the music on this build though..
I'm just going to say it. The Excavator isn't big enough! Needs more batteries, more motors, more everything! Do it Lego. DO IT.
I don't need it... I don't need it.... I NEED IT!!
i subscribed!!!!!!!! and i like them toys their my dream
I could sit here forever and list the alternative sets you could make
Does this set come with the mindstorm??? Awesome vid also
if by mindstorm you mean the power function then yes it does
Lego is like Dark Souls. 1 mistake and you have to do it all over again.
are you going to review tanker truck takedown I recommend to do it
I love how he is texting during the build. LEGO engineer during the day, LADIES man during the night😏
I want one of these :D
Did you make another episode or part of this video to make the ultimate one???
I would love this with a better motor :D
It would be equally as slow
+Carter Lane no! He means for the digger!
It's already using the best motor they have, the XL
John Michael Stock the mindstorms motors are really good too.
If kept with an rc motor and modify the gears to match it with other Lego gears
I remember before I got the set I watched this video and saw that you can disconnect the axle and I used that tip when I played with it, btw I responding 3 years after I got the set, just wanted to say thx
Thats a set i can't afford sadly, but really looks fun.
You'd need to use micro mini figures for that thing.