This 20-year old Lego set has suffered a bit by having the batteries left in the controller.
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor) which is now a bit flaky!
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor) which is now a bit flaky!
As an Electronics engineer I have to say that this is quite a nice product. Love the carbon printing technology also. 👌🏼
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Hey Guys, I'm looking for some specific information about this set. Maybe someone can help me.
Was this set completely made in Denmark? Does anyone know how big Lego was at this time?
I heard the development time of this/such a model was about one Year. How many designers had Lego for it?
Thanks in advance!
Greets from Bavaria/Germany
Just bought this set from a friend, was an awesome build! Motor unfortunately doesn’t work but one is already being shipped to me. My code pilot didn’t work as the contacts were horribly corroded. I had to actually drill into the PCB and then solder wires onto it to get it to work again.
when I was a kid this set looked huge and was, along withh set 8462 the coolest shit EVER
You only had to spray the motor with WD40 and it would be spinning like new.
do you know how to open the electric motor from this set, I have one that doesn't run and is blocked when you try to turn it.
I want to try to fix this motor but opening such a case is a tricky thing without breaking it into pieces….
Spray it with Servisol ?
The music is obviously so that you can build a Mr. Whippy van.
you might have to actually replace the contacts and maybe even for a long lasting solution dremel into and rework the connections between the negative battery clamps and pcb, because that looked like it rot into the copper layers, which might spread further and break connections in the future.
Thanks for the teardown, the lego nerd in me loved to meet the electronics nerd and see the MCU they were using!
you may be able to request a replacement motor from lego..
I had this set (well, still do, somewhere), was a good set but history quickly forgot it when the Mindstorm RCX came out the year after. Apparently the barcodes used in this became a reused protocol in various Mindstorm systems for communication, VLL/Visual Light Link.
To remove those crystals from the battery spill I usually use ammonia instead of acid.
Baking soda and water will clean them up in a hurry!!! make a thick paste and brush it on w a tooth brush!