LEGO 42068 Airport Rescue Vehicle Toy

Great

Slight disappointment with the motorising of the boom, it will all revolve and the lower boom will raise and lower but the top boom has to be done manually, (unless I built it wrong, which is quite possible). A great kit.

The media could not be loaded. This is a fanastic Lego Tecnics model - one of the best in the current range I think. It was bought as a present for my 9 year old son's Christmas and we spent a wonderful post Boxing Day day making it - it took several hours and was very enjoyable for us both. There is a massive number of parts and the instruction book was pretty thick and daunting but the instructions are clear and it went together without too many major hiccups - a couple of points we had to go back but it worked out well. Some of the features are very clever including the main gearbox which switches the function the main control operates. It takes a while for it to start to resemble the Airport Fire Truck but slowly the features emerge.It is genuinely feature rich - includes 4 wheel steering, and the spray boom unfolds, raises and turns. The unfolding element is a separate manual function from the main function, which is switched from turning to raising from the switch on the top. Even the fire fighters tool tray stored deep inside the body and the working pistons on the engine show the level of detail in the model.We also upgraded and added the Lego Tecnic Power Functions Set (8293) which adds lighting and powers the ladder raising and turning.

Enjoyed building this vehicle and with the Power Functions Motor Set it really brought it to life.

Bought for my other half and looks everything like the box. You can buy power packs to make the fire engine move.

I've just purchased this on behalf of Santa for my grandson for Xmas. He loves Lego and I thought that this would be a good project in the introduction to Lego technics.

Still not complete, but my grandson enjoyed making what he could on his short visit.

Excellent.