LEGO 42145 Technic Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter, Educational Model Building Set for Kids, with Spinning Rotors and Motorised Features, Construction ToyInquisitive kids aged 11 and over will love learning how a helicopter works with this LEGO Technic Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter (42145) construction toy. It has lots of awesome functions, so they’ll discover how the different parts come together to create an iconic search and rescue vehicle. This Airbus H175 rescue model helicopter kit is packed with features – just like those that appear on the real-life version. The motor (included) brings the model to life with moving functions. Check out the spin rotor and tail with slow and fast speed settings, retractable landing gear, hoist and a spinning engine. Manual functions include the swash plate to control the pitch of the rotor blades, a cockpit door, sliding passenger doors, plus opening front and rear cowlings. LEGO Technic buildable toys feature realistic movement and mechanisms that introduce LEGO builders to the universe of engineering in an approachable and realistic way. This educational building set makes a great gift for curios kids wanting to expand their knowledge. This LEGO Technic building set measures over 9.5 in. (24 cm) high, 28 in. (72 cm) long and 5 in. (13 cm) wide. Contains 2,001 Pieces.LEGO 42144 Technic Material Handler, Mechanical Model Crane Toy, with Manual and Pneumatic Functions, Construction Vehicle Building Set, Educational ToysKnow a kid who loves mechanics and engineering? They’ll love this LEGO Technic Material Handler (42144) construction vehicle toy for ages 10+. Designed for kids who love construction site toys. This LEGO mechanical toy gives a fascinating look at how a material handler vehicle really works. It has lots of manual and pneumatic functions, so kids can explore how this mighty crane toy sorts, piles, and loads materials for processing. Pneumatic functions include a movable arm with an impressive reach of approximately 13 inches (35 cm), plus a classic ‘orange peel’ style grapple that opens and closes. Manual functions include an upper arm that can rotate 360 degrees, an elevating operating cab, plus a mobile undercarriage system with steering and 4 outriggers. LEGO Technic buildable model sets feature realistic movement and mechanisms that introduce young LEGO builders to the universe of engineering in an approachable and realistic way. This LEGO Technic construction site toy measures 12.5 in. (33 cm) high, 15.5 in. (40 cm) long and 6.5 in. (17 cm) wide. Contains 835 Pieces.
R**B
Tricky Construction
So this model is pretty complex to construct. For now it's unfinished because the motor isn't able to turn the rear rotor blades, it's jamming. I'm guessing I've done something wrong so I'm going to have to undo it all to find out what the issue is. Also the "screw" that raises and lows the wheels slips under the weight of the helicopter and only works if the copter is raised off the floor. I still gave it a five tho because part of the fun of these types of sets is the complexity of the build. My impatient 3yr old grand daughter keeps asking me when it's ready because she wants to play with it. She loves playing with the space shuttle so I'm sure she'll love the copter too when I've finally finished it!Quick update, turns out the rotators had jammed because the power cable got caught in the gearbox. It needs to be clipped but I missed that bit. So all good. Peppa Pig was the first to try the helicopter when my grand daughter got hold of it.
A**R
Good build.
Pleasure.
A**A
Worth buying
Good service good price
M**E
Interesting build
As a fan of technic this is another interesting kit
W**S
Check and double check how to construct it.
Easy to build.
D**.
Looks lifrlike
Good model to build
U**K
Great
Son enjoyed making this up
F**E
Excellent engineering!
It’s been about 35 years since I last built a Technic helicopter, so it is interesting to see how things have changed. This set comes with 16 bags (numbered up to 5), 2001 pieces, and as with any Technic set, probably about 1200 of them are the Technic pins.I have built several Lego sets that have been over 2000 pieces, but none have taken me as long to build as this one. As the decades have gone buy Technic Lego sets have become more and more complex, this is no exception. A normal Lego 2001 piece kit would normally take me about 7-8 hours to build, but this one took me about 13-15. Each of the numbered sets of bags took about 3 hours to finish. I’m surprised this one is marked as 11+ as there is some really tricky building involved - the way all the gears sit together in order to work the rotor blades, the landing gear and the winch all by just switching a lever is nothing short of exceptional.Once finished, it certainly looks like a helicopter and this, I believe is the biggest helicopter Lego have done as well as being the first time based on a real vehicle, the H175 Air Rescue. Technic sets have been getter better at hiding the technical nature of the building designs over the years and this has carefully designed panels to keep edges flat and looking like the real deal.This set comes with a battery pack and a motor so that you can get the rotors spinning and it’s very impressive, even down to a working joystick in the cockpit to alter the rotors when in flight (disclosure, model can’t actually fly!). At £179.99, this set has been affected by the recent Lego price hike which brings it in at 8.99p per piece - normally for these bigger sets it’s around the 6p mark.Overall, if you like Technic sets for the extremely impressive design and engineering that goes into it, and wish to build Lego’s biggest helicopter yet, then this is the model for you. I just hope you a large table to display it, because it won’t fit on a shelf due to the rotor blade span.
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