This is an archived post. You won't be able to vote or comment. 012QuestionQuestion about buying Lego sets piece by piece (self.lego)submitted by Hey, hopefully this is the right place for this question. If not please let me know which sub would be. I am interested in buying the Taj Mahal set. I don't care about manuals as you can download them and I don't care about used as long as all the pieces are there. My question is, is it possible to buy all the pieces individually from the online store? Since it's discontinued, the prices are incredibly steep on ebay and still pretty expensive on BrickLink. I figured people around here might have an idea of how possible this idea would be or if pieces were discontinued too. Any info this would be much appreciated. π Rendered by PID 51979 on app-791 at 2017-03-02 23:23:12.027218+00:00 running c500e39 country code: SG. Pages in category "Sets by piece count" Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising.
We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. New (21) from $219.99 LEGO Technic 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator Building Kit (3929 Piece)DetailsLEGO Technic 42054 CLAAS XERION 5000 TRAC VC Building Kit (1977 Piece) FREE Shipping. DetailsLEGO Technic 8293 Power Functions Motor Set FREE Shipping on orders over . Enjoy building and operating this massive 2-in-1 Bucket Wheel Excavator, the largest LEGO Technic set to date! This awesome, meticulously detailed reproduction of a real-life mining excavator comes with a cool dark-blue and yellow color scheme and an array of authentic features and functions, including hand-railed walkways, huge tracks and a detailed cab. Switch on the included Power Functions motor and you can activate the conveyor belts, rotate the massive superstructure and maneuver the colossal machine into position.
Then activate the boom to lower the gigantic, digging bucket wheel and convey the mined material to the waiting mine truck. When you feel like another building challenge, rebuild it into a Mobile Aggregate Processing Plant. 22.9 x 18.9 x 6.7 inches 13.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) 12 - 15 years #4,697 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #338 in Toys & Games > Building & Construction Toys 5 star87%4 star4%3 star5%2 star4%See all verified purchase reviewsTop Customer Reviewsjust like the real machineThe most challenging Lego set you have ever built.When you’re a kid, building a Lego fortress that can withstand attacks from G.I. Joe and Transformers is a real accomplishment. As an adult, you need a bigger challenge, and that’s what Lego’s 3,929-piece Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator set provides. It’s the most work I’ve ever put into building a toy, but the resulting edifice makes you feel like you deserve a job at Legoland.Lego’s Technic sets have grown larger and more ambitious over time, packing an incredible amount of detail into replicas of real-life vehicles.
The LEGO TECHNIC Porsche 911 GT3 RS 42056 model even featured a working gearbox. However, whereas the Lego Porsche is powered by you simply pushing it around, the Lego Bucket Wheel Excavator is motorized, with multiple moving features that drastically increase the building challenge.But the word ‘challenge’ doesn’t quite convey exactly what you’re in for when it comes to building the Lego Excavator. At 3,929-pieces it’s officially the biggest Lego Technic set to date. The box it comes in is massive, but the real scope of what you’re undertaking only becomes clear when you pull out the set’s 551-page instruction manual. I’m not even sure I’ve ever read a book that was this big.All-in-all I spent roughly 24 hours turning the countless bags of semi-organised Lego pieces into the excavator model pictured on the box. Lego’s instruction manuals have always been clear and easy to follow, but that’s not to say that some steps weren’t challenging.At times the excavator build can be easy, mundane, and even monotonous, with just a few pieces being added in each step.
But other times you’ll find yourself spending 10 minutes hunting down pieces (a battery of plastic food storage bins are a must for sorting pieces) and then figuring out where every last one needs to go.Somewhere around halfway through the build, I was completely sick of Lego, and my thumbs were raw from pushing plastic pegs into tiny Technic holes. But I carried on, and by the time I had reached the last pages of the manual, I was surprisingly proud of what I had accomplished.All of your hard work, aching thumbs, and bloodshot eyes leave you with an impressive miniature replica of the massive strip mining machines that dig away at the earth.The Bucket Wheel Excavator rumbles along on a set of working tank treads that help spread out the Excavator’s weight. The real-life version is all but dependent on massive threads like this so that it doesn’t just sink into the earth, but Lego’s version is also surprisingly hefty given the 3,929 plastic pieces that went into its construction.
On the front, you’ll find the excavating wheel itself, one of the model’s many motorized features, which spins to lift Lego rocks up onto the excavator’s moving conveyor belts. The arm supporting the spinning wheel can also be raised and lowered, using a manually-operated dial that extends a set of hydraulic arms.A pair of motorized conveyor belts then take those random bits of Lego scooped up by the excavating wheel and move them through the excavator. One of the belts can also be partly rotated from side to side so that the Lego debris can be eventually dumped into a tiny dump truck model that’s included with the set.What’s most impressive about Lego’s Bucket Wheel Excavator isn’t just that it’s motorized: It’s that all of the moving features, including its ability to drive forwards and backwards, are powered by a single electric motor.You’d assume there was at least a dozen motors powering all of the Excavator’s movement, but in reality, there’s just one, selectively operating various functions using a complicated transmission and various gear boxes.
It reduces the number of batteries you need to power the model, but the downside of being dependent on a single motor is that all that gearing results in motorized functions that operate very, very slowly.It’s far from being a deal-breaker, though. Half the fun of playing with Lego is the build itself, and the Bucket Wheel Excavator is, without a doubt, the most complicated Lego set you can buy today. You’ll hate yourself for even thinking about attempting it once you find yourself halfway through the build and compelled to finish it. But by the time you’re done, there’s a wonderful feeling of accomplishment that you were able to tackle the biggest challenge from Lego’s designers.SUMMARY: - Expect to lose many, many hours of your life while putting it all together, including going back to fix your mistakes. - Your thumbs will be raw and sore by the time you attach the last piece, but it’s a satisfying soreness. - At $270, it’s not a cheap set. - Powered by a single electric motor which reduces the number of batteries you’ll need.