Lego Technic fans rejoice! Lego Mercedes Unimog with 2,048 pieces

[NFS4]

DROOOOL!!!

Mercedes-Benz Unimog celebrates 60th Jubilee - Mercedes-Benz and LEGO® - first time cooperation: Unimog the biggest Technic model of all time
Wörth/München, Jun 01, 2011

- Design true to the original and just like the real thing
- real functions reproduced in LEGO format
- 2048 modules thrill adult LEGO fans

Wörth/München – Anyone who always dreamed of owning his own Unimog now has the chance to put one in his garage: The first do-it-yourself Unimog U 400 (1:12,5) will be on offer from August on: The LEGO Group, the world's third largest toy manufacturer, has created a model with 2048 elements – up to now the largest LEGO Technic model in the company's history. The impressive vehicle which links a combination of electric drive and pneumatics has been produced in exlusive cooperation with Mercedes-Benz as a true adaptation of the original down to the smallest details. As the world ' s most versatile workhorse, the Unimog pushes snow away in winter, mows motorway embankments in summer or helps to construct new roads. The so-called " Power Functions " run the pump of a pneumatically operated crane with a gripper arm that can rotate almost 360 degrees. With its gripper and the front winch, the Unimog can move any load out of the way. In addition it also has a serviceable control system and an engine which is accurate in every detail right down to the pistons. The gear unit provides good ground clearance just like the portal axles in the orginal, an individual suspension deadens jolts and the four-wheel drive guarantees mobility off-road as well. For winter use, the crane and winch can be converted into a huge snow plough. The LEGO Technic Unimog U 400 will be available from toy retailers from August on as well as from Mercedes- Benz and it costs about 190 Euros.

Mercedes-Benz Unimog celebrates 60th Jubilee

This top LEGO model comes just at the right time for the two big jubilees that the Unimog is celebrating at the moment: 60 years ago, on 3 June 1951 to be exact, the first Mercedes-Benz Unimog was created in Gaggenau and in December 2010 the 10,000th Unimog from product range U 300/U 400/U 500 rolled off the band at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth. A unique vehicle concept had been created with its outstanding off-road mobility due to its four-wheel drive and fast driving features on the road. Since then the Unimog has proved its worth not only for winter services, caring for green areas or for various work in horticulture and landscape gardening – they are also used for fighting forest fires and planting trees, digging ditches and drilling holes in the ground, as well as shunting on railway lines and disaster intervention over impassable country.

Altogether more than 380,000 units of the "Universal-Motor-Geräts (tool)" have rolled off the line. In the early days, the Unimog was produced in Gaggenau, but since 2002 it has been produced in Wörth. Daimler AG is celebrating this jubilee in 2011 with a whole variety of events.

 

[PottedMeat]

awesome, it's even got pneumatic sections. i remember trying to turn those things hydraulic by using cooking oil lol.

 

[NFS4]

Wow, looks like this kit was actually first shown off way back in February:

http://technicbricks.blogspot.com/2011/02/2h11-lego-technic-unimog-shows-up-at.html

 

[SandEagle]

its just lego. big deal.

 

[NFS4]

its just lego. big deal.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Seconded.

 

[sao123]

If this is the 2011 flagship model, im not sure im impressed. We just had 8258 which had http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MBEVlUMi9kI/SkeIsaidMNI/AAAAAAAABhs/eOp5XC-srLs/s320/8258B-2.png as the B model.

We already have a set with rear stabilizers and a rotating turret. I'd much prefer something more original, or a redo of something much older.

how about a space shuttle with detachable boosters and external tank?

 

[Colt45]

I've always wanted a unimog. Although for that sort of cash I could almost get the real thing.

 

[PottedMeat]

how about a space shuttle with detachable boosters and external tank?

i don't think that would be a very good showcase for technics - what would it do, open the bay doors, move the flaps, and jiggle the engines?

 

[NFS4]

how about a space shuttle with detachable boosters and external tank?

 

[moshquerade]

NFS4, ever been to LegoLand?

 

[trmiv]

Given the price of Legos, this thing probably costs roughly the same price as the real Unimog.

 

[NFS4]

NFS4, ever been to LegoLand?

Nope, probably will when we have kids though

Given the price of Legos, this thing probably costs roughly the same price as the real Unimog.

US MSRP is $199

 

[trmiv]

Nope, probably will when we have kids though



US MSRP is $199

I was kidding, but damn, point made. I love Legos, but the prices just seem crazy to me. I've been lusting after the Millenium Falcon and various other Star Wars Legos for awhile, but I can't get myself to spend the money.

 

[mcvickj]

That looks pretty sweet.

 

[moshquerade]

Nope, probably will when we have kids though

It's not just for kids. :biggrin:

 

[jme5343]

It's not just for kids. :biggrin:

I was in the lego store @ MOA on Memorial day. Meh, it used to be better.

But the giant lego creations (HUGE transformer, Tiger, Dragon, etc) are flat out awesome.

 

[Farmer]

Unimog.

 

[sao123]

had it since the day it came out... however as most technic enthusiats pointed out... there is a distinct lack of 3 other pieces.

Furthermore... how about one of these too?

and yes... that could ALL be done in technic, especially a release mechanism for 1 the SRBs, then 2, the ET.

 

[NFS4]

had it since the day it came out... however as most technic enthusiats pointed out... there is a distinct lack of 3 other pieces.

Furthermore... how about one of these too?

and yes... that could ALL be done in technic, especially a release mechanism for 1 the SRBs, then 2, the ET.

While I could understand maybe doing the crawler, the shuttle itself is not exactly a "technic" showcase. As stated above, there's not much mechanical to play around with other than opening the bay doors, landing gear, and arm. The booster and external fuel tank would just be static pieces with no other function.