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LEGO TECHNIC CONTAINER TRUCK 8052
$70 lego.com
Lego’s Container Truck set lets you build a cool and detailed model equipped with a battery pack and motor. Pull the lever and the truck unloads the container behind it. Pull the lever forward and it loads it back on. However, the kit’s true potential lies in all the work Lego has put into its Technic products, which it conceived as a way of bringing robotics to Lego.
Technic beams feature peg-style connections rather than the classic studs of System bricks, making for stronger ...
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