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Mercedes-Benz and LEGO® Partner to Celebrate Unimog
THE FIRST DO-IT-YOURSELF UNIMOG U400 WILL BE ON OFFER FROM LEGO BEGINNING IN
AUGUST 2011
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.
LEGO Technic set #8110
Pieces: 2048 elements
Product year: 2011 (Release August 2011)
Price: About $250 (more or less depending on the country and market)
Emercedesbenz.com
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