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I was at Walmart this weekend as part of my post-holiday trolling, looking
for all those odd sets that pop up on the shelves when everything new is
sold out and I found the new Roborider boss, #8516
and one of the new racer sets, I forget which one since I have so little
interest that I didn't even want to fork over the $3 or $4 for it.
The Boss Roborider is quite neat as it consists basically of three separate
bikes which attach together to form a trike. All three use a worm gear to
allow the rear axle to change position. This is the first roborider I have
purchased. I like it because back when I was a kid and I had the big Technic
harvester with solid rubber wheels. And the most fun I had with it was
building unbreakable two wheelers and throwing them down the hallway in
races. Build this set and you automatically have three bikes to race against
each other.
My main reason for posting though is too mention that the image seen at
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8516
is of the secondary model, not the primary model. Worse yet, the images in
every catalog I've seen feature only the bottom half of the secondary model,
a gross misrepresentation of the set. See:
http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/2/techrobo06.jpg
Undoubtedly Lego is shooting themselves in the foot with this error.
I'd love to hear some comments from people who have bought other roboriders
to see how this compares and from people who have bought the racers.
Jonathan
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| I wentlooking last night at Walmart durring restocking. I didn't See much of anything On teh shelves at all, But then, I read a tag: "Millenium Roborider: $19.78" Cananyone else confirm this? Are they billing The boss as a Millunium Roborider here (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I went and bought one, to check it out. Basically, the top surface of the chassis is the size of a 2x6 brick, with studs, except for the center 4 studs. The driver sits where those center studs would be. The top part of the racer is made of (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| Well as part of my "must get at least one of every Slizer" obsession :) I have gotten at least one of every roborider and I must say that my dad likes them better than me. Don't get me wrong because I am getting more to make all the comboriders. Its (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: New Roborider, Lego racers found
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| (...) The problem is that nobody working on the RoboRiders talks to anyone else working on the RoboRiders. What exactly ARE they? What's up with the dudes on the wheels? And who exactly do they fight? Nobody knows, as Lego can't make up its (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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