My father used to travel frequently for business. One airport welcome, when I was twelve, I remember most vividly: on the luggage trolley was a brand new Technic 8860, the biggest, most complicated model you could get your hands on. This was 1980, and at that time in Greece Lego Technic – let alone the big, kick-ass models like this one – were pretty much unobtainable. I fed its pieces to my imagination for years to come.
My childhood Lego is half a continent away, for son and nephews to share, so a gazillion new models found a home here. But aunt eBay called, (she had a few oldies floating around), and I’m not sure the new models have shifting gears and a differential transmission…