Update: I got an 8860 from eBay for $70, and it’s such a cool set. To be able to directly compare it to 8865 is makes both even more special, seeing the evolution and how they’re related.

It’s a really cool model, but my takeaway from this post is that Flickr is still a thing? Crazy.

I’ve had this in my homelab for months and had no idea. Thanks.

lol nice economy

So my mom’s in her 70s and prioritized buying us Lego growing up, but I’ve never seen her actually build any. I think this is the year I’ll change that by getting her the Beautiful Horse Creator set for Xmas. It should be fun to hear what she thinks about building it.

Holy smokes that’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!!

The tires floating around in our bins of Lego for decades called to me. They’re so cool looking.

It was a pleasure to build, so I’m looking to buy the 8860 test car chassis now that I’m aware of it. Hopefully prices are reasonable, especially since I don’t need box or instructions - I just want to build and see the set IRL!

Man, I remember that forklift set - I didn’t end up getting any of the pneumatic stuff, but it’s so cool.

Mixing up sets with our general Lego was one of my mom’s specialities and how 8865 disappeared in the first place.

I’m considering which of my childhood sets to attempt a resurrection from my tubs of Lego next - pirate or castle (I think Knight’s Castle is in there), or there was a fire station with a garage door, a raceway with a bunch of cars, I also vaguely remember a Shell gas station.

hell yeah that is slick. I’ve never built the second instructions, it’s really cool to see the pictures. Thanks for sharing!

It’s going to be a blast; I’m hoping to start it tonight.

Close, it’s the sequel to that set, the 8865!

Bugs Bunny owned by the mouse. What would Chuck think?