LEGO Technic Rough Terrain Crane 42082

I received the LEGO Rough Terrain Crane as a combined birthday/Christmas gift from my wife. On Boxing Day I started with book 1 and finished a week later - 2.3 hrs a day = 16 hrs total time. Absolutely enjoyed every moment of it even at my age. Very professional toy - well designed, easy to follow instructions for such a complex piece of engineering genius. The perfection of the LEGO mould fits together beautifully.

This has to be one of the best sets ever. The most overwhelming thing is just how easy and user friendly the controls are, especially the steering which is so light and so well designed to move such a large vehicle. This beats all previous cranes, including 42009, hands down.

Excellent model, loved building it definitely the biggest one built yet. Certainly value for money & a great improvement on 42009. Many great RC functions, would recommend for anyone who fancy a challenge, can be built in about 12 hrs 32mins. I also think that the building is a lovely added feature to finish off the crane.

I got this as a birthday present, I've been eyeballing it for awhile. The build wasn't much different from other technic sets but the reward at the end is worth it. The height it reaches and the ease of controls are amazing. My 3yr old can operate it. Great features all around and very spot on details.

Yes, hats off to the designers of this kit. Where on earth did you start to design the build? Build was certainly entertaining and at times challenging but following the guide and hopefully you won't go wrong. Throughly enjoyed build and can't praise Lego enough, motorised functions are very enjoyable to. Well done Lego build designers

Rough terrain crane This set took me about 40 hours for the crane. I did not time the pile driver. Both are fun builds. However the bottom half of both builds are the same. If you are planning to build both designs, I would recomend the pile driver first. In my opinion the crane makes a better display.

I have built dozens of Lego sets, including the Mobile Crane MKII #42009, as well as many other Technics sets. This Lego set is the most uniquely engineered, most complex, most interesting design, I have seen to date. So I was not astonished when Batman presented with one gear that I had somehow failed to include in the Bag #2 build (see the attached photo). No worries though. This is Lego. Just take it all apart and build it again. So that is what I am about to do. If you are looking for a challenge and an opportunity to build a truly well engineered, incredibly well designed mechanical device - then build the Rough Terrain Crane.

The set was very fun to build, however two things did not live up to the set itself. It has one of the worst instructions book I ve ever seen, and it should contain a tool for separating pieces (a new lego user might not have one) and a tool to help push long rods through multiple pieces at a time (my fingers actually hurt after 30hrs of building it).

I have mixed feelings on this review. I do feel the kit is wonderful, very colorful and an absolutely amazing piece of engineering and design. Having built the Taj Mahal, the Millenium Falcon, the Liehber Excavator, the Star Destroyer, both the Bugatti Chiron and the Lambo Sian and the Grand Piano among a whole other bunch of multi thousand brick kits, this one stands very high in my list of favorites. For the pandemic situation we are living, Legos have been a breath of fresh air and have helped my wife and I, go through it and keep sane. I consider Lego to be excellent kits in helping people that, like me, due to health issues, have been impaired from performing more physically demanding activities. The reason I feel so ambivalent in this review is that, as I explained earlier, it is magnificent. However, and here is the catch, instead of being a stress reliever, it became a stressful build! Since I opened the box to sort numerically the parts bags, I found that bag 11, one of them, was not properly sealed and the elements were loose inside the box. That is a red flag, one telling me that parts may or may not be missing! So, I emptied the box and placed all loose parts inside bag 11 and taped it shut, to deal with it on its due time. I have no way to do a full parts inventory since not all parts are showed on the parts list at the end of the instruction book. A little bit concerned on what was I to do in this case, I tried Customer Support phone. It happens that Puerto Rico area code 787, does not have access to the 800 Customer Support and we can only communicate via Email, protocol that as we know, is slow and tedious due to the high activity Lego Customer Support is having. Not even chat is available and has not been probably since last year, understandable to certain degree, because of the high activity, but no to be used as an excuse by Lego! Since my experience with missing parts has been “manageable” in other kits, and considering I have a small stash of parts from upgrades and MOC's, I decided to get started building my kit. Long behold, bag 3, missing a part, available in my stash so not a problem. Bag 4, another couple of parts, again, I had them in stock. By now, my frustration is still manageable and the build can go on. Then, on bag 10, 4 missing parts, two not available in my stash, so I ordered them. I am still happy with my kit and decide that, while these parts arrive, usually in 10-15 days, I could keep building other sections. Now, the dreaded bag 11! This is when I blew a gasket! In the first couple of pages, I was missing over 15 parts! I start ordering and the return message was that my orders could not be fulfilled because they did no pass the automatic validation check, call Customer Support! How? There is no support for us! Well, I did send an email, actually more than one, and due to the parts missing situation, I have a beautiful, expensive, engineering marvel, sitting in my workbench and I don't know how long it will take for me to finish it. I provided a couple of suggestions: send me bags 11 or I return the kit 2/3 done and they ship me another one! I have read this dreadful reviews on people complaining on missing parts, but never in my wildest thoughts, I believed it to be this bad! Lego has an excellent Quality Assurance process. But it seems to be unable to keep up with what the say are very busy times. The fact that this kit is missing so many parts; the error on shipping a kit with a poorly sealed bag of parts and the other issue with Customer Service phone not supported, is not only disturbing, but annoying! Don't get me wrong, I love Lego kits and this is, I hope, an isolated instance that was caused, maybe, due to the rush they are having. Again, as much as I can understand, It does not make me any happy. On the objective side, the parts I have already assembled, the kit fills all my expectations. It is colorful and challenging. The instruction books are sometimes hard to understand, but that is why the kit is to be built by older kids and us, the golden age adults and experience builders. That improvements can be made in the manuals? Of course, but they have to keep quality, affordability and cost effectiveness as much as help us grow our knowledge and expertise in comprehending and interpreting instructions. This last is what differs expert builder from novice building. I hope my situation can get resolved soon since I have more kits to build, Xmas decorations are around the corner and this is a very busy time for my wife and I. Happy Holidays to all! Antonio

I am a new dad that had his Lego interest rekindled by playing Duplo with my child, and decided to “fill the gap” and try Technics. Thus this review is from an adult perspective of someone who had played much Lego as a child and had nearly zero Technic experience. Pro - Incredible, efficient design to integrate all the different functions, some notable: o Cable rolls in nice and tidy o Finished model is sizable but very solid o All the functions and its selectors work very well – simple and no-fuss; operation is simple o Can actually lift decent weight - A very good “parts set” with good alternate builds available online. The additional “building in construction” provides many flat grey panels for future rebuilding - Some nice details - A good overall colour scheme - Provide hours of immersive experience - for me model A took 18hrs, and model B took another 9 hours (disassemble and rebuild) Con - Meager extra pieces – for example, no extra for a small 3-pin(?)part that totals 396 in the set - Design: o More details/pieces needed for areas near the head/tail lights and the cockpit. o Sticker: never a huge fan of Lego sticker design; but it's better than many other sets. o B model – a mixed bag- I wish this is a complete different build and not a half-rebuild. The finished model looks fine (but similar to model A) and the functions are interesting and decent (but with a buggy cable design); the biggest issue is playability: all it does is driving the two piles, while the crane can lift anything that can be attached and is not too heavy. Some amazing alternate models are online but they are often for-purchase. o A hook element would've also been useful for the crane - Instruction can be more clear in some steps, and more “check points” to make sure the mechanical parts are working will be helpful - It's new to me and not a huge deal, but the plastic quality doesn't seem to be as good as regular Lego pieces; many larger pieces have nub/molding marks. Not sure this is just a bad batch or technic sets use different plastic and this cannot be avoided. I wish… - Perhaps it's because I might have jumped a few steps, but I really, truly wish for more explanation on the parts I am building: names of the piece/mechanisms, what they do…etc, as for a good portion of the build I feel rather “in the dark”. it will be more educational and interesting. I understand that Lego instructions are meant to be language-less, but if Lego is going digital (which a lot of people seem to dislike), perhaps more functions can be included so it's not just a copy of the paper version. Maybe a book/document of “Technic 101” can also help? - Include a few operable panels to reveal inner works - A more general comment - if more techniques, such as call-outs/fading/outlining, can be used in the instructions, i'd prefer the numbers of step to be reduced in all lego sets (easily 25-30% of the steps/pages can be eliminated). If you compare an instruction from 20 years ago and a recent one, the increase in thickness is substantial – adding more paper and cost. Overall, while it's not perfect, this set was fun and a very different experience as Technic might be more different with regular Lego than I thought, making/challenging me to think differently – and that to me is well-worth the price of admission.