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1986: Set #8660
Name: 6-Wheeled Snow Ranger (a.k.a. Arctic Rescue Unit)
Series: LEGO TECHNIC Arctic Rescue
Ages: 8 and up
Launched: 1986
Discontinued: 1989
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The Snow Ranger has six wheels, but four-wheel drive (the front and back wheels are controlled by the steering wheel). Includes skis and a snow plow which can fit inside the vehicle. A gearing system can raise or lower the ramp in the back -- or, in the alternate model, control a drill for punching through the ice. Like all of the LEGO TECHNIC models in this series, the Snow Ranger can be motorized.
LEGO TECHNIC Arctic Rescue
The new LEGO TECHNIC theme for 1986 was a polar expedition -- with the new LEGO TECHNIC figures as action heroes equipped to deal with challenging tundra and mountain environments.
"Imagine a Mountain Rescue Base with a pneumatic powered helicopter platform. Or Snow Ranger vehicles with snow ploughs, and the new action figures which can even wear skis. They all add up to a really exciting new build-and-play idea."
Nine centimeters high, the LEGO TECHNIC figures were designed to be men of action able to take on any challenge. They have more flexible joints than minifigs, and have a stiff, masculine look in their posture and faces. The very first edition of the LEGO TECHNIC figure head sported a pointed chin, unlike the later versions -- in Denmark, they said he looked too much like Jens Otto Krag, a famous Danish prime minister with a distinctive chin.
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The Snow Ranger packaging.
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Skis, snowplow, and a UNIMOG -- what more could you need?
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The ice drill is lowered.
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Opening the rear platform.
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Backing out the plow.
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LEGO TECHNIC figures offer to help, but building the Snow Ranger is too much fun!
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