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1986: Set #8680
Name: Mountain Rescue Base (a.k.a. Arctic Rescue Base)
Series: LEGO TECHNIC Arctic Rescue
Ages: 8 and up
Launched: 1986
Discontinued: 1987
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Two LEGO TECHNIC figures who operate a light helicopter and a helicopter platform, a base of operations with pneumatically-powered doors. The platform also has skis with wheels on the bottom. Also includes instructions for motorizing the base, and for an alternate model: a truck with a helicopter platform that can be lowered.
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 Mountain Rescue Base -- featuring pneumatics.
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Two LEGO TECHNIC guys hard at work.
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Deploying the rescue helicopter.
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Hold on tight!
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Get an idea of just how big #8680 really was.
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A quiet moment at the arctic base.
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