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1986: Set #8849
Name: Tractor
Series: LEGO TECHNIC
Ages: 8 and up
Launched: 1986
Discontinued: 1989
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The blue tanks and the red bar on the front form a crop sprayer -- and they make this four-wheel-drive tractor look like a bug with teeth! (The crop sprayer isn't pneumatic.) In fact, the alternate model for this set is a dune buggy, and there are instructions to add a motor (sold separately) to both models.
LEGO TECHNIC
"Models that work just like real life."
LEGO TECHNIC is a different kind of LEGO toy -- in addition to the usual bricks, there are also gears, pulleys, cams, springs, and many other mechanical functions. Some even have pneumatic systems to control working parts, at the push of a finger! Ordinary LEGO bricks are held together with studs, but LEGO TECHNIC also use friction pins and axles to make structures rigid or flexible. The functions are more complex than LEGOLAND / LEGO SYSTEM models, so LEGO TECHNIC is for ages 7 and up. Many sets in this series come with instructions on powering your models by building in a motor, usually sold separately.
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The box image of the LEGO TECHNIC Tractor.
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Constructing the (big!) tractor at home.
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At the break of dawn, the tractor looms on the horizon.
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Deploying the crop sprayer.
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The alternate model -- a dune buggy.
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Set #8849 hits the fields.
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