4x4 Greeble Transporter
A tough, all-terrain, 4x4 vehicle, with Power Functions remote control and an unusual steering mechanism.
After its birth in the 20th century and flowering in the 21st century, Lego building became the only hobby done by anybody in the whole of the galaxy. As interstellar travel boomed, modellers built more and more spaceships, based on their journeys. This phenomenon created an insatiable demand for greebles to cover the hulls of these MOCs. This was further accentuated when compulsory participation in SHIPtember, NoVVember and Febrovery was brought into law, 857 years ago.
The most prized of all of greebles were minifig hands. Fortunately, in an infinitely large universe, these occurred naturally, just like mattresses and ratchet screwdrivers. Limb trees on Braichiau VII enabled this planet to become one of the richest in the galaxy. The exports were heavily taxed and this led to a flourishing trade in illegal arms.
Before they could be taken off the planet, in ships such as the LL372 Phoenix, the minifig hands first had to be brought to the spaceport. Special 4x4 Greeble transporters were built to quickly traverse the planet's rough terrain, carrying refrigerated tanks of minifig hands. Ironically most of this packaging was unnecessary and was itself just a big greeble, that the designers thought would look good.
Llwyngwril Systems chose an unusual chassis for their machine, mainly because they couldn't find any other examples of it on the "internet" (The "internet" was a forerunner of the now ubiquitous sub-ether network). The Greeble Transporter was conventionally powered by an XL motor but was steered by two, large linear actuators. These were powered by an M motor. Many prototypes had to be built before a suitable solution, which combined good structural rigidity and steering geometry, was found.
In order to prevent dirt from flying up onto the truck's clean bodywork, the designers decided to add devices that would confine it below and clog the vehicle's fragile work parts. The experimental Mud Attenuation Temporary Tabs were built by Rowntree's of York. This company had become incredibly successful due to the need to feed the now infinite hordes of Lego Car Blog Elves with Smarties. It demerged from Nestle and diversified into automotive parts manufacture. Rowntree's MATTs proved to be a great success and were fitted to many subsequent machines.
The inter galactic trade in greebles suddenly died out 242 years ago, with the invention of the brick separator. Suddenly builders could take their creations apart and reuse the pieces, rather than just buying more and more and more and more components from the billionaire greeble magnates of Bricklink. The price of minifig hands plummeted and most of the 4x4 Greeble Transporters were put up for sale. Many were bought by the HALO Master Chef to replace the aging Warthogs used in his meals-on-wheels service.
4x4 Greeble Transporter
A tough, all-terrain, 4x4 vehicle, with Power Functions remote control and an unusual steering mechanism.
After its birth in the 20th century and flowering in the 21st century, Lego building became the only hobby done by anybody in the whole of the galaxy. As interstellar travel boomed, modellers built more and more spaceships, based on their journeys. This phenomenon created an insatiable demand for greebles to cover the hulls of these MOCs. This was further accentuated when compulsory participation in SHIPtember, NoVVember and Febrovery was brought into law, 857 years ago.
The most prized of all of greebles were minifig hands. Fortunately, in an infinitely large universe, these occurred naturally, just like mattresses and ratchet screwdrivers. Limb trees on Braichiau VII enabled this planet to become one of the richest in the galaxy. The exports were heavily taxed and this led to a flourishing trade in illegal arms.
Before they could be taken off the planet, in ships such as the LL372 Phoenix, the minifig hands first had to be brought to the spaceport. Special 4x4 Greeble transporters were built to quickly traverse the planet's rough terrain, carrying refrigerated tanks of minifig hands. Ironically most of this packaging was unnecessary and was itself just a big greeble, that the designers thought would look good.
Llwyngwril Systems chose an unusual chassis for their machine, mainly because they couldn't find any other examples of it on the "internet" (The "internet" was a forerunner of the now ubiquitous sub-ether network). The Greeble Transporter was conventionally powered by an XL motor but was steered by two, large linear actuators. These were powered by an M motor. Many prototypes had to be built before a suitable solution, which combined good structural rigidity and steering geometry, was found.
In order to prevent dirt from flying up onto the truck's clean bodywork, the designers decided to add devices that would confine it below and clog the vehicle's fragile work parts. The experimental Mud Attenuation Temporary Tabs were built by Rowntree's of York. This company had become incredibly successful due to the need to feed the now infinite hordes of Lego Car Blog Elves with Smarties. It demerged from Nestle and diversified into automotive parts manufacture. Rowntree's MATTs proved to be a great success and were fitted to many subsequent machines.
The inter galactic trade in greebles suddenly died out 242 years ago, with the invention of the brick separator. Suddenly builders could take their creations apart and reuse the pieces, rather than just buying more and more and more and more components from the billionaire greeble magnates of Bricklink. The price of minifig hands plummeted and most of the 4x4 Greeble Transporters were put up for sale. Many were bought by the HALO Master Chef to replace the aging Warthogs used in his meals-on-wheels service.