Little Coloured Bricks

What has six wheels, is yellow, can lift minifigs high up in the air, remote controlled, and is made of Lego? The answer is Lego Technic’s 8292 Cherry Picker! With the addition of and innovation brought to us by the Lego Technic line, there has been a surge of a new breed of Lego sets to come into the market.

It is such a far cry from what the earlier Lego generations are used to -just putting together studded bricks. Now, with the Lego Technic, Lego building becomes more technical in certain aspects.

Like the other Lego Technic sets, the Cherry Picker is an engineering challenge and a Lego collector’s delight. Putting together bricks has become more challenging with the integration of motors, drive-shafts, suspension, and other movable parts. It’s really just like building a miniature vehicle, albeit it is much easier than putting together the real truck itself.

The Cherry Picker is functional -a trademark of the Technic line. It is fully movable just like the real truck. You can control its movements (forward, reverse, left and right) just like any RC vehicle. It’s added surprise, however, is that its boom arm can also be controlled with the remote. Prop a minifig on the Cherry Picker’s bucket, and watch it rise up, go around and come back down just like a real Cherry Picker would.

Once put together, the Cherry Picker measures a over 12 inches long and the boom arm can reach about 16 inches high. It also comes with instructions on how to convert your Cherry Picker into a dump truck.

Fun and challenging at the same time, the Cherry Picker is a great addition to any Lego collection. Any serious builder would also have a blast putting together the pieces of the Cherry Picker and watch it go about cherry-picking!