Double post but fuck it :
I got the BWE a week before release, built it over the last couple of nights.....I like this thing.
Lets get the bad out of the way first:
The motor is straining all the time, I expected this, movements are very slow, but they are there, it's not like the real thing is an F1 car either, it all works, but barely, this really is the limit for a single technic motor.
The good:
Intresting build, only repetitive in the base and tracks, no more after that, every quite big bit you add sees this thing leaping up, good amount of gears and axles, 2 gearboxes, it just all feels like a proper technic set, lots of funtions getting bult at the same time, just complex enough to be engaging and be able to unwind building it.
It's big, if you think you have an idea about how big this thing is, I assure you it's bigger, or I should say longer, I had a spot picket out for it for months, and it does not fit.
It looks good, I mean it's an ugly machine obviously, but there are lots of realistic details, the colourscheme somehow works eventhough it should not, as a display piece it looks good and it will awe people.
The sheer number of parts in this thing is impressive, and at the pricepoint, it's as big a bargain Lego ever gets, just comes to show all the licencing really ads to the price for other sets.....
The mining truck is a nice touch, fun little build, reminds me of the Lego sets from my childhood, they tended to be one big building with one or a few vehicles to go with it, and you always got to make that first, not the 17 mini builds in reverse order of size in numbered bags crap like they tend to be now.
Guys, If you have any affinity with heavy engineering, get this thing.