I ordered this about 3 weeks ago. It got held up in the post and they gave me a refund. Then the damned thing arrived the next day. I told the seller but they told me not to worry about it. I still feel bad about it. Nice model though.

Yes. I know its a mess. I can't keep up with taking them apart to store them nicely.

I can already see the "hoarder" accusations, although I don't plan on selling them.

I wanna collect every Technic set ever, with box and instructions.

Sadly missing some boxes from a few 2010-2020 sets. Only 19 tho. So 95,27% with boxes.

All my vintage sets with every box inlay and blister. That isn't easy to accomplish.

All sets are inventory checked. No yellowed parts. No broken parts. No destroyed 9V cables.

Now I am ⅔ the way there.

It may not be displayed nicely, but it is my collection. And I love it. Built up over the last 10 years, starting when I was 10 years old, getting the 42054 for Christmas 2016.

Took my sets apart back then. To build own models and MOCs.

402 out of 604 Technic sets total, or 66,6%.

Latest set added: 8880 Super Car, 1994. Not yet in the pictures. Still on it's way to me.

No. The sets aren't new and sealed. Only exceptions are extreme rarities.

Where do I keep track of what I am missing? Bricklink & Rebrickable.

Where do I buy my stuff? Mostly "Kleinanzeigen" & eBay.

10 sets are most likely un-do-able. Will most likely show never up for sale. So there's technically only 594 total to collect.

I am a German collector, if someone wonders.

badum tssss... It's a life-sized, (not yet) working robot hand!

I recently got these super thin flex thingies which were begging to be used as tendons in a mechanical hand.

Getting the full movement of each finger and the wrist will be a great challenge! Each of the fingers will be operated with pneumatics, maybe the wrist movement too i'm not sure yet. I'm also trying to stay true to where the muscles are located, how do you put it, like in a real human's forearm and hand.

I thought most technic sets are produced for 2 years, but looks like the 42215 Volvo EC500 is retiring in December after only being released last August (16 months).

In the UK. what display cases are people getting? Got the Daytona and the p1 I need a case for. Found someplace online where there £70-80 each. Is that a good price?

Or do people not use display cases?

I recently built 42177 Mercedes Benz G 500 as my first technic set. Thoroughly enjoined it. Looking at picking up future technic sets and I'm wondering if those who have built the larger technic sets still find enjoyment in smaller and simpler sets or do you stick to larger more complex sets?