I spent the weekend and today (Remembrance Day, Nov 11 in Canada) combing through old tubs of Lego for all the parts from a beloved set I had in the late 80s, early 90s. Only 3 parts missing though another dozen hours of searching might fix that - subbing for colour in the meantime.
Inspired by a video I came across where the subject is building a 5x scale version of the preceding set from 3D printed parts (here). I want to show my kids the power of patience and nostalgia; also I just want to see the set IRL again.
Should be pretty easy to guess which set this is.
Close, it's the sequel to that set, the 8865!
I have this set, complete. It was an amazing for the 1980s.
For me it was an amazingly cheap find in a Toy Shop in the 1990s, before eBay and Bricklink caused inflated pricing on old stock.
It was also huge.
Nowadays, using modern Technic, all the features can be built in a minifig-scale build.
Here it is.
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-201801/_Electro_/mini-8865/
Holy smokes that's so cool! Thanks for sharing!!