Lego’s Windmill Set Allows You To Stick It To The Zoning Board |
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| By Michael d'Estries in Energy, Entertainment, Green Products, Wind Power | July 16, 2008 | |
Town zoning board getting you down? Anti-wind organizations befuddling you with their concerns? Feeling the ache of not being able to install your own personal turbine? Well, now you can shut out the rest of the world and focus on this great new kit from Lego called “The Vestas Windmill Kit”.
Standing over two-feet tall, this model of alternative energy features a Vestas wind turbine, control center, and a van. But don’t expect to buy a bunch of these and string them up on your roof. While the turbine is motorized, it’s not generating its own power. That probably comes from batteries. Damn them!
Can the next Lego set please include a solar array to power this thing?
Still, I love it.
brothersbrick via gizmodo
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TGSC said,
Sorry, Vestas promotion only, for internal use. Not for sale. It was supposed to be a secret until maybe a campaign could be launched.
Lego does not make new models for cheap, it takes a lot of volume and buying power from a large commercial customer like Vestas.
Jeff said,
DAMN, I am working on a Wind Farm right now that is using Vestas turbines right now. It would be cool to have a lego version sitting on my desk.
Maria Surma Manka said,
This is SO cool! I really wish they were for sale to regular folks!
David Buckner said,
As a child I use to play with robotix and capcella’s play set and This the coolest thing sense the MP3 payer. This is what a Dad and and an inventor like myself can use to teach my daughter and my other young friends about renewable energy. I gotta have one!!
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mark said,
Hi i have a lego 4999 vestas wind turbine for sale at the right price please contact me if you are interested.
This kit is not available for public purchase so take advantage of this oppurtunity to own the strictly limited edition kit. The kit includes a service van, an engineer, a cottage with residents and dog and of course the Wind Turbine which assembled measures 66 cm from base to the top of the nacelle.
This kit features a power functions which include the Turbine itself which spins, the Cottage which lights up and what appears to be some sort of retracting beam or crane arm. Please Note that batteries are not included.
David said,
Sadly the Lego company have only given this set out to vestas employees. however there are a large ammount apering on ebay. hopefully they will see sence and offer it to the rest of us.
with wind power been rather an important issue, surly allowing youngsters to build there own (even if battry powered) turbine, helps get then thinking and talking about the issue of alternative power sorces.
Ronald said,
I’d love to have this set too, but we shouldn’t buy them from pricesharks (like Mark 25/9) who probably want ridiculous amounts of money since this is a limited set. Sure some Vesta employees who don’t like Lego are willing to offer them for a reasonable price at E-bay or so, but if we are crazy enough to pay hundreds of Euro’s for such a set they will get dollarsigns in their eyes too. I would say we pay max EUR 100 for this set and simply not purchase if people ask more money for it. There will be 20,000 released so it ain’t that exclusive unless we drive each other crazy…
smurf said,
i want one it looks mazin plus i get a load of lego city and it would look cool next to it all
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Residential Wind Turbines said,
These are absolutely hilarious. I am writer about alternative energy sources and this would be an absolute great addition to my collection of memorabilia. But I definitely agree that the people selling them are trying to gouge people on the price.
Ashish Gavali said,
seriously I played with Legos in the 70’s when I was a kid, I realize that they still have nostalgia, like my old Lincoln logs. If you guys actually were impressed with that set then check out a real scale model wind tubine at lotus creative innovations, or do a search for “wind turbine trainer”. You will quickly grow out of it and to the next lightyear!