LEGO® Technic Heavy Duty Forklift - 42079

I normally don’t write reviews, but I needed to for this purchase. I am a huge LEGO fan since 6 years old, I am now 39. I wanted a forklift, but was hesitant to purchase the Technic set because I never owned one and I like just plain Legos. I waited a few months before I convinced myself to try something new. On Thursday, early evening I excitedly purchased the set, took it home, and carefully open the box to look at all the different pieces. I then pulled out my empty plastic containers and sorted the pieces so I could begin construction on my new forklift. As I am anxiously putting piece by piece together, I am getting more and more excited to see the moving gears. I get to page 30 and surprise! I’m missing a piece. I search though all my remaining pieces, I recheck the plastic bags, look in the box, and no piece number 4211805. I was 1 piece short. I put in my claim with LEGO and wait... I’m now disappointed. That was short lived though because I live down the street from the LEGO store and they said I could exchange it so yay! Great customer service!!! I’m super excited to put it together again and I just completed it and wow! All the moving pieces, even the pistons.

This was a great model to build. It had the right amount of gears and motion parts to keep you on your toes. I like to combination of yellow, blue and black pieces. Very realistic. Upon completion, my grandchildren ( and me) enjoyed playing with it. I brought out my other construction Technic models so we could all enjoy the moment. I bought a second model to either have 2 forklifts and to build the tow truck.

Le lego 42079 est très bien avec ses systèmes pour lever et baisser les lames de fourches, les pistons et son système de roue arrière qui tourne. Je le recommande !

Overall, a good building experience. Not the most technically challenging of a build. Only real complaint would be the back isn't quite finished, leaving an exposed engine. Would've been nice to see a covering. The play functions are easy to use. The exhaust pipe controls the steering, the beacon light raises/lowers the forks, and the tilt is controlled by two levers on either side of the cab. The pallet that comes with the build can easily accommodate different cargo. I haven't had a chance to try out the second build, but expect it to be good.

I was not going to get this set originally, so glad I changed my mind. It is the second best of the new Technic sets released in the summer of 2018. The build was straightforward and not at all difficult. Once you build it the fun starts. The lift works well, and the tilt of the forks is really well done. The rear steering may be accurate, I have never driven a real fork lift. The pallet with its container on it can be replaced with all sorts of other things, I have been taking the brick heads for rides on it lately. The fork lift can actually be lifted by the new crane. All in all, it is fun to play with the forklift, I have not disasembled it and made the alternate build yet, I will do that once I have a chance to do so.