LEGO Technic 4x4 Crawler Exclusive Edition  (41999)1 product rating5041302010About this productrpmhot48 (656)No returns, but backed by eBay Money back guaranteeAll listings for this productAbout this productProduct InformationProduct IdentifiersKey Features5041302010Write a reviewMost relevant reviewsby Overall a good build.This is a good model for the Lego Technic collector, which I am. Nice features and limited number (only 20,000) add to its appeal. The one thing I have been noticing is that the battery life seems to be shorter with the headlights running. They are easily disconnected, but, you lose one of the key features of the model.LEGO 4x4 Crawler Set 9398 Set Number: 9398-1Item No: 4636406EAN Barcode: 5702014837522BOID: 502267 Add to Global Cart New(Sealed)4x4 Crawler Set 939812N/A Special Collection... These are the instructions for building the LEGO Technic 4x4 Crawler that was released in 2012. BI 3019/80+4*-9398 2/3 [13.65 Mb] BI 3019/80+4*-9398-3/3 [12.18 Mb]

BI 3019/80+4*- 9398-1/3 [16.29 Mb] 9398 Off-Road Truck #1 [13.39 Mb] 9398 Off-Road Truck #2 [12.42 Mb] Just finished building the 4x4 Crawler and it was a fun build but as a remote control car it is . . . in a word . . . lego shop ebayI know it's powerful and can climb over stuff but sometimes there is nothing to crawl over and I'd rather it be faster. lego shop akenAre there any other gear configurations that would make it a bit more exciting?buy lego 41015 The simplest way to get different speeds is by changing the gears. The instructions get you to build it with a 12:20 gear down in the portal axles, so the easiest way to change the speed is to flip those to get 20:12. From memory that will not work because it interferes with other parts of the model.

You can fit two 16 tooth gears in there instead, giving a slight speed increase. Or you can put an 8:24 gear down for even more torque (but even less speed). There two options are shown below. It's important that you keep all four wheels geared the same, otherwise you will be making the front and rear motors fight each other. That's not great for the motors and gears, and it will drain your batteries very quickly. Deeper inside the model there is another 12:20 gear pair that you can also swap for 16:16 (two sets of this, one each end). You need these old school 5292 puppies ;-) Check a motor comparison here You're gonna have to do some after-market mods but those are very powerful , I have them from the 8366 set. But as you can see in the review, there are pro's and con's on every engine. I suggest reading it in full, it's an amazing source of information and you'll learn a lot like I did. There's a nice poster about them. It has 2 different outputs which makes it so fun to make something that can use them both.

They will drain your batteries for sure anyway you use it. You can switch 4 pairs of gears on each end of the crawler (2 pairs in the portal hubs and another 2 pairs inside the gearbox infront of the motor) do this on both ends or you run the risk of broken gears or premature motor wear. I ran 12 tooth gears all the way from the motor to my hubs for a dramatic increase in speed however the torque suffered severely, I would only recommend doing my gearing with xl motors. Browse other questions tagged technic motors set-modification or ask your own question.Charleston Lego2Cv6 CharlestonToys LegoLego SRed LegoThe LegoLego Citroen2Cv CitroenLegos LegosForwardNew Citroen 2CV Charleston - A complete rebuild of an old favourite, now with better mechanics, shaping, and more darkness of the red. Today, we are going back in time to almost three years ago (time flies!) and taking a look at one set that had the forums and the entire LEGO community talking almost non-stop: the LEGO Technic 4x4 Crawler Exclusive Edition.

Unlike the majority of LEGO sets released throughout the years, the Limited Edition Crawler was designed through a fan base contest, with one of the conditions being that the creators utilized the chassis of the 9398 Crawler. The winner model was to be selected and produced as a limited edition of only 20,000 copies. Even since the winner was announced, investors and collectors were excited about the possibility of getting their hands in what many saw as a highly collectible set. Whether it was for resale, long term holding or just for personal collection reasons, the expectation was that such a unique set was bound to be extremely hard to acquire at retail price ($199.99). Months after the announcement, on August 1st 2013, the set was finally released to the public on LEGO Shop at Home and brick and mortar locations. As many expected, and worried about, 41999 sold out online the very same day, forcing customers to either hunt the set at retail location or source it from the secondary market.

As one would expect, the hype surrounding the set meant that most brick and mortar locations sold out as soon as they put the set on the shelves. In turn, prices on eBay and other online platforms rose to close to $450, with sets selling within minutes of being listed as collectors worried about it becoming even more expensive, investors hoped for the next $1,000 set and, as some of you might remember, some even attempted to corner the market by acquiring dozens of copies a day. While I will not get into it, it is also worth mentioning that the circumstances surrounding the set generated a lot of controversy, and ethical/moral discussions popped up almost daily on some of the forum threads. In theory, it all made sense; LEGO released a set that was not designed by your traditional LEGO design team, limited it to 20,000 copies worldwide and, to top it off, included a number of rare and unique elements that increased collectability (first Technic set to use dark blue, chrome elements and a uniquely numbered license plate). 

Furthermore, the box and instruction manuals were both higher quality than average and added a little bit of value to the set. It had all the potential in the world to become an extremely sought after and expensive set in the long term, but as you can see from the chart below, in the end that was not the case. The set has almost completely stagnated at around $360, the price it finally settled at a couple months after the hype died down at the end of 2013. That’s a close to 0% gain for anyone who has been holding the set for the last 2 or so years! Clearly, the weeks after release were the most profitable times to sell the Limited Edition 41999. I sold some of these within this timeframe and took advantage of the hype surrounding it, but at the same time thought that the set had a lot of long term potential (as many others did!). Looking back though, the performance of the set has not been anything but a disappointment. While it is always hard to pinpoint the exact reasons a set is not as popular as expected, I think that there are some generally accepted factors that contributed to the Crawler not doing as well as expected.

Technic has always been a niche market. While there is definitely a following to the theme, its popularity is nowhere near as close to some of the licensed themes, reducing the customer base. The set on which 41999 was based on, 9398 Crawler, was readily available until 2015. Given the similarities between the two sets, having a much cheaper version in the market could have definitely impacted the performance of the Limited Edition. The set simply grew too fast, reaching maturity shortly after its release. All the circumstances surrounding the set allowed it to reach its ceiling way faster than the average LEGO set, explaining the lack of growth since. So, knowing its past, what should we look forward to? Honestly, I don’t see how the trend can be reversed. I would not expect to see any significant growth out of this set, as I believe that if its unique characteristics have not generated any more interest in the past couple of years, there is no reason to believe they will in the future.