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Eitech Ferris Wheel
« on: April 23, 2021, 09:41:43 pm »
Really stoked to get one of these finally and at USD $115 delivered.

Looking forward to some hours with my grandson James (and maybe my granddaughter Ruby if she wants to) a couple of days a week after school until its finished and the 1200 pieces are a working Ferris wheel, I've always liked looking at the vids that other folks have of these running off a steam engine.

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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2021, 09:43:09 pm »
Great deal! Yours is sealed, so should be good, mine arrived with nuts falling out of the box  :D
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2021, 09:58:58 pm »
Sort the pieces carefully Jim , many are "slightly" different than others.
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Re: Eitech Ferris Wheel
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2021, 10:47:23 pm »
Quote from: Nick on April 23, 2021, 09:43:09 pm
Great deal! Yours is sealed, so should be good, mine arrived with nuts falling out of the box  :D

Yep and still sealed. Looking sorta' forward to this  ???
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2021, 10:48:41 pm »
Quote from: St Paul Steam on April 23, 2021, 09:58:58 pm
Sort the pieces carefully Jim , many are "slightly" different than others.

Thanks for the heads up Bruce, I'll try and put them into separate ice cream containers or something.

The windmill you sent me was job and a half, so this is going to take awhile I reckon mate.
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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2021, 03:17:52 am »
Congratulations on the catch and have fun crafting with the kids. I had a kit like this myself as a child. It was from Trix.
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2021, 04:20:46 am »
Eitech definitely makes some fine construction sets, and the ferriswheel is right up there amongst their best.

Congratulations Jim!
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2021, 11:14:01 pm »
Cheers all, pretty impressive now its opened.
There feels like there's about a kilo of nuts and bolts in that plastic bag!

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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2021, 09:09:25 am »


Hello Jim,

your purchase has made me curious. I live in Germany, but the company eitech was not known to me until now. Therefore, I have looked around on their website something. Very interesting and especially the expansion possibilities of the systems convince. Even for the smallest children there are very great toys. Since this grandpa here was immediately wide awake. Starting in May, he'll need something for the little ones again. ::)
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2021, 06:41:08 pm »
G'day Jürgen I had only ever seen their ferris wheel converted to run via steam engine before (pretty sure Bruce, St Paul Steam was the first I saw) but when my grandson saw the name Eitech he said he had other smaller construction sets from them and that all the toys shops here stock this brand, so at least it seems to be a well known brand here in Australia and competes with Meccano.
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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2021, 08:41:53 pm »
I had thought about getting one of their larger cranes... made offers on a few, but haven’t found a steal yet...
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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2021, 08:44:18 pm »
Oh, and by the way, this is how mine arrived 😂







And after more than a few minutes of sorting

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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2021, 09:43:11 pm »
Haven't opened it all up yet Nick until this arvo when James comes after school, but pretty sure I don't have this brass toothed gear -

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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2021, 10:05:05 pm »
Quote from: Jim on April 25, 2021, 09:43:11 pm
Haven't opened it all up yet Nick until this arvo when James comes after school, but pretty sure I don't have this brass toothed gear -

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Don’t panic yet, I know I had some leftover pieces in mine...
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« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2021, 06:45:55 pm »
Its going to take some time.....but a start has been made!

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