Daimler AG and the Lego Group have collaborated to deliver a scale model of one of the world’s most complex trucks – the Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 – complete with the frame and suspension system, steering, drives and lifts.
The Truck will measure 31 cm in height, 14 cm in width and 54cm in length, and with 2,793 elements – including a handrail, step-up, wheel chock and several Lego pneumatic actuators – it will be one of the most complex Lego Technic models.
“After the very successful cooperation with Lego Technic on the Unimog-project, Mercedes-Benz Trucks considered a follow-up project,” said marketing manager Andreas Gruber. “In the context of Mercedes-Benz Trucks product launches from 2011 onwards, the Arocs 3245 had special potential.”
“It is a perfect fit for Lego Technic,” added Niels Henrik Horsted, senior marketing manager at Lego. “Whenever we design a set, our aim is to give Technic builders a stunning model with all the main functionalities you would expect, and our version of the Arocs 3245 fulfils that in every way.”
In order to create a Lego set true to form, Horsted and his team even went to the length of visiting the Mercedes-Benz Trucks production facilities in Wörth to take a closer look at the assembly line.
“We wanted to match the real Arocs 3245 as best as we could. Our model comes with four-axle suspension, an outrigger element, a new turntable element, pumps, and of course our advanced Pneumatics 2.0 system, which offers an easier, more realistic way of connecting cylinders and hoses.”
“And, as always with our big Lego Technic models, this box comes with building instructions for an alternative model – a Mercedes-Benz Articulated Construction Truck, which is just over 77 cm long.”
The Lego Technic Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 will be available from retailers from 1st August 2015.