LEGO 8480 Space Shuttle

This set was one with a fiber optic system. The motors power the bay doors, the robot arm and the satellite. The arm can rotate and bend and the satellite solar panels can open and close. The fiber optic system is used to illuminate the engines. The shuttle also has manual landing gear and flaps. The alternative model is a submarine. The technology used in this set was and is currently cutting edge for LEGO. However, LEGO stopped marketing and stopped using Light-Fibre Technology and only uses gears and motors in their modern TECHNIC sets.

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