Rent the LEGO Crane Truck

Plan on 10 to 14 hours for the 1877 pieces. The gearbox is built straight onto the chassis rather than as a separate module, and that is where most of the time goes. The cab and the crane go more quickly after that.

LEGO gives the model as 53 by 56 cm. The four-axle truck is roughly half a metre long, and with the crane raised it reaches about as high. It is too big for a normal shelf, but sits well on a sideboard.

No. Set 8258 came out in 2009 and has not been available since the end of 2011. New copies now only come from collectors, at several times the original price. There has been no re-release.

A single Power Functions XL motor drives the crane through a gearbox: it unfolds it, raises and lowers it, swings it through 360 degrees and extends the four outriggers. You lower the outriggers by hand, and the last boom section and the winch are manual too.

Both front axles steer, and the cab tilts forward to reveal a V8 with moving pistons. There is a fifth wheel coupling at the back. From the same pieces you can build a tow truck as the second model.

You pick a set from our collection and we send it to your door for free. You build it, keep it as long as you like, and send it back when you are ready for the next one. After a month at the earliest, with no upper limit. Then you choose your next set.

There are three options: the single rental at a one-off CHF 42.–, the monthly plan at CHF 39.– per month and the yearly plan at CHF 29.– per month. Included are the complete set, delivery to you and the cleaning. You cover the return, and the label is already in the box.

Yes. The monthly plan can be cancelled to the end of any month, with no reason and no notice period. You send the set back and that is that. The yearly plan commits you for twelve months and costs about a quarter less per month in return.

Every set goes through our quality check after it comes back, before it goes out again. We check its condition, wash the sets regularly at 30 °C with soap and keep track of whether every piece is there. That way a clean and complete set reaches you.

The sets are checked between rentals and washed regularly. That is why the numbered bags from the original packaging are gone, and you get all the pieces loose in one large wash bag. Up to about 2'000 pieces you build straight from the bag; for bigger sets a bit of sorting first is worth it. For the return you sort nothing: take the set fully apart and put every piece back in the wash bag.

Paper instructions and sticker sheets do not last many rentals, so we send the sets without them. The instructions for every set are free at lego.com/en-ch/service/building-instructions and in the LEGO Builder app. Search there by set number or name.

Up to ten lost small pieces are no problem and are included in the price. It happens, vacuum cleaners are merciless. We only get in touch for larger damage or missing large pieces. You do not have to go over the carpet with tweezers.

Orders placed before 14:00 go out the same working day. After that Swiss Post usually takes one to two working days. We deliver anywhere in Switzerland and delivery to you is free.

A LEGO set is usually built once and then sits on a shelf or in a cellar for years. With us the same set passes through eight to ten people. For the same number of sets built, that is up to 90 % less newly produced plastic.