Vehicle Maintenance Energizer - Nostalgia MoC

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Here is a new MoC of an old toy:

Seeing the INT-4 "Minirig" in the trailer for the Mandalorian&Grogu movie brought me back to the 80s. 


8yo me really wanted this toy: 



But that nostalgia also reminded me of a toy I did have, the "Vehicle Maintenance Energizer"

















and of course, thinking about it made me want to create a Lego MoC of it...



I tried to capture not only the shape and size, but also the feature of its rotating cover:

The instructions are now available for free on my Rebrickable.

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