Answers.Body: <p>In answer to your question &quot;I want to build a Great Ball Contraption and have <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=42055-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LEGO set 42055</a>, what other LEGO sets do I need to buy?&quot; the answer is: None. You've got all the bits needed, even a motor.</p>
  <p><a href="https://pv-productions.com/product/lego-gbc-15-42055-building-instructions/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Instructions to make a Great Ball Contraption from LEGO set 42055</a> are available for purchase for about USD25, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mj7qMq-Jh4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">advertisement for the instructions can be see on YouTube</a>. The are other instructions available - like <a href="https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=140147" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=140147</a></p>
  <p>The PV instructions are just one of dozens of <a href="https://web2.rebrickable.com/sets/42055-1/bucket-wheel-excavator/#alt_builds" rel="nofollow noreferrer">alternative 42055 builds</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I want to start building a module like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjcYVaulDM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GBC Miniloop 01</a>, but when I check the part list some are very hard to find. How should I get started with miniloops?</p>
  <p>BTW, I got a very big set, Bucket Wheel Excavator 42055, and wanted to be able to do MOC's based on the parts in there. There are still many parts not included that I need for building this small GBC Mini loop.</p>
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: The parts in the model in that video look pretty generic, it appears to be mostly bricks, which are easily substituted for other colors or even shapes. If you need a quantity of a certain piece, you can try Bricklink.
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Comments.Text: @AlexanderO'Mara thanks. but parts like 3937 rocker bearing 1*2 seems hard.
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Comments.Text: Rocker bearing 1*2 appears in nearly 1000 sets
  https://brickset.com/parts/design-3937
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Comments.Text: You are in luck.  [PV Productions](http://pv-productions.com/product/lego-gbc-15-42055-building-instructions/) has instructions for building a huge GBC setup out of the pieces in the 42055.
Comments.UserDisplayName: chicks
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Comments.Text: @chicks this saves me a lot of money and time to collect parts and use what i have thanks again !
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Comments.Text: 42055 strikes me as being an excellent parts pack by itself - I also built a GBC module using parts of it (just a small subset), and other have too
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Title: Any cheap Technic sets with a good variety of parts?
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ThreadText: # Any cheap Technic sets with a good variety of parts?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-30)
  
  I want to start building a module like [GBC Miniloop 01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjcYVaulDM), but when I check the part list some are very hard to find. How should I get started with miniloops?
  
  BTW, I got a very big set, Bucket Wheel Excavator 42055, and wanted to be able to do MOC's based on the parts in there. There are still many parts not included that I need for building this small GBC Mini loop.
  
  Any suggestions?
  
  **Tags:** technic, building, gbc
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The parts in the model in that video look pretty generic, it appears to be mostly bricks, which are easily substituted for other colors or even shapes. If you need a quantity of a certain piece, you can try Bricklink.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 thanks. but parts like 3937 rocker bearing 1*2 seems hard.  
  > **username_2**: Rocker bearing 1*2 appears in nearly 1000 sets https://brickset.com/parts/design-3937  
  > **username_3**: You are in luck.  [PV Productions](http://pv-productions.com/product/lego-gbc-15-42055-building-instructions/) has instructions for building a huge GBC setup out of the pieces in the 42055.  
  > **username_0**: @username_3 this saves me a lot of money and time to collect parts and use what i have thanks again !  
  > **username_4**: 42055 strikes me as being an excellent parts pack by itself - I also built a GBC module using parts of it (just a small subset), and other have too  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2021-05-14. Score: 4
  
  In answer to your question "I want to build a Great Ball Contraption and have [LEGO set 42055](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=42055-1), what other LEGO sets do I need to buy?" the answer is: None. You've got all the bits needed, even a motor.
  
  [Instructions to make a Great Ball Contraption from LEGO set 42055](https://pv-productions.com/product/lego-gbc-15-42055-building-instructions/) are available for purchase for about USD25, and [advertisement for the instructions can be see on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mj7qMq-Jh4). The are other instructions available - like <https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=140147>
  
  The PV instructions are just one of dozens of [alternative 42055 builds](https://web2.rebrickable.com/sets/42055-1/bucket-wheel-excavator/#alt_builds).
  
  
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