Answers.Body: <p>A US exclusive which combined 6851, 6878 and 6887. (<a href="https://brickset.com/sets/6861-2/Super-Model-Building-Instruction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Brickset</a>)</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mWw3t.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mWw3t.jpg" alt="Blacktron Super Model"></a>
  Instructions can be found on <a href="http://peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/scans/6861-2/?ct=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Peeron</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Some of the LEGO Star Wars Mini Building sets contained additional parts that could be combined to make an additional model.</p>
  
  <p>For example, the additional parts from sets 4484, 4485, 4486 and 4487 could be combined to build a TIE Bomber.</p>
  
  <p>This additional model could be built at the same time as the primary model; the primary model and additional models didn't share parts.</p>
  
  <p>You could buy special packs that contained all 4 sets.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Xj8xW.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Xj8xW.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>There are a few Technic models which had this as a selling point, such as <a href="https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Race-Car-42011" rel="noreferrer">Race car 42011</a> which lists</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Combine with the 42010 Off-Road Racer for a super-fast Dragster with
    pull-back motor, adjustable rear wing and opening cockpit</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>as a selling point. Obviously <a href="https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Off-road-Racer-42010" rel="noreferrer">Off-road Racer 42011</a> has the same selling point. These were 2013 models, but there are equivalent models in the 2017 releases: <a href="https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Stunt-Truck-42059" rel="noreferrer">Stunt Truck 42059</a> and <a href="https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Stunt-Bike-42058" rel="noreferrer">Stunt Bike 42058</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>It has been fairly common to provide the ability to power certain Technic models by adding a separate motor kit.</p>
  
  <p>Here's an example from the PF motor kit:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/DcWrC.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/DcWrC.jpg" alt="Motorizing examples from 8293"></a></p>
  
  <p>And another from <a href="http://peeron.com/scans/8032-1/69/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a set</a> from 1994:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ZzRU9.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZzRU9.jpg" alt="8032 motorization"></a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The Mixels range was made this way. Here's the last page of just one of their instruction docs showing the combination of three mixels into a bigger one</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/flqGn.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/flqGn.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Many BIONICLE sets were marketed in this way.</p>
  
  <p>For example, here is an instruction booklet page showing <a href="https://brickset.com/sets/8533-1/Gali" rel="noreferrer">8533-1: Gali</a>, <a href="https://brickset.com/sets/8535-1/Lewa" rel="noreferrer">8535-1: Lewa</a>, and <a href="https://brickset.com/sets/8536-1/Kopaka" rel="noreferrer">8536-1: Kopaka</a> can be combined into <a href="http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Wairuha" rel="noreferrer">Toa Kaita Wairuha</a>.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KOXRx.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KOXRx.png" alt="Toa Kaita Wairuha instructions"></a></p>
  
  <p>I think BIONICLE has probably had the most combiner models, but other themes have had them as well. The earliest combiners I know of are the Slizer/Throwbot ones, though I don't think instructions were released for them.</p>
  
  <p>Brickipedia has <a href="http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Combiner_Models" rel="noreferrer">a large, though maybe incomplete, list</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I recall a children's magazine running an article about how to take a few smaller sets to create a big space ship, but I am not sure if that was official.</p>
  
  <p>Did LEGO ever create some smaller sets, but market them in a way to convince buyers to buy several other sets, so that they could be combined to create a single large set from those?</p>
  
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Title: Were there ever any smaller sets, marketed as being combined to create a large official set?
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ThreadText: # Were there ever any smaller sets, marketed as being combined to create a large official set?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-28)
  
  I recall a children's magazine running an article about how to take a few smaller sets to create a big space ship, but I am not sure if that was official.
  
  Did LEGO ever create some smaller sets, but market them in a way to convince buyers to buy several other sets, so that they could be combined to create a single large set from those?
  
  **Tags:** sets
  
  
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  ## 6 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-29. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  A US exclusive which combined 6851, 6878 and 6887. ([Brickset](https://brickset.com/sets/6861-2/Super-Model-Building-Instruction))
  
  [![Blacktron Super Model](https://i.sstatic.net/mWw3t.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/mWw3t.jpg)
  Instructions can be found on [Peeron](http://peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/scans/6861-2/?ct=1).
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-06-28. Score: 7
  
  Some of the LEGO Star Wars Mini Building sets contained additional parts that could be combined to make an additional model.
  
  For example, the additional parts from sets 4484, 4485, 4486 and 4487 could be combined to build a TIE Bomber.
  
  This additional model could be built at the same time as the primary model; the primary model and additional models didn't share parts.
  
  You could buy special packs that contained all 4 sets.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Xj8xW.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Xj8xW.jpg)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-06-29. Score: 6
  
  The Mixels range was made this way. Here's the last page of just one of their instruction docs showing the combination of three mixels into a bigger one
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/flqGn.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/flqGn.png)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2017-06-28. Score: 6
  
  Many BIONICLE sets were marketed in this way.
  
  For example, here is an instruction booklet page showing [8533-1: Gali](https://brickset.com/sets/8533-1/Gali), [8535-1: Lewa](https://brickset.com/sets/8535-1/Lewa), and [8536-1: Kopaka](https://brickset.com/sets/8536-1/Kopaka) can be combined into [Toa Kaita Wairuha](http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Wairuha).
  
  [![Toa Kaita Wairuha instructions](https://i.sstatic.net/KOXRx.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KOXRx.png)
  
  I think BIONICLE has probably had the most combiner models, but other themes have had them as well. The earliest combiners I know of are the Slizer/Throwbot ones, though I don't think instructions were released for them.
  
  Brickipedia has [a large, though maybe incomplete, list](http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Combiner_Models).
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-06-28. Score: 5
  
  There are a few Technic models which had this as a selling point, such as [Race car 42011](https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Race-Car-42011) which lists
  
  > Combine with the 42010 Off-Road Racer for a super-fast Dragster with
  > pull-back motor, adjustable rear wing and opening cockpit
  
  as a selling point. Obviously [Off-road Racer 42011](https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Off-road-Racer-42010) has the same selling point. These were 2013 models, but there are equivalent models in the 2017 releases: [Stunt Truck 42059](https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Stunt-Truck-42059) and [Stunt Bike 42058](https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Stunt-Bike-42058).
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-06-29. Score: 3
  
  It has been fairly common to provide the ability to power certain Technic models by adding a separate motor kit.
  
  Here's an example from the PF motor kit:
  
  [![Motorizing examples from 8293](https://i.sstatic.net/DcWrC.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/DcWrC.jpg)
  
  And another from [a set](http://peeron.com/scans/8032-1/69/) from 1994:
  
  [![8032 motorization](https://i.sstatic.net/ZzRU9.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ZzRU9.jpg)
  
  
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