What theme is CyberMaster 8482 part of?

It is listed under Competition and was released in 1998.

Does the set include a minifigure?

Yes, the inventory lists one minifigure alongside the 897 pieces.

How many different parts does it use?

The inventory contains 143 distinct parts, a wide spread for a set with fewer than a thousand pieces.

Competition

CyberMaster

CyberMaster 8482 is a 1998 set filed under the Competition theme, from the period when LEGO® started linking Technic building with a home computer. It has 897 pieces and one minifigure.

Set number: 8482
Year: 1998
Pieces: 897
Minifigures: 1
Theme: Competition
Different parts: 143

What can I build with it?

Parts list 143

As BrickLink list (XML)

Import on BrickLink: Wanted → Upload, upload the file (or paste its content), pick a Wanted List and add the parts.

Minifigures 1

Technic Figure Black/Light Gray Legs, Dark Turquoise Torso with Yellow, Black, Silver Print, Light Gray Mechanical Left Arm - Dark Turquoise Helmet fig-0104873 pieces × 1

Description

A robotics experiment from 1998

Before programmable bricks became a familiar part of the hobby, CyberMaster offered an early take on the idea: a central control unit that you build models around and then operate from a PC. The set belongs to the same experimental period that also produced the first Mindstorms robots. Looking at it today, the appeal is less about one particular vehicle and more about the concept. It shows how the designers approached computer-controlled play at a time when most households were only just getting used to having a computer at all.

Studded beams and mixed techniques

Technic in 1998 still relied heavily on studded beams, which stack like ordinary bricks and are locked in place with plates. Axles, pins and gears handle movement and connections. If your experience is mostly with modern studless sets, the building style here will feel noticeably different: sturdier in some places, a little blockier in others, and very easy to modify. That flexibility suits a set whose whole point was trying out different robot and vehicle designs rather than building one fixed display model.

Parts profile

With 143 distinct parts among 897 pieces, the inventory is varied for a set of this size, and the included minifigure is unusual for Technic-style building. Black and light grey dominate, with dark turquoise and yellow as accent colours. That palette is very characteristic of late-1990s sets, so the parts are easy to spot in a mixed collection. If you own other sets from the same era, many of these elements will slot straight into them, which makes a partial lot of this set useful even when the electronics are missing.

Checking a second-hand copy

This set has long been retired, so most copies change hands second-hand. The complete inventory on this page lets you work through a listing piece by piece and note what is missing before you buy. Pay particular attention to the electronic components, which are much harder to source than beams or pins. Once you have logged your parts, the What can I build? tool on this page shows which other sets your collection already covers, a handy check if you plan to rebuild several models from the same period.

FAQ

What theme is CyberMaster 8482 part of?: It is listed under Competition and was released in 1998.
Does the set include a minifigure?: Yes, the inventory lists one minifigure alongside the 897 pieces.
How many different parts does it use?: The inventory contains 143 distinct parts, a wide spread for a set with fewer than a thousand pieces.