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Set 9610 Gear Set
Educational and Dacta Technic

LEGO® Gear Set

The Gear Set 9610 comes from the educational line by LEGO® and was released in 1993. It has 77 pieces and 2 minifigures, and its whole point is to show how gears pass motion from one part to the next.

Set number
9610
Year
1993
Pieces
77
Minifigures
2
Theme
Technic
Different parts
37
What can I build with it?

Parts list 37

As BrickLink list (XML)

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Spare parts (4)

These extra parts come with the set in case one gets lost.

Minifigures 2

Description

A teaching kit first

This set belongs to the Educational and Dacta range, which was aimed at classrooms rather than toy shelves. You can see that in how it is put together. It is less about one finished model and more about parts that let you work out how machines behave. Anyone meeting gears for the first time can try what happens when one wheel drives another, when the direction of turning flips, or when the speed changes. The two minifigures give your builds a sense of scale and turn a plain mechanism into a small scene.

Red, light grey, black and yellow

The four main colours are red, light grey, black and yellow, and together they give strong contrast. That helps with mechanical sets, because axles, gears and beams are easy to tell apart at a glance. With 37 different parts among 77 pieces in total, the range is wide for the size: there are few duplicates and plenty of different shapes. That is what makes the parts list on this page worth a look. It shows which elements were chosen for an introduction to mechanics and how they fit into a collection today.

Using it today

A set from 1993 usually turns up second-hand, often loose or incomplete. In that case the parts list is your checklist, showing what is missing and what you already own. The “What can I build?” tool on Bricoria is useful here too. It checks whether your existing bricks, combined with these gears, can make gearboxes, simple crank models or builds of your own. For collectors the set is a small piece of educational history, and for tinkerers it is an affordable pile of Technic-style parts in colours that are easy to sort.

Spotting gears in daily life

After building with this set you start to see gears everywhere: in a clock, a bicycle gearbox or a food mixer. That is exactly where a learning kit like this earns its place. It is small enough to work through in an afternoon, yet varied enough to try out different gear ratios. Parents and teachers can use it to show why a small wheel turns a big one more slowly, and children feel the effect straight away as they turn the crank.

FAQ

How many pieces and minifigures are in Gear Set 9610?
It has 77 pieces in 37 different types, plus 2 minifigures.
Who was this set originally made for?
It is part of the Educational and Dacta range and was designed for learning about technology in lessons and workshops.
Can I combine the gears with my own bricks?
Yes. Use the parts list and the “What can I build?” tool to see what this set and your own collection can make together.

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