Random minifig of the day: idea057

Now I'm reminded of when 21319 kept showing up in the Most Viewed Sets list. Seriously, if you go to the set's page, then go to the "News" tab, it's shown up there twenty-seven times!

@WolfpackBricks63 said:
"A little bit of Monica in my life..."

Nope.

@TheOtherMike said:
"Now I'm reminded of when 21319 kept showing up in the Most Viewed Sets list. Seriously, if you go to the set's page, then go to the "News" tab, it's shown up there twenty-seven times!"

I also remember when the set constantly appeared in the weekly Most Viewed Sets list. I’ve made this observation on Brickset before. I do own it and I love it, but I guess it proves how popular the set was/is. Was it usually because of a Reddit post and someone talking about the set?

I KNOW!

@WolfpackBricks63 said:
"A little bit of Monica in my life..."
A little bit of Erica by my side...

@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Now I'm reminded of when 21319 kept showing up in the Most Viewed Sets list. Seriously, if you go to the set's page, then go to the "News" tab, it's shown up there twenty-seven times!"

I also remember when the set constantly appeared in the weekly Most Viewed Sets list. I’ve made this observation on Brickset before. I do own it and I love it, but I guess it proves how popular the set was/is. Was it usually because of a Reddit post and someone talking about the set?"

If a set isn't currently big news (upcoming/recent release, recent review, etc.) and gets to the Most Viewed Sets list, the answer to the "How'd it get there?" is usually "Reddit." Although there was the time 1309 made it there because 21061's reveal caused a discussion of the small number of church-themed Lego sets. https://brickset.com/sets/tag-Church only has nine sets, one of which is https://brickset.com/sets/SDCC2015-1/Throne-of-Ultron, which I find hilarious.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Now I'm reminded of when 21319 kept showing up in the Most Viewed Sets list. Seriously, if you go to the set's page, then go to the "News" tab, it's shown up there twenty-seven times!"

I also remember when the set constantly appeared in the weekly Most Viewed Sets list. I’ve made this observation on Brickset before. I do own it and I love it, but I guess it proves how popular the set was/is. Was it usually because of a Reddit post and someone talking about the set?"

If a set isn't currently big news (upcoming/recent release, recent review, etc.) and gets to the Most Viewed Sets list, the answer to the "How'd it get there?" is usually "Reddit." Although there was the time 1309 made it there because 21061's reveal caused a discussion of the small number of church-themed Lego sets. https://brickset.com/sets/tag-Church only has nine sets, one of which is https://brickset.com/sets/SDCC2015-1/Throne-of-Ultron, which I find hilarious."

And of those nine, two appear to be reissues of an earlier model. I've looked at those tags for relatively unusual subjects like banks, graveyards, and prisons before, but there are a lot more of those than churches.

@RogueWhistler said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Now I'm reminded of when 21319 kept showing up in the Most Viewed Sets list. Seriously, if you go to the set's page, then go to the "News" tab, it's shown up there twenty-seven times!"

I also remember when the set constantly appeared in the weekly Most Viewed Sets list. I’ve made this observation on Brickset before. I do own it and I love it, but I guess it proves how popular the set was/is. Was it usually because of a Reddit post and someone talking about the set?"

If a set isn't currently big news (upcoming/recent release, recent review, etc.) and gets to the Most Viewed Sets list, the answer to the "How'd it get there?" is usually "Reddit." Although there was the time 1309 made it there because 21061's reveal caused a discussion of the small number of church-themed Lego sets. https://brickset.com/sets/tag-Church only has nine sets, one of which is https://brickset.com/sets/SDCC2015-1/Throne-of-Ultron, which I find hilarious."

And of those nine, two appear to be reissues of an earlier model. I've looked at those tags for relatively unusual subjects like banks, graveyards, and prisons before, but there are a lot more of those than churches."

Well, those are generally speaking more useful in a city-setting. You need a place to store real, physical objects, such as money, criminals, or the dead. A church just isn't very useful. You could get married there, but you can get married on a boat - which is also where you can store money, criminals and/or the dead.

@RogueWhistler said:
"And of those nine, two appear to be reissues of an earlier model. I've looked at those tags for relatively unusual subjects like banks, graveyards, and prisons before, but there are a lot more of those than churches."

Denmark is over 90% Christian, but they recognize that not every country is. Decades ago they did make a regular church set, and they’ve made several molded GitD crosses, but in more recent years they have a hands-off policy when it comes to the subject of religion, which includes atheism. The reason for this is they don’t want any kids to feel alienated by the subject matter.

I always hated that the mouth is assymetrical in every face I ever got from this head.

@PurpleDave said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"And of those nine, two appear to be reissues of an earlier model. I've looked at those tags for relatively unusual subjects like banks, graveyards, and prisons before, but there are a lot more of those than churches."

Denmark is over 90% Christian, but they recognize that not every country is. Decades ago they did make a regular church set, and they’ve made several molded GitD crosses, but in more recent years they have a hands-off policy when it comes to the subject of religion, which includes atheism. The reason for this is they don’t want any kids to feel alienated by the subject matter."

Yeah, I'm not remotely surprised by how few there've been. I hadn't heard of those crosses, I was imagining some kind of specially-molded tile until I found a picture.

@RogueWhistler said:
"Yeah, I'm not remotely surprised by how few there've been. I hadn't heard of those crosses, I was imagining some kind of specially-molded tile until I found a picture."

As far as I know, the only exceptions they’ve made in the past quarter century are Notre Dame, Monkie Kid, and Greco-Roman mythology. Notre Dame is a special situation because, under French law, all houses of worship over 100 years old became state property, and are just loaned to their congregations for religious use. Monkie Kid is based on a Chinese text that the Chinese government officially treats as a work of fiction (their citizenry may or may not disagree). And I’m not aware of anyone who still follows the old Greco-Roman religion, unlike the old Norse religion.

@PurpleDave said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Yeah, I'm not remotely surprised by how few there've been. I hadn't heard of those crosses, I was imagining some kind of specially-molded tile until I found a picture."

As far as I know, the only exceptions they’ve made in the past quarter century are Notre Dame, Monkie Kid, and Greco-Roman mythology. Notre Dame is a special situation because, under French law, all houses of worship over 100 years old became state property, and are just loaned to their congregations for religious use. Monkie Kid is based on a Chinese text that the Chinese government officially treats as a work of fiction (their citizenry may or may not disagree). And I’m not aware of anyone who still follows the old Greco-Roman religion, unlike the old Norse religion."

Pretty sure Star Wars is a religion unto itself.

@PurpleDave said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Yeah, I'm not remotely surprised by how few there've been. I hadn't heard of those crosses, I was imagining some kind of specially-molded tile until I found a picture."

As far as I know, the only exceptions they’ve made in the past quarter century are Notre Dame, Monkie Kid, and Greco-Roman mythology. Notre Dame is a special situation because, under French law, all houses of worship over 100 years old became state property, and are just loaned to their congregations for religious use. Monkie Kid is based on a Chinese text that the Chinese government officially treats as a work of fiction (their citizenry may or may not disagree). And I’m not aware of anyone who still follows the old Greco-Roman religion, unlike the old Norse religion."

You do get some, but much like basically everyone claiming to follow one of the religions Christianity did its best to stamp out there’s a lot of picking and choosing in what they’ve actually carried over from those older faiths so the resemblance is probably hazy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenism_(modern_religion)

@Crux said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Yeah, I'm not remotely surprised by how few there've been. I hadn't heard of those crosses, I was imagining some kind of specially-molded tile until I found a picture."

As far as I know, the only exceptions they’ve made in the past quarter century are Notre Dame, Monkie Kid, and Greco-Roman mythology. Notre Dame is a special situation because, under French law, all houses of worship over 100 years old became state property, and are just loaned to their congregations for religious use. Monkie Kid is based on a Chinese text that the Chinese government officially treats as a work of fiction (their citizenry may or may not disagree). And I’m not aware of anyone who still follows the old Greco-Roman religion, unlike the old Norse religion."

Pretty sure Star Wars is a religion unto itself."

I know people have listed their religion as "Jedi" on surveys, censuses, and the like.

Monica was my favorite... so gorgeous...

@BlackFalconBirdman said:
"Monica was my favorite... so gorgeous..."

I preferred Lily. And also HIMYM.