Random figure of the day: pi183
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random figure is pi183 Merman - Green Tail, a Pirates figure that came in one set, 45023 Fantasy minifigure set, released during 2017.
Our members collectively own a total of 230 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $7.10.
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He's a German - a generic Merman.
Mermaid Man before he got old
King Triton got a haircut.
When all the good Merchildren go to sleep, they say that Mer-Santa fills their stockings with Mer-candy and other Mer-treats.
These comments are gonna be good.
Looking through the other minifigs in that set, there are a lot of different categories. Castle, City, Education, Holiday, Pirates, Space, and Town.
@B_Space_Man said:
"These comments are gonna be good. "
I’m sourly disappointed so far :/
@Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
" @B_Space_Man said:
"These comments are gonna be good. "
I’m sourly disappointed so far :/"
Yeah, sometimes things pop off but today is a little more chill. Lol
The set this comes in also looks like it includes WALL-E's long lost 6 brick tall NBA star brother
Never seen this set before. Don't know how I missed it. It's a nice variety of figures.
Well, at least it's not the woman with the goblin hat.
I think I’ve gotten too used to scales printed on that tail piece and musculature printed on torsos, that this guy being devoid of detail just makes him look uncanny and washed out
@B_Space_Man said:
"These comments are gonna be good. "
…or a bit fishy.
Long before time had a name, three brothers were sons of the first Spinjitzu master. Wu was granted domain over the sky, Garmadon over the underworld, and the eldest, Poseidon, was granted domain over the sea.
Wait...
Btw, he can't do spinjitsu because of his lower body. But he can do Swimjitsu!
I kinda want the 45023 Fantasy minifigure set now.
@zipper said:
"Never seen this set before. Don't know how I missed it. It's a nice variety of figures."
Education supplementary set, basically a Community Workers but for supplying less standard figure elements.
"Water is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty"
Oh, by the way, this is the second time a minifig from 45023 has been featured, but the previous one has been renumbered since the original article posted, and so its article doesn't have a picture: https://brickset.com/article/104570/random-minifig-of-the-day-ww025 It's the only case I know of where that's happened and the renumbering wasn't just because the category had so many minifigs that Bricklink extended the numbers from three digits to four. Rather, the category was changed from Wild West to Education. The minifig in question is https://brickset.com/minifigs/edu023/gold-prospector-male-dark-blue-plaid-button-shirt-reddish-brown-legs-reddish-brown-fedora-hat-red-bandana-beard
"Are you ready kids?
Aye aye Captain!
I can't hear you!
Aye aye Captain!
Ohhh:
Who lives in a castle under the sea?
sea King Neptune
Who's kingly and yellow plastic is he
sea King Neptune
If nautical nonsense be something you hate
sea King Neptune
Then drop on the deck and act like a fish
sea King Neptune (ready?)
sea King Neptune
sea King Neptune
Sea King Neptune!"
(I'll bet you sang this post)
I think I prefer TLG's "off-brand" characters. I'll take Johnny Thunder over Indiana Jones any way of the week, and the same goes for Pirates over PotC. And if that means this is "We Have Triton At Home", good, fine.
It's not that I don't like Disney, but I prefer TLG's version. Bonus: now we don't have to talk about how Ariel and Hercules are related, or why Ariel doesn't know what a fork is, even though her dad brings a giant fork home from work every day.
I mean, we -can-, but we don't have to.
@Crux said:
"I think I prefer TLG's "off-brand" characters. I'll take Johnny Thunder over Indiana Jones any way of the week, and the same goes for Pirates over PotC. And if that means this is "We Have Triton At Home", good, fine.
It's not that I don't like Disney, but I prefer TLG's version. Bonus: now we don't have to talk about how Ariel and Hercules are related, or why Ariel doesn't know what a fork is, even though her dad brings a giant fork home from work every day.
I mean, we -can-, but we don't have to."
Ariel and Hercules _AREN'T_ related. You made the same mistake one of my high school text books (and the teacher of the same class) made. Triton is the son of Poseidon, so he's related to the Greek Heracles, not the Roman Hercules.
But yes, there was so much inbreeding within the Greco-Roman pantheon that darn near everyone who wasn't fully human was related to each other several times over.
@PurpleDave said:
"Well, at least it's not the woman with the goblin hat."
I just looked at that. She might need a doctor.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
"I think I prefer TLG's "off-brand" characters. I'll take Johnny Thunder over Indiana Jones any way of the week, and the same goes for Pirates over PotC. And if that means this is "We Have Triton At Home", good, fine.
It's not that I don't like Disney, but I prefer TLG's version. Bonus: now we don't have to talk about how Ariel and Hercules are related, or why Ariel doesn't know what a fork is, even though her dad brings a giant fork home from work every day.
I mean, we -can-, but we don't have to."
Ariel and Hercules _AREN'T_ related. You made the same mistake one of my high school text books (and the teacher of the same class) made. Triton is the son of Poseidon, so he's related to the Greek Heracles, not the Roman Hercules.
But yes, there was so much inbreeding within the Greco-Roman pantheon that darn near everyone who wasn't fully human was related to each other several times over."
The Romans can trim his beard all they like, doesn’t stop him being the same guy!
@Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
"I think I prefer TLG's "off-brand" characters. I'll take Johnny Thunder over Indiana Jones any way of the week, and the same goes for Pirates over PotC. And if that means this is "We Have Triton At Home", good, fine.
It's not that I don't like Disney, but I prefer TLG's version. Bonus: now we don't have to talk about how Ariel and Hercules are related, or why Ariel doesn't know what a fork is, even though her dad brings a giant fork home from work every day.
I mean, we -can-, but we don't have to."
Ariel and Hercules _AREN'T_ related. You made the same mistake one of my high school text books (and the teacher of the same class) made. Triton is the son of Poseidon, so he's related to the Greek Heracles, not the Roman Hercules.
But yes, there was so much inbreeding within the Greco-Roman pantheon that darn near everyone who wasn't fully human was related to each other several times over."
The Romans can trim his beard all they like, doesn’t stop him being the same guy!"
Hercu-more-or-less.
Basic Poseidon
@TheOtherMike said:
"Oh, by the way, this is the second time a minifig from 45023 has been featured, but the previous one has been renumbered since the original article posted, and so its article doesn't have a picture: https://brickset.com/article/104570/random-minifig-of-the-day-ww025 It's the only case I know of where that's happened and the renumbering wasn't just because the category had so many minifigs that Bricklink extended the numbers from three digits to four. Rather, the category was changed from Wild West to Education. The minifig in question is https://brickset.com/minifigs/edu023/gold-prospector-male-dark-blue-plaid-button-shirt-reddish-brown-legs-reddish-brown-fedora-hat-red-bandana-beard"
There is one category of renumbered figures that I'd forgotten about, and was reminded of when looking through recent past RFotDs just now. Figures from Bricklink Designer Program sets had their prefix changed from "adp" to "bdp."
@Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
"I think I prefer TLG's "off-brand" characters. I'll take Johnny Thunder over Indiana Jones any way of the week, and the same goes for Pirates over PotC. And if that means this is "We Have Triton At Home", good, fine.
It's not that I don't like Disney, but I prefer TLG's version. Bonus: now we don't have to talk about how Ariel and Hercules are related, or why Ariel doesn't know what a fork is, even though her dad brings a giant fork home from work every day.
I mean, we -can-, but we don't have to."
Ariel and Hercules _AREN'T_ related. You made the same mistake one of my high school text books (and the teacher of the same class) made. Triton is the son of Poseidon, so he's related to the Greek Heracles, not the Roman Hercules.
But yes, there was so much inbreeding within the Greco-Roman pantheon that darn near everyone who wasn't fully human was related to each other several times over."
The Romans can trim his beard all they like, doesn’t stop him being the same guy!"
Hercu-more-or-less."
Herculeased
@BabuBrick said:
"King Triton got a haircut."
I guess he wanted to avoid causing the same damage as his cousin, King Neptune: https://www.tumblr.com/enjoythebits/93038339616/king-neptune-showing-his-bald-head-in-the
@essel said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"King Triton got a haircut."
I guess he wanted to avoid causing the same damage as his cousin, King Neptune: https://www.tumblr.com/enjoythebits/93038339616/king-neptune-showing-his-bald-head-in-the"
And Neptune is the Roman parallel for Poseidon, so I’m not sure how he’d be related to Triton.
@TheOtherMike said:
"Rather, the category was changed from Wild West to Education. The minifig in question is https://brickset.com/minifigs/edu023/gold-prospector-male-dark-blue-plaid-button-shirt-reddish-brown-legs-reddish-brown-fedora-hat-red-bandana-beard"
Makes sense to me. That's a passable attempt at a cowboy with no new pieces for a time when there was no Western theme of any kind, but it reminds me a lot more of my friend's dad, an Engineering professor.