Random set of the day: Grand Prix Truck
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 60025 Grand Prix Truck, released during 2013. It's one of 40 City sets produced that year. It contains 315 pieces and 3 minifigs, and its retail price was US$29.99/£24.99.
It's owned by 6,306 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $70.90, or eBay.
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Oh, newest member of my LUG would be all over this set. She's already built Octan F1 cars in both City and Speed Champions scale.
That racecar looks so quaint by today's standards. I kind of miss when cars were like this. Not so many hyperspecific parts, even if they're still somewhat generic. I just find a lot of the various truncated tiles and curved slopes to be a bit much and it all feels like cheating.
I say that when this includes a hyperspecific part especially for an F1 style car, but that was developed for the Cars 2 sets, I'll give it a pass. That falls more under the juniorized specialization and not the "I can't figure out a way to represent this without studs or the inherent blockiness of LEGO pieces getting in the way, so I'll just make a new piece" specialization.
The truck build is simple but it looks amazing.
And I wouldn't be surprised if octan ends up on the actual F1 grid given how invested Lego is in F1.
I really like the little F1 car in this set. It's the perfect modern update to the little F1 cars from the late Town era. It's a pity this F1 car build only came in this single set, but it's easy to build more of them if you want something to race against.
Has the Octan Corporation diversified their interests towards other sectors of the LEGO economy? Since EV's seem to be extremely common in City sets. And I can't remember a notable Octan set releasing in the past few years.
@WhileyFox said:
"Has the Octan Corporation diversified their interests towards other sectors of the LEGO economy? Since EV's seem to be extremely common in City sets. And I can't remember a notable Octan set releasing in the past few years. "
They seem to be serving the galactic empire now, based on 75419 and 75313
Very nice that the truck had a windscreen. A bit of a shame that 75913 didn't!
I always wanted this and I'm so sad I never bought it.
@WhileyFox said:
"Has the Octan Corporation diversified their interests towards other sectors of the LEGO economy? Since EV's seem to be extremely common in City sets. And I can't remember a notable Octan set releasing in the past few years. "
They make batteries for EVs. See 60383.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"And I wouldn't be surprised if octan ends up on the actual F1 grid given how invested Lego is in F1."
I'ld love to see that.
@Maxbricks14 said:"The truck build is simple but it looks amazing.
If Speed Champions did an Octan-sponsored F1 car, I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
And I wouldn't be surprised if octan ends up on the actual F1 grid given how invested Lego is in F1."
@TheBrickBulbasaur said:
" @WhileyFox said:
"Has the Octan Corporation diversified their interests towards other sectors of the LEGO economy? Since EV's seem to be extremely common in City sets. And I can't remember a notable Octan set releasing in the past few years. "
They seem to be serving the galactic empire now, based on 75419 and 75313 "
But they also provide service to the Federation, as seen in 10356.
@Andrusi said:
" @WhileyFox said:
"Has the Octan Corporation diversified their interests towards other sectors of the LEGO economy? Since EV's seem to be extremely common in City sets. And I can't remember a notable Octan set releasing in the past few years. "
They make batteries for EVs. See 60383."
Seems like Octan has entered the territory of being an Easter Egg to allow for some sort of brand synergy with other sets instead of being the staple it used to be. I almost forgot that they were also the Antagonistic Megacorp in The LEGO Movie.
Looks like a Fairly Alright Prix Truck to me
It's a bit disturbing seeing Mr. Fire Chief has infiltrated the Octan F1 team... what is he gonna do...?
They wouldn't build it like that nowadays. They don't know anymore how to use larger pieces.
30 bucks for a whole truck. Not bad. Yes, it “only” has 315 parts, but does it need more? With today's standards, it would have around 1000 parts, and it would cost three times more.
As well as the smaller cars being able to fit inside the trailer this would make a great F1 Academy car livery. The red, white, green colour scheme is very 70's celebrating Italy's great success in motorsport.
Hey look, a set that actually manages to do a lot with limited parts and at a lower price point, and is all about playability without sacrificing what it's meant to be. Remember those, lego?
Btw, this set debuted the new tool rack tools. I actually to this day never encountered any yet. I find it a shame the old tool wheel was retired here, but ah well.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"The truck build is simple but it looks amazing.
And I wouldn't be surprised if octan ends up on the actual F1 grid given how invested Lego is in F1."
Since I somehow neglected to type a reply to this in my last comment, if they did a Speed Champions F1 set, I'd be all over that.
40819 Up-Scaled Racing Driver Minifigure grew up so fast.
https://brickset.com/minifigs/cty0389/race-car-driver-white-racing-suit-with-octan-logo-red-helmet-with-trans-brown-visor-crooked-smile-with-black-dimple
@WhileyFox said:
" @Andrusi said:
" @WhileyFox said:
"Has the Octan Corporation diversified their interests towards other sectors of the LEGO economy? Since EV's seem to be extremely common in City sets. And I can't remember a notable Octan set releasing in the past few years. "
They make batteries for EVs. See 60383."
Seems like Octan has entered the territory of being an Easter Egg to allow for some sort of brand synergy with other sets instead of being the staple it used to be. I almost forgot that they were also the Antagonistic Megacorp in The LEGO Movie. "
There’s an Octan-branded 2x4 tile currently listed on OPAB, so it’s not completely removed from its original use.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"The truck build is simple but it looks amazing.
And I wouldn't be surprised if octan ends up on the actual F1 grid given how invested Lego is in F1."
It wouldn't be hard to put an Octan logo on the new real life Lego F1 Academy car!!
Funny how US Americans can pronounce ‘prix’ correctly but not other French words used in English like ‘croissant’, ‘nougat’ and ‘masseuse’. I guess that’s because the phonetic pronunciation of ‘prix’ would lead to confusion! :~P
@Zander said:
"Funny how US Americans can pronounce ‘prix’ correctly but not other French words used in English like ‘croissant’, ‘nougat’ and ‘masseuse’. I guess that’s because the phonetic pronunciation of ‘prix’ would lead to confusion! :~P"
Once a loan word gets adopted into a different language, the pronunciation for that language is defined by that language. Go to Japan, and you can eat at Mikadonarudo’s, because that’s how they pronounce “McDonald’s”.
Great set. No licence needed at all for it to work (and be good value).
Peak design and better than Speed Champions in my opinion.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Zander said:
"Funny how US Americans can pronounce ‘prix’ correctly but not other French words used in English like ‘croissant’, ‘nougat’ and ‘masseuse’. I guess that’s because the phonetic pronunciation of ‘prix’ would lead to confusion! :~P"
Once a loan word gets adopted into a different language, the pronunciation for that language is defined by that language. Go to Japan, and you can eat at Mikadonarudo’s, because that’s how they pronounce “McDonald’s”."
Mikadonarudo? That’s my favourite Ninja Turtle!
@Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Zander said:
"Funny how US Americans can pronounce ‘prix’ correctly but not other French words used in English like ‘croissant’, ‘nougat’ and ‘masseuse’. I guess that’s because the phonetic pronunciation of ‘prix’ would lead to confusion! :~P"
Once a loan word gets adopted into a different language, the pronunciation for that language is defined by that language. Go to Japan, and you can eat at Mikadonarudo’s, because that’s how they pronounce “McDonald’s”."
Mikadonarudo? That’s my favourite Ninja Turtle!"
That’s illegal in the US, now.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Zander said:
"Funny how US Americans can pronounce ‘prix’ correctly but not other French words used in English like ‘croissant’, ‘nougat’ and ‘masseuse’. I guess that’s because the phonetic pronunciation of ‘prix’ would lead to confusion! :~P"
Once a loan word gets adopted into a different language, the pronunciation for that language is defined by that language. Go to Japan, and you can eat at Mikadonarudo’s, because that’s how they pronounce “McDonald’s”."
I think you mean WcDonalds.