Vintage set of the week: Airplane ride
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 213 Airplane ride, released during 1977. It's one of 8 Building Set with People sets produced that year. It contains 48 pieces.
It's owned by 243 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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A rare sighting of the mythical Planetaur, a creature with the lower body of a plane and the upper body and head of a human.
Hold on tight! oh wait you can't, because you don't have hands!
Like a lot of sets from this era, made up of mostly common parts with a couple of exceptions. The red aviator helmet and yellow wheel brick were exclusive to this set.
@TheOtherMike said:
"A rare sighting of the mythical Planetaur, a creature with the lower body of a plane and the upper body and head of a human."
Upon landing, the pilot was rushed to 231-1 to have the plane surgically removed.
That red guy has previously been seen conducting another vehicle: https://brickset.com/sets/194-1/Family
Never knew that there was a maxifigure aviator helmet also!
With that white body looking like a lab coat the dude at back does give off the right mad scientist vibes you’d expect from someone who has fused a bisected child with a miniature place
I’m going with cloud-based kaiju that’s starting to rip pieces of the tail of the airplane.
"Hey wait! You forgot some pieces!"
LOL, I pulled this out of a parts bin I acquired not long ago. I have to say, it's not as awful in real life as pictures may suggest. It does have some whacky charm to it!
Rare footage of figures driving a microfighter before 1978 (colorized).
@Ridgeheart that's not an M. Bison costume... that's Edward Platehands. He was built that way.
That aviator cap, and thus this set, is now on my want list.
oh yeah 1977, the era of maxi-figures and slab-figures.
Just look at the big difference between 369 : Coast Guard Station and 575 : Coast Guard Station , same set , different year basicly (also different region but those different releases of slab sets first in Europe then updated to regular minifigs later in US , does show development quite well )
That said, even now, unposable legs exist via short legs or slope/robe variants.
- Johnny, what can you make out of this?
-This? Why, I can make a hat or a brooch or a pterodactyl...
@kdu2814: Surely you're not serious.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @kdu2814: Surely you're not serious."
I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.