When your bark is worse than your bite.

As opposed to regular arrows.

I bought the boxed version of this (same set, different number) when I was a kid, I think, just to buy one of the cool Lion Knight shields.

Peak Lego design, and a classic set.

- Somebody, probably. But not me.

Hey, it’s The Exorcist on water!

i think there is a basic lego set i would buy new for $60, but something like this is just crazy to me.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"*Boat does not float*

*Johnny Thunder not included in this set*"

*arrow does not shoot

*may not contain traces of an arrow

*not to be aimed at the face

The 90s had some interesting set names...

I see two crossbows, so why isn't the set called Thunder Bolt Boat?

Complete we now have had all versions

1804 Crossbow Boat Random set of the day 19 May 2018

1752 Boat with Armor Random set of the day on 12 Dec 2018

@Zordboy
By Zordboy in Australia, 19 May 2018 03:04

I thought I bought two of these when they came out, just so I have a spare lion shield.
^^

@Maxbricks14 said:
"*Boat does not float*

*Johnny Thunder not included in this set*"
*Face does not compute*

"If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $61.10"

Or you could buy 1752 for less than $10
:-)

I had that

Originally intended to be themed to ThunderCats as a Thundera Rowboat, LEGO was denied the license as it was outdated by 1996, so they pivoted to a Lion Knights knight in an armored boat for 1752 and 1804, but in 1998 wanted to leave another hint for their original intentions with this rerelease in 1998 with a new name.

And if you believed me, you shouldn't.

@AustinPowers said:
""If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $61.10"

Or you could buy 1752 for less than $10
:-) "

Not for new though.

I own the boxed vesion. One of those I got from a flea market originally, sold that one but since got another one out of nostalgia. I like how cute it looks.

Although it is affected by the inflated castle second-hand price curse, so I wouldn't recommend it unless you really want one or can find it for cheap somehow.

I can only imagine the sheer faff of trying to reload those crossbows while also not loosing the oars

@watcher21 said: "By Zordboy in Australia, 19 May 2018 03:04

I thought I bought two of these when they came out, just so I have a spare lion shield.
^^"

Well, it's not a terribly interesting set, that's the only story I have.

This was an okay set to get more Royal Knights, especially since it came with a shield.
That faction had notoriously few generic minifigures in the smaller sets, with only 6044 having 3 knights, but none of them wearing the Royal Knights crest.

Back then, I wondered why the 1996 impulse line only had 3 sets: 1749, 1747 and the alternate version of this set 1752. The previous year had 5 sets (although the Pirates one was actually a 1994 release in some countries) and the following one had 5 as well. Turned out, there never was a set number of these little boxes per year. Especially since theme count went up starting in 1995.

Also this is the Kabaya version of the set, where info regarding year of release is kind of contracting across various sources. This was a series of four: 2889-2892 and I highly doubt they were released in different years. There might even be a boxed collection of all four around, like for Insectoids and Rock Raiders.

@CCC said:
" @AustinPowers said:
""If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $61.10"

Or you could buy 1752 for less than $10
:-) "

Not for new though."
No, but as good as.

And I dare say someone who is willing to pay $60 for a boxed version of this set is usually in it for a resell and unlikely to even open it.
Even including the shield and the minifig, the 20 parts of this set can be had on Bricklink in as new (or even new) condition for between five and ten Euro.

Row, row, row your boat…

@mavndad said:
"Row, row, row your boat…"

gently down the stream....

@brick_r said:
"Also: isn't the shield on the wrong side? I mean, the way he's rowing; he's going to get SHOT IN THE BACK..."

Depends on which way you’re rowing. If you’re rowing away, shield’s oriented to defend against the people you’re fleeing (assuming they didn’t outsmart you and send a squad ahead to cut off your escape). Alternately, this may be kingdom policy, to prevent the coins from getting damaged by inaccurate arrow fire.

@Brickalili:
There are crank-draw crossbows, which would take time, but could be reloaded from that position. However, this crossbow element has what appears to be a stirrup at the business end, which suggests it’s the lighter kind where you have to step in the stirrup and use a tool to yoink the string into a cocked position. Have _all_ the fun trying to pretzel your way into managing that with crossbows that are mounted on a coracle. Then again, depending on how sturdy the mountings are, maybe you could just plant a foot on the post and lean back to draw the string.

@Atuin:
Did Kabaya waves get launched en masse, or were they a week-by-week affair like Happy Meal toys? If the latter, maybe the promo straddled December-January?

Ah, yes, one of those "impossible to tell if I own or not" tiny sets.

It looks like a canoe to me.

@AustinPowers said:
" @CCC said:
" @AustinPowers said:
""If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $61.10"

Or you could buy 1752 for less than $10
:-) "

Not for new though."
No, but as good as.

And I dare say someone who is willing to pay $60 for a boxed version of this set is usually in it for a resell and unlikely to even open it.
Even including the shield and the minifig, the 20 parts of this set can be had on Bricklink in as new (or even new) condition for between five and ten Euro. "

I bought a few of these over the years whenever they turned up in a lot of castle or pirate sets, but I never paid more than a few bucks for it. They're quite abundant, so a good way to get multiples of that torso and shield, even though I never really loved the cartoony lion's head.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @mavndad said:
"Row, row, row your boat…"

gently down the stream...."

merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily...

I have one of these attempting to row around the non-existent moat of 6090. Perhaps I'll mod it to add a lazy river inside so he can have some fun.

@PurpleDave said:
" @brick_r said:
"Also: isn't the shield on the wrong side? I mean, the way he's rowing; he's going to get SHOT IN THE BACK..."

Depends on which way you’re rowing. If you’re rowing away, shield’s oriented to defend against the people you’re fleeing (assuming they didn’t outsmart you and send a squad ahead to cut off your escape). Alternately, this may be kingdom policy, to prevent the coins from getting damaged by inaccurate arrow fire.

@Brickalili:
There are crank-draw crossbows, which would take time, but could be reloaded from that position. However, this crossbow element has what appears to be a stirrup at the business end, which suggests it’s the lighter kind where you have to step in the stirrup and use a tool to yoink the string into a cocked position. Have _all_ the fun trying to pretzel your way into managing that with crossbows that are mounted on a coracle. Then again, depending on how sturdy the mountings are, maybe you could just plant a foot on the post and lean back to draw the string.

@Atuin:
Did Kabaya waves get launched en masse, or were they a week-by-week affair like Happy Meal toys? If the latter, maybe the promo straddled December-January?"

I don't know actually. A late December Release seems likely though.

There have been 4 Packs of them, including an entire wave, so maybe that's a hint?

Okay now... Everyone sing along to the "Thunder Arrow" theme that's based on the "Canyonero" theme from The Simpsons... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA