Random set of the day: Extreme Off Roader
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 8465 Extreme Off Roader, released during 2001. It's one of 9 Technic sets produced that year. It contains 365 pieces, and its retail price was US$40/£29.99.
It's owned by 938 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 $185.00, or eBay.
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From this picture it looks like it has metallic gold pieces, but according to bricklink they're actually metallic green.
To allow it to go to such extreme off roading they have had to sacrifice the safety of the driver who, as you can see has fallen out and is nowhere to be seen.
Maybe a bit too extreme; the driver's been thrown from the vehicle! That's what you get for not including seatbelts.
EDIT: Dang, inb4'd. That's what I get for watching the last few minutes of the Super Bowl just for it to go into Overtime.
Now THIS is podracing!
@Brickbuilder0937 said:
"From this picture it looks like it has metallic gold pieces, but according to bricklink they're actually metallic green."
They are indeed a very unique color, only appearing in this set and it's larger cousin 8466. It's a bit like the lemon metallic krana that came in Lehvak Kal, but as a matte shining drum-lacqered coating rather than the plastic itself (same technique as it's silver wheels btw). A very interesting look, though unfortunately very limited in usefulness due to the short list of available elements.
It is funny how this set uses a Scala kitchen furniture piece as the top of its motor - this usage seemingly was so popular that the part itself is recognized as an engine element on Bricklink, rather than it's original purpose.
More like dune buggy go-kart, but I like it.
@Atuin:
It also doesn't help that the handful of elements produced in Metallic-Green consist of a mere four pairs of old fluted panels that very few people even care about anymore. So, how do you build in a rare color when you don't want to use any of the parts that exist in that color?
I wish they would bring back that metallic green.
Ah good, I see it comes fully armed with those forward mounted missile pods, so-
Hmm, what’s that?
Mudguards you say?
It's eXtreme! According to market research, audiences react 10% more positive towards titles with an x in it.
@jkb said:
"It's eXtreme! According to market research, audiences react 10% more positive towards titles with an x in it."
Ahhh, remember the good ol' days? When everything was EXTREME!!! and the whole world wasn't suffering from low T.
I like this one. It has wishbone suspesion on the wheels and those tires are huge. The metallic green panels are either amazing or a cursed ugly color. I'm going with blursed.
But for what it is it's a fun vehicle.
The tow cable is modular too btw.
@Atuin I was today year old when I learned that. Here I thought it was created for this set because it's 2001 and lego magicked parts into existence left and right...
I got this set for Christmas 2001! It was the only set to include those wheel hubs in light grey - they only ever appeared in white or yellow in other sets.
Yes, technically the yellow hubs only appeared in one set (8459), but it was released three times under different numbers.
@jkb said:
"It's eXtreme! According to market research, audiences react 10% more positive towards titles with an x in it."
Depends on how large the X is.
@StyleCounselor:
Doom Patrol’s Chief, from Teen Titans Go!, remembers.
They should have brought back the metallic green for 42115 Lamborghini Sian and the 42110 Land Rover Defender!
@PurpleDave said:
" @jkb said:
"It's eXtreme! According to market research, audiences react 10% more positive towards titles with an x in it."
Depends on how large the X is.
@StyleCounselor:
Doom Patrol’s Chief, from Teen Titans Go!, remembers."
It has to be at least twice as big as the other characters and preferrably centered, red and outlined. I believe even LEGO town had an Xtreme subtheme that was supposed to help during the hard years...
The Sian really should have been that metallic green colour. I may have found an alternative..
@jkb:
There was Island Xtreme Stunts from 2002-2003, and before that was Extreme Team from 1998-1999. Bricklink treats the former as a solo theme, and the latter is catalogued under Town.
@jkb said:
"It's eXtreme! According to market research, audiences react 10% more positive towards titles with an x in it."
eXcellent eXplanation!
365 pieces. It takes exactly one year to build this set if you do it one piece per day. Too bad 2024 is a leap year.
@Graupensuppe said:
" @jkb said:
"It's eXtreme! According to market research, audiences react 10% more positive towards titles with an x in it."
eXcellent eXplanation!"
[20% more positive smile at the comment than normal]
@PurpleDave said:
" @Atuin:
It also doesn't help that the handful of elements produced in Metallic-Green consist of a mere four pairs of old fluted panels that very few people even care about anymore. So, how do you build in a rare color when you don't want to use any of the parts that exist in that color?"
Actually, I have to admit I like those things, but then again I prefer the exaggerated futuristic look of 1998-2001 Technic over the more blocky, realistic one of more modern sets anyway...
Although the skeletal look of early '90s was the best, I think, putting an emphasis on the functions, rather than hiding them.