Random set of the day: Car
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 30103 Car, released during 2012. It's one of 36 Friends sets produced that year. It contains 32 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$3.97.
It's owned by 1,580 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 $6.40, or eBay.
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It might not be the most imaginative set name, but I'd be willing to bet that it's the shortest.
Emma is best Friend
Very VSotW feel to that set name.
@Zordboy said:
"It might not be the most imaginative set name, but I'd be willing to bet that it's the shortest."
Have you already forgotten about https://brickset.com/article/44904 , https://brickset.com/article/71372 , https://brickset.com/article/89950 & https://brickset.com/article/95557 ?
@Randomness said:
" @Zordboy said:
"It might not be the most imaginative set name, but I'd be willing to bet that it's the shortest."
Have you already forgotten about https://brickset.com/article/44904 , https://brickset.com/article/71372 , https://brickset.com/article/89950 & https://brickset.com/article/95557 ?"
Please. Come back when you've found one that contains a word singularity, gradually absorbing any words that get too close to it on the page.
@PurpleDave:
I was sure there would be an xkcd for that, but I just can't find one.
The superior Car is 30087
Not... well, I guess, just barely... Lego.
@Torrent_Studios said:
"The superior Car is 30087"
What about 22?
@Zordboy said:
"It might not be the most imaginative set name, but I'd be willing to bet that it's the shortest."
75278?
Are the Friends old enough to drive?
@MeisterDad said:
"75278?"
... damn.
@Zordboy said:
"It might not be the most imaginative set name, but I'd be willing to bet that it's the shortest."
8435 4WD has fewer letters...
@RogueWhistler said:
"Are the Friends old enough to drive?"
Not in Denmark
@Randomness said:
" @PurpleDave:
I was sure there would be an xkcd for that, but I just can't find one."
Vampire: The Masquerade is actually where I got the idea. The Malkavian Clan sourcebook has a couple of real off-the-wall entries. One is an entire page (or two-page spread?) that's printed in mirror image of normal text, ostensibly forcing the reader to hold the book up to a mirror to read it (turns out, I can read _words_ in mirror-image, but numbers have no context, so they're a lot easier to mix up). The other is a page that describes an individual known as something like the Word-Eater, who goes around eating words (after which they are permanently lost). One of my college friends was reading this page and freaked out when he got about 3/4 of the way down and the text fades into a blank white page. Somehow he failed to notice all the open space when he started at the top.
Fun for a little polybag.
CHEESE
@RogueWhistler said:
"Are the Friends old enough to drive?"
Old enough to drive go-karts like that vehicle with her clearly is, I assume
@Zordboy said:
"It might not be the most imaginative set name, but I'd be willing to bet that it's the shortest."
40282 starts with an earlier letter in the alphabet.
@el_garfio said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Are the Friends old enough to drive?"
Not in Denmark "
Our kids always imagined the Friends girls as kids and therefore this "Car" as a Bobby Car or Kettcar type of vehicle.
They hadn't seen the TV show and hence didn't know of the concept that the Friends were supposed to be teens, nor did they know that teens are allowed to drive in the US.
Anyway, this was the time when they were most into the Friends theme, with us having 16 of the 36 sets from that year alone, including all of the large ones. Basically the only ones we don't have are the regional exclusives, promotional and Multipack sets.
My daughter's name is Emma, so we have lots of these! In fact, she has all the Emma sets!
@CliveyB said:
"My daughter's name is Emma, so we have lots of these! In fact, she has all the Emma sets!"
Makes sense :-)
@MeisterDad, @ JavaBrix: Still three characters, though.
Imagine a set that's named with one letter.
When discussing set order, shortest names, alphabet etc, there will always be a start somewhere in the numeric order with 001 : Gears
@BaconKing: Well, Lego's slogan *was,* at one point, "Just Imagine."
@BaconKing said:
"Imagine a set that's named with one letter."
How about 30022 or 40211? The “ee” is silent.
@RogueWhistler said:
"Are the Friends old enough to drive?"
Well, it's not like Heartlake has a police force to pull them over.
@Ridgeheart said:
" @Norikins said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Are the Friends old enough to drive?"
Well, it's not like Heartlake has a police force to pull them over."
https://brickset.com/minifigs/frnd575/
Officer Isabella takes a dim view of illegal techniques, good sir and/or madam."
Yeah, but she still doesn't have a police car, so all she can do is scowl in impotent rage at Emma's flagrant flaunting of the law as the latter drives away.
@TheOtherMike:
She can throw enough of the town’s pets at the car to impede its forward movement.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @Ridgeheart said:
" @Norikins said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Are the Friends old enough to drive?"
Well, it's not like Heartlake has a police force to pull them over."
https://brickset.com/minifigs/frnd575/
Officer Isabella takes a dim view of illegal techniques, good sir and/or madam."
Yeah, but she still doesn't have a police car, so all she can do is scowl in impotent rage at Emma's flagrant flaunting of the law as the latter drives away."
She will drive in 60431 : Space Explorer Rover instead, since it's black/white already, and (light) blue lights on top, + has minidoll seating space via a https://brickset.com/parts/6115086/foot-plate + room for a crook in the back , Heartlake City Space Police 2024.