Random part of the day: Flame Ø3.2 Swampfire
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Today's random part is 88964, 'Flame Ø3.2 Swampfire', which is a System part, category Loose Parts.
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Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal
Aaah... I was aware of the small barbs from 8411, but somehow I've never seen this part before now.
This came in two colors, and both of those were only available in 8410. Speaking of that set, its "Parts" tab says, "According to the set database, this set has 22 parts. The inventory from LEGO.com contains 24 parts. This suggests that the inventory is 109.1% complete." That would be because the instructions only list this set as containing four of each color, but the "Parts" tab says five. Inventories from Lego don't include extra parts, wonder how those got there.
Flame 03.3 Blazing Slough
How can a swamp catch on fire?
Swampfire? Let me guess, that's Ninjago's next vain attempt to not rehash its old themes?
IP lock is so stupid, this would be such a great piece for non Ben 10 things. but also LEGO totally wasted the Ben 10 IP on those stupid constraction figures, we Ben 10 fans deserved better
The flame spurt - no problem. There's a popping sound preceding each; we can avoid that.
@Maxbricks14: See @BrickTeller's comment. Although even if you're not in a movie, swamp gas is a thing.
@BrickTeller: But what about the R.O.U.S.'s?
@darkstonegrey said:
"Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal"
There was a time that the pieces fit
But I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering
Strangled by our coveting
I've done the math enough to know
The dangers of our second-guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow
And strengthen our communication
@AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Swampfire? Let me guess, that's Ninjago's next vain attempt to not rehash its old themes?"
It's the name of the set this piece was in.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"How can a swamp catch on fire?"
Never heard of the dreaded Fire Swamp? How very sad for you.
On a serious note, swamps and fires are actually a thing. The Okefenokee Swamp, on the border between Florida and Georgia, has experienced wildfire eight times in recorded history, and the most recent one burned for nearly a year. Peat bogs are the world's leading source of peat, which turns out to be like swampy firewood. Eventually, if left alone long enough, it forms coal, which, rumor has it, also burns pretty well.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"How can a swamp catch on fire?"
Never heard of the dreaded Fire Swamp? How very sad for you.
On a serious note, swamps and fires are actually a thing. The Okefenokee Swamp, on the border between Florida and Georgia, has experienced wildfire eight times in recorded history, and the most recent one burned for nearly a year. Peat bogs are the world's leading source of peat, which turns out to be like swampy firewood. Eventually, if left alone long enough, it forms coal, which, rumor has it, also burns pretty well."
Happens routinely in one of the world's largrst swamps, the Everglades. In fact, many species (flora and fauna) are so adapted to regular wildfire, that the human-controlled lack of fire has led to the species' decline.
This is also a problem in the West. Sequoia and Giant Redwoods have pine cone seeds that only release and/or germinate after forest fire.
This nature moment has been brought to you by
... Ask Dr. Science. (not a real doctor. Hey, I have a masters degree... in science!).
Regarding this part, how could it be IP locked? It's such a little thing.
@StyleCounselor:
For a state that shouts about science so much, you'd think they'd understand the issue with living in a place that's littered with different species of tree that require wildfires to reproduce. Bristlecone pine is another example.
@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor:
For a state that shouts about science so much, you'd think they'd understand the issue with living in a place that's littered with different species of tree that require wildfires to reproduce. Bristlecone pine is another example."
Which one, Florida or California? They both shout a lot about science, but in a diametrically opposed faction fashion.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"How can a swamp catch on fire?"
Never heard of the dreaded Fire Swamp? How very sad for you.
On a serious note, swamps and fires are actually a thing. The Okefenokee Swamp, on the border between Florida and Georgia, has experienced wildfire eight times in recorded history, and the most recent one burned for nearly a year. Peat bogs are the world's leading source of peat, which turns out to be like swampy firewood. Eventually, if left alone long enough, it forms coal, which, rumor has it, also burns pretty well."
Happens routinely in one of the world's largrst swamps, the Everglades. In fact, many species (flora and fauna) are so adapted to regular wildfire, that the human-controlled lack of fire has led to the species' decline.
This is also a problem in the West. Sequoia and Giant Redwoods have pine cone seeds that only release and/or germinate after forest fire.
This nature moment has been brought to you by
... Ask Dr. Science. (not a real doctor. Hey, I have a masters degree... in science!).
Regarding this part, how could it be IP locked? It's such a little thing."
Good for you.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor:
For a state that shouts about science so much, you'd think they'd understand the issue with living in a place that's littered with different species of tree that require wildfires to reproduce. Bristlecone pine is another example."
Which one, Florida or California? They both shout a lot about science, but in a diametrically opposed faction fashion. "
Hey, small point in their favor, you don’t hear about Floridians watching a year-long wildfire in a swamp and saying, “This. This would make a great location to build a McMansion.”
In California, they can’t run across a still-smoldering firebreak without nailing a sign to the nearest surviving tree announcing, “Welcome to Ferno, population: You! Come live in Ferno!”
@JulieHD said:
"IP lock is so stupid, this would be such a great piece for non Ben 10 things. but also LEGO totally wasted the Ben 10 IP on those stupid constraction figures, we Ben 10 fans deserved better"
I dunno if I want more of a part that was designed to fill a single character's orifices.
@MeisterDad said:
" @JulieHD said:
"IP lock is so stupid, this would be such a great piece for non Ben 10 things. but also LEGO totally wasted the Ben 10 IP on those stupid constraction figures, we Ben 10 fans deserved better"
I dunno if I want more of a part that was designed to fill a single character's orifices."
Right. So, MeisterDad is out for boosting the goose that lays golden eggs...
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"How can a swamp catch on fire?"
Never heard of the dreaded Fire Swamp? How very sad for you.
On a serious note, swamps and fires are actually a thing. The Okefenokee Swamp, on the border between Florida and Georgia, has experienced wildfire eight times in recorded history, and the most recent one burned for nearly a year. Peat bogs are the world's leading source of peat, which turns out to be like swampy firewood. Eventually, if left alone long enough, it forms coal, which, rumor has it, also burns pretty well."
Happens routinely in one of the world's largrst swamps, the Everglades. In fact, many species (flora and fauna) are so adapted to regular wildfire, that the human-controlled lack of fire has led to the species' decline.
This is also a problem in the West. Sequoia and Giant Redwoods have pine cone seeds that only release and/or germinate after forest fire.
This nature moment has been brought to you by
... Ask Dr. Science. (not a real doctor. Hey, I have a masters degree... in science!).
Regarding this part, how could it be IP locked? It's such a little thing."
Good for you."
Well, actually, I do have a doctorate. That was just an old NPR bit.
Aaaahh, Ben 10...that was something that at first I was 'this is stupid...'...but it won me over, to the point 'oh cool, new series...'...last one was a little rough, but still 'Ok':) (And even the the LIVE ACTIONS...Lee 'FREAKIN'' Majors as 'Grampa'...:D)
Swampfire; Starfire’s redneck hillbillly cousin
@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor :
For a state that shouts about science so much, you'd think they'd understand the issue with living in a place that's littered with different species of tree that require wildfires to reproduce. Bristlecone pine is another example."
Which one, Florida or California? They both shout a lot about science, but in a diametrically opposed faction fashion. "
Hey, small point in their favor, you don’t hear about Floridians watching a year-long wildfire in a swamp and saying, “This. This would make a great location to build a McMansion.”
In California, they can’t run across a still-smoldering firebreak without nailing a sign to the nearest surviving tree announcing, “Welcome to Ferno, population: You! Come live in Ferno!”"
Perhaps.
Yet, Floridians love to drain swamp, slap down a concrete slab, and sell it to some unsuspecting transplant from the Midwest or Northeast. M&R just bought a swamp McMansion.
That's why there are no basements in FLA. Hemingway's old house in Key West is a rare exception. The developers don't even have to check if the house is over a sinkhole. FLA is riddled with them because the entire state is basically just fossilized coral beds.
I mean, they just had a high rise collapse. The pro-developer bias is extreme, and corruption is endemic. I spent too much time in FLA in construction litigation. Oh, the old war stories I could tell.
@StyleCounselor:
Eh, my high school marching band was the first to be accepted to march at Universal Studios Florida, so about the only reason I would ever have to go back is to watch a NASA launch.
Perfect example of something Jørgen Vig Knudstorp said Lego needed to stop doing in 2004. This is an element that was in one and only one set, then never again. Unbelievably stupid.
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@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor :
Eh, my high school marching band was the first to be accepted to march at Universal Studios Florida, so about the only reason I would ever have to go back is to watch a NASA launch."
Full disclosure: I love Florida. Mostly Miami. I still have a place there. But, the whole state was built on b.s. and cheap federally-funded flood insurance.
Isn't it funny that the Southern, right-wing states have the largest per captia share of federal entitlements?
@MeisterDad said:
" @JulieHD said:
"IP lock is so stupid, this would be such a great piece for non Ben 10 things. but also LEGO totally wasted the Ben 10 IP on those stupid constraction figures, we Ben 10 fans deserved better"
I dunno if I want more of a part that was designed to fill a single character's orifices."
what does this even mean? it's a horizontal flame piece my dude
do you say this about every animal horn or tooth part that comes along?
@JulieHD: You mentioned "IP lock", and now you have me wondering: could THAT be 'the reason' why we can't get 'the looooong minifig legs'; as they've only shown up in "Dismal" properties: Toy Story 3 and Avatar 2...but yes, you are correct: IP lock sucks.
@StyleCounselor:
Sure, but remember they all started out as left-wing states.
@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor:
Eh, my high school marching band was the first to be accepted to march at Universal Studios Florida, so about the only reason I would ever have to go back is to watch a NASA launch."
My maternal grandparents lived in Florida, and we visited a few times a year. I never got to see a launch up close, but they had a timeshare condo for a week every year on Ormond Beach (next to Daytona Beach), and I got to watch the shuttle go up once from there.
@TheOtherMike:
When we were there with marching band, they told us there was a Shuttle launch scheduled one of those days. So there I am, in an amusement park (I think WDW), and I'm standing in a corner of the park, staring at the sky over the perimeter wall, looking for a glimpse of the Shuttle launch. And either they scrubbed the mission, or I was looking in the wrong direction, or we were just too far away to see it from where I was standing. And that's as close as I ever got to watching one.
@PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike :
When we were there with marching band, they told us there was a Shuttle launch scheduled one of those days. So there I am, in an amusement park (I think WDW), and I'm standing in a corner of the park, staring at the sky over the perimeter wall, looking for a glimpse of the Shuttle launch. And either they scrubbed the mission, or I was looking in the wrong direction, or we were just too far away to see it from where I was standing. And that's as close as I ever got to watching one."
The Cape is a great place to visit. Nothing like seeing a Saturn V in real life.
Launches are amazing. I've never tried to see one from Daytona or Orlando. Yet, Orlando is closer.
@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor :
Sure, but remember they all started out as left-wing states."
I'm not sure how a racist, white aristocracy counts as left-wing. I understand that the South was overwhelmingly Democrat from the Civil War to Reagan.
Nevertheless, they never any progressive ideas- unless you count the movement to try to get us on the silver monetary standard.