Random set of the day: Better Building More Fun

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Better Building More Fun

Better Building More Fun

©2004 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 4425 Better Building More Fun, released during 2004. It's one of 48 Creator sets produced that year. It contains 2000 pieces.

It's owned by 80 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.


28 comments on this article

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By in United States,

Are we sure this set isn't supposed to be called Creator Tub? I mean, don't get me wrong Better Building More Fun is certainly a title, but it's not where the name usually is.

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By in United States,

@MCLegoboy said:
"Are we sure this set isn't supposed to be called Creator Tub? I mean, don't get me wrong Better Building More Fun is certainly a title, but it's not where the name usually is."

If you actually click through to the full list of 48 sets released under the Creator line that year, nearly all of them say, "Creator", "Designer Set", or "X-Pod" next to the piece count.

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By in United States,

Interesting, no pricing info today. Was this a promo set?

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By in United States,

@Robot99 said:
"Interesting, no pricing info today. Was this a promo set?"

Canadian Walmart Exclusive, according to Bricklink. Explains why there are zero copies for sale.

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By in Canada,

@PurpleDave said:
" @Robot99 said:
"Interesting, no pricing info today. Was this a promo set?"

Canadian Walmart Exclusive, according to Bricklink. Explains why there are zero copies for sale."


I think I bought about 3 of these, in one of my forward-thinking "I'll have kids someday" phases. Still have one new in the tub, I believe. Great parts, and yes I did give them to my kids even if it was almost 10 years later.

Huh, I haven't marked it as owned.

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By in Australia,

"More fun! More! I demand you have more fun!"

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By in United Kingdom,

Well yes Lego you are absolutely correct. Better building IS more fun.
Sorry, weird minifigure obsessives, this is what Lego is about.
Better building more fun. A design for life.

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By in New Zealand,

So you're saying that we will get less fun out of normal Lego sets?

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By in United States,

Is that a command?

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By in Hungary,

Harder, better, faster, stronger

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By in Germany,

@MCLegoboy said:
"Are we sure this set isn't supposed to be called Creator Tub? I mean, don't get me wrong Better Building More Fun is certainly a title, but it's not where the name usually is."

Don't get me started on 1995 FreeStyle :D

There were sets usually known as 'Basic Set 3+/5+' etc. that had REALLY fancy names in certain catalogues:

4133 "FreeStyle Eimer Ida Sausefant" (FreeStyle Bucket Ida Speedyphant)
4152 "FreeStyle Eimer Fit und Funs" (FreeStyle Bucket Fit and Fun)
4151 "FreeStyle Lady Lustig" (FreeStyle Lady Funny)

To name a few examples.

Back to the set itself, I really wonder how the design process (in the sense of choosing the elements) worked for these types of sets and why some have such perfectly round piece counts and others not.

Also this set came out in the weird era where the sets we consider today as 'Creator' were called 'Designer Sets', whilst the Creartor sets back then were the 'Classic' sets of today (and the spiritual successor to Basic, FreeStyle and Universal Sets).

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By in United States,

"Better Building More Fun" was a slogan Lego was using around that time; I remember it from the January 2005 S-at-H catalog (https://i.imgur.com/XGbkdHM.jpeg). I'm not sure whether it was intended to be the name of this tub.

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By in Netherlands,

I love these old Creator buckets. They're a great backbone to any kid's collection! And the ones from this era had colors like orange, lime and medium blue!

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By in Germany,

@phi13 said:
""Better Building More Fun" was a slogan Lego was using around that time; I remember it from the January 2005 S-at-H catalog (https://i.imgur.com/XGbkdHM.jpeg). I'm not sure whether it was intended to be the name of this tub."

Awkward...
It reminds me a lot of "Build more for less" which I think was the slogan Tyco used in the late '80s in a Sega vs Nintendo style ad campaign against Lego in the US market.
Otherwise it could be one of those hollow and often hilariously non-sense phrases toy bootleggers often print on their products...

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By in Germany,

I want a creator lolrus holding one of these as a lego set. Would buy that immediately!

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By in United Kingdom,

KFC Family Value Sharer Bucket…but Lego

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By in United Kingdom,

@TransNeonOrangeSpaceman said:
"Great photo, I really wonder where it was taken..?"

Probably in Canada.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Brickalili said:
"KFC Family Value Sharer Bucket…but Lego "

And, hopefully, significantly less gravy

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By in United Kingdom,

@stefwaffles said:
" @Brickalili said:
"KFC Family Value Sharer Bucket…but Lego "

And, hopefully, significantly less gravy

"


I mean, I don’t see that in the parts inventory…

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By in Poland,

Better Building Back Better.

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By in United States,

@stefwaffles said:
" @Brickalili said:
"KFC Family Value Sharer Bucket…but Lego "

And, hopefully, significantly less gravy"


It’s Canadian. Vegas gives it 50/50 odds.

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By in United States,

@phi13 said:
""Better Building More Fun" was a slogan Lego was using around that time; I remember it from the January 2005 S-at-H catalog (https://i.imgur.com/XGbkdHM.jpeg). I'm not sure whether it was intended to be the name of this tub."

I prefer the older 'Just Imagine...' slogan that came before that, to be honest.

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By in United States,

@jockos198 said:
"Harder, better, faster, stronger"

Don't be daft, punk.

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By in United States,

I wonder how many things you can build...

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By in United States,

@BaconKing said:
"I wonder how many things you can build..."

About 2000, as long as you keep the models as simple as possible.

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By in United States,

@TransNeonOrangeSpaceman said:
"Great photo, I really wonder where it was taken..?"

I wonder what was being built under it. Seems large and ambitious.

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