Random set of the day: Patriot Jet
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6331 Patriot Jet, released during 1996. It's one of 24 Town sets produced that year. It contains 161 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$16.5.
It's owned by 1,864 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 $100.00, or eBay.
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So the jet loves their country?
What is going on with that body? Perhaps it is aerodynamic, but I have my doubts...
Patriot to which country?
I need this one. Always wanted it when I was a kid.
I always liked the fact that the cockpit cover was attached to an access hatch; so opening the cockpit also revealed some greebles.
'MURICA
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I’ve always appreciated those tool wheels on sprues. And yellow drawers, that was uncommon.
Also the two paddles make it look to me like double vision.
Is the jet taking off or landing? Either way, that seems like a risky place to stand
@Miyakan said:
"Patriot to which country?"
I think the bald eagle stickers on the tail are a pretty big hint there!
@EvilTwin said:
"Is the jet taking off or landing? Either way, that seems like a risky place to stand"
Yes, to all three, because that's how we do it here in the US.
No, seriously, the Michigan Air National Guard did touch-and-goes with A-10's on a stretch of highway a few years ago as a training exercise.
@Aanchir said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Patriot to which country?"
I think the bald eagle stickers on the tail are a pretty big hint there!"
Of course! Eagland!
While very blocky looking now, it's actually quite aerodynamic looking for it's time.
‘MURICA BABY!
@Miyakan said:
" @Aanchir said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Patriot to which country?"
I think the bald eagle stickers on the tail are a pretty big hint there!"
Of course! Eagland!"
Where is that in relation to New SeaLiond?
Dosen't really look a thing like a parrot...types of macaws perhaps...(finger-ear) what...'patriot'?...So, France? No...Cuba? No...I could be at this a while...:D
I've always thought the cocpit looked too bulky for a jet. I think, if they made the plane a little longer, like 3-4 studs, pilot could have leaned backwards and the plane could be designed more aerodynamic.
I hope that when the pilot of the Patriot Jet drives on the road he’s driving only 6646 Screaming Patriot!
@Miyakan said:
"Patriot to which country?"
The Netherlands or Luxembourg…as long as you’re looking at it upside down
Cool little set - though I'm not sure the minifigure looks much like Tom Brady.
Fun set! I love the engine built inside with some detailing uncommon for the era. It's also quite sleek (for the time). Lego in the 90s had such a charm to it...
If this was meant to be a jet "bubble" canopy then it doesn't really work for me. Also looks really heavy with the wing scrapping the grass not a good sign, but understand rapid ascent to avoid the mechanic standing in the middle of the runway!
No space for passengers. No space for cargo. No weapons. - What is the purpose with this jet?
@Iltbrand said:
"No space for passengers. No space for cargo. No weapons. - What is the purpose with this jet?
"
Zoom zoom!!
Such and absolutely AWESOME set! One of my favorites as a child. Still have it too. I loved any and all sets with a plane!
with a different wingshape, this could pass as a chibified F-15. the logo looks like something you'd find on an average VFA insignia.
@Iltbrand said:
"No space for passengers. No space for cargo. No weapons. - What is the purpose with this jet?
"
Those Jets iirc usually are used purely for Flagcolor dyed contrails on 4th July in real life.
@Iltbrand said:
"No space for passengers. No space for cargo. No weapons. - What is the purpose with this jet?
"
Acrobatic shows perhaps?
It looks as is the pilot is attempting to brake the plane by dragging a wing along the ground, in order not to hit the ground crew person.
@Iltbrand said:
"No space for passengers. No space for cargo. No weapons. - What is the purpose with this jet?"
Like the Geebee, it’s probably designed purely for performance. Either speed or agility would be the main focus, with the other as secondary.
Looks like it's about to bring democracy to oil-producing countries… I mean clearly terrorist countries…
@Miyakan said:
" @Aanchir said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Patriot to which country?"
I think the bald eagle stickers on the tail are a pretty big hint there!"
Of course! Eagland!"
[Earthbound music playing in the background]
@ShinyBidoof said:
"Cool little set - though I'm not sure the minifigure looks much like Tom Brady."
Ahhhh-ha!
ShinyBidoof is really @mandrproductions .
BTW: Celtics would be nothing without DW. S'ko Buffs!!
Posted exactly three weeks early for Fourth of July. The fireworks sellers here haven't even started yet where I am! (Though they are getting ready to make everyone's lives miserable and scare the sh!t out of everybody's pets with the stuff they sell)
@essel said:
"Looks like it's about to bring democracy to oil-producing countries… I mean clearly terrorist countries…"
very original and creative
@Murdoch17 said:
"Posted exactly three weeks early for Fourth of July. The fireworks sellers here haven't even started yet where I am! (Though they are getting ready to make everyone's lives miserable and scare the sh!t out of everybody's pets with the stuff they sell)"
C'mon! Fourth is for burnt fingers, wide eyes, and busted eardrums.
In my day, fireworks were a time to rubberband a minifig to a half-dozen bottlerockets and salute!
Or, cut a two liter bottle in half. Put in a spinner and a headless Star Wars Kenner figure. Put it back together and watch it all melt as one.
It really is a metaphor of the American experiment.
P.S. We're all here to keep the rest of you safe.
P.P.S. Put a black cat in an ant hill.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"Posted exactly three weeks early for Fourth of July. The fireworks sellers here haven't even started yet where I am! (Though they are getting ready to make everyone's lives miserable and scare the sh!t out of everybody's pets with the stuff they sell)"
C'mon! Fourth is for burnt fingers, wide eyes, and busted eardrums.
In my day, fireworks were a time to rubberband a minifig to a half-dozen bottlerockets and salute!
Or, cut a two liter bottle in half. Put in a spinner and a headless Star Wars Kenner figure. Put it back together and watch it all melt as one.
It really is a metaphor of the American experiment.
P.S. We're all here to keep the rest of you safe.
P.P.S. Put a black cat in an ant hill."
@StyleCounselor confirmed to be a grown-up Sid Philips from Toy Story.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"Posted exactly three weeks early for Fourth of July. The fireworks sellers here haven't even started yet where I am! (Though they are getting ready to make everyone's lives miserable and scare the sh!t out of everybody's pets with the stuff they sell)"
C'mon! Fourth is for burnt fingers, wide eyes, and busted eardrums.
In my day, fireworks were a time to rubberband a minifig to a half-dozen bottlerockets and salute!
Or, cut a two liter bottle in half. Put in a spinner and a headless Star Wars Kenner figure. Put it back together and watch it all melt as one.
It really is a metaphor of the American experiment.
P.S. We're all here to keep the rest of you safe.
P.P.S. Put a black cat in an ant hill."
@StyleCounselor confirmed to be a grown-up Sid Philips from Toy Story."
It appears you are correct @TheOtherMike ...
@Brickalili said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Patriot to which country?"
The Netherlands or Luxembourg…as long as you’re looking at it upside down"
Colors are actually in the correct order, for those people who put their flags upside down in protest (in recent years it happened a lot more)
Other then that , maybe it's a relic of Yugoslavia, which did have Blue , White , Red flag from 1918-1941 (then occupied by Axis), and then the old flag again with a Red Star added from 1946-1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia
@StyleCounselor said:
P.S. We're all here to keep the rest of you safe.
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But only if it suits you or something forces your hand.....
@EvilTwin said:
"Is the jet taking off or landing? Either way, that seems like a risky place to stand"
My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar.
1 of 6 planes that year for Town, Light Aircraft and Ground Support 1808 Sea Plane with Hut and Boat 1817 Aircraft and Ground Support Equipment and Vehicle 1818 Patriot Jet 6331 Gator Landing 6563 and Eagle Stunt Flyer 6615 that must be some sort of record. Some very precise names also.
Merica!
While this particular set looks like ass, I do love this era of the town/city theme.
@kdu2814 said:
" @EvilTwin said:
"Is the jet taking off or landing? Either way, that seems like a risky place to stand"
My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We're bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We're coming in from the north, below their radar."
When will you be back?
@TheOtherMike said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"Posted exactly three weeks early for Fourth of July. The fireworks sellers here haven't even started yet where I am! (Though they are getting ready to make everyone's lives miserable and scare the sh!t out of everybody's pets with the stuff they sell)"
C'mon! Fourth is for burnt fingers, wide eyes, and busted eardrums.
In my day, fireworks were a time to rubberband a minifig to a half-dozen bottlerockets and salute!
Or, cut a two liter bottle in half. Put in a spinner and a headless Star Wars Kenner figure. Put it back together and watch it all melt as one.
It really is a metaphor of the American experiment.
P.S. We're all here to keep the rest of you safe.
P.P.S. Put a black cat in an ant hill."
@StyleCounselor confirmed to be a grown-up Sid Philips from Toy Story."
Ouch!