In New Zealand, we say Weetbix, not weetabix.

I also eat Weetbix everyday, and for something like this to be made today would be cool!

Da fricc is Weetabix

"Is this some European joke I'm too American to understand?"

@yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"In the US, we say blech!

Eat some real food. Highly-processed factory food kills. Worse than Octan Flakes."

I’m hearing that…Weetabix is an ideal food from a healthy eating point of view as it is low in fat, high in fibre and low in sugar. It provides an excellent breakfast and an ideal snack any time of the day, including bedtime. However, balance is the key, and you can have too much of a good thing."

There is no such thing as healthy highly-processed food. It's a line of bs that we've been sold for a long time.

I used to have a soft spot for WB. But, rashers, pudding (white and black), eggs, tomato, dark bread, and black tea = a good breakfast on the iles.

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Da fricc is Weetabix

"Is this some European joke I'm too American to understand?""

Of course the Americans don't indulge in the delicious foods of Europe or NZ."

We have it here.

K33p hddn prtect dmb chilrn.

We even have an American version called Shredded Wheat.

Love the keep on this!

@StyleCounselor said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Da fricc is Weetabix

"Is this some European joke I'm too American to understand?""

Of course the Americans don't indulge in the delicious foods of Europe or NZ."

We have it here.

K33p hddn prtect dmb chilrn.

We even have an American version called Shredded Wheat. "

Averagechimaenjoyer must be the only one, then.

Come on, LEGO, UCS it! Hmm, but what would the minifig's heralding be? Sickle cutting wheat? A windmill? A layout of this complete breakfast?

Well, Canada does have Weetabix; but I don't remember hearing/seeing anything about this castle...Kinda' makes me want to break into "The Knights of the Round Table" song from "Monty Python and the Search for The Holy Grail"...but I won't.:D

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Da fricc is Weetabix

"Is this some European joke I'm too American to understand?""

Of course the Americans don't indulge in the delicious foods of Europe or NZ."

We have it here.

K33p hddn prtect dmb chilrn.

We even have an American version called Shredded Wheat. "

Averagechimaenjoyer must be the only one, then."

Kids think everything is on the interwebs. By the time they find out how wrong they are, it's usually too late.

Now, I could go for a Froot Loops castle. We should get a Toucan shield option for the gumball machine.

@EvilTwin said:
"What a weird thread this is turning out to be

@StyleCounselor said:
"There is no such thing as healthy highly-processed food. It's a line of bs that we've been sold for a long time. "

Food can be healthy or unhealthy no matter how much of a process it has been through. It is not the process that makes it unhealthy.

"I used to have a soft spot for WB. But, rashers, pudding (white and black), eggs, tomato, dark bread, and black tea = a good breakfast on the iles."

That's a joke right? Black pudding is a sausage literally made from blood and fat. It's traditional and a lot of people love it (especially in the north of England) and I suppose a Klingon might consider it a healthy food but I am pretty sure nobody else does.
Tea is also a highly processed food (so is coffee)."

But, Chancellor, wierd threads are our specialty.

Yeah, a bit of a joke with the pudding. But, I do love it. Thus, I would much, much rather have it than parchment-bix.

You and I clearly have different ideas of what constitutes 'highly-' or 'ultra-processed foods.'

Here's a bit from Harvard Medical School:

"But sometimes ultra-processed foods appear to be healthy when they're not. That is particularly true of ultra-processed versions of fruit-flavored yogurts, refrigerated soups, refrigerated pastas (such as chicken tortellini), granola bars, juices, BREAKFAST CEREALS..." (emphasis supplied)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-best-ways-to-identify-processed-foods

Can I eat it!?

As cool as this castle looks, it just doesn't seem edible to me.

Best thing I've read this morning!!!

@lost_scotsman said:
"Uh we have shredded wheat too. It's just wheat parcels. Famous cricketer used to advertise them in The UK saying "Bet you can't eat three""
And Richard Kiel...
https://youtu.be/EoFL7NvMYDU?si=8QtjIaBs80t-Fk5B

My first (and only) lego set my parents bought me.

An entertaining morning read (and more palatable than Weetabix or Shredded Wheat - two cereals I’ve never liked - healthy or not).

Seems to largely fall into the common category of American telling the rest of the world how it should behave.

What an appropriate discussion to read about while I'm having breakfast.

@lost_scotsman said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"Da fricc is Weetabix

"Is this some European joke I'm too American to understand?""

Of course the Americans don't indulge in the delicious foods of Europe or NZ."

We have it here.

K33p hddn prtect dmb chilrn.

We even have an American version called Shredded Wheat. "

Uh we have shredded wheat too. It's just wheat parcels. Famous cricketer used to advertise them in The UK saying "Bet you can't eat three"

Challenge accepted and completed!!"

I have three each day, so suck on him!

The bold colours kind of remind me of the palace at Sintra in Portugal, especially that lovely yellow keep. Quite a nice bit of architecture for early Lego.

@MCLegoboy said:
"So looking at some of the other sets labeled Weetabix, presumably, you also had to collect tokens from cereal boxes in order to receive this, and man, how many tokens were required because this has got to be close to the largest promotional item by volume of the finished model."

One Wheetabix + £2.50 in 1970s pounds, which is £35.91 in 2024, according to the Bank of England. Or US$46.01.

So one 40478 Mini Disney Castle.

Oo, I got this one in the last year or so, and reviewed it. Really lovely, satisfying old-school build. I love the cantilevering out from the main curtain wall. The red's a bit much, admittedly. Instructions are taxing for middle-aged eyes, mind.

@ElephantKnight said:
"Unless I am mistaken, this was Lego's actual first castle!"

https://brickset.com/article/59248/castle-before-castle says it was the first one they sold, but there were some earlier promotional designs. (I'd really like to see the 1967 yellow castle in the physical plastic!)

I pieced the Weetabix castle together a few years ago. Some day I'd like to design a minifig-scale version.

There were some other Weetabix sets a few years later. They had those early versions of minifigures with molded arms and no faces. I used to have a windmill and a small house.

This thread is really tasty. All this talk about Weetabix makes me feel rather peckish you know.

A really great build. My nan saved for this for my family. I didn't see it until roughly 1975 and have very fond memories putting this together.

I could never afford the latter yellow castle, so this was a good stand-in.

I loved this set as a child. I still have the instructions but could build it from memory back then. The parts migrated into the rest of my collection a long time ago though.

@ElephantKnight said:
"Unless I am mistaken, this was Lego's actual first castle!"

Nope..first castle made of plastic bricks (other than some 1960s idea models) but factual frst one was wooden, when Lego made only wooden toys

@Atuin said:
"The first 'official' (well that is a bit argueable) Lego Castle ever!

If you ignore that garish colors, it wasn't too bad for it's time.

I wonder if this had an internal set number..."

Nope..first castle made of plastic bricks (other than some 1960s idea models) but factual frst one was wooden, when Lego made only wooden toys

@Zander said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @EvilTwin said:
"What a weird thread this is turning out to be

@StyleCounselor said:
"There is no such thing as healthy highly-processed food. It's a line of bs that we've been sold for a long time. "

Food can be healthy or unhealthy no matter how much of a process it has been through. It is not the process that makes it unhealthy.

"I used to have a soft spot for WB. But, rashers, pudding (white and black), eggs, tomato, dark bread, and black tea = a good breakfast on the iles."

That's a joke right? Black pudding is a sausage literally made from blood and fat. It's traditional and a lot of people love it (especially in the north of England) and I suppose a Klingon might consider it a healthy food but I am pretty sure nobody else does.
Tea is also a highly processed food (so is coffee)."

But, Chancellor, wierd threads are our specialty.

Yeah, a bit of a joke with the pudding. But, I do love it. Thus, I would much, much rather have it than parchment-bix.

You and I clearly have different ideas of what constitutes 'highly-' or 'ultra-processed foods.'

Here's a bit from Harvard Medical School:

"But sometimes ultra-processed foods appear to be healthy when they're not. That is particularly true of ultra-processed versions of fruit-flavored yogurts, refrigerated soups, refrigerated pastas (such as chicken tortellini), granola bars, juices, BREAKFAST CEREALS..." (emphasis supplied)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-best-ways-to-identify-processed-foods "
The Harvard study is almost certainly making a quintessentially American error, namely US = world. While highly processed foods are inherently less healthy, they tend to be even more so in the US than in the UK and elsewhere in Europe where many harmful preservatives and other additives are banned, more strictly regulated or simply not favoured by consumers. Take bread for example. The level of sugar in US bread would classify it as cake in the UK. Even crappy sliced white loafs in the UK contain a tiny fraction of the sugar of US mass market breads.
"

That's nice, perhaps true, and yet matters not a wit (the quintessential British error).

The Harvard Study isn't in error. Interesting, that you'd want to seriously argue that.

Processed foods are all poison. If it comes from a factory, it's poison. Debating the level of poison in your poison is relatively silly. I'm sure America has the worst poison.

I try to limit my processed food intake to distillated products. I'm heading to my local Brit soccer pub for a trad English breakfast w/ pint to see if St. George's Cross is stronger than the cross of the Swiss Confederacy. ;)

@ShinyBidoof said:
"An entertaining morning read (and more palatable than Weetabix or Shredded Wheat - two cereals I’ve never liked - healthy or not).

Seems to largely fall into the common category of American telling the rest of the world how it should behave. "

Do IT!!

@StyleCounselor said:
" @Zander said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @EvilTwin said:
"What a weird thread this is turning out to be

@StyleCounselor said:
"There is no such thing as healthy highly-processed food. It's a line of bs that we've been sold for a long time. "

Food can be healthy or unhealthy no matter how much of a process it has been through. It is not the process that makes it unhealthy.

"I used to have a soft spot for WB. But, rashers, pudding (white and black), eggs, tomato, dark bread, and black tea = a good breakfast on the iles."

That's a joke right? Black pudding is a sausage literally made from blood and fat. It's traditional and a lot of people love it (especially in the north of England) and I suppose a Klingon might consider it a healthy food but I am pretty sure nobody else does.
Tea is also a highly processed food (so is coffee)."

But, Chancellor, wierd threads are our specialty.

Yeah, a bit of a joke with the pudding. But, I do love it. Thus, I would much, much rather have it than parchment-bix.

You and I clearly have different ideas of what constitutes 'highly-' or 'ultra-processed foods.'

Here's a bit from Harvard Medical School:

"But sometimes ultra-processed foods appear to be healthy when they're not. That is particularly true of ultra-processed versions of fruit-flavored yogurts, refrigerated soups, refrigerated pastas (such as chicken tortellini), granola bars, juices, BREAKFAST CEREALS..." (emphasis supplied)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-best-ways-to-identify-processed-foods "
The Harvard study is almost certainly making a quintessentially American error, namely US = world. While highly processed foods are inherently less healthy, they tend to be even more so in the US than in the UK and elsewhere in Europe where many harmful preservatives and other additives are banned, more strictly regulated or simply not favoured by consumers. Take bread for example. The level of sugar in US bread would classify it as cake in the UK. Even crappy sliced white loafs in the UK contain a tiny fraction of the sugar of US mass market breads.
"

That's nice, perhaps true, and yet matters not a wit (the quintessential British error).

The Harvard Study isn't in error. Interesting, that you'd want to seriously argue that.

Processed foods are all poison. If it comes from a factory, it's poison. Debating the level of poison in your poison is relatively silly. I'm sure America has the worst poison.

I try to limit my processed food intake to distillated products. I'm heading to my local Brit soccer pub for a trad English breakfast w/ pint to see if St. George's Cross is stronger than the cross of the Swiss Confederacy. ;)"
Sounds like your search for other hobbies is going quite well. ;o). And all tied up so far….

Would like to have this.

@yellowcastle said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Zander said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @EvilTwin said:
"What a weird thread this is turning out to be

@StyleCounselor said:
"There is no such thing as healthy highly-processed food. It's a line of bs that we've been sold for a long time. "

Food can be healthy or unhealthy no matter how much of a process it has been through. It is not the process that makes it unhealthy.

"I used to have a soft spot for WB. But, rashers, pudding (white and black), eggs, tomato, dark bread, and black tea = a good breakfast on the iles."

That's a joke right? Black pudding is a sausage literally made from blood and fat. It's traditional and a lot of people love it (especially in the north of England) and I suppose a Klingon might consider it a healthy food but I am pretty sure nobody else does.
Tea is also a highly processed food (so is coffee)."

But, Chancellor, wierd threads are our specialty.

Yeah, a bit of a joke with the pudding. But, I do love it. Thus, I would much, much rather have it than parchment-bix.

You and I clearly have different ideas of what constitutes 'highly-' or 'ultra-processed foods.'

Here's a bit from Harvard Medical School:

"But sometimes ultra-processed foods appear to be healthy when they're not. That is particularly true of ultra-processed versions of fruit-flavored yogurts, refrigerated soups, refrigerated pastas (such as chicken tortellini), granola bars, juices, BREAKFAST CEREALS..." (emphasis supplied)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-best-ways-to-identify-processed-foods "
The Harvard study is almost certainly making a quintessentially American error, namely US = world. While highly processed foods are inherently less healthy, they tend to be even more so in the US than in the UK and elsewhere in Europe where many harmful preservatives and other additives are banned, more strictly regulated or simply not favoured by consumers. Take bread for example. The level of sugar in US bread would classify it as cake in the UK. Even crappy sliced white loafs in the UK contain a tiny fraction of the sugar of US mass market breads.
"

That's nice, perhaps true, and yet matters not a wit (the quintessential British error).

The Harvard Study isn't in error. Interesting, that you'd want to seriously argue that.

Processed foods are all poison. If it comes from a factory, it's poison. Debating the level of poison in your poison is relatively silly. I'm sure America has the worst poison.

I try to limit my processed food intake to distillated products. I'm heading to my local Brit soccer pub for a trad English breakfast w/ pint to see if St. George's Cross is stronger than the cross of the Swiss Confederacy. ;)"
Sounds like your search for other hobbies is going quite well. ;o). And all tied up so far….
"

Oh, I'm a long-time soccer/sports nut. Just got back from Kansas City. I was with my fellow American Outlaws. That didn't go so well. Good barbecue, though.

Fun to watch English penalties with a bunch of Brits. They REALLY stress out!

This was one of my first Lego sets as a kid - loved it ( and still have all the pieces except they are now part of my minifigure display stand.) . Remember eating weetabix for months afterwards due to me nagging my mum to buy the packs for the tokens.

@magni_nominis_umbra said:
"When questionable sarcasm and Dunning-Kruger effects collide...
"

I just learned what was the Dunning-Kruger effect and according to the definition, I would say we are doomed and most likely 99.99% of the world population is affected.

As far as cereals go, I will say this: Canada is one of the largest producer of cereal so the government has over time increased the number of recommended portions of cereal (despite record obesity, leaky guts, etc). Just like most everywhere nowadays, our leaders integrity is highly questionable (but we are beginning to see some changes in Europe - we'll see if those changes are good or bad: be careful what you ask for; you might get it!)

For the record: My preferred cereal is Raisin Bran (Kellogg's, not Post as I prefer cereal to cardboard), but lately (and as I had to switch to using a Rubbermaid 'cereal pitcher' as boxes won't fit the pantry shelves) I began doing this 'thing' where when I get half-way-down on R.B., sometimes I'll buy something else and mix-it-up. So far: Life, Cheerios, Corn Pops, but THE best...Mini-Wheats (esp. the 'Brown Sugar' variety):)

I would like to see a modern version of these Weetabix sets. Could be for one special series like LEGO did with 4000028, 4000029 and 4000030

Lego's first castle. and the oldest castle I don't own.. (;_;)

@HOBBES said:
" @magni_nominis_umbra said:
"When questionable sarcasm and Dunning-Kruger effects collide...
"

I just learned what was the Dunning-Kruger effect and according to the definition, I would say we are doomed and most likely 99.99% of the world population is affected.

As far as cereals go, I will say this: Canada is one of the largest producer of cereal so the government has over time increased the number of recommended portions of cereal (despite record obesity, leaky guts, etc). Just like most everywhere nowadays, our leaders integrity is highly questionable (but we are beginning to see some changes in Europe - we'll see if those changes are good or bad: be careful what you ask for; you might get it!) "

100% of the world is affected by it. The whole point of the Study is that it, like other Psychological Phenomena, is behaviour that can appear in any person. I should note the Dunning Krüger effect is “people are most confident about their opinion in fields they got no expertise in” and not “stupid people think they’re smart” - as much as the Internet loves misquoting it as being latter.