@WolfpackBricksOfficial said:
"Dinghy is such a fun word to say!

I have the boat hull piece from this set; it's currently being used as an adventure boat for my 71047-6."

Fun idea. Too bad we are still waiting for them to release here in NZ. Two weeks still!

@Maxbricks14 said:
"We are on a water theme today!

And look, this one has the better life jacket design."

Not just water, but water rescue polybag.

@Miyakan said:
" @WolfpackBricksOfficial said:
"Dinghy is such a fun word to say!

I have the boat hull piece from this set; it's currently being used as an adventure boat for my 71047-6."

Fun idea. Too bad we are still waiting for them to release here in NZ. Two weeks still!"

Yes, it's quite annoying they release here a month later than overseas.

@GSR_MataNui: Yup, noted the very thing over there...even went to the point of noting both coming from nautical sets:)

@WolfpackBricksOfficial: Yes, it is a fun word to say...even more fun when you mispronounce it 'dingy':)

@Miyakan said:
" @WolfpackBricksOfficial said:
"Dinghy is such a fun word to say!

I have the boat hull piece from this set; it's currently being used as an adventure boat for my 71047-6."

Fun idea. Too bad we are still waiting for them to release here in NZ. Two weeks still!"

Still find that weird, but I'm not expecting it to change at this point.

I, on the other hand, got very lucky today. I found the remains of about four cases that had been stuffed into a set of undershelf baskets normally used for polybags at Walmart. I was able to find nine Mindflayers, increasing my total to 14. And more significantly, I got a dozen Dragonborn, which I had so far not been able to locate. One case was only short four minifigs. The bottom later looked like it may have been shorted one due to bad packing (I once found a case of S25 that had one _extra_ minifig in the bottom layer), and the top layer was missing a neat cluster of three, which is apparently where the Dragonborn were located.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
" @WolfpackBricksOfficial said:
"Dinghy is such a fun word to say!

I have the boat hull piece from this set; it's currently being used as an adventure boat for my 71047-6."

Fun idea. Too bad we are still waiting for them to release here in NZ. Two weeks still!"

Still find that weird, but I'm not expecting it to change at this point.

I, on the other hand, got very lucky today. I found the remains of about four cases that had been stuffed into a set of undershelf baskets normally used for polybags at Walmart. I was able to find nine Mindflayers, increasing my total to 15. And more significantly, I got a dozen Dragonborn, which I had so far not been able to locate. One case was only short four minifigs. The bottom later looked like it may have been shorted one due to bad packing (I once found a case of S25 that had one _extra_ minifig in the bottom layer), and the top layer was missing a neat cluster of three, which is apparently where the Dragonborn were located."

Ooh nice finds.

We do seem to get other sets a month before you though. I guess it is just how Lego have decided to split their releases. Probably for logistics reasons.

@Miyakan said:
"Ooh nice finds."

Indeed. I figured I’d have a tough time getting Mindflayers (the only armybuilder foe in the set), but it seems all anyone cares about is scalping the Dragonborn. Well, I got enough now that I don’t care if I find more, and I could even trade some away if I need to.

Anyways, I mistyped. I have 14 Mindflayers, not 15. Forgot that I only found two at one store, but I picked up trios of Tam with both of my smaller purchases. Six trans-red skulls, 14 Mindflayers, 12 Dragonborn.

"We do seem to get other sets a month before you though. I guess it is just how Lego have decided to split their releases. Probably for logistics reasons."

That’s mostly on us, I think. The big box retailers aren’t so hot to invest in new sets during the summer months, so some of our June/July releases get pushed back until August when kids are getting ready to head back to school.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Ooh nice finds."

Indeed. I figured I’d have a tough time getting Mindflayers (the only armybuilder foe in the set), but it seems all anyone cares about is scalping the Dragonborn. Well, I got enough now that I don’t care if I find more, and I could even trade some away if I need to.

Anyways, I mistyped. I have 14 Mindflayers, not 15. Forgot that I only found two at one store, but I picked up trios of Tam with both of my smaller purchases. Six trans-red skulls, 14 Mindflayers, 12 Dragonborn.

"We do seem to get other sets a month before you though. I guess it is just how Lego have decided to split their releases. Probably for logistics reasons."

That’s mostly on us, I think. The big box retailers aren’t so hot to invest in new sets during the summer months, so some of our June/July releases get pushed back until August when kids are getting ready to head back to school."

I guess that makes some sort of sense.

I'm yet to decide which ones I will be going after multiple of. I'll get at least one full set though, probably two. And then I'll see which ones my wife likes.

I see nothing special about this set. Maybe if you need a grey boat?

Was this the same multi-piece (meaning 'pre-assembled at factory') 'full' rubber boat from 1997 Divers or the modern day hollow bottom single piece one?

After a brief Medieval blip it looks like we're back to our "Noun Vehicle" trend!

@Atuin said:
"Was this the same multi-piece (meaning 'pre-assembled at factory') 'full' rubber boat from 1997 Divers or the modern day hollow bottom single piece one?"

Released in 2005 and not hollow bottomed.

Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad...

We can call ths a 'dinghy,' yet so many people struggle with Durrr Burger?

I like it. The full boat hull certainly helps and feels generous for a polybag

@StyleCounselor said:
" @b2_O said:
"Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad..."

Everyone is stealing Lego in the US. Most stores keep them behind locked cases. "

Really? In the UK, that rarely happens.

@b2_O said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @b2_O said:
"Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad..."

Everyone is stealing Lego in the US. Most stores keep them behind locked cases. "

Really? In the UK, that rarely happens."

Denver, SoCal, NorCal, Phoenix, Portland, Vancouver, and Long Island had major heists among others... including Paris.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/05/28/bricks-minifigs-lego-theft-denver-jefferson-county

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/crime/sf-police-arrest-4-after-alleged-35k-lego-store-robbery/article_728d8196-1484-11ee-8be1-632f54ac6bb2.html

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-05/lego-mini-figures-stolen-across-southern-california

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/03/983870097/people-are-stealing-legos-heres-why

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-police-recover-200000-lego-sets-massive-bust-rcna161275

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/us/stolen-legos-lapd-arrested.html

Wow, someone reported my comment. Rude. I should have the police coming after whoever did that, and they could all go in their dinghies.

@MCLegoboy said:
"Wow, someone reported my comment. Rude. I should have the police coming after whoever did that, and they could all go in their dinghies."

What did you say?

We're really in small set territory right now....Last friday we had a 226 piece set, which isn't exactly much. But since we've got 4 sets which *combined* don't even come to half of that....

How low can we go?

Police Thingy

@Ridgeheart said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"We're really in small set territory right now....Last friday we had a 226 piece set, which isn't exactly much. But since we've got 4 sets which *combined* don't even come to half of that....

How low can we go?"

1115"

I believe there is a 10 piece minimum for RSotD, so you could get a 40 piece total over four days.

@Miyakan said:
" @Ridgeheart said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"We're really in small set territory right now....Last friday we had a 226 piece set, which isn't exactly much. But since we've got 4 sets which *combined* don't even come to half of that....

How low can we go?"

1115"

I believe there is a 10 piece minimum for RSotD, so you could get a 40 piece total over four days."

Somehow both of you managed to shed som light on the matter in very different ways :-)

Really neat to see such a large part (the FLOATING dinghy hull) in a polybag.

@b2_O said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @b2_O said:
"Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad..."

Everyone is stealing Lego in the US. Most stores keep them behind locked cases. "

Really? In the UK, that rarely happens."

https://brickset.com/article/52523/callous-thieves-target-fairy-bricks-charity

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @Miyakan said:
" @WolfpackBricksOfficial said:
"Dinghy is such a fun word to say!

I have the boat hull piece from this set; it's currently being used as an adventure boat for my 71047-6."

Fun idea. Too bad we are still waiting for them to release here in NZ. Two weeks still!"

Yes, it's quite annoying they release here a month later than overseas."

How do you think us Yanks felt with the LEGO Jurassic World summer wave?

@PurpleDave said:
" @b2_O said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @b2_O said:
"Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad..."

Everyone is stealing Lego in the US. Most stores keep them behind locked cases. "

Really? In the UK, that rarely happens."

https://brickset.com/article/52523/callous-thieves-target-fairy-bricks-charity"

Oh... that's horrible! I didn't think lego would be such a big target for thieves.

Quite a day for LEGO City water sets from the early 2010s.

Dinghy is a funny word.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"We are on a water theme today!

And look, this one has the better life jacket design."

But not a better boat compared to the new 4 wide buildable studs variant (which can still be inlaid with modern 1x2 curved top bricks to closely recreate the old one (without bar sized handles on the ouside)

https://brickset.com/parts/design-78611

@PurpleDave said:
" @b2_O said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @b2_O said:
"Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad..."

Everyone is stealing Lego in the US. Most stores keep them behind locked cases. "

Really? In the UK, that rarely happens."

https://brickset.com/article/52523/callous-thieves-target-fairy-bricks-charity "

The Lego Police don't make the situation better. In fact, it seems to me as if the more Lego Police sets they make, the more sets get stolen.

I wonder if things would be better if they brought back the Space Police. I sure wish they'd try that. Regular police are boring... and useless.

@StyleCounselor said:
"The Lego Police don't make the situation better. In fact, it seems to me as if the more Lego Police sets they make, the more sets get stolen."

I suspect many LEGO police have, themselves, been stolen over the years.

"I wonder if things would be better if they brought back the Space Police. I sure wish they'd try that. Regular police are boring... and useless. "

There’s always 71002-15. “Stop, or I’ll say ‘Stop’ again!”

Why he doesn't have his handcuffs?

@b2_O said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @b2_O said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @b2_O said:
"Why are there so may City police sets? Surely crime rates can't be that bad..."

Everyone is stealing Lego in the US. Most stores keep them behind locked cases. "

Really? In the UK, that rarely happens."

https://brickset.com/article/52523/callous-thieves-target-fairy-bricks-charity"

Oh... that's horrible! I didn't think lego would be such a big target for thieves."

I'm just glad that the people who got into my apartment, and later, the storage room my parents moved my stuff into after my stroke left my Lego alone.