Random set of the day: Adventurers Plane
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 3039 Adventurers Plane, released during 1999. It's one of 14 Adventurers sets produced that year. It contains 23 pieces and 1 minifig.
It's owned by 360 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 $29.90, or eBay.
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Looks like he's about to crash land.
Gotta clinch up real tight in order to keep a grip on that seat!
Ahhh.... I only have 5920 from this theme but wish i bought more at the time but i wasn't as into Lego then (was a late-teem slump). Gotta love that element of danger in those sets though XD
"Adventurers?" but it only seats one!
After a short break, Huwbot is back into aviation sets.
They should have made the wings shorter
Add a pair of wheels (and the missing steering wheel), and it can join the 2025 soapbox racers!
It's so cute. Not bad for a Shell promo set. Harry Cane didn't come in a lot of sets either, and most of them were large. The only small one was from the Amazon subtheme. The tail rudder is a nice technique too.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Gotta clinch up real tight in order to keep a grip on that seat!"
And then you've got to worry about how you're going to get off...
Looks like it belongs on a carousel or other such similar fairground ride.
…someone must actually have made that MOC, sticking a bunch of tiny polybag vehicles as seats on a ride, surely?
Looks like two gifts from an Adventurers advent calender.
Hey, who wants one?
@jkb said:
"Looks like two gifts from an Adventurers advent calender.
Hey, who wants one?"
That along with an Adventurers reboot, yes please!
Still safer than a Boeing 737....
Looks like his relative in 60459 or they took his jacket and helmet.
@jkb said:
"Looks like two gifts from an Adventurers advent calender.
Hey, who wants one?"
I designed one on my instagram Christmas 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/C1P6WvUr5Pq/
Another account @stuntmanbrick also did one this year.https://www.instagram.com/p/DDCii9Dvgmh/?img_index=1
@classicstylecastle said:
" @jkb said:
"Looks like two gifts from an Adventurers advent calender.
Hey, who wants one?"
I designed one on my instagram Christmas 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/C1P6WvUr5Pq/
Another account @stuntmanbrick also did one this year.https://www.instagram.com/p/DDCii9Dvgmh/?img_index=1"
Love it! Even has weapon racks! I'm in!
Huh? Where's the hospital bed
Everyone is making fun of these small sets, but I genuinely love these. Remember, Lego is a kids toy. I loved getting these, a small vehicle, with a figure to play with, for pocket money. My favourite was 5911, I used to rearrange the pieces endlessly.
@vizzitor said:
"Looks like his relative in 60459 or they took his jacket and helmet."
The new Johnny in the red panda set means it's not out of the realm of possibility. Maybe it's Harry's granddaughter Tai Phoon.
I have the pieces for this except for the minifigure. I really should get around to buying one.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Gotta clinch up real tight in order to keep a grip on that seat!"
Maybe he studied under Disney’s Tarzan? IYKYK.
@TheOtherMike:
Flying in the wheel well has seen a significant uptick in popularity. I mean, in this case, it’s more like hang-gliding, but with less control.
Can't decide which one I prefer, this or the Shell version - The Shell version looks less messed up, but this has arguably more detail.
Weird they went to the effort of designing 2 similar yet very different miniature planes with Harry Cane/Billy Speed for the same wave of sets...
Also strange that out of all, Harry Cane seems to be the rarest figure in the desert/Egypt wave of Adventurers. He is also the only one without any lines of dialogue in the audio drama (though he is mentioned).
ADVENTURERS!
I have the somewhat similar 2542 Adventurers Aeroplane, which somehow looks more chibi.
Fun fact: this set was in stock as late as at least 2003 as it was given away with an Orient Expedition set as shown in this Mania Magazine: https://archive.org/details/LEGOMagazineUS-July2003-Brickshelf/page/n13/mode/2up?view=theater (see page 14)
@classicstylecastle said:
" @jkb said:
"Looks like two gifts from an Adventurers advent calender.
Hey, who wants one?"
I designed one on my instagram Christmas 2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/C1P6WvUr5Pq/
Another account @stuntmanbrick also did one this year.https://www.instagram.com/p/DDCii9Dvgmh/?img_index=1"
Yours has maybe too many minifigs, but I like the way that it homages the entire history of the line.
You would REALLY be an 'Adventurer' to fly THIS "plane"...:D
Well, it looks more airworthy than the helicopter from four days ago. I still wouldn't recommend getting into it though.