Random set of the day: Ultimate Race Set
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 9485 Ultimate Race Set, released during 2012. It's one of 9 Cars sets produced that year. It contains 280 pieces and 4 minifigs, and its retail price was US$29.99/£24.99.
It's owned by 1,181 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 $250.00, or eBay.
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Speed, I am Speed.
And it's true, too, because I got first comment. BWAHAHAHAHA! >:D
...Of Ultimate Destiny? (Yes, I know I made that joke when 7257 was RSotD, but I couldn't resist.)
@TheOtherMike said:
"Of Ultimate Destiny? (Yes, I know I made that joke when 7257 was RSotD, but I couldn't resist.)"
This is the ultimate race set, Of ultimate destiny!
I've seen more ultimate.
@MCLegoboy said:
"And it's true, too, because I got first comment. BWAHAHAHAHA! >:D"
XD
I'm just gonna say it: Cars 2 is WAY better than people say it is. It's a great movie.
We got one of the cars through a Secret Santa gift exchange. The blue one
Cue the “those aren’t minifigures” comments.
@MCLegoboy said:
"And it's true, too, because I got first comment. BWAHAHAHAHA! >:D"
You're so used to being defeated by me.
DANADA... DANADA... BANADANADANADA NADADA... BANADA... DADADAAAAA... BANADANADANADA BADADA...
Cars 2 has the best intro music ever, change my mind
@Miyakan said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Of Ultimate Destiny? (Yes, I know I made that joke when 7257 was RSotD, but I couldn't resist.)"
This is the ultimate race set, Of ultimate destiny!"
Only one will survive, I wonder... It'll be Lightning McQueen, won't it?
@SearchlightRG said:"Cue the “those aren’t minifigures” comments."
It's going to be an interesting day if a Cars character ever gets chosen for RMotD.
Kachow!
@BabuBrick said:
"I'm just gonna say it: Cars 2 is WAY better than people say it is. It's a great movie."
Well, that depends on which people you're talking about. It's my favorite of the three, so I already hold it in pretty high regard. It was a bit jarring the first time I saw it, though, and it took a few viewings to really warm up to the idea that this was more of a Bond spoof than a feel-alike sequel to the first film. Of the seven characters that I've built to minifig scale, three appear in all three of the films, and the other four are exclusive to Cars 2 (Lightning, Mater, Todd, Holley, Rod, Acer, and Grem).
Cars 2 is my favorite of the three as well.
I enjoyed this one! Still have it, too.
I kind of enjoy the vehicle designs here, excepting the forklift, yeesh
@MCLegoboy : He's not "Speed", nor are you...he was here a few days ago though, under his last name: Racer...:D
@PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"I'm just gonna say it: Cars 2 is WAY better than people say it is. It's a great movie."
Well, that depends on which people you're talking about. It's my favorite of the three, so I already hold it in pretty high regard. It was a bit jarring the first time I saw it, though, and it took a few viewings to really warm up to the idea that this was more of a Bond spoof than a feel-alike sequel to the first film. Of the seven characters that I've built to minifig scale, three appear in all three of the films, and the other four are exclusive to Cars 2 (Lightning, Mater, Todd, Holley, Rod, Acer, and Grem)."
That's true; it's just a certain group of people. And yes, it does feel very different from the other two.
I'd love to see your minifig-scale versions of the cars; sounds like a neat idea. I was today years old when I found out that the Pizza Planet Truck character's name is Todd, lol.
I got this set, with couple of others smaller ones, for the boy. He didn't get to play with the whole set much because the blue and the grey car were lost in a very short time. In very suspiciously short time but if you can't prove it... We still have the Lightning though.
@BabuBrick said:
"I'm just gonna say it: Cars 2 is WAY better than people say it is. It's a great movie."
I know Mater's oil leak is supposed to represent like an accident but it should've been a coolant leak or smth. Oil leak just makes it look like he cut himself or he's on his period.
@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"DANADA... DANADA... BANADANADANADA NADADA... BANADA... DADADAAAAA... BANADANADANADA BADADA...
Cars 2 has the best intro music ever, change my mind"
I'm not going to try to, because that soundtrack is criminally underrated (my personal favorite Pixar score that Michael Giacchino has done, and trust me, he's done a LOT of them).
@MCLegoboy said:
"Speed, I am Speed."
Hello Speed, I'm Dad
Is it me or am I beginning to detect a theme this week?
Why people need any of this year's myriad of F1 sets when this set exists is beyond me. I mean, just look at it! It says it's the ULTIMATE race right there! Nothing above it!
I guess this year needs all those cars just to try to fill the void this set left behind. That combined with all the cars that crept into Technic, City and Speed Champions over the years.
I'm just saying that Speed Champions only appeared _after_ this set came into retirement!
And 2012 was one of the last years for the long-running Racers theme.
Coincidence? I think NOT! (I know, wrong movie)
66802 Ultimate Formula 1 Collector's Pack has taken over the Ultimate title.
@Miyakan said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Of Ultimate Destiny? (Yes, I know I made that joke when 7257 was RSotD, but I couldn't resist.)"
This is the ultimate race set, Of ultimate destiny!"
Good cars, bad cars, hopefully *not* explosions as far as the eye can see.
@BabuBrick:
https://24hoursoflemons.com/2021-concours-dlemons-michigan-pics-and-winners/
Well, they’re buried in a sea of images, but at least two people posted pictures of them when I displayed them at the 2021 Concours d’Lemons in Metro Detroit.
@R1_Drift:
Mater leaks oil specifically because it’s plot-important that the leak be oil. Coolant wouldn’t make sense in the context that they’re setting up.
@Binnekamp:
So you’re saying Speed Champions is Cars 3?
@BabuBrick said:
"I'm just gonna say it: Cars 2 is WAY better than people say it is. It's a great movie."
If they had just made it a spinoff movie, and called it "The Mater Movie" or something like that, people would hate it much less. I actually wrote a Letterboxd review of the movie, pretending it was a spinoff, and rated it 3 stars.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Speed, I am Speed."
No, that would be https://brickset.com/minifigs/sr008
@Username28 said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"I'm just gonna say it: Cars 2 is WAY better than people say it is. It's a great movie."
If they had just made it a spinoff movie, and called it "The Mater Movie" or something like that, people would hate it much less. I actually wrote a Letterboxd review of the movie, pretending it was a spinoff, and rated it 3 stars."
I guess so. Pixar has done the protagonist swap many times since this movie (Monsters U, Incredibles II, Finding Dory), so I wonder if this movie being the first time threw a lot of people off.
@PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick:
https://24hoursoflemons.com/2021-concours-dlemons-michigan-pics-and-winners/
Well, they’re buried in a sea of images, but at least two people posted pictures of them when I displayed them at the 2021 Concours d’Lemons in Metro Detroit.
@R1_Drift:
Mater leaks oil specifically because it’s plot-important that the leak be oil. Coolant wouldn’t make sense in the context that they’re setting up.
@Binnekamp:
So you’re saying Speed Champions is Cars 3?"
I found them — nice builds!
@TheOtherMike said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"Speed, I am Speed."
No, that would be https://brickset.com/minifigs/sr008"
Or this guy.....who didn't really do his name justice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Speed