Random set of the day: Farmer
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 7566 Farmer, released during 2010. It's one of 37 City sets produced that year. It contains 16 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$3.99/£2.99.
It's owned by 7,264 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 $9.70, or eBay.
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That retired mould for the dog does not go well with the newer pig mould.
Eventually, Farmer John began to suspect that there was something just a little bit off with the "breeding pair" he'd been sold.
THIS is a proper impulse set.
Seeing this, I was immediately reminded of this New Elementary article: https://www.newelementary.com/2014/08/when-lego-was-never-just-bricks.html
Is this pig a calmer tan color, while the modern one is brighter pink? I prefer this one I think.
He sure is
Pork, Bork, and Dork
This is in my list of "to do" sets. Of course I'll improve upon it with ideas from 7684
@MCLegoboy said:
"Pork, Bork, and Dork"
I thought Bork was at Swedish Chef's.
@yellowcastle said:
"THIS is a proper impulse set."
Absolutely, fantastic little set, and the farmer is SO enthusiastic, too!
I can only assume that gleeful grins at seeing how much his future bacon is fattening up
This little set right here is one of my favourites.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"That retired mould for the dog does not go well with the newer pig mould."
Yet we still use old parrot mold...
I understand why we moved away from them, but there’s an undeniable charm to these old animal moulds. I like how the Killer Croc in TLBM uses the old croc head.
Mmmmm…the time minifigures learned of bacon
To think a CMF nowadays costs more.
@B_Space_Man said:
"Is this pig a calmer tan color, while the modern one is brighter pink? I prefer this one I think. "
Yes I've never understood why they seem to have moved to using bright pink for the pigs and piglets rathan than this "light nougat". I had to grab some bootleg piglets when I saw them in light nougat rather than official pink.
It's such a cute set. The build is a bit dimunitive (even for the pricepoint) but having two animalscwith it is quite nice!
Treif.
Wow, just checked the price 4 dollars for this is pretty good. You get 2 animal mold and a minifig. Dog is outdated but I am sure people can find some use for it
@Fandabidozi said:
"This little set right here is one of my favourites. "
I like little sets like this. Bring a few together and they breathe life into any little town.
@classicstylecastle said:
" @B_Space_Man said:
"Is this pig a calmer tan color, while the modern one is brighter pink? I prefer this one I think. "
Yes I've never understood why they seem to have moved to using bright pink for the pigs and piglets rathan than this "light nougat". I had to grab some bootleg piglets when I saw them in light nougat rather than official pink."
Fun fact: pigs are just as prone to sunburn as humans, depending largely on the melanin content of the skin. So this could be the healthy pig, and the bright-pink one the one that’s on the verge of blisters and peeling skin. Also, I think I used a single bright-pink one for PB, from the League of Super-Pets.
I really liked 42607 Autumn's Baby Cow Shed , and the baby cow is imo nicer in this case compared to the minifig version in the 2022City set
https://brickset.com/parts/6466185/calf-no-6
vs https://brickset.com/parts/6319749/cow-no-5
60461 Tractor with Trailer also comes with 3 sheep (1 baby) and a dog as well, and the build hides the 4+ "brick" chassis well.
Wait, that's not Old McDonald... Where's his barn?
"Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse,
Always having dirt to play around in..."
(there is a Beatles song for everything!)
...And dog and pig and trough and shovel
Great little set! Still have mine in the polybag. Remember when Toys R Us was still around and finding this set there. I also have the larger pig farm. I was fresh out of my dark ages and found the new sets that Lego was coming out with amazing! Good to see this one posted.
@Murdoch17 said:
""Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse,
Always having dirt to play around in..."
(there is a Beatles song for everything!)"
I've always said that there's a Weird Al song for everything so...
"As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain..."
@icncu222 said:
"Great little set! Still have mine in the polybag. Remember when Toys R Us was still around and finding this set there. I also have the larger pig farm. I was fresh out of my dark ages and found the new sets that Lego was coming out with amazing! Good to see this one posted."
Mine all came in boxes from Toys R Us in Tennessee.
@Rimefang said:
" @icncu222 said:
"Great little set! Still have mine in the polybag. Remember when Toys R Us was still around and finding this set there. I also have the larger pig farm. I was fresh out of my dark ages and found the new sets that Lego was coming out with amazing! Good to see this one posted."
Mine all came in boxes from Toys R Us in Tennessee. "
Yup, all of these little impulse sets from that timeframe were boxes, and somehow cheaper than they would have been if they'd shipped as polybags that pack down into a fraction of the space required to ship these.