Random set of the day: Raft
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 1185 Raft, released during 1999. It's one of 15 Castle sets produced that year. It contains 25 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$2.
It's owned by 823 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 $24.00, or eBay.
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Watch out for the rock.
...Cole?
A ninja is capable of many things, but nobody's making it out of those rapids without some kind of loss. That raft is a goner.
@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"...Cole?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91AnlO1Vys
Sword, bow, and two spears? That's an army builder. Plus you can use the raft for wall building.
@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"...Cole?"
Hopefully not. Don't ghosts have problems with water?
@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"...Cole?"
That's what I thought! I actually thought this was a Ninjago set for a split second.
And if you steer the raft skillfully, you can shish-kabob some salmon for lunch!
@dimc said:
"Sword, bow, and two spears? That's an army builder. Plus you can use the raft for wall building. "
And oars for when you make a proper boat!
@Maxbricks14: Ah, he'll be fine...just has to smell what he's cookin' first:D
Also:
Master Wu: This is latest weaponized vehicle, in helping us defend Ninjago...
Cole: Looks ridiculous...and besides; who are going get to test it...
(Everyone staring at Cole. Jump to picture above)
Cole: ME AND MY BIIIIIIG MOUTH!!!:D
He had the choice of making the raft slightly bigger, or adding the fixed bow emplacement. He’s pretty sure he made the right choice
Man, I love me some Ninja sets. They just had the perfect blend of history, historical inaccuracy for the sake of coolness and castle-y goodness. And the fun thing is that it doesn't matter whether you have one or multiple ninja because of the conservation of ninjutsu. In other words, they're just as effective as a single overpowered ninja or as a small army of underpowered mooks.
The same goes for this model. Either you have a small army of these chasing you and 'rapidly' failing one by one but each getting a single hit in at most, or you have a single one that terminators his way to you using all those weapons.
Cole: "Zane! Could you freeze this river or something?! I can't control this raft thing!"
Ah, beautiful late 90s CG imagery.
Quality at its' best ;-)
This reminded me of 40566 Ray the Castaway. I replicated that set but forgot about raft. Now I'll go back to my spares to complete what I've started.
@dimc said:
"Sword, bow, and two spears? That's an army builder. Plus you can use the raft for wall building. "
Murder Rafting!
Probably hasn't chosen the most stable item to hold onto. If your imagination stretches you could repurpose the crossbow stand as an outboard motor.
@Binnekamp said:
"And the fun thing is that it doesn't matter whether you have one or multiple ninja because of the conservation of ninjutsu. In other words, they're just as effective as a single overpowered ninja or as a small army of underpowered mooks."
Xiao Xiao would like a word with you…
It's always a good day for classic!Ninja to feature as Random Set of the Day :D
Just noticed that this raft uses several of the same pieces as the main 'body' section of the Black Ninja's glider from 6045 and 6088: spears, clips and log bricks (albeit different colour). I wonder if maybe this guy managed to crash his glider and wreck its wings, and this raft was all that he could build out of the remaining pieces as a means to get back home...
I only now realize that the bagged version, 3017, is actually called Ninpo Water SPIDER rather than STRIDER.
@TransNeonOrangeSpaceman said:
"Cole: "Zane! Could you freeze this river or something?! I can't control this raft thing!""
In other words, "Jane, I mean Zane! Stop this crazy thing!" Second time recently I've busted out that reference.