Random set of the day: Water Scooter Fun
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 41000 Water Scooter Fun, released during 2013. It's one of 36 Friends sets produced that year. It contains 28 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$6.99/£4.99.
It's owned by 4,217 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 $4.30, or eBay.
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The first Friends set to have a five-digit set number; cool.
Who the heck is Kate? She's not one of the main friends, and yet she got her own polybag?
EDIT: Okay, I just did some digging, and Kate mostly just shows up on her own, but when she's in a set with a main friend, it's only Stephanie, so she's clearly not friends with the other friends. She's a pariah.
Quite a boring set. Nice for parts though.
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@Maxbricks14 said:
"Quite a boring set. Nice for parts though."
Not for $7, no chance.
It's just weird seeing Friends sets with that many exposed studs.
This looks like an early 90s design with poppier colours. Friends has come a long way!
@Kynareth said:
"This looks like an early 90s design with poppier colours. Friends has come a long way!"
Other than the minidoll? And the "we made minidolls incompatible with stuff" handlebars?
LEGO: here is a water scooter fun set!
Me: that's a jet ski
LEGO: a water fun set!
Me: this is boring
LEGO: a water set!
Me: did you even make this?
LEGO: a WATER
Third RSotD in a row I own.
I feel like putting your flippers that close to the scooter’s output is a good way to shred them
@MCLegoboy said:
"Who the heck is Kate? She's not one of the main friends, and yet she got her own polybag?
EDIT: Okay, I just did some digging, and Kate mostly just shows up on her own, but when she's in a set with a main friend, it's only Stephanie, so she's clearly not friends with the other friends. She's a pariah."
Not even a polybag but a boxed set!
Once upon a time, there were sets of 5,- euro that were boxed. They were widely available and you did not have to scour multiple stores to find any.
This was one of them. It's not the most exciting set, but it was nice that it was there if you needed it.
I had it!! The early days of Friends. Lovely.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Kynareth said:
"This looks like an early 90s design with poppier colours. Friends has come a long way!"
Other than the minidoll? And the "we made minidolls incompatible with stuff" handlebars?"
Friends sets have always had minidolls, so why mention it (never mind that those handlebars are compatible with minifigures though). I thought you were going to pick holes in the inclusion of a side build, so I’m almost disappointed!
@MCLegoboy said:
"Who the heck is Kate? She's not one of the main friends, and yet she got her own polybag?
EDIT: Okay, I just did some digging, and Kate mostly just shows up on her own, but when she's in a set with a main friend, it's only Stephanie, so she's clearly not friends with the other friends. She's a pariah."
She may or may not be Kate Bishop, the new Hawkeye, meaning she's at least friends with Clint Barton, the old Hawkeye.
I admit that that might still make her a pariah though. Clint is a bad friend and a worse role-model.
@Kynareth said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Kynareth said:
"This looks like an early 90s design with poppier colours. Friends has come a long way!"
Other than the minidoll? And the "we made minidolls incompatible with stuff" handlebars?"
Friends sets have always had minidolls, so why mention it (never mind that those handlebars are compatible with minifigures though). I thought you were going to pick holes in the inclusion of a side build, so I’m almost disappointed!"
But Friends didn’t start until 2012, so in the 90’s, minidolls were over a decade away.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Kynareth said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Kynareth said:
"This looks like an early 90s design with poppier colours. Friends has come a long way!"
Other than the minidoll? And the "we made minidolls incompatible with stuff" handlebars?"
Friends sets have always had minidolls, so why mention it (never mind that those handlebars are compatible with minifigures though). I thought you were going to pick holes in the inclusion of a side build, so I’m almost disappointed!"
But Friends didn’t start until 2012, so in the 90’s, minidolls were over a decade away."
Lots of pieces were, which is why I’m talking aesthetics. This set has a very studded, basic utilitarian design, albeit with a Friends colour palette (and a minidoll). These days I expect there would be a lot more tiles giving it a finish, along with an animal or more foliage.