I got a NYTF invite between 2002-2004, and it included a brickbuilt 2x4 brick with a drawer. Inside the drawer were some parts, and a brochure packed with it asked “What Will You Build?” This looks remarkably similar to what I ended up building, so now I’m wondering if they just packed the parts from this set inside the drawer.

That is pretty adorable.

@TheOtherMike said:
"I can't be the only one who thought of 4348 , even if there are a few differences between the helicopter build in that and this model."

Not that one, but I thought it was one of those polybags from the 2004 Smarties promotion (7222/7223).

EDIT:
I do have the other one from that Duracell promotion though (7911). They stuffed the polybag in a separate outer box similarly sized to the 1990s impulse sets. I was a bit surprised it actually fit in there.

I guess this one was distributed the same style? Interestingly the first Duracell promotion sets (Drome Racers 2002) were mail-ins, whilst the later ones were sold together with the batteries.

Anyone else miss those propellers/rotors...just me?:)

Must have seen the critique of lights on the Super Soarer of four days ago, and solved the issue with no lights at all on this one!

Nice parts. 238 owners, that's low.

@brick_r said:
"Anyone else miss those propellers/rotors...just me?:)"

I tbh didn't even know they were phased out til you mentioned today.

€500 remake when? ;-)

Looks like a great little polybag, it even looks like you could have a pilot represented with a cone or cylinder. My one critique is that it's missing the rear propeller to keep it stable because this thing would just spin out of control if real.

I have 7910 Robot (which is excellent btw) and on the instructions they show a combiner model of it, this set and 7911 Tug Boat. I kind of wanted the other two when I was younger so I could build it. That's the main thing I think of when I see them.

https://lego.brickinstructions.com/instructions/07000/7912/002.jpg

It's not that enticing anymore but I must still commend the coherent color scheme they made it in.

I also remembered the robot set actually had two alt builds on the box and polybag (there was a polybag in the box, strangely).
I wonder what this set did.

Yes it does! You can build a submarine and a boat as well:

https://ireland.apollo.olxcdn.com/v1/files/58ao4aazwlr92-PL/image;s=2000x924

In case you're curious, these are the alternate models for the robot and tug boat:

https://images.dbastatic.dk/dynamic/960w/29/2990f8c6-acda-420f-b7cc-7ef5bd5bf22b

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aLoAAOSwQ69lgdR5/s-l1200.jpg

Overall; these are excellent quality sets, especially for mere promos you would get with batteries!

@Eightcoins8 said:
" @brick_r said:
"Anyone else miss those propellers/rotors...just me?:)"

I tbh didn't even know they were phased out til you mentioned today."

Iknew about it, because I miss that piece, too. What I hadn't realized until just now, when I looked it up, was that the piece was another piece with "Fabuland" in the name: https://brickset.com/parts/design-4617 https://brickset.com/parts/design-77099 is a nice enough element, but it doesn't have the name of a much-loved (even if some of the love is for the wrong reasons) old theme in it's name!

@TheOtherMike said:
"https://brickset.com/parts/design-77099 is a nice enough element, but it doesn't have the name of a much-loved (even if some of the love is for the wrong reasons) old theme in it's name!"

Indeed, many people don’t understand that tales about Utopia are usually meant to be cautionary, demonstrating that sometimes things come at too high a price, and that you’ll never know when you’ve reached that point until it’s too late.

Comfortably seats none.

@Crux said:
"Comfortably seats none."

I dunno, looks like you could get a couple of trophy figs in. Sure, you'd have to take the roof off to do it, but you had to take4900's roof off to crew it, too.

Looks like the helicopter build from 4348. Plus, they were both released in the same year.

I miss that windscreen.

@Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"I miss that windscreen."

First the propeller, now the windscreen... This thing's parts are bringing the nostalgia, aren't they?

@Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"I miss that windscreen."

I don't, particularly. Yes, they were useful some 20 years ago when podcraft were all the rage within the Space community, but they were the only option I had for building a car with a raked windshield. I designed one vehicle using them, built three in different colors, and I kinda hate them now. I couldn't fit full minifigs in the seats because the horizontal tab extends over the minifig's head and you loose nearly two plates of height. And then you've got two splits down the front windshield.