@MCLegoboy said:
"I like the sticks. They're literally just sticks. Couldn't be bothered to make proper hockey sticks back in the day. Of course they still have the part that makes contact with the puck in the base, it they sticks are still just suspended and totally separate from them. Pretty funny looking."

I was just thinking that it would be funny to put something else in their hands, like tennis rackets, or lightsabers, or guns...

Three Sports on the sidebar!

Decent set for trying to implement the 'hockey' play system in a small footprint. I say small, but those tiles are huge! This was where they debuted I believe. Those crazy long axles (I believe it was something like 32L?) Are also an amazing thing to find in a set of this size. Like with the small basketball set we had recently (3427), I appreciate the bits of scenery seen here. It feels like an urban sports park section, helped by those dark bluish gray tiles.
As I wrote this I just realized the Sports themes of 2003-2004 had the latter ones with the switch to the new colors. Never really thought about that. The Dbgray here felt so natural as an asphalt color.

I have a story about this set btw;
When I saw this in the catalog when I was younger, the angle of the lanternpost made it look like a 1x1 plate was used to connect the dish to the female click hinge on top of the axle. From this I figured it must have been a 1x1 plate with horizonta clip. I tested it and it actually worked! The clip can hold the dimples inside a female click hinge, albeit loosely! This was later used in themes like Creator and Hidden side as an 'it connects but is easy to move if there's a hinge next to it', or an 'it connects but only so it doesn't flop open by default' type connection.

Of course, from this image it now looks like it's just a 1x2 plate with male click hinge, not a 1x1 plate with clip. D'oh!
I always found it weird to do it like I thought it was done because the connection is very loose. Even when the dish means it always hangs down anyway so it wouldn't flop around too quickly.

@Binnekamp:
I know that trick has been used in official sets, but more as a way to secure hinged sections in a closed position. I believe that’s how the front walls of the Home Alone house snap shut, for instance.

Why are you smiling like that?

@MCLegoboy said:
"I like the sticks. They're literally just sticks. Couldn't be bothered to make proper hockey sticks back in the day. Of course they still have the part that makes contact with the puck in the base, it they sticks are still just suspended and totally separate from them. Pretty funny looking."

They are just sticks, because the hockey stick end is already in the base. The sticks are just there to have a visual connection to it (didn't work out that well in the end, but I think that's the motivation)

Only $25 for new compared to $500 for 7257 which uses the same leg supports and connector, see 2nd Jan RSOD https://brickset.com/article/117647

@MCLegoboy said:
"I like the sticks. They're literally just sticks. Couldn't be bothered to make proper hockey sticks back in the day. Of course they still have the part that makes contact with the puck in the base, it they sticks are still just suspended and totally separate from them. Pretty funny looking."

"Just" sticks? Never underestimate the mighty stick!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPnscZFUuog

Ayyy I remember my dad buying this for us and we played with it a lot.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Binnekamp:
I know that trick has been used in official sets, but more as a way to secure hinged sections in a closed position. I believe that’s how the front walls of the Home Alone house snap shut, for instance."

It's also how the plug on the controller cable on 71374 stays plugged in.

Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?

@Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Haven't you heard the line "I went to a fight the other day, and a hockey game broke out?"

Some people complained about the unusual nature of 21337, but Lego has been making stick-controlled sports sets since back in 2004.

I miss Lego Sports every day, so much fun!

@Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Would need a Sound Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYijStdjNs

And hey, calling it "soccer".......you're brave.....

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Haven't you heard the line "I went to a fight the other day, and a hockey game broke out?""

The difference being that a hockey player with a full set of teeth is kinda like a yakuza with all ten fingernails, while soccer players fall down and pretend to be hurt and it’s the fans who get in fights with each other.

@PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Haven't you heard the line "I went to a fight the other day, and a hockey game broke out?""

The difference being that a hockey player with a full set of teeth is kinda like a yakuza with all ten fingernails, while soccer players fall down and pretend to be hurt and it’s the fans who get in fights with each other."

1) Yakuza chop off a bit more than just the nail to make up for mistakes.
2) Can you really blame them though? After all, they don't get to wear all that protective gear nor have a break after a few seconds of action, like those lazy handegg wimps ....

And now back to F1....

@WizardOfOss said:
" @Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Would need a Sound Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYijStdjNs

And hey, calling it "soccer".......you're brave....."

Do you have a problem with the traditional UK spelling?

And yes, I know it's whole joints for the yakuza, but the first offense automatically means you lose a fingernail. Either way, if they've still got all ten, they're either a complete rookie, or they're the most dangerous person in the room.

@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Would need a Sound Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYijStdjNs

And hey, calling it "soccer".......you're brave....."

Do you have a problem with the traditional UK spelling?

And yes, I know it's whole joints for the yakuza, but the first offense automatically means you lose a fingernail. Either way, if they've still got all ten, they're either a complete rookie, or they're the most dangerous person in the room."

Nah, I'm just not a fan of drunk Brit lads slang.

As for the Yakuza thing, all I know is yubitsume, which is actually chopping of the tip of the pinkie with a knife. Granted, you do lose the nail with that....

@WizardOfOss said:
" @Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Would need a Sound Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYijStdjNs

And hey, calling it "soccer".......you're brave....."

I suppose this does betray just how much I care about soccer, or as the French call it, "soccre".

Go sportsball. Go sportsteam. Rah rah rah.

@Crux said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @Crux said:
"Look at the expression on Red Player's face. He's not there to play hockey, he's just there to beat the tar out of someone.

Are we sure this isn't a Soccer Hooligan Battlepack?"

Would need a Sound Brick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYijStdjNs

And hey, calling it "soccer".......you're brave....."

I suppose this does betray just how much I care about soccer, or as the French call it, "soccre".

Go sportsball. Go sportsteam. Rah rah rah."

Soccre blue! Blasphème!

My collection record here doesn’t show I have this, but I’m sure it’s one I got back in the day, not long after emerging from my dark ages. IIRC, I found it clearanced at half price, and decided at that price it was useful as a Star Wars parts pack for the huge tiles (useful for Death Star docking bays, I think I was thinking) and the tan bricks (useful for various Tatooine structures).

This one hanging around for two days because of the VSotW made me think of something, and look at the pieces the minifigs are standing on on Bricklink. Unfortunately, said pieces have a ridge between the studs for the minifig's feet, and thus, you cannot mount a pre-minifig on one.