Vintage set of the week: Aeroplane
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 609 Aeroplane, released during 1972. It's one of 16 LEGOLAND sets produced that year. It contains 28 pieces.
It's owned by 544 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink or eBay.
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It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion.
I look at the color scheme and all I can think is "If Optimus Prime had an airplane alt-mode."
It's so interesting to see just how common sticking tiles between studs was in much older sets, but it only becoming a more recently accepted technique again in the last 5 or so years.
All those exposed studs would increase the air resistance quite a bit.
@Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
of course you dont. its using a cloaked intagibilibooster
@Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
Prayer.
One of my first sets.
Rebuilt it several times over the year's.
With chidren and grandchildren .
Happy days.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"All those exposed studs would increase the air resistance quite a bit."
Dimples on golf balls actually reduce it.
I'll have to put my gloves on for this one.
One of the few VSotD's I own!
I like the shaping on it. They really did the best they could with mostly just plates, some slopes and the 2x2 brick for the wheels. And if course those two tiles for the tail fin. The colors also work due to the black stripe tying it together nicely and matching the wheel brick.
The two 'propeller pods' are nice too. At this scale you can't really expect more detail. The color blocking works well to set them apart.
Not much else to say though. It's basic, which must have made for a good pocket money set at the time. Or at least something a kid could save up for. It's simple, and it reminds me a bit of later Basic or Creator builds, but somehow it feels refined enough to be less crude.
Spider-plane
@BillBuilds46 said:
" @Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
of course you dont. its using a cloaked intagibilibooster"
It’s clearly using magnets, hence the colours
@Brickalili said:
" @BillBuilds46 said:
" @Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
of course you dont. its using a cloaked intagibilibooster"
It’s clearly using magnets, hence the colours
"
Powered by imagination!
Took me 45 years to get this. In 1972 I'd just started secondary school so was much too grown up for Lego!
I also have this from my childhood - still in box. I actually think it is a crude attempt to model the Lego corporations own Piper Aztec
@Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
Propellers spin so fast so you can't see them.
And for safety reasons, you can not touch those either :)
I can't deny, that blue and red combo is pretty-much an all-time favourite, hence me adding 60323 to my wantes list
@Binnekamp said:
"The two 'propeller pods' are nice too."
I was reading them as jet engines, but I guess those would need to be either over or under the wing to work, not with the wing sandwiched in the middle blocking the exhaust. Props make more sense, since the engine casing can be built right into the wing so they’re more securely mounted than they would be on some sort of pylon.
@Binnekamp said:
"The two 'propeller pods' are nice too."
I was reading them as jet engines, but I guess those would need to be either over or under the wing to work, not with the wing sandwiched in the middle blocking the exhaust. Props make more sense, since the engine casing can be built right into the wing so they’re more securely mounted than they would be on some sort of pylon.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
Prayer."
Being the WWII buff I am, I have to link to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQkMmKYAeU
@Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
I see 2 jet engines. Admittedly not the most detailed jet engines, but jet engines none the less!
@Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
That never stopped Space Police 1.
one of 544, hello there!
@SDlgo9 said:
" @Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
That never stopped Space Police 1."
Maybe that’s why they only lasted three sets.
@PurpleDave said:
" @SDlgo9 said:
" @Norikins said:
"It's a glider. I see no means of propulsion."
That never stopped Space Police 1."
Maybe that’s why they only lasted three sets."
There are twice as many as that, a relatively average six.