Random set of the day: Ultra-Light
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 1959 Ultra-Light, released in 1993. It's one of 23 Town sets produced that year. It contains 30 pieces and 1 minifig.
It's owned by 672 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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Really liked that minifig face as a kid. Still do. Had this but used that front wheel to build a tipped over shopping cart for my childhood pirates and prisoners fort.
I could swooosh this all day long.
Cute set! This kind of thing is why I wish great vehicles went fown to the £5 price level.
I think of these sets as supplementaries. You may not like the looks but it has some great pieces to use in some other way.
Quite similar to set 6529, which I played with as a kid.
I also had the corresponding 6529. Crashed it multiple times due to engine problem. Luckily the ambulance from 6380 was usually just around the corner to save the day.
Good set.
I miss tiny little impulse-buy system sets like these. The smallest you can buy these days are still more expensive (and bigger, for that matter), and just don't have the charm of these old-fashioned little things.
Never seen this one before, but I had 2849 and 2884 from a few years later; which both fell under the same kind of category, in my mind.
That "Leisure" subtheme name is cute. Nowadays, this would come in a 2-pack with some Ultra-Dark, both of them jacked-up with stud-shooters and fighting for some golden whatsit.
And I would gladly buy it.
@Speed Champions Fan: I don’t think there’s much need for Great Vehicles to expand to lower price points since aircraft of similar size and piece count are already frequently released as polybags either at $3–4 or as gifts with purchase: https://brickset.com/sets/tag-Microlight