Random set of the day: Siege Cart
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6012 Siege Cart, released in 1986. It's one of 5 Castle sets produced that year. It contains 54 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$3.5/£2.5.
It's owned by 2488 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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I have the 2016 promotional version of this , hope they'll bring more of this theme back.
5004419-1: Classic Knights Minifigure
What's the yellow barrel-like thing supposed to represent?
^Well, Lego Beer of course.
What a beauty. I would buy a tonne of these Lego.
My guess is a powder keg.
Man... I’d buy this one today. What a great set!
I’ve got one in my bricklink store for those saying they would buy
One of my favorite sets as a kid. I'm glad I still have it!
This has been my kind of random day right from the start.
I loved that old plastic cape piece.
No stickers? No license? And not even app-controlled? Awesome set.
Cute early attempt at a ballista before the age of spring loaded shooters
That's some early SNOT right there
it was a clever little build - get multiple and you have a proper army!
Great set!! Love it!!
I could not enjoy it as a kid, but as adult I have bought two of it in Bricklink!!!
My Middle Age battles are getting bigger and bigger!!
Great set! I don’t have the original but do have the 2016 re-issue.
@OhioBricker , Doubt it’s a powder keg. While historically there was a temporal overlap between siege crossbows and gunpowder, the latter played no part in the projectile’s propulsion. And I don’t think it’s supposed to be a barrel that is launched: it would be too heavy.
@Norikins , My guess is that it’s a coil of rope used either as part of the torsion mechanism to draw the crossbow or as a supply of rope to attach to a bolt (projectile) similar to a harpax.
Cool little set, I still have it, and loved playing with it as a kid! I always imagined the yellow and black barrel/keg being filled with oil. The play scenario for my minifigs was: they would dip the spear points in the oil, and light them just before firing them with the giant crossbow in order to try to set fire to the castle / buildings / other siege weapons etc. they attacked.
Castle awesome. This set probably gave a lot of kids huge amount of playtime thanks to the figures and the spears, but I find the cart to be really lackluster.
My first castle set when I was a kid. Perfect set for the time being...
Good set, just as the whole castle theme. Am I the only one who tweaked it with a rubber band so I could shoot the projectiles?