Random set of the day: Creator Bucket
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 7831 Creator Bucket, released in 2002. It's one of 12 Creator sets produced that year. It contains 200 pieces, and its retail price was US$5/£9.99.
It's owned by 118 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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What is up with the insane color saturation on this box art.
Different set numbers based on the color bucket they come in, fascinating.
And people complain about the current U.S./European price differences... either way, great PPP!
I have made that model on the cover.
If you’re going to make a Creator Expert “bucket” set, I think the build should look a lot more like a bucket and a lot less like a random pile of brightly-colored bricks, some of which have eyes on them. Maybe that’s just me.
I have never found these buckets very creative. I bet it's just me.
Those two individual eyes staring at me like that is vaguely unsettling
@LegoRobo said:
"The yellow eye piece appears to be printed upside down, as I don’t think people usually print bottom eyelashes instead of the top..."
They're not eyelashes, it's supposed to look like a happy eye with a raised lower eyelid.
I own the blue version of this, 7832! Not nearly as amazing of a PPP where I live because it cost me 20 bucks, but nevertheless got quite a bit of mileage out of it as a kid and in fact, just 2 years ago even used it to build the numeral 60 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the brick patent, taking direct inspiration from the set's Idea Book.
£10 seems a bit expensive for 200 pieces when you could buy the 500 piece version 7825 for the same price at the time, which was the random set a few weeks ago with the scary witch. As usual, very few plates and mainly double width bricks. Ok for toddlers doing 1970's block builds but not really helpful for your own creator building designs. Just wish they would do one 18+ box with lots of plates, curved bricks and other specialist modular pieces instead of lots of similar toddler buckets.
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There's really nothing more random than an early 2K bucket.
The design of the spooky eyes on the dark grey bricks always freaked me out a little. Now, 18 years later, Huwbot has helped me realize that they always will.
Thanks, I guess?