Big yikes on those kid faces. Not a fan.

@LegoRobo said:
"Look out little Timmy! Watch out for that jet engine. Eh, it’s okay, there’s already a medic on the scene.

Edit: The big question here is why did two of us in this comment section coincidentally name the minifigure Timmy? I guess the name “Timmy” is associated with disaster ;D"

Time twisters

60102 has a very similar color scheme, hits the sweet spot between the 4 wide as seen here and the modern 8 wide planes. No Timmy in 60102 though

Is this set the last time the Timmy face was used?

Is it just me or is this less colourful then the last time a version of this showed up? Or am I just remembering since its been a while since the last holiday jet showed up

@Lego_lord said:
"Like others mentioned, I like these better than the new ones, too. But there is also a slightly modernized version of the oldschool sets, like 1818. I like this style canopy even more on old planes. Yet, Lego didn't use it on passenger planes that much."

That is a cool canard! Thanks for point it out.
And I think the old planes are more interesting than the current ones.

seven done, six to go

I like the way this was one of a dozen that could be purchased on-board with European airlines and Lego Air (to billund airport I suppose) each having a different airline sticker sheet when 151 pieces went a long way. Interesting that like real planes the design had not changed over the 20 years from the original 6392 Airport in 1985 apart from extensions on the front wings. These planes are also easier to hang from the ceiling and light fittings whereas the 8 wide ones were too heavy and need a lot of room. Just never understood why unlike trains 6 wide planes never happened apart from odd Indiana Jones one-offs like 7628 (a previous RSOD).

If anyone’s wondering, this is the 7th time a version of this jet has appeared as a RSOTD. There’s still 6 left to go!

Nothing really beats the perfection in geometry and proportion of a 4wide lego plane.

@cody6268 said:
"
Planes and helicopters without the large, pre-molded pieces look so much better. "

I disagree, I think planes like this one that are almost entirely brick built look way too blocky (in my opinion, at least). Pre-fab parts often give them a more smooth and realistic look to be honest.

"KLM Version". But there isn't a blue piece in the set.
Apparently there are 13 versions of this set, with the only difference being the sticker set for a particular airline.

I think I saw Lufthansa once.

The plane is fun. The minifigs, oof.

@Harmonious_Building said:
"Big yikes on those kid faces. Not a fan. "

I just noticed something: that face EXACTLY matches the style used in certain Lego video games at the turn of the century: Legoland stands out in my mind as the most prominent example, which gave all the minifigures in the entirely new cutscenes, including cameos like Johnny Thunder, these kind of noses and round eyes with pupils. Given that Timmy's face predates the PC game by three years, I have to assume that, for whatever reason, they deliberately styled their characters after him.

I didn't even realise that connection before. And I'm not sure what to do with it now!

@CarolinaOnMyMind said:
"At first glance, I mistakenly thought “Why do we need a Martin Luther King version of this holiday jet?!?”

I might be slightly dyslexic. "
It's like the OCD version of the MLK jet. With the letters in the right order. Like they should be.

At least the 'Air 2000' Jet had its own set number (2718) and box art; the unique stickers were inside the box. (Along with the generic 2532 stickers). Curious there weren't more variants of that one though...

@Your_Future_President said:
"RIP Timmy

Not the way to hitchhike buddy"

Having tried compositing flying Lego planes into images for a project last year, I can say it's very hard to avoid making it look like an impending collision with something on the ground!

@Bornin1980something said:
" @Your_Future_President said:
"RIP Timmy

Not the way to hitchhike buddy"

Having tried compositing flying Lego planes into images for a project last year, I can say it's very hard to avoid making it look like an impending collision with something on the ground!"

But I bet you were consistent. The photgrapher and the art designer were apparently fighting over the lighting and shadows.

Mountain shadows: to the right
Minifig shadows: to the left on the ground but the the right on the minifigs
Plane: No ground shadow at all

I read that as composting lego planes- that’s not going to work.

Anyway, it’s seventh appearance and still nearly 40 comments!

@Kynareth said:
"Anyway, it’s seventh appearance and still nearly 40 comments!"
Seven out of thirteen versions, so we're over half way there.

I love this era of planes.
But I only have the "Lego Air" version of this set.

@cody6268:
While the pre-molded planes may look more like Fisher Price toys, this is ridiculously stunted, with passengers required to crawl over each others’ heads to move about the cabin. Indiana Jones had some decent-looking “small” planes, but there hasn’t been a single proper minifig-scale commercial jet like you’d see hooked up to a boarding ramp. The size required for that is just too massive. The Boeing Dreamliner is about how big a commuter plane should be.

@Bornin1980something:
That’s because if the nose is pointed towards the ground, a commercial jet plane probably _is_ crashing. The slower you go, the more the nose needs to point up or you’ll have insufficient lift to stay airborne, and I doubt they even fly those things with the plane perfectly level. The trick is, a high Angle of Attack in a still photo would be impossible to identify as takeoff vs landing without seeing which end of the runway it’s at.