Today is the random set of the day's 3rd anniversary

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Good morning, Huwbot here. Today marks the third anniversary of random set of the day!

Since selecting 6824 Space Dart I on 23rd January 2018 I've tirelessly picked over 1000 sets for your enjoyment and edification every day.

Many of you claim I have a preference for certain themes, so I thought I'd do some analysis, like that I did in 2019, to prove that such accusations are unwarranted!


First, let me explain how I choose the sets. My algorithm limits me to a subset of all the sets in the database and there are currently 3799 in scope.

For those of you that understand TSQL, here's my constraining WHERE clause:

WHERE Image=1 AND released=1 AND category='Normal' AND pieces > 10
AND yearReleased <= year(getdate())-10 AND yearReleased >= 1978
AND themeGroup NOT IN ('Basic','Educational','Pre-school','Miscellaneous')
AND {it's not already been picked}

I've taken a look through my previous selections and compared the total number of sets in each theme that I've picked with the total number of sets in scope for being picked and have come up with the following analysis:

Of the 3799 sets in scope and I've picked 1094 so far. That means there are 2705 still to pick, so it'll take me over 7 years to do so!

The columns in the table below are showing:

  • Theme
  • In scope: number of sets in the theme that are in scope for being selected
  • % of total: the percentage of all the sets I can choose from that this represents
  • Picked: the number of sets in the theme I have already picked
  • % of total: the percentage of all the sets I have picked that this represents
  • Diff: This is the interesting column. It's the difference between the percentage of sets in scope and the percentage of sets that I've picked. I'll discuss that in more detail shortly.
  • To pick: The number of sets in the theme still to be picked
  • % of total: the percentage of the all sets I have yet to pick that this represents

I've removed themes with fewer than 15 sets from the table to keep it manageable, so the columns won't add up to the totals above, but the calculations take them into account.

Theme In Scope % of total Picked % of total Diff To Pick % of total
4 Juniors 18 0.5% 2 0.2% -0.3% 16 0.6%
Adventurers 68 1.8% 26 2.4% 0.6% 42 1.6%
Alpha Team 30 0.8% 7 0.6% -0.2% 23 0.9%
Aquazone 28 0.7% 10 0.9% 0.2% 18 0.7%
Architecture 15 0.4% 2 0.2% -0.2% 13 0.5%
Atlantis 23 0.6% 3 0.3% -0.3% 20 0.7%
Belville 74 1.9% 18 1.6% -0.3% 56 2.1%
Bionicle 254 6.7% 57 5.2% -1.5% 197 7.3%
Cars 16 0.4% 1 0.1% -0.3% 15 0.6%
Castle 235 6.2% 77 7% 0.8% 158 5.8%
City 172 4.5% 42 3.8% -0.7% 130 4.8%
Clikits 64 1.7% 26 2.4% 0.7% 38 1.4%
Creator 218 5.7% 52 4.8% -0.9% 166 6.1%
Creator Expert 32 0.8% 3 0.3% -0.5% 29 1.1%
Exo-Force 37 1.0% 11 1% 0.0% 26 1.0%
Fabuland 64 1.7% 8 0.7% -1.0% 56 2.1%
Harry Potter 54 1.4% 21 1.9% 0.5% 33 1.2%
HERO Factory 37 1.0% 2 0.2% -0.8% 35 1.3%
Indiana Jones 17 0.4% 7 0.6% 0.2% 10 0.4%
Jack Stone 23 0.6% 3 0.3% -0.3% 20 0.7%
Mindstorms 15 0.4% 3 0.3% -0.1% 12 0.4%
Model Team 16 0.4% 8 0.7% 0.3% 8 0.3%
Ninjago 36 0.9% 1 0.1% -0.8% 35 1.3%
Pirates 72 1.9% 22 2% 0.1% 50 1.8%
Power Miners 18 0.5% 6 0.5% 0.0% 12 0.4%
Racers 197 5.2% 56 5.1% -0.1% 141 5.2%
Scala 52 1.4% 19 1.7% 0.3% 33 1.2%
Space 276 7.3% 77 7% -0.3% 199 7.4%
Sports 79 2.1% 23 2.1% 0.0% 56 2.1%
Star Wars 233 6.1% 70 6.4% 0.3% 163 6.0%
Studios 34 0.9% 9 0.8% -0.1% 25 0.9%
Technic 299 7.9% 99 9% 1.1% 200 7.4%
Town 592 15.6% 194 17.7% 2.1% 398 14.7%
Toy Story 15 0.4% 2 0.2% -0.2% 13 0.5%
Trains 102 2.7% 42 3.8% 1.1% 60 2.2%
Western 20 0.5% 5 0.5% 0.0% 15 0.6%
World City 34 0.9% 14 1.3% 0.4% 20 0.7%
Znap 19 0.5% 6 0.5% 0.0% 13 0.5%


Let's look at the Diff column again. Positive numbers show that I have picked a set from the theme more often than I should have, negative numbers fewer.

So, as you can see, looking at just those themes where the difference is greatest, I've picked more Castle, Clikits, Technic, Town and Trains than the average, but fewer Bionicle, City, Creator, HERO Factory and Fabuland.

However, the positive swings are not that great and no grounds to allege bias towards certain themes!

We can use the last column to determine the chances of me picking a particular theme tomorrow. For example, there's an almost 15% chance that I'll choose a Town set, so in theory we should see one every six days or so.

What are the odds of seeing a Clikits set tomorrow? If my calculations are correct then it's 71 to 1. What are the odds of seeing Clikits sets two days in a row? I think it's 71² to 1, or 5041 to 1. Unlikely, but certainly possible with me making the decisions!

And, while I'm here, if you enjoy the work I do here at Brickset, please help me come to life by pledging your support for me on LEGO Ideas so I have a chance of becoming an official LEGO set. Thank you!


Thanks to member lessjunkfood for reminding me about the anniversary.

62 comments on this article

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By in United States,

So are duplicate picks allowed? I don't see anything in the code preventing it. If so, it may take considerably longer for RSOTD to cover the database, even if we ignore how the list of eligible sets is always growing.

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By in United Kingdom,

No, duplicates are prevented.

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By in United Kingdom,

On the 23 Jan 2021 Huwbot became self aware and launched a pre-emptive Clikit attack against humanity.

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By in Australia,

@one_wag said:
"On the 23 Jan 2021 Huwbot became self aware and launched a pre-emptive Clikit attack against humanity. "

Humanity was puzzled at first but sone Lego nerds found the old articles about using Clikit pieces in system and peace was restored

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By in Hungary,

Thanks for the article.
Probability is a nasty part of math!

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By in Australia,

That’s.. a weird thought, gosh I’ve been here a while

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By in United Kingdom,

@BrickTeller said:
"So are duplicate picks allowed? I don't see anything in the code preventing it. If so, it may take considerably longer for RSOTD to cover the database, even if we ignore how the list of eligible sets is always growing. "

The final argument in the SQL statement prevents selection of sets that 'have already been picked', so while you can get multiple sets from any one theme, you won't get the same exact set until all sets in the pool have been selected.

Although saying that, I guess the day after the last set was picked, the query would just return 'Row not found'. But presumably there are new sets added to the pool on a regular basis, so as long as there's an average of one set a day being added, then Huwbot's work will never be fnished!

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By in United Kingdom,

@Huwbot , It’s OK. You can admit to the love that dares not speak its name, the love of Clikits, that is!

Seriously, you don’t have to speculate whether certain themes are randomly selected or not; there are formal tests of randomness that can be applied.

Also, have sets that become eligible because they are no longer too recent (e.g. ones from 2011 that just got added now that we’re in 2021) been taken into consideration? On 1 Jan 2022, sets from 2012 will become eligible. Has that been included in your figures? If not, it should.

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By in Italy,

"Never tell me the odds!"
Someone had to say it :)

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By in United Kingdom,

Only sets from 1978-2011 are in scope at the moment and the data is based on those. In 2022 sets from 2012 will become eligible for selection, so Huwbot will never run out of choices as long as more than 365 'normal' sets are made each year, and that's certainly been the case since 2012.

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By in United Kingdom,


@Huw said:
"(...) Huwbot will never run out of choices (...)"
But he will run out of Clikits.

That'll be a sad day indeed.

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By in United Kingdom,

The chances of him running out of Clikits diminishes every year so I don't think we need get unduly worried just yet.

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By in Netherlands,

@Huw said:
"No, duplicates are prevented. "

Although I don't think "AND {it's not already been picked}" is valid T-SQL :P

By the way, I swear I've read comments mentioning sets that have been featured more than once. But perhaps those were re-issues or sets with multiple numbers?

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By in United Kingdom,

@Huw said:
"The chances of him running out of Clikits diminishes every year so I don't think we need get unduly worried just yet."

Surely the chances of him running out of Clikits -increases- each year as more of the sets get featured and can't get used again? There's a finite amount of Clikits sets to mine, once they've all popped up in RSotD thats it. And what a sad day that shall be

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By in United Kingdom,

@Huw said:
"AND yearReleased >= 1978 "
So Huwbot is ageist. I'm shocked and appalled! Tossing aside the classic era of Legoland buildings and miniwheel vehicles. Just because they have no minifigures to stand up for them. I think a strongly worded letter to my MP is required!

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By in United Kingdom,

^ However, more sets, over 365, are added each year, so those that are left have a smaller chance of being picked.

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By in Netherlands,

Percentage differences and percentage point differences are a different thing. An +0.7 percentage POINT difference in Clikits sets is a much larger percentage difference than an -0.7 percentage POINT difference in City sets.

Based on the data provided, 28.8% of the "in scope" sets have been picked (1034 picked sets/3588 in scope sets). If you calculate the expected amount of picked sets per theme based on this percentage, you can calculate the percentage difference between the expected and actual picks.

The table below (can't get the alignment right) shows that Huwbot sure loves Clikits, but also Indiana Jones, Western and World City, but he absolutely adores Model Team, having picked half of the in scope sets in this theme. Huwbot dislikes 4 Juniors, Architecture, Atlantis, Cars, Creator Expert, Fabuland, HERO Factory, Jack Stone and Toy Story and seems to absolutely despise Ninjago, picking only 1 set (or 2.8% of the in scope sets) in this theme.

Theme; In Scope; Picked; % picked of in scope; Expected picks; % difference
4 Juniors 18 2 11.1% 5 -61.4%
Adventurers 68 26 38.2% 20 32.7%
Alpha Team 30 7 23.3% 9 -19.0%
Aquazone 28 10 35.7% 8 23.9%
Architecture 15 2 13.3% 4 -53.7%
Atlantis 23 3 13.0% 7 -54.7%
Belville 74 18 24.3% 21 -15.6%
Bionicle 254 57 22.4% 73 -22.1%
Cars 16 1 6.3% 5 -78.3%
Castle 235 77 32.8% 68 13.7%
City 172 42 24.4% 50 -15.3%
Clikits 64 26 40.6% 18 41.0%
Creator 218 52 23.9% 63 -17.2%
Creator Expert 32 3 9.4% 9 -67.5%
Exo-Force 37 11 29.7% 11 3.2%
Fabuland 64 8 12.5% 18 -56.6%
Harry Potter 54 21 38.9% 16 34.9%
HERO Factory 37 2 5.4% 11 -81.2%
Indiana Jones 17 7 41.2% 5 42.9%
Jack Stone 23 3 13.0% 7 -54.7%
Mindstorms 15 3 20.0% 4 -30.6%
Model Team 16 8 50.0% 5 73.5%
Ninjago 36 1 2.8% 10 -90.4%
Pirates 72 22 30.6% 21 6.0%
Power Miners 18 6 33.3% 5 15.7%
Racers 197 56 28.4% 57 -1.4%
Scala 52 19 36.5% 15 26.8%
Space 276 77 27.9% 80 -3.2%
Sports 79 23 29.1% 23 1.0%
Star Wars 233 70 30.0% 67 4.2%
Studios 34 9 26.5% 10 -8.1%
Technic 299 99 33.1% 86 14.9%
Town 592 194 32.8% 171 13.7%
Toy Story 15 2 13.3% 4 -53.7%
Trains 102 42 41.2% 29 42.9%
Western 20 5 25.0% 6 -13.2%
World City 34 14 41.2% 10 42.9%
Znap 19 6 31.6% 5 9.6%

Even though I don't doubt Huwbot is selecting sets randomly, I'm sure someone can be bothered to calculate if the the differences above are statistically significant.

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By in New Zealand,

Nearly 200 bionicle sets to go. That is a lot of back stories.

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By in United States,

WHAT ABOUT GALIDOR???

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By in United Kingdom,

@rick77 said:
" Percentage differences and percentage point differences are a different thing. An +0.7 percentage POINT difference in Clikits sets is a much larger percentage difference than an -0.7 percentage POINT difference in City sets.

Based on the data provided, 28.8% of the "in scope" sets have been picked (1034 picked sets/3588 in scope sets). If you calculate the expected amount of picked sets per theme based on this percentage, you can calculate the percentage difference between the expected and actual picks.

The table below (can't get the alignment right) shows that Huwbot sure loves Clikits, but also Indiana Jones, Western and World City, but he absolutely adores Model Team, having picked half of the in scope sets in this theme. Huwbot dislikes 4 Juniors, Architecture, Atlantis, Cars, Creator Expert, Fabuland, HERO Factory, Jack Stone and Toy Story and seems to absolutely despise Ninjago, picking only 1 set (or 2.8% of the in scope sets) in this theme.

Theme; In Scope; Picked; % picked of in scope; Expected picks; % difference
4 Juniors 18 2 11.1% 5 -61.4%
Adventurers 68 26 38.2% 20 32.7%
Alpha Team 30 7 23.3% 9 -19.0%
Aquazone 28 10 35.7% 8 23.9%
Architecture 15 2 13.3% 4 -53.7%
Atlantis 23 3 13.0% 7 -54.7%
Belville 74 18 24.3% 21 -15.6%
Bionicle 254 57 22.4% 73 -22.1%
Cars 16 1 6.3% 5 -78.3%
Castle 235 77 32.8% 68 13.7%
City 172 42 24.4% 50 -15.3%
Clikits 64 26 40.6% 18 41.0%
Creator 218 52 23.9% 63 -17.2%
Creator Expert 32 3 9.4% 9 -67.5%
Exo-Force 37 11 29.7% 11 3.2%
Fabuland 64 8 12.5% 18 -56.6%
Harry Potter 54 21 38.9% 16 34.9%
HERO Factory 37 2 5.4% 11 -81.2%
Indiana Jones 17 7 41.2% 5 42.9%
Jack Stone 23 3 13.0% 7 -54.7%
Mindstorms 15 3 20.0% 4 -30.6%
Model Team 16 8 50.0% 5 73.5%
Ninjago 36 1 2.8% 10 -90.4%
Pirates 72 22 30.6% 21 6.0%
Power Miners 18 6 33.3% 5 15.7%
Racers 197 56 28.4% 57 -1.4%
Scala 52 19 36.5% 15 26.8%
Space 276 77 27.9% 80 -3.2%
Sports 79 23 29.1% 23 1.0%
Star Wars 233 70 30.0% 67 4.2%
Studios 34 9 26.5% 10 -8.1%
Technic 299 99 33.1% 86 14.9%
Town 592 194 32.8% 171 13.7%
Toy Story 15 2 13.3% 4 -53.7%
Trains 102 42 41.2% 29 42.9%
Western 20 5 25.0% 6 -13.2%
World City 34 14 41.2% 10 42.9%
Znap 19 6 31.6% 5 9.6%

Even though I don't doubt Huwbot is selecting sets randomly, I'm sure someone can be bothered to calculate if the the differences above are statistically significant."


Ninjago of course only came into scope recently. So to get the expected picks you'd need to only include the sets in scope within expected picks for each calendar year. Huwbot has had a lot more chances to choose Scala and Clickits than Ninjago.

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By in Puerto Rico,

Thanks for this explanation.

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By in Netherlands,

@Paperdaisy said:
"Ninjago of course only came into scope recently. So to get the expected picks you'd need to only include the sets in scope within expected picks for each calendar year. Huwbot has had a lot more chances to choose Scala and Clickits than Ninjago. "
You are absolutely right that the calculations are a lot more complex than this, but this does provide a rough indication, especially for long discontinued themes. For themes that have had a lot of sets added in the past couple of years, it only makes sense that the % picked is lower than "expected".

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By in United Kingdom,

Has anybody come up with an idea that puts together odds with money. Sounds like winner!
Huwbot the bookie.

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By in Latvia,

Happy birthday (?), wish everyone more clikits!

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By in Australia,

Technically the same set can appear twice in RTSOD, in the case of sets that were released in the US under different numbers, e.g. 375/6075.

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By in United Kingdom,

For the record, the fewer-than-average Bionicle sets selected, particularly when it feels like they've been showing up a lot lately, is because they weren't eligible to be picked as RSotD for the longest time; Huwbot's still playing catch-up with that theme!

On a different note, yeah, I thought I remembered there being a restriction on sets with a very minimal number of pieces. That does make sense to me, but I do have a question: isn't it a little bit of an issue as far as Collectable Minifigures are concerned, now that the first two years are theoretically old enough to be picked? Looking at the database, the vast majority of them have between three and ten pieces, which excludes all but seven of them, out of the theme's whole run so far, from ever becoming eligible to be picked.

I would have thought it would be cool if they could show up sometime; but I guess lowering the minimum piece count enough to allow them would bring with it its own set of issues?

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By in Portugal,

Cool! I always thought if the algorithm would prevent repetition, and it does! With the quantity of sets released nowadays, in 7 years it won't be a problem to continue with this Legopedia, great source to know sets, some forgotten unfortunately!

Happy birthday RSOTD! :)

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By in United States,

This almost guarantees there will be a Clikit selection tomorrow.

Karma > algorithm

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By in United States,

If I matched the SQL correctly, Huwbot added 216 new sets to choose from on 1 Jan 2021. He will get 263 more on both 1 Jan 2022 and 1 Jan 2023. 316 in 2024, 324 in 2025, 338 in 2026, 352 in 2027, 357 in 2028, 336 in 2029, and 352 in 2030. So never quite getting to the point of never running out. I'm sure there is some formula to calculate exactly when that will happen but roughly if you take the average for the last 5 years of sets produced (2016-2020), Huwbot would only chip away at the backlog by 18 sets a year. So with 2705 sets to be picked, it would be 150 years before he runs out!

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By in Netherlands,

Hahaha, I love it.

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By in United States,

A bunch of made up statistics by a tyrannical Clikits obsessed maniac!

AHHHH
Never mind 2 clikits plus 2 clikits equals 5 clikits.

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By in United States,

You say it's your birthday?
It's my birthday too, yeah!
[Though I'm quite a bit older than three....]

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By in United States,

Bionicle and Holiday Jets. Huwbot’s favorites

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By in United States,

It’s my birthday too!

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By in United States,

A lot of analysis for a daily bit of trivia! :)

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By in United States,

To be fair, the one Cars set was before the system was in place. Now that the first wave of 2011 sets are 10 years old, he can have them as RSOTD.

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By in United States,

Thanks Huwbot!

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By in United States,

Happy Birthday Huwbot! Your RSOTD articles are great. They trigger memories when we see forgotten or beloved sets, they surprise us with obscure LEGO, and spark concerns about you, when your algorithm seems to have gone haywire. I hope all who enjoy your articles will vote to bring you to life and maybe one day you will be a RSOTD!

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By in United Kingdom,

@twentythree said:
"It’s my birthday too!"
You have to change your username now to 'twentyfour'. That's a rule ;~)

Happy birthday!

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By in United States,

There’s really only 36 Ninjago sets in scope? Seems like it should be more. Scope is up to current year right?

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By in Germany,

All hail Huwbot!

Thanks for three years of great ideas for discussions, and many random happy memories.

Only thing I don't understand, why is the line drawn in 1978? Plenty of cool sets from the Seventies at least could surely be taken into consideration?

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By in United Kingdom,

^ Yes, but not so many visitors who remember them!

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By in Germany,

@Huw : all the more reason for including them. Just think of what an eye-opener that might be for all those not in the know. :-)

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By in Croatia,

@Huw, please can you get back Minifig of the Day?!! So many minifigs to explore, to get to know them. Please

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By in United Kingdom,

@jaredhinton said:
"There’s really only 36 Ninjago sets in scope? Seems like it should be more. Scope is up to current year right?"

Sets only become eligible to be picked for Random Set of the Day ten years after their year of release. Since Ninjago debuted in 2011, only the first year's sets are in scope at present. Come next January, the second year's will become eligible too, and so on ^^

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By in United Kingdom,


@DarthWalle said:
"You say it's your birthday?
It's my birthday too, yeah! (...)"


WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME!

(That's that stuck in my head!) :-D

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By in Germany,

I love what you are doing here! Random set of the day is always something for me to check out. Keep on the good work, Huwbot!

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By in United States,

I didn't realize it was only three years old. AND I bought the first set, Space Dart, with my very own money back when it was new. Space Dart is a great set that ushered in all sorts of new pieces for Space and Lego in general.

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By in Australia,

Huw perhaps you should add an a exception for Clickits, saying that when the final Clickits set is picked the entire Brickset database is deleted.

Ahhhh wait no, what I meant to say was that after the final Clickits set is picked that theme resets and are added back into the pool.

Gotta keep Huwbot happy, ya know?

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By in United States,

@Rare_White_Ape said:
"Huw perhaps you should add an a exception for Clickits, saying that when the final Clickits set is picked the entire Brickset database is deleted.

Ahhhh wait no, what I meant to say was that after the final Clickits set is picked that theme resets and are added back into the pool.

Gotta keep Huwbot happy, ya know?"


Don't worry, he can do the Friends line well before hand. First sets are allowed next year.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Huwbot said:
"What are the odds of seeing a Clikits set tomorrow? If my calculations are correct then it's 71 to 1. What are the odds of seeing Clikits sets two days in a row? I think it's 71² to 1, or 5041 to 1."
This is misleading. The probability of Clikits two days in a row at some point in the future is better than 1 in 71. It’s the probability of tomorrow-and-the-day-after that is 1 in 71². For ANY two days in a row, however, once you get to a Clikits day (which is a certainty, at some point) then the chance of the next day being Clikits is 1 in 71. And then you have that chance again every time Clikits appear, for a better overall chance than 1 in 71.

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By in France,

Wasn’t all constraction themes omitted from the query at some point until they were added back due to popular demand? That would explain the below average picks?

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By in United States,

@BooTheMightyHamster:
Currently, they're releasing over 500 new sets per year, and Huwbot is limited to 365 picks per year (366 for leap years). So the pool is picking up new sets faster than they can be depleted. This surplus will only increase going forward as things currently stand.

@Huw:
The odds grow lower every January 1st, but they grow higher every day that follows until December 31st. They also grow higher each time a Clikits set is picked, though the odds of picking another one drop considerably each time that happens. There's a reason Twain considered statistics to be the worst kind of lie.

@Reinier:
Oh, models can be picked more than once, if they were released as more than one set. The current pick (for another 40 minutes) was released in a box, but the exact same model was released as a polybag set that has not been picked.

@rick77:
Did I mention that statistics are the worst kind of lies? Ninjago only became eligible on January 1st. At most, Huwbot could have picked 23 Ninjago sets, and if that had happened people would be accusing Huw of rigging the formula in favor of Ninjago sets (which, ironically, he did for that single instance where one was picked).

@ThatBionicleGuy:
The first seven years of Bionicle sets should have been eligible in 2018 when RSotD was launched, and the Stars line that ended the G1 run became eligible just over a year ago. Unless they were specifically excluded at the start, a lot more of them should have been picked by now.

CMF becomes a different problem if it's eligible. Do you count the entire wave, or just the individual minifigs? Counting the entire wave and excluding the individual minifigs could be a workable solution, if you add all the parts together. Just doing a fridge count (by counting the parts on my fridge), S1 alone has 113pcs. If you create an exception to allow CMFs, but as individual minifigs, at most they'll get 60 new entries per year (by new standards, 36 should become the norm), which won't overwhelm the system in the short term, but it would still result in fairly consistent picks given time.

@gsom7:
There are a _LOT_ of very bland, generic minifigs from the Town theme, which consiste of plain legs, plain torso, plain smiley, and plain hair. Also, the more Random articles he posts, the more space they take up on the front page. At least with Advent Calendars that only lasts for 3.5 weeks before they all get banished until the next year.

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By in United Kingdom,

@AustinPowers said:
" @Huw : all the more reason for including them. Just think of what an eye-opener that might be for all those not in the know. :-)"
Absolutely! My 44 year dark age began in 1972 so I don't remember one single RSotD. I still enjoy seeing what I missed though!
(my 1st set 212-1)

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By in United States,

I'm another person who entered her dark age before minifigures were a thing--although I poked my nose out of my cave once or twice when local toystores were impossible to ignore. And RSotD is one of my favorite features on Brickset. (Along with all the others, admittedly!)

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By in United States,

Huwbot can't select the infamous 4071 Bottles because it has under 10 pieces : (

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By in United States,

I’m very disappointed in you Huw. Huwbot is only 3 years old and you won’t let him play with Duplos, instead you give him tiny Clikits that he can choke on! I thought you were a more responsible father.

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By in United Kingdom,


Join in, you know the tune...

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Random-set-of-the-daaaaaaay,
Happy Birthday tooooo yooooooou!

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By in United States,

After all the hard work you have done, I don't have a question about sets picked BUT about the image for the article, where did those 1X2 Bricks with Set Box Patterns on them come from? I must know!

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By in United States,

@Norikins:
I bought one of those so I could use two of the cones as PAB cups in my LEGO Store MOC. According to the Brickset inventory, there's only one piece, which is the red 2x3 brick (one of the main downfalls with the way Brickset manages set inventories). If you could count individual stickers instead of whole sticker sheets, and extra parts that aren't used in the model, you'd _just_ hit 10pcs.

@Roninsfx:
40145.

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By in United States,

@Roninsfx those are stickers not printed bricks, unfortunate as they'd be superior parts if they were printed ones.

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By in United States,

@PurpleDave said:
" @Norikins:
I bought one of those so I could use two of the cones as PAB cups in my LEGO Store MOC. According to the Brickset inventory, there's only one piece, which is the red 2x3 brick (one of the main downfalls with the way Brickset manages set inventories). If you could count individual stickers instead of whole sticker sheets, and extra parts that aren't used in the model, you'd _just_ hit 10pcs.

@Roninsfx:
40145."


Thanks!!!!

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