Random set of the day: Bad
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 7971 Bad, released during 2010. It's one of 18 Racers sets produced that year. It contains 72 pieces, and its retail price was US$12.99/£9.99.
It's owned by 660 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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Well that's one adjective to describe this set.
Actually, I don't think it looks all that bad, but the size of the stickers and how they're applied on the set for this official image doesn't help.
Because I'm Bad, I'm Bad-
Come On
(Bad Bad-Really, Really Bad)
You Know I'm Bad, I'm Bad-
You Know It
(Bad Bad-Really, Really Bad)
You Know I'm Bad, I'm Bad-
Come On, You Know
(Bad Bad-Really, Really Bad)
And The Whole World Has To
Answer Right Now
Just To Tell You Once Again,
Who's Bad . . .
Absolutely legendary set name
*Badass
It’s a name alright!
What do you want for Christmas, son?
Bad.
It's owned by 660 Brickset users. If 6 more had bought it this would be the perfect meme
@PixelTheDragon said:
"What do you want for Christmas, son?
Bad."
Um, please tell me what this "Bad" is. lol
racers from this era was a vibe ngl
This post is good.
Come on, little Lego set, don't get so down on yourself.
Was there a ‘worse’?
@MCLegoboy:
This looks like a pre-release image, with the stickers printed on white paper that’s glued to the model. Note the bits of white at the corners, and the uneven edges, as well as the fact that the stickers in the center of the windshield are shaped like two stickers, but appear to be applied as just one.
@Slithus_Venom:
No.
Oh, the jokes write themselves here, don't they? Where's the challenge, I mean, honestly.
@PurpleDave said:
" @MCLegoboy:
This looks like a pre-release image, with the stickers printed on white paper that’s glued to the model. Note the bits of white at the corners, and the uneven edges, as well as the fact that the stickers in the center of the windshield are shaped like two stickers, but appear to be applied as just one.
@Slithus_Venom:
No."
You're right, the stomp launcher was also different on release
I loved the Racers line but I don't remember this set. That's a bad name for a set...
@GSR_MataNui said:
"It's owned by 660 Brickset users. If 6 more had bought it this would be the perfect meme "
Now I feel like buying six of this set that I dont even like just for the memes. Thankfully Im saving up for the Titanic and cant afford doing so lol. Also, this set is bad.
So Bad it's Good.
EDIT: After checking, no, there is no Good.
With this kind of naming, I feel there were more than a few candidates in the late 90s/early 2000s that should’ve been named “Half-ass.”
Looking through the theme for this year, one of the polybags had a higher piece count than two of the canister sets.
Also noticed four sets in this plunger subcategory: Bad, Hero, Strong and Fast. Makes me think the names were sourced from internal, in-house descriptions of the respective plunger test results and were not meant to be public.
@namekuji said:
"Was there a ‘worse’?"
Apparently not. Neither was there a "Good" or an "Ugly. "
You gotta give them credit for trying the air-powered play feature. Although I think the flywheel is ultimately a superior technology.
Those stickers. Yikes. The pre-release explanation makes sense though.
Come on, it’s not that awful
To continue the pre-production discussion;
Is it just me or does the stomper have subtle layer lines that indicate a 3D printed prototype? That is feasibly something TLG would be doing a decade ago, especially if they want to test a stomper design without purchasing a dedicated injection mold.
Heh. For all the attention the sloppy stickers got, nobody appears to have given much attention to the large dark-bley component that the tail is mounted to. It bears all the hallmarks of a 3D-printed rapid prototype. Judging by the terracing on the sides of the studs, it was oriented vertically during the printing process. Also, the base for the air launcher is 3D-printed, with very clear terracing on the angled surface directly above the air nozzle.
I just looked at the four images for this set. The first two are this same image in two different resolutions, complete with hand cut stickers and 3D-printed parts. The box art and the rear quarter shot both appear to show production models, though the latter omits the launcher.
Well, this is just bad.
Someone had to say it.
It's not bad, it's just misunderstood.
@PDelahanty:
It’s not Bad, it’s just built that way?
Where's the Michael Jackson minifig? XD
Not as cool set name as Tree 3, but still, not bad. Wait..!
@PurpleDave said:
" @MCLegoboy:
This looks like a pre-release image, with the stickers printed on white paper that’s glued to the model. Note the bits of white at the corners, and the uneven edges, as well as the fact that the stickers in the center of the windshield are shaped like two stickers, but appear to be applied as just one.
@Slithus_Venom:
No."
What's wrong? Do you think that song is Bad?
I had the set 7968 Strong from wave, and I absolutely loved it. The air stomping gimmick actually worked very well and was a lot of fun to play with. The set designs are a bit simplistic, but still pretty cool looking. For everyone complaining about there being too many stickers, this set still has a significantly lower amount of them than the average modern Speed Champions set.
So, the fact that a set from one of my favorite childhood themes is mocked so much by so many ignorant people in those comments kind of heartbreaks me. Just imagine how you guys would feel if one of your favorite sets from the 80's or 90's would be mocked by younger people for being too "simplistic and old". That's kind of how I feel right now.
I absolutely agree with @PDelanaty, this set isn't bad, it is just misunderstood.
Well it's no My Dad.
Ok
*LEGO Batman voice* Mediocre!
Bad?
LEGO should release a scale model of a sausage. That set name would definitely be the Wurst...
;-)
Titanic ...? Lol. Buying a ticket for the Titanic, now that's just bad. ( @gorf43)
@TheBrickPal said:
"*LEGO Batman voice* Mediocre!"
Alright Immortan Joe, calm down.
I legit can’t believe they actually released this set with that name. Is it a mistranslation? There’s one in the range called “Hero” was this supposed to be “Villain” but something got lost switching languages?
@PurpleDave said:
"Heh. For all the attention the sloppy stickers got, nobody appears to have given much attention to the large dark-bley component that the tail is mounted to. It bears all the hallmarks of a 3D-printed rapid prototype. Judging by the terracing on the sides of the studs, it was oriented vertically during the printing process. Also, the base for the air launcher is 3D-printed, with very clear terracing on the angled surface directly above the air nozzle.
I just looked at the four images for this set. The first two are this same image in two different resolutions, complete with hand cut stickers and 3D-printed parts. The box art and the rear quarter shot both appear to show production models, though the latter omits the launcher."
I've acquired a bulk lot containing most of this set recently and can absolutely say it is not 3D printed. Perhaps the image shown is a prototype but the production set is injection moulded.
These were terrible! The propulsion system on those plainly didn't work (it launched the car for like 2 meters).
With a set name like that, there's a joke waiting to be made somewhere...
For what it's worth, though, I don't think the set is Bad - and the name looks to be referring to this as the 'Bad Guy' to 7970's Hero... though if they'd wanted to stick to one-word names, calling it "Villain" would probably have been less of a target for jokes - and I certainly fully approve of its colour scheme! Looks like it was one of only five sets to use the rocket engine in orange, which is also cool.
I didn't know this set existed at the time, I kinda stopped following Racers once it left the Drome storyline behind - themes with a story interested me; cars with no context, less so - but since I discovered them here, the one thing that always stands out to me is how exposed the launcher component in the rear is, on all four of these cars. I think building off it a bit more would have benefited the car, given it more of a 'finished' feel.
...also, is it weird seeing a *human* skull on a Lego set, instead of a minifigure skull? Or is that just me?
@AndyB1 said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Heh. For all the attention the sloppy stickers got, nobody appears to have given much attention to the large dark-bley component that the tail is mounted to. It bears all the hallmarks of a 3D-printed rapid prototype. Judging by the terracing on the sides of the studs, it was oriented vertically during the printing process. Also, the base for the air launcher is 3D-printed, with very clear terracing on the angled surface directly above the air nozzle.
I just looked at the four images for this set. The first two are this same image in two different resolutions, complete with hand cut stickers and 3D-printed parts. The box art and the rear quarter shot both appear to show production models, though the latter omits the launcher."
I've acquired a bulk lot containing most of this set recently and can absolutely say it is not 3D printed. Perhaps the image shown is a prototype but the production set is injection moulded."
I’m not a spokesman for PurpleDave, but I’m pretty sure he’s talking about the images and parts used specifically to create them, not the parts in the set itself.
As far as I know - and someone correct me if I’m wrong - LEGO has never had a 3D printed part in a mass produced set.
When an ogre in a bush
Grabs a lady by the tush,
That's Bad.
10/10 set name
This isn't a large purple Zeppelin (Big Airship of Doom), oh wait this is LEGO , not Bloons TD.
@PurpleDave said:
" @MCLegoboy:
This looks like a pre-release image, with the stickers printed on white paper that’s glued to the model. Note the bits of white at the corners, and the uneven edges, as well as the fact that the stickers in the center of the windshield are shaped like two stickers, but appear to be applied as just one."
Not to mention, the base of the plunger, and the tube on the back of the car, look to be 3d printed, where as the final versions are of course injection molded.
@GSR_MataNui said:
"It's owned by 660 Brickset users. If 6 more had bought it this would be the perfect meme "
661 now, just need 5 more!
I would have expected this set to be in the flurry of "Bad Guy" and "Good Guy" sets in 2006, which were mostly Bionicle, but also a couple of Exo Force sets. There was also one more "Bad Guy" and "Good Guy" set each year in 2007 and 2008. This RSOTD is from 2010, so while naming had improved slightly, evidently there was still some of the same thinking.
I want a UCS version called Terrible!
Sometimes, Lego employees just throw random shit at the wall just to see if it sticks. It's a rainy morning in 2010 and you're a Lego intern with frosted tips severely hung over from doing 12 shots of Patron at the club last night and Jamie needs a name for this set, like, before lunch, if possible. You're just like "Literally, just roll with the name Jamie" and he rolls with it because he is also hung over.
PAHAHA I love: ''BAD''
Reminds me of the rocket toy for kids which was fun and could reach 20m in the air. So the above comment of 2m distance seems like a faulty pump to me, as I could push the car further without the pump and would expect at least 5m-10m. Anyone else had any experience?
'FAST' 'STRONG' 'HERO'
...Bad.
The jokes have been done to death so I'll just see myself out!
@AndyB1:
Hopefully this will also clear up questions that some other responses raised after my previous post.
That I know of, the only time they’ve packed 3D-printed parts in a released set was the drafting arm for something along the lines of the Inside Tour sets. For such a minuscule run, it didn’t make sense to cut a mold for such a never-use-it-again part, but the brick-built solution they included as an alternate build didn’t really get the point across.
The image in this article was taken before the entire design was finalized, includes two 3D-printed parts, and has “stickers” that look like they were hand-cut from regular printer paper with scissors, and either glued or taped to the parts. I’ve also personally witnessed 3D-printed parts (original Snowtrooper helmets) and hand-painted parts (Rahkshi limbs?) at New York Toy Fair back in the early 00’s, and seen other instances of unfinished models that were photographed for inclusion in a retailer catalog (what purchasing agents use to buy mass quantities for stores, vs the consumer catalogs we receive in the mail).
If you click on the set number and open the Images tab, there are four images. Two are this pre-production shot in different resolutions. The other two are an image of what I assume are the final box art and final model.
Most likely what happened was they didn’t have this ready for production when they had to publish the first photos, so a rough version got loose. It happens periodically, but is a lot less common now. For one thing, images like this are usually watermarked now, so sites like Brickset are unlikely to publish them. But more importantly, they no longer try to roll out the entire year’s lineup for one weekend in February.
Generally, they’ll have most of the product for the first half of the year on display, and some assorted back half product, but a lot of what comes out in the last few months will simply be held back during NYTF and revealed at a later date. If you don’t hand out photos of preliminary designs like this, there’s a significantly lower chance they’ll end up being plastered all over the internet.
@ThatBionicleGuy:
If there’s still a joke to be made, it’s going to have to wait in line behind all the ones that have already been posted here.
About the skulls, I hadn’t really ever thought about it before, but I know there are some minifig torso prints that feature minifig skulls, and I think all the Jolly Roger flags do, too. But any time they brickbuild a skull into a model, I’m pretty sure it’s always shaped more like a human skull than a minifig’s. There was a Pirates revival that used an upper skull with Technic pins on the back, which looks nothing like a minifig’s head. Fantasy Castle had a set with tower that was partially shaped like a skull, and again it looked nothing like a minifig. Frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a single instance of a brick-built minifig-shapes skull in an official model, or a fan-created MOC, with the sole exception of that Ideas project of a large minfig that was normal on one side and skeletal on the other.
@Zander said:
"As far as I know - and someone correct me if I’m wrong - LEGO has never had a 3D printed part in a mass produced set."
4000034 had a single 3D printed element, Element ID 6286866. New Elementary has a great write up on it.
Bit of a stretch to call an Inside Tour set " mass produced" but it was released to the public in a package set.
Ah yes, miniaturized Fist-of-God driven pneumatic drive tech. Because those aliens on Mars and the humans that based their tech on it shouldn't be the only ones to enjoy being propelled by the anger of their god + air.
@PurpleDave said:
"That I know of, the only time they’ve packed 3D-printed parts in a released set was the drafting arm for something along the lines of the Inside Tour sets. For such a minuscule run, it didn’t make sense to cut a mold for such a never-use-it-again part, but the brick-built solution they included as an alternate build didn’t really get the point across.
The image in this article was taken before the entire design was finalized, includes two 3D-printed parts, and has “stickers” that look like they were hand-cut from regular printer paper with scissors, and either glued or taped to the parts. I’ve also personally witnessed 3D-printed parts (original Snowtrooper helmets) and hand-painted parts (Rahkshi limbs?) at New York Toy Fair back in the early 00’s, and seen other instances of unfinished models that were photographed for inclusion in a retailer catalog (what purchasing agents use to buy mass quantities for stores, vs the consumer catalogs we receive in the mail)."
There’s at least one instance of an image of 3D printed parts used by a LEGO-approved publication for public consumption: The picture of the orange CS minifigure featured on the cover of a DK book has a 3D printed helmet and tank. You can see it from their texture. The actual helmet and tank which come with the minifigure which is included with (the non-library edition of) the book are of course injection moulded.
@MLF said:
" @Zander said:
"As far as I know - and someone correct me if I’m wrong - LEGO has never had a 3D printed part in a mass produced set."
4000034 had a single 3D printed element, Element ID 6286866. New Elementary has a great write up on it.
Bit of a stretch to call an Inside Tour set " mass produced" but it was released to the public in a package set.
"
Indeed. By ‘mass produced’, I meant excluding very limited production run sets (such as those for the Inside Tours) and other promotional items.
" @Zander said:
There’s at least one instance of an image of 3D printed parts used by a LEGO-approved publication for public consumption: The picture of the orange CS minifigure featured on the cover of a DK book has a 3D printed helmet and tank. You can see it from their texture. The actual helmet and tank which come with the minifigure which is included with (the non-library edition of) the book are of course injection moulded."
I think they were painted instead. Or made out of orange peel. Seriously, the texture looks like orange peel.
Huw should do an article on the best (for meme purposes) set names yet. It would be a great article but some of the set names would just be bad.
Love how the stomp launcher still has the 3d printed prototype parts in the product image
If you take just the stomper and the "bullet", it reaches speed that can blow up a lego set. I tried it as a kid and a minifig flew on top of my bookshelf.
I actually realized (due to this) that I own this.
Man, I thought this was a joke for a second...
To anyone who has this set, is it deserved of that name?
@Randomness said:
"Man, I thought this was a joke for a second...
To anyone who has this set, is it deserved of that name?"
Yes it is
@Brickalili said:
" @TheBrickPal said:
"*LEGO Batman voice* Mediocre!"
Alright Immortan Joe, calm down.
I legit can’t believe they actually released this set with that name. Is it a mistranslation? There’s one in the range called “Hero” was this supposed to be “Villain” but something got lost switching languages?"
Im glad someone else made that connection. So shiny! So chrome!
They still haven’t put today’s set!