Random set of the day: Copter Transport
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 4607 Copter Transport, released during 2001. It's one of 11 Jack Stone sets produced that year. It contains 64 pieces and 2 minifigs, and its retail price was US$20/£14.99.
It's owned by 720 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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The prodigal son returns…
Aw yeah baby! JACK STOOOOOOOOOOOONE!!!
I thought Bad was yesterday’s RSotD….
Can we go back to 3D-printed parts? Please?
Thank you huwbot just thank you. This set was extremely inspiring.
I got the parts to this set in a bulk lot. I will see if can piece it out.
Yesterday's RSOTD name would have worked just as well for this one.
Honestly if they brought Jack Stone back as a Minifigure instead of one of those odd proto-Minidoll things and slapped him into a few of the 4+ City sets I would be overjoyed
@GSR_MataNui said:
"Honestly if they brought Jack Stone back as a Minifigure instead of one of those odd proto-Minidoll things and slapped him into a few of the 4+ City sets I would be overjoyed"
A CMF of LEGO’s original characters like Jack Stone and Clutch Powers (who returned in Ninjago) would be awesome.
The golf flag looks nice. What part is that?
The stickered headlights make it look like the truck has angry eyes
Can do. Will Do. Done!
- Jack Stone
And the award for most needless helicopter-hang goes to...
@Mr__Thrawn said:
"The stickered headlights make it look like the truck has angry eyes"
that's a print: this set has NO stickers... like most Jack Stone sets, everything is printed!
That man appears to be regretting letting the other man fly the helicopter.
@GSR_MataNui:
I would encase him in carbonite.
@Spidermanager:
I was able to cobble together a Clutch Powers minifig using only existing parts, so...
Not much modding needed to make a Blacktron set here, nosirree. ;-)
In Ninjago City Docks, there is a stonemason presumably named "J. Stone" due to the sign outside of her shop. I have the set displayed with Lord Garmadon skewering her on his swords, despite the woman looking nothing like the infamous Jack Stone. It could be a "Cinna the poet" situation.
So what happened?
Heli accidently took off before J.S. could get in?
Heli purposely took off trying to rid itself from the anticipated passenger, J.S.?
J.S. is trying to destroy an entire heli with his bare hands simply because he feels like doing so?
J.S. is trying to commit suicide by dangling off a flying helicopter?
Heli motor started without warning and J.S. is trying to save the pilot?
So many questions, so few answers. Maybe its best if we never find out what happened...
( Also, I just noticed that it seems as if the truck carrying the helicopter and dangling passenger, is moving! Thats another five unanswered questions.)
@Spidermanager said:
" @GSR_MataNui said:
"Honestly if they brought Jack Stone back as a Minifigure instead of one of those odd proto-Minidoll things and slapped him into a few of the 4+ City sets I would be overjoyed"
A CMF of LEGO’s original characters like Jack Stone and Clutch Powers (who returned in Ninjago) would be awesome."
And we also had what I've presumed to be Johnny Thunder in a recent CMF series.
What is notable to me is how the radio is stored. I didn't even think they'd fit in a rack (of course, mine are not hollow stud) antenna side down. I know they are a classic part, but don't even use those radios in my builds, as they are so tall. Most police, fire, and EMS torsos have portable radios printed on them, so I don't find these radios necessary.
64 pieces, and 20 of them are tires and rims.
I have that trailer piece, I am certain. There is also chrome.
@namekuji: pretty sure I have seen that flag before in one of the Town Arctic sets of this period, some glider if I recall. I believe it also had the set number as a sticker on it.
@cody6268:
The radio/satphone is trying to hide its head in the sand out of embarrassment, but this is the best it can manage.
This must be the set that inspired that moment from Captain America: Civil War in which Steve stops Bucky from taking off in the helicopter by acting as a human chain between the helicopter and the platform.
Jack Stone.
The Chevy Vega or Ford Pinto of LEGO.
I loved Jack Stone and my dad was a truck driver. So all of the truck sets were must haves. A lot of great memories playing with these.
No.
No. No. No.
No no no no no no no no no no.
NO! NO!
@DragonLord56 said:
"And the award for most needless helicopter-hang goes to..."
It's Jack Stone, he can't actually go anywhere if it's not via hanging off helicopters or leaping off vehicles. It's like a medical condition or something
I have this set. For a child it was really cool.
However, I don't know what to do with these Jack Stone sets. They're not suitable for display and from what I can see they're not particularly sought after either.
@AllenSmith said:
"No.
No. No. No.
No no no no no no no no no no.
NO! NO!"
There's no limit!
The most amazing thing about this RSOTD is that 720 people own it!
Say what you will about the giant specialized parts, but there is no denying that Jack Stone was actually a pretty good source of Chrome parts. if you look at all the sets, you'll notice that a good bunch of them include at least one Chrome part.
yesterday bad - today worse. The trailer is best part because not much was done on it
@AllenSmith said:
"No.
No. No. No.
No no no no no no no no no no.
NO! NO!"
Why don't you tell us what you REALLY think? :D
@namekuji said:
"The golf flag looks nice. What part is that?"
I think it's a sticker, like in this one: https://brickset.com/sets/6648-1/Mag-Racer
Ahh my lovely boy Jack.
I bought this set recently from eBay to prove to my lug that the Jack Stone sets were actually quite cool.
The general conclusion was if you were a 4 year old they were cool, if you are an AFOL then they are a bit naff.
The builds reminded me a bit of Fabuland (like 9 pieces and you barely have to look at the instructions). Fabuland is my first Lego love so I can see why I have ended up with a fondness for Jack.
I don't hate this set.
I don't love this set.
It's...... not bad.
I wonder how many 4+ kids were disappointed that the rotors didn't turn as fast as promised on the packaging?
To yesterday's RSotD: we did it! "Bad" is wanted now by 666 Brickset members!
@peterlmorris said:
"Jack Stone.
The Chevy Vega or Ford Pinto of LEGO. "
Or Fiat Multipla of LEGO.
@gorf43 said:
"So what happened?
Heli accidently took off before J.S. could get in?
Heli purposely took off trying to rid itself from the anticipated passenger, J.S.?
J.S. is trying to destroy an entire heli with his bare hands simply because he feels like doing so?
J.S. is trying to commit suicide by dangling off a flying helicopter?
Heli motor started without warning and J.S. is trying to save the pilot?
So many questions, so few answers. Maybe its best if we never find out what happened...
( Also, I just noticed that it seems as if the truck carrying the helicopter and dangling passenger, is moving! Thats another five unanswered questions.) "
He's practicing his stunt skills? ;)
@Aramor said:
" @namekuji said:
"The golf flag looks nice. What part is that?"
I think it's a sticker, like in this one: https://brickset.com/sets/6648-1/Mag-Racer"
Nope, it's a real part! https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30322 It's a modified whip antenna with, essentially, a triangle added to the top, and seems to have only ever been available in blue and red.
As @MeisterDad said, it was most prominent in 2000's Arctic theme, where almost every set came with at least one, either on the vehicle or the scenery, and were stickered with the last two digits of the respective set number; but it was actually introduced in Town Jr. a year earlier, in sets 6437 and 6435.
As for the set itself, it sure is... a thing that exists. I can't think of anything witty to say about it, even though it's practically begging for some kind of comment of that nature to be made. Ah well.
I do wonder, though, why they produced so many variants of the Jack Stone figure. In pretty much all story material - that is, the UK Lego Adventures Magazine comics, the VHS tape, and even the theme's logo on the set boxes - he was only ever seen in the one outfit from 4609; but in the first year *alone*, practically every set gave him a different outfit, or at least a different variation on the same outfit; giving him six unique prints where only one was needed (Plus four more the following year, too)! No other Lego character I know of has had so many outfit variants in such a short span of time - most simply wore the same outfit in every set they appeared in, and even those who did get variants limited them to specific subthemes / story arcs / locations. Jack Stone is a thoroughly unique case on that count, and I've never known if there was some reason or significance behind that... or if they were just trying to compensate for the fact that his parts couldn't be switched out like a regular minifigure's by giving him 'built-in' variations instead.
Does anyone know where the name Jack Stone is from? The German for ‘parts’ as in ‘LEGO parts’ is sometimes mistranslated in English as ‘stones’ and I wonder if a translation error from German or Danish was the reason for the name. Or maybe LEGO thought that Jack Part, Jack Piece and Jack Brick weren’t good names.
I was hoping for random set of the day to me - Good ahha following on from bad
Jack stone logic:
Oh, this helicopter only seats one? I'll better hang on to it to go places.
Oh, this vehicle isn't designed for this task? Better take the entire thing apart and build a barely functioning monstrosity out of it.
I swear, although supplemental media frames him as a hero, to me Jack Stone seems like a crazy guy who menaces the fire department, police department, rescue department (?) and airport for no real reason besides that he CAN
@Mr__Thrawn said:
"The stickered headlights make it look like the truck has angry eyes"
Back in the day when even the worst sets had prints instead of stickers. And really durable ones too. I got this part in a job lot and tried to remove the print. It took quite a lot of effort I can tell you.
I’m fascinated by the technic pin holes on the front of the cab, suggesting the brick may have more intended uses than simply this cab, which seems completely out of keeping with this theme.
Although the more I squint, the more it’s clear that it’s the intended connection point for the Jack Stone bull bar, so everyone as you were.
I manged to piece this thing out so i will give my honest opinion about this set. The parts in this set are....okay. The copter is a bit strange and that truck is just a bad build. 3/10
@Zander said:
"Does anyone know where the name Jack Stone is from? The German for ‘parts’ as in ‘LEGO parts’ is sometimes mistranslated in English as ‘stones’ and I wonder if a translation error from German or Danish was the reason for the name. Or maybe LEGO thought that Jack Part, Jack Piece and Jack Brick weren’t good names."
I never connected the name to anything LEGO related. I just thought they chose "Stone" because it sounds tough - as stones and rocks are - and is easy to remember, especially for kids.
But I don't really think the roots are in bad translation.
To clarify, in German, LEGO bricks are indeed referred to as "Steine" - stones, rocks - which is short for "Bausteine", bricks (building stones). When translated back, the latter become "Ziegel(steine)", that's what real life buildings are made of. "Mursten" in Danish, which should, directly translated, be "wall-stones", and "mursten" is how the Danish call their plastic bricks. So it comes full circle ;-).
On the other hand, in German parts and pieces are referred to as "Teile", which even the worst English student would't translate to "bricks".
So, I get where your idea comes from, but it's unlikely international marketing people chose a bad translation as a joke name for their new toy line. It's like you'd expect it to fail from the very first day on =/.
@Arnoldos said:
"I have this set. For a child it was really cool.
However, I don't know what to do with these Jack Stone sets. They're not suitable for display and from what I can see they're not particularly sought after either."
Oh, yes, keep it as a yuriosity display model! Don't be shy to show what you loved when you were a child! I have a collection of LEGO campers and caravans and my very first, 3641 , really stands out among them!
Anyone noted how the truck seems to be on auto pilot? It's propably Jack's sentient sidekick in this episode and makes witty remarks as well as angry eyes. The helicopter is also not okay with Jack's plan. But Jack will do it anyway.
I would love Jack Stone to feature in a Lego Legends set of Minifigures, including Clutch Powers, Bluetooth Nick, Johnny Thunder, Club Max, Bonnie Bunny, Edward Elephant, to name but a few…
@jkb, Danke für Ihre Antwort. Ich dachte es wäre nur Marketing, aber ich war mir nicht sicher.
@jkb said:
"Anyone noted how the truck seems to be on auto pilot? It's propably Jack's sentient sidekick in this episode and makes witty remarks as well as angry eyes. The helicopter is also not okay with Jack's plan. But Jack will do it anyway."
Most people of good moral character are not OK with Jack's plan. Jack is a chaotic evil-aligned libertine in my personal "terrible 2000s Lego set" head canon. Jack is a source of pain and misery to many fine citizens with absolutely no redeeming qualities.
@ThatBionicleGuy:
If this had come of ten years later, I would have said they’d figured out that exclusive minifigs sell sets, and hadn’t yet come around to the corollary, which is that one has to want the _first_ minifig before one will be enticed to collect the entire lineup. But since this was the year that buying the entire first wave of Harry Potter sets would net you more Harry Potters than you can get from one bottle of Polyjuice Potion, that’s clearly not it.
However, in terms of sheer quantity of outfit variants, I suspect The LEGO Batman Movie Batman may be able to give him a run for his money.
My boys were about 3 and 4 when Jack Stone came out. They loved these sets but quickly moved on to the regular mini figures. However I still look back fondly on that very short time when Can do, Will do. Done!! Was shouted throughout the house
@CopperTablet said:
" @jkb said:
"Anyone noted how the truck seems to be on auto pilot? It's propably Jack's sentient sidekick in this episode and makes witty remarks as well as angry eyes. The helicopter is also not okay with Jack's plan. But Jack will do it anyway."
Most people of good moral character are not OK with Jack's plan. Jack is a chaotic evil-aligned libertine in my personal "terrible 2000s Lego set" head canon. Jack is a source of pain and misery to many fine citizens with absolutely no redeeming qualities."
Like in "You can't make a cake without cracking some bakeries." Oh, those heroes!
@Zander
That's a sweet reply, thanks & you're welcome!
@Binnekamp said:
"I swear, although supplemental media frames him as a hero, to me Jack Stone seems like a crazy guy who menaces the fire department, police department, rescue department (?) and airport for no real reason besides that he CAN"
CAN DO
WILL DO
@Monopoly said:
" @Binnekamp said:
"I swear, although supplemental media frames him as a hero, to me Jack Stone seems like a crazy guy who menaces the fire department, police department, rescue department (?) and airport for no real reason besides that he CAN"
CAN DO
WILL DO
"
DONE!
Jacobo Cojones
@Slave2lego said:
"The most amazing thing about this RSOTD is that 720 people own it!"
I have one of those red trailers, and I don't know how to get rid of it!
Although I despise Jack Stone so much, for being almost the only theme available in the stores when I was a kid, I do have fond memories of this set because it was the second in my collection history. It was a nice set back in 2002.