Random set of the day: Maersk Sealand Container Ship
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 10152 Maersk Sealand Container Ship, released during 2004. It was the only Creator Expert set released that year. It contains 988 pieces, and its retail price was US$75.
It's owned by 1,033 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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A beautiful model marred by the truly appalling quantity of STAMPs
A container ship delivering cargo on time - LEGO's fantasy themes really fire the imagination!
@Harmonious_Building said:
"A container ship delivering cargo on time - LEGO's fantasy themes really fire the imagination! "
Now we need 10,000 more in life-size, and the issues will mostly go away (lol jk).
Shame we never got a battle pack for Maersk shipping containers to beef up our collection.
Which would of course include 4 Maersk shipping containers, a buoy, and a couple stud launchers for the kiddies!
I've never personally wanted this set but the sheer number of shipping containers on it always impressed me. It must be so satisfying re-arranging them in *slightly* different ways to create a subtle yet beautiful unique feel to your model and make your LEGO cities feel lived in.
I thought we had gotten this as a RSotD before as 10155 but I guess not. The only other times Maersk has shown up, it's been trucks: https://brickset.com/news/category-Random-set?query=Maersk
What am I remembering then?
Is this the one that was released in Maersk Blue, or the one that wasn’t released in dark blue and dark green?
@GSR_MataNui:
Well, except for the fact that these shipping containers are slightly larger than minifigs, so this is at most quarter-scale to a minifig.
Eat that Titanic!
Like the ship, curious about the name. Is is SeaLand? If so does that suggest the ship is so large it is like having land on the sea? Or is it SealAnd? What does it seal? Canals? Or is it named after a seal and something else but the name got truncated?
Or maybe it’s just an island in Denmark.
@namekuji:
Given the relative size difference, it probably could...
@MCLegoboy said:
"I thought we had gotten this as a RSotD before as 10155 but I guess not. The only other times Maersk has shown up, it's been trucks: https://brickset.com/news/category-Random-set?query=Maersk
What am I remembering then?"
I remember there being a Brickset article some time back that mentioned this having the most stickers of any set, or maybe the highest sticker-to-piece ratio of any set or something.
I said a few days ago with the milk truck that having logos of real companies definitely enhance sets like this. Lego does it rarely enough that the market isn't oversaturated. That plus the Maersk blue. Love that blue.
I give the set an "A" grade. Doesn't even have 1000 pieces. This is a good thing.
I wanna see someone sink it
@MeisterDad said:
"Like the ship, curious about the name. Is is SeaLand? If so does that suggest the ship is so large it is like having land on the sea? Or is it SealAnd? What does it seal? Canals? Or is it named after a seal and something else but the name got truncated?
Or maybe it’s just an island in Denmark."
Sealand was an infamous unrecognized micro state off the coast of the UK. In WW2 offshore defense platforms were built to defend the coastline, and one was technically in international waters so a guy took advantage of that and claimed the old rusty rig for himself as a personal country decades after it was abandoned and forgotten by the British mainland.
@guachi said:
"I said a few days ago with the milk truck that having logos of real companies definitely enhance sets like this. Lego does it rarely enough that the market isn't oversaturated. That plus the Maersk blue. Love that blue.
I give the set an "A" grade. Doesn't even have 1000 pieces. This is a good thing."
While it is a shame that Maersk blue will probably never return, its still endlessly funny to me how it ended - with Lego running out of the coloured plastic pellets and being unable to recreate the colour.
@MCLegoboy said:
"I thought we had gotten this as a RSotD before as 10155 but I guess not. The only other times Maersk has shown up, it's been trucks: https://brickset.com/news/category-Random-set?query=Maersk
What am I remembering then?"
It had a re-release in 2010. Initial release 2005
And in the background we can see the silhouette of 4514 cargo crane, very sneaky!
Maersk sets have always had a unique color and design. I love the semi design in the 10219, for example. I don't remember another set designed like that.
@magmafrost said:
" @guachi said:
"I said a few days ago with the milk truck that having logos of real companies definitely enhance sets like this. Lego does it rarely enough that the market isn't oversaturated. That plus the Maersk blue. Love that blue.
I give the set an "A" grade. Doesn't even have 1000 pieces. This is a good thing."
While it is a shame that Maersk blue will probably never return, its still endlessly funny to me how it ended - with Lego running out of the coloured plastic pellets and being unable to recreate the colour."
Rest in peace, Maersk blue :'(
I don’t like that the Maersk sets have STAMPs, why are they not made anymore?
Bit of a step up from the milk van of a couple days ago. Imagine how much cheese you could deliver with this!
A set so legendary, it even has a shade of blue named after it.
@PurpleDave said:
"Is this the one that was released in Maersk Blue, or the one that wasn’t released in dark blue and dark green?
@GSR_MataNui:
Well, except for the fact that these shipping containers are slightly larger than minifigs, so this is at most quarter-scale to a minifig."
For sure, this one is Mærsk blue. Bought it right at release, and had it on display for years.
Not sure when exactly another shade of blue was used.
I've got a 10155 and it's absolutely lovely. The only downside is the STAMPs. It 'forced' me to keep it assembled for almost a decade now, only rivaled by my assembled 8880.
@magmafrost:
That’s...not how I remember it. They were running out of pre-colored pellets, and it was decided to end production of all Maersk sets when that happened. They held a vote to see whether to rerelease this model in dark blue or dark green, but because their internal use of “dark green” refers to standard green, thereat affected thell results. They announced that they would release the design in both colors, and before that happened, the Maersk company changed their mind and decided to order more, so the recolored versions were scrapped and the rerelease looked pretty much the same as this version.
Not sure why they just didn't print on the side of the 30 container bricks, like they used to do in the 1980's or have smaller stickers! As the 2x8 bricks are not that expensive I'm sure they could have squeezed in another 30 no problem and have it look fully loaded. The inventory mentions new dark red, was this the first time this colour was used?
Maersk Blue is my favorite LEGO colour of all time. Pity my 10241 didn't come with it anymore.
Love this brick built hull style a lot.
LEGO had a recent container ship with 80013 : Monkie Kid's Team Secret HQ and I know it opens up to form a HQ playset, but the boat shape doesn't look as nice as this Maersk, not every rounded shape looks better compared to brick-built in LEGO imo.
Absolutely superb Lego replica of a modern container ship obviously for display, because it is not the floatable, unitary hull build of the container ship in set 7994 (Lego City Harbor, 2007).