Random set of the day: Fire Helicopter

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Fire Helicopter

Fire Helicopter

©2008 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 4900 Fire Helicopter, released during 2008. It's one of 45 City sets produced that year. It contains 34 pieces and 1 minifig.

It's owned by 2,261 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.


30 comments on this article

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By in United States,

Not sure those rotors are going to be too useful in getting this thing off the ground

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By in United States,

Quick, someone fire that helicopter for violating the law of gravity!

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By in Australia,

I loved these little polybags. So cute.

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By in United States,

wide boi chopchop

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By in Canada,

A steering wheel? Was this a set designed on a dare?

“Dare you to design a chopper that looks the part but has no real functionality!”

— Oh ya? It’s on!

Cute though, and still on my want list.

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By in United States,

@PurpleDave said:
"Quick, someone fire that helicopter for violating the law of gravity!"

Why should you listen to whatever Gravity says? The laws of gravity can really bring you down... just ask a black hole. I say, be like this set: fight the power of Gravity telling you what you can't do!

(this was 100% a joke, in case anyone missed that)

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By in Netherlands,

Is that a floating windscreen?

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By in United States,

My first polybag set! I very distinctly remember being puzzled at the sight of that as a kid.

"A plastic bag? How do the bricks not tear through it?"

I mean, was my logic flawed? They're sharp enough to hurt a lot when you step on them barefoot in middle of the night...

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By in United States,

Not a bad build for a polybag. It may not be big or effective enough to rescue a man who has fallen in the river in LEGO City, but it has its own use and charm

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By in United States,

Not to be confused with the other 11 "Fire Helicopter" sets, including three other polybags -1294, 30566, and 30019. At least it's more unique than the 21 "Police Helicopter" sets, including at least 8 polybags!

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By in Canada,

Rotors nothing, let's talk about that tail...or lack thereof.:)

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By in United States,

@brick_r said:
"Rotors nothing, let's talk about that tail...or lack thereof.:)"
The perspective in the image is weird, but it most certainly has a tail. It's made out of a Technic axle sticking out of the body of the vehicle and looks like a sideways television antenna with fan blades taped to the end, but it's definitely there.

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By in Australia,

What you see is what you get, even if it's just the skeleton.

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By in United Kingdom,

It looks like one of those kid's rides you get outside shops that just rock back and forth when you put coins in

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By in Canada,

@Robot99:
Oh, I know there's a Technics axle. But it looks waaaay to thin (and short), and this comes from a guy who still fondly remembers having 645: Police Helicopter and 575: Coast Guard Station (the Canadian Ver. w/a helicopter that looks like a moving violation). Both of those use plates for tails, instead of bricks. But they still looks stronger 'structurally' than this does...

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By in United Kingdom,

I’ve got two of these!

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By in Germany,

Imagine all minicopters ever in one picture

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By in Netherlands,

@marengho said:
"Mixed it up with https://brickset.com/sets/30014-1/Police-Helicopter : I wonder why because construction is fully different..."

Oh wow, seems those recolored sets aren’t so new after all! I actually have the police variant but didn’t recognise it yet because of the different angle and rotor blades (and because I barely looked at the picture before heading straight to the comments section)

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By in Netherlands,

Deja Vu!
I've just been in this place before
(Higher on the street)
And I know it's my time to go
Calling you, and the search is a mystery
(Standing on my feet)
It's so hard when I try to be me, woah
Whooooaaa!!

*eurobeat intensifies as this fire helicopter is chased by 30014 and the others...

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By in United States,

@brick_r:
This there is one of them gas station helicopters. By the time you finish putting it together and attempt to fly it, you’re half a state away and unlikely to come back to complain about it crashing.

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By in United States,

I always loved the piece used here for the water cannon. Probably half the reason I bought the set. Or maybe I was amused by a helicopter whose roof has to be removed before the pilot can get in or out.

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By in United States,

@PurpleDave said:
"Quick, someone fire that helicopter for violating the law of gravity!"

Fire it out of a cannon, maybe?

Seems like a plausible solution to "how does this fly?"

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By in United States,

You can build this from spare parts

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By in Canada,

What is with Lego and their obsession with small fire and police helicopters?

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By in United States,

How exciting. Man we are having a serious Star Wars drought lol

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By in United States,

@gorf43 said:
"What is with Lego and their obsession with small fire and police helicopters? "

Eminently swooshable at a cheap price point...kids love them! And with a simple color replacement, you can produce a police and fire helicopter with only half of the design effort!

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By in Canada,

@PurpleDave:
(Best Mr. Haney impression) Well tarnation, you’re right…haven’t seen anything like that since them mountain ‘crooks’ built that little number to break out one of their leaders (60174)…although, that’s not a cannon on that boat. Clearly it’s a new outboard motor… :)

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