Random set of the day: Road Hero
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 8664 Road Hero, released during 2006. It's one of 23 Racers sets produced that year. It contains 55 pieces, and its retail price was US$4/£2.99.
It's owned by 1,769 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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More like Over-the-Road Hero haha
Imagine this in Mad Max. The Road Hero fights alongside the Road Warrior.
2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure
A real lack of "X"s today, though. Tragic.
Road heroes, robots in disguise!
... wait that's not right
@Zordboy said:
"A real lack of "X"s today, though. Tragic."
Yes but the past 7 RSOTDs have "A"s in their set name. So that might be a new streak.
@Lego_mini_fan said:
"2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure"
You could also get Mixels for $5 from 2014-2016.
This was the first set I ever assembled inside the bag.
@GSR_MataNui: The truck would need to be red and blue for that.
@Zordboy said:
"A real lack of "X"s today, though. Tragic."
This is for you: MaXimum Overdrive!
I’m just trying to imagine how it would help get a cat down from a tree, and it does not end pretty...
8664 Road Hero is not the hero we need, they are the one we deserve.
@Robot99 Over the road, under the road, who knows?!
Saves the cars from crashing into each other
Hero status is obvious: wears shades.
I wouldn't call this a great set but it looks decent. Some Tiny Turbos were truly great.
Really digging the carbon fiber box art
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"If only it had a trailer..."
Here you go:
8134: Night Crusher
8147: Bullet Run
8154: Brick Street Customs
They recoloured this design a couple of times, which I think is extraordinary for the scale. Instantly recognisable, and not as outlandish as some of the other tiny turbos. Fewer stickers too, and it looks great without them as well.
@GSR_MataNui said:
"Road heroes, robots in disguise!
... wait that's not right"
Or...is it...:D
Seriously though, isn't it funny how: these on 'their own' are fine...these placed next to a minifigue (ala a near-decade before), people would near loose-it...I've always wanted to do a 'compromise/happy median...medium?'...YKWIM. Use the 'Racer' part to build a minifigure vehicle...sure the truck might wind up looking something from a Shriner; but hey, that wouldn't be bad either:)
This was still the early use of digital rendered sets to the front-page.
@Lego_mini_fan said:
"2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure"
As a added bonus, the Tiny Turbos also used canisters as their package, which most people would still keep around for storing pieces or just because they looked cool. Those CMF blind bags you just throw away as soon as you got the minifigure out. So yeah, I'd argue the value for money of Tiny Turbos was vastly superior.
@MeisterDad:
So did Agent Smith.
Does this mean there’s a Road Villain?
I'm only counting 5 stickers, seems Lego is trying to go cheap on us!!!
@Brickalili said:
"Does this mean there’s a Road Villain?"
Wait, of course, it’s the opposite of this guy!
https://brickset.com/article/65035/random-set-of-the-day-bad
@PurpleDave said:
" @MeisterDad :
So did Agent Smith."
Thus, Agent Smith is a hero. Problem solved :)
This truck is just as much of a hero with those STAMPs anyway. I have no idea how those were a common thing for so long. Did they expect you to keep it built forever? Or more likely they expected kids to remove the stickers after awhile. That, or they desintegrated by themselves. The early 2000s were great, but not for stickers man...
@Lego_mini_fan said:
"2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure"
Or you can get still 1-2 minifigs and a vehicle with some polybags/magazine for €4-€5.
(But that can vary a lot per country/shop on availability for polybags, and magazines especially are dependant on localized distrubutors in Europe, as they come in different languages, my country doesn't have all the listed City magazine gifts anymore as there's only 6 City magazine released a year instead of the full 12)
The Road Hero we deserve, but not the Road Hero we need right now...
@LegoDavid said:
" @Lego_mini_fan said:
"2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure"
As a added bonus, the Tiny Turbos also used canisters as their package, which most people would still keep around for storing pieces or just because they looked cool. Those CMF blind bags you just throw away as soon as you got the minifigure out. So yeah, I'd argue the value for money of Tiny Turbos was vastly superior. "
Yes I keep those canisters for storing pieces So I have to agree with you.
@TeriXeri said:
" @Lego_mini_fan said:
"2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure"
Or you can get still 1-2 minifigs and a vehicle with some polybags/magazine for €4-€5.
(But that can vary a lot per country/shop on availability for polybags, and magazines especially are dependant on localized distrubutors in Europe, as they come in different languages, my country doesn't have all the listed City magazine gifts anymore as there's only 6 City magazine released a year instead of the full 12)
"
We don't get those here in the americas. I snagged a star wars one when I was in spain And I got a lego movie 2 one in legoland florida for some reason. Those are hard to find here.
@Randomness said:
[[ @Lego_mini_fan said:
[[2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure]]
You could also get Mixels for $5 from 2014-2016.]
Ah yes mixels! I used to buy those they had useful pieces.
@Binnekamp:
Right, then, there were dozens of people wearing sunglasses in the full trilogy, and they were split into at least four different factions who all had very incompatible ideas for how things should proceed. Can’t all be heroes.
@maaboo35:
*coughLateToThePartycough*
Rhino !!!
(80's toys fans will know what i mean) ;)
@Lego_mini_fan said:
"We don't get those here in the americas. I snagged a star wars one when I was in spain And I got a lego movie 2 one in legoland florida for some reason. Those are hard to find here. "
I know US doesn't get magazines but I hear stories about regular polybags all the time being found in stores, which are hard to find here. A lot of specialized toy shops closed down and there aren't really mega-stores like walmarts over here.
This is the best design of the Tiny Turbos IMO, and the only one of the eight I own that I don't have any regrets about getting.
@Randomness said:
" @Lego_mini_fan said:
"2006: With $4 you can get a tiny turbo
2021: With $5 you can get a minifigure"
You could also get Mixels for $5 from 2014-2016."
Man I miss Mixels. Hopefully the new SCCBS system and the clamoring for BIONICLE to come back will create a similar $5-10 figure line. Might not be as cute as the Mixels were, or as cool as BIONICLE was, but I'll bet it'd be fun!
@lORDoFtHEbOARD :'At's not a 'Rhino'...this be a Rhino...
http://www.brickfinder.net/2020/09/06/lego-m-s-k-boulder-hill-brings-back-80s/
Seriously (as well): I still love that a toy can make other toys...entire 'lines' too, no wonder TLG gets so many licenses...
I have this one. I think my biggest disappointment with Tiny Turbos was that you really needed to apply the stickers to complete the look. They were just boring without.
But, they were still great fun to drive around on a desk for a quick break time.
@brick_r:
When I was a kid, I had to turn in a Christmas wish list with a minimum of maybe ten gift ideas, in case something was impossible to find. I almost never got my top pick. Asked for the Renegade and got Battrax. Asked for the Buck Rogers starfighter and got the space-minivan they drive around in one episode. Asked for an X-Wing and I can’t even remember what I got (my brother got the Y-Wing, Snowspeeder, and AT-ST, but the only SW vehicle I remember getting was the Speederbike...but to be fair I _really_ wanted that one). Asked for the USS Flagg, and probably got laughed at. The only time I remember getting my top pick was the year I asked for Boulder Hill. Of course, then I learned that lugging a giant playset over to the neighbor kids’ house kinda sucked.