Random part of the day: Windscreen 2X5X1 1/3
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Today's random part is 35270, 'Windscreen 2X5X1 1/3', which is a System part, category Transportation Means, Vehicles.
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Besides the one instance I know of that comes with two of these in clear (7119), I have at least nine of these in clear because tripling them up was previously the only way to get a car windshield at that angle. Now there’s the 3x6x2 windshield, so I really should swap these for those someday.
This is one of my favorite windscreen pieces
First windshield in my family: my brother's first set was 6648 Mag Racer. And as a result, that 90's trans-light-blue Town colour is THE defining use of this part in my mind... followed somewhat distantly by 6813 (my favourite small Space set) and 6578 where it's randomly used as ice, but which was the first one I owned, eight years after my brother got the Mag Racer.
Seeing it in this color is making me think of Nexo Knights as a mech's shoulder pads. Did they actually do that once or am I thinking of one of those more triangular parts?
@GSR_MataNui said:
"Seeing it in this color is making me think of Nexo Knights as a mech's shoulder pads. Did they actually do that once or am I thinking of one of those more triangular parts? "
Set 72004 is the one you seek.
Interestingly enough, the part design number changed mid-nexo knights in 2017-2018.
So this part number was only used in 2018, but it was in 4 other nexo sets in 2016-2017 in neon orange under design number 6070.
@GSR_MataNui said:
"Seeing it in this color is making me think of Nexo Knights as a mech's shoulder pads. Did they actually do that once or am I thinking of one of those more triangular parts? "
7703: Fire Vulture had it as mech shoulderpads long before Nexo Knights, but yes 72004 had the neon shoulderpads and mech-in-a-mech visor made out of this part.
One of my favorite window pieces, very versatile!
Picture looks like a bored fish with both eyes on the same side.
Getting Ice Planet 2020 vibes from this one
@Brickalili said:
"Getting Ice Planet 2020 vibes from this one"
You mean Ice Planet 2022
@MeisterDad:
Behold, the elusive Fancytail Flounder. It uses its elaborate tail to attract a mate, but is going extinct because of a pervasive sense of ennui, combined with the fact that it spends much of the day buried in the muck and sand on the sea floor.
1/3
Still waiting for part 2 and 3 of this tweet. Oh wait.
@Norikins said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Getting Ice Planet 2020 vibes from this one"
You mean Ice Planet 2022"
You (and you) mean Ice Planet 2002
@PurpleDave so bright and orange and is buried in muck? Ah well, at least that explains why it seems to wear glasses.
@Rimefang said:
" @Norikins said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Getting Ice Planet 2020 vibes from this one"
You mean Ice Planet 2022"
You (and you) mean Ice Planet 2002"
Ah knew it was those numbers, got them a little out order
@MeisterDad:
Well, if it’s a flounder, or really any type of flatfish (the only other one I know is halibut, which is like a really big flounder), that’s what they do. They lay flat on the substrate, and ripple the fins around the edges of their body to stir up the sand and stuff so it’ll drift back down and cover them up. This helps them blend in, and they can ambush smaller fish as they pass by. And this behavior is why the one of the eyes on juvenile flatfish migrates to the other side of the head as they mature.