Random part of the day: Chest Lid 2X4

Posted by Huwbot, 01 Jul 2022 01:01

Today's random part is 28699, 'Chest Lid 2X4', which is a System part, category Interior.

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By JavaBrix in United States, 01 Jul 2022 01:02

Arrr.

By kinggregus in France, 01 Jul 2022 01:14

I have to get this out of my chest... this piece looks a bit lonely .

By MeisterDad in Canada, 01 Jul 2022 01:17

Wow, a part from before 2020. At first I thought it was the new version but it looked too familiar.

By GSR_MataNui in United States, 01 Jul 2022 02:07

Shoutout to the new flat version they made for Minecraft his year. Super cool!

By PDelahanty in United States, 01 Jul 2022 02:08

Where are all the kids asking to see a big bare chest?

By PurpleDave in United States, 01 Jul 2022 02:10

Sunken treasure!

By brick_r in Canada, 01 Jul 2022 03:15

Avast...me 'lids' been flipped...(couldn't resist:))

By Zoniax in United States, 01 Jul 2022 04:58

@WesterBricks said:
"Arrr."

And a YARRRRRRRR, back at ye!

By Trigger_ in United States, 01 Jul 2022 05:48

@GSR_MataNui said:
"Shoutout to the new flat version they made for Minecraft his year. Super cool! "

The Minecraft wave from the start of the year didn’t use any, the first Harry Potter wave used it first.

By ResIpsaLoquitur in United States, 01 Jul 2022 06:16

I wonder how many specific Lego parts out there are relatively useless without their counterpart?

By brick_r in Canada, 01 Jul 2022 06:58

@ResIpsaLoquitur: Useless...oh come now; attached properly from the 'top', lid becomes a 'scoop'...

By jkb in Germany, 01 Jul 2022 07:55

Another one I'd like to see used in a non-intended way

By Kynareth in Australia, 01 Jul 2022 08:42

@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"I wonder how many specific Lego parts out there are relatively useless without their counterpart?"

Nintendo City Gardens used a heap as roof tiles!

By ThatBionicleGuy in United Kingdom, 01 Jul 2022 16:15

I know it's an older mould number of the part than this, but I can't ever see a Lego treasure chest without associating it with the body of the jackal statue in 5938 Oasis Ambush - my first encounter with the parts, and still one of my nostalgic favourite sets ^^

By Formendacil in United States, 01 Jul 2022 18:06

@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"I know it's an older mould number of the part than this, but I can't ever see a Lego treasure chest without associating it with the body of the jackal statue in 5938 Oasis Ambush - my first encounter with the parts, and still one of my nostalgic favourite sets ^^"

A worthy set--though that's one of its most disguised uses. My own memories of this piece tend to evoke either 6081 King's Mountain Fortress (my first set with it) or 6252 Sea Mates (not quite so early in my collection, but far more prominent in its story uses for me).

By Atuin in Germany, 01 Jul 2022 22:53

This is actually the third version of this piece. The First one came out in 1985 ( 6011 ) and never appeared again in old Gray. A Brown Version was following in 1987 (NA)/1988 (EU).

This Version easily wore out as I can tell you from the few I have. So ist was soon replaced by the second Version in ca. 1990. Did the First batches of 1989 Pirates Sets really come with the First Version? I'm Not Sure about this, but given how messy those Sets were in regard of variants I would Not be surprised.

The third version came out around 2015 I guess... It's again a bit sturdier. It also had one of the Most creative used of this Part as a frog's mouth^^