Vintage set of the week: Dining Suite
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 290 Dining Suite, released during 1973. It's one of 8 Homemaker sets produced that year. It contains 114 pieces.
It's owned by 98 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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No food here, all we serve are placemats and empty glasses.
*gasp* How dare they? I mean, stickers over multiple bricks? Who ever thought that was a good idea?
STAMPs notwithstanding, what a suite set.
Quite surreal. A scene set up to look as if everyone's just left when, in reality, everyone is yet to arrive.
Old tiles from the 1970s are AWFUL to remove, nearly impossible. They don't have the groove on the bottom allowing your nail to pick it out.
I’d be interested in seeing a STAMP tag on sets like this that denotes sets with stickers across multiple pieces.
I didn't know they had tile pieces that early. First time I saw them was in late 70s Technic sets. But man the lack of bevel along the tile bottoms looks fatal.
Leave it to us nerds to pick out all the things wrong with this cute little set. Also, you're all absolutely right!
This looks strangely eerie and I can't exactly place why...
It's blue, da ba dee da ba di...
The shot glasses are my favorite part of this set.
@MeisterDad said:
"The shot glasses are my favorite part of this set."
That's a great idea! I'm going to use that in my bar (Leaky Cauldron) that I made with 2 copies of 4193.
Made the mistake of zooming in to discover the creepy portal on the left side of the table that sucked all the guests into an alternate dimension.
My first set was 560-2 Heliport. 32 2x2 grey tiles with no groove.
My first set with grooveless tiles was 346-2 in 1969. From that point the Stanley Knife was my brick separator of choice!
@Clutch_P said:
"This looks strangely eerie and I can't exactly place why..."
Is it because everything looks like it would be about the right size for My Dad?
@BrickBoriqueno said:
"Made the mistake of zooming in to discover the creepy portal on the left side of the table that sucked all the guests into an alternate dimension. "
They've been sent to the glowing cave on train box art
1973 and not a Lego stud in sight!
@Ridgeheart said: "Which also explains why Fabuland-characters didnt't bother to use coasters, and where are they now?"
Piloting gigantic animal-themed death robots in a battle for Chima?
And everyone whines about LEGO releasing sets of common household objects these days…
@WemWem said:
"And everyone whines about LEGO releasing sets of common household objects these days…"
But if they would release a set like this nowadays it would be 1:1 scale ;-)
@DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"1973 and not a Lego stud in sight! "
Time for an eye exam! Two studs on each chair.
@560heliport said:
" @DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"1973 and not a Lego stud in sight! "
Time for an eye exam! Two studs on each chair."
Oops - couldn't see then on my phone's display.
Four people used to live here
Now it's a ghost town...
@minishark1000 said:
"Old tiles from the 1970s are AWFUL to remove, nearly impossible. They don't have the groove on the bottom allowing your nail to pick it out. "
Is this when tiles were introduced?
You need to have extremely thin legs to sit at that table. One plate thick on the side and I believe the chair cannot fit in on the end (which gives more room for the legs but you are far from the table.)
@WemWem said:
"And everyone whines about LEGO releasing sets of common household objects these days…"
Everyone whines about everything these days. I had a friend who doesn't bother with LEGO any more complaining about the price tag of the Eiffel Tower, not realizing how large the set was, and that there is a huge section of LEGO's offerings right now marketed toward adults. It's the insistence that Every Thing Be Marketed To Me, I guess.
The design of the chair makes them look painted in a way that would be very uncomfortable to sit in on a hot summer day.
@dylanwho:
I think a lot of people complain about sets before they really understand how big and/or heavy they are, because in their mind they imagine something smaller/lighter.
@Binnekamp said:
"Four people used to live here
Now it's a ghost town..."
Bands won't play no more
Too much fighting on the dance floor
@DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"1973 and not a Lego stud in sight! "
Look closer….
@sjr60 said:
"My first set with grooveless tiles was 346-2 in 1969. From that point the Stanley Knife was my brick separator of choice! "
I used to use a thing kindly donated by my mum from her manicure set - everything was scratched and ruined!
@Ridgeheart:
You know, if it’s on a plate, you can probably flex the plate enough to “lift” the edges of the tiles high enough to hook them with a fingernail, provided you haven’t trimmed them for a while.
Long fingernail on right-hand pinky for leveraging groove-less tiles; long fingernail on left-hand pinky for administering the cocaine to power thru the process.
@darkstonegrey said:
"Long fingernail on right-hand pinky for leveraging groove-less tiles; long fingernail on left-hand pinky for administering the cocaine to power thru the process."
I lol'ed at that so hard my glasses fell off.