Random part of the day: Ice Cream

In LEGO Batman 3 theres a build using the piece with the top scoop colored red (cherry) and the ones below each a different color. The only time it has ever actually looked like ice cream to me.

@Brickbuilder0937 said:
"My favorite use of this piece is to stack them to make a plume of smoke"

Is that a legal technique?

@Brickbuilder0937 said:
"My favorite use of this piece is to stack them to make a plume of smoke"

I will forever think of it as smoke before I think of it as ice cream

@Norikins said:
" @Brickbuilder0937 said:
"My favorite use of this piece is to stack them to make a plume of smoke"

Is that a legal technique?"

That's a great question, I've always wondered it myself. When stacked, they seem to fit perfectly without any stress on the pieces, but LEGO's never used the technique in an official set so I'm not sure...

@Clutch_P said:
" @Norikins said:
" @Brickbuilder0937 said:
"My favorite use of this piece is to stack them to make a plume of smoke"

Is that a legal technique?"

That's a great question, I've always wondered it myself. When stacked, they seem to fit perfectly without any stress on the pieces, but LEGO's never used the technique in an official set so I'm not sure..."

Does that mean the ones off to the sides are also useable in that way?

@shedjed said:
"Huh? We thought this was popcorn."

I thought it was steam coming out of the Crash Test Dummies' radiator, or smoke from the tires of some drag-racing hot-rods.

@Norikins:
No, it's probably not a legal technique. The connection _barely_ grips the widest part of the top bulb, so it tends to be a fairly fragile connection. No way it'd pass muster in an official set. In terms of MOCs, however, it's fragile, but safe. There are a few colors that it doesn't work well with, though. I tried getting every color of scoop, only to discover that some of the scoops wouldn't stack.

@MeisterDad:
No. Absolutely not. The only reason it works on the top bulb is it's completely exposed on five sides, so the base of the next scoop can reach the "equator". None of the other three bulbs have a full hemisphere that's exposed, so nothing can grip one of those the same way.

*pop* *pop* *pop* *popopop* *pop* *popopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopopop*

*pop*

Your existence is meaningless without ice cream!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbNUbknh6k

@StyleCounselor said:
"Ice cream, Ice Cream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!!! Or, popcorn, snow, the eggs of a sentiment salamander Star Wars creature, whatever. "

you forgot perfectly-shaped turd pile.

Is this another piece brought to us by Belville that found its way into general minifig use?

@Brickalili said:
"Is this another piece brought to us by Belville that found its way into general minifig use? "

Yes it seems 5830 was the first in 1995
Paradisa was a year later 6547

@T79: "I'm not a thing you can just use to fill emotional voids with."

Soap bubbles in the new 60362: Car Wash

I always think of the bubbles from Emmett’s shower- that was the moment I realised that the movie was also going to show NPU

I'm always amazed how long this part has been around; I didn't discover it until a 2010 set and assumed it was a new piece. I can never quite believe it's been in existence since the 90s.

@Norikins said:
" @Brickbuilder0937 said:
"My favorite use of this piece is to stack them to make a plume of smoke"

Is that a legal technique?"

"I shall make it legal." - Shiv Palpatine, Lego part designer and up-and-coming Sith Lord

@Norikins said:
" @Brickbuilder0937 said:
"My favorite use of this piece is to stack them to make a plume of smoke"

Is that a legal technique?"

Are you a Lego set designer? If yes, then probably not. If not, there are no illegal techniques. Do what you want. Just be aware that it may fall apart if looked at, or break the pieces eventually. (Depending on which technique you are using.)