Vintage set of the week: Airline Staff
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 1561 Airline Staff, released during 1976. It's one of 7 Building Set with People sets produced that year. It contains 30 pieces.
It's owned by 60 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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And for Eurovision weekend, before BTS.... Scooch!
Worst. Star Trek. Ever.
I don't get the "wearing a skirt as airplane uniform" thing. Or really, I don't get the old "sure women can have these jobs, but their uniforms are skirts" thing. Or really, I just watched A League Of Their Own and am still thinking about how stupid that was.
The tile with writing says 'Luftthansa'. Heard it's nice this time of year.
If I ever get into collecting airline promotional sets, this one would be one of the easier ones to get.
What's the deal with airline food? They just print it on a 2x2 tile, and all the drinks are clear!
What's the deal with airline food? They just print it on a 2x2 tile, and all the drinks are clear!
Fun fact: that's the first Leonardo DiCaprio in Lego.
@PurpleDave: At least they're wearing Science Blue, and not Security Red.
@oukexergon said:
"Fun fact: that's the first Leonardo DiCaprio in Lego."
What? No. Clearly the guy is the same age as those women.
Otto gained 'mobility'...and some girlfriends...good, good for him:)
Seriously though, wish TLG would bring the 'spaghetti-arm' parts; 'hand', to 'shoulder'. I mean, yes, I do LIKE the ball-socket parts, and other hinging mechanisms; but those arms were soooo good and ahead of their time.
Interesting to see some things haven't changed after all that time.
Airline sets that is. The costumes too. People who commute with me to the airport still look like that.
There is something distinctly unsettling about those arms…
Looked at this straight after reading the Ant-Man review, noting “Unrealistic proportion” and “Strange shoulder shape”. Ha!
@oukexergon said:
"Fun fact: that's the first Leonardo DiCaprio in Lego."
Incredible foresight as he wasn't yet 2 years old.
I miss the cigarettes
Thunderbird looks crappier than I remember it.
@GSR_MataNui said:
"What's the deal with airline food? They just print it on a 2x2 tile, and all the drinks are clear! "
That way it's harder to fall off the dish during turbulences I guess...
No attempt at jokes from me; just genuine, fond memories from my childhood.
We have a surprising amount of these style figures—I just woke up and struggle to remember their proper fandom name—and I remember very fondly playing with them throughout the early 1980s before fully only playing with minifigures.
I’m not sure all of the sets we had—I know the schoolroom and bathroom, maybe the nursery?—but we had loads more of these figures than that. I’m hoping with the house addition and my LEGO-loving father moving in, we have a proper LEGO room or at least corner that I can start sorting, organizing, building, and playing with our collection to try to figure out where all the figures came from and to just spend sometime with these old friends again.
Was this an “impulse buy” set you could get at the store, or one of those sets you could buy at the airport (or perhaps airlines offered) for the kids to play with in-flight?
@brick_r:
I think they're trying to steer away from friction hinges like these. Other than simple bar connections, everything seems to have been converted to click hinges. Besides the problem that @Ridgeheart mentioned, they also tend to break very easily. This could just be the result of poor material choice, or it could be the 3-on-2 finger design (all current systems use a 2-on-1 finger arrangement).
@ericjohn:
I don't think they have an official name like minifigures, but what I've usually heard them called is maxifigs. There are also more descriptive terms like bendy-arm figs.
Airplane aisles are already too narrow, now imagine trying to walk through with those rigid skirts!
Catch this if you can.
Wasn’t this one of the UK’s Eurovision entries?
There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?
I just wanted to tell you both good luck: we're all counting on you.
@oldfan said:
"I just wanted to tell you both good luck: we're all counting on you."
Surely, you can't be serious?
@oldfan and @AustinPowers: *SIGH*...ok;
[Plane readies to take off]
Lady: "Nervous?"
Striker: "Yes."
Lady: "First time?"
Striker: "No, I've been nervous lots of times.":D
" @ericjohn :
I don't think they have an official name like minifigures, but what I've usually heard them called is maxifigs. There are also more descriptive terms like bendy-arm figs."
The Brickapedia entry lists them as Homemaker Figures or Maxifigures, as they were commonly associated with the Homemaker line of sets issued from 1974-1982. (Although these figures were also seen in multiple Universal sets in the late 1970s.)
The Minifigures, conversely, were used in Homemaker sets to represent babies or toddlers ... years before the Minifigure babies came out.
https://brickipedia.fandom.com/wiki/Homemaker_Figure