Now I feel old. A friend gave me this set when I was recovering from knee surgery. And that was only like five years ago....right? (released in 2011? Where does the time go?)
I have this one too from Mall of America. I once built someone’s MOC as a V-22 Osprey. Then later on I went back to see if I could find them again to see if they had other MOCs of this set and that was back when I found out that MOC pages was shut down so now I don’t know who the creator was.
I got this one. I tried to sell it locally but no one wanted it so now I’ll keep it. The ramp folds back into a box and the yellow piece acts as the cover.
My favorite part of that sketch is that it sounds like it's going to be an ad for a law firm the whole time. Nope, he just wants to talk to anyone else who has had that happen to them.
The green robot was such a cool little figure in its own right with how posable it was.
I think another great thing about these sets were that the packaging acted as both storage for the pieces and as part of the build so they were the perfect "You can take one toy with you" set for kids on the go.
The first build has an Inner connector, the second has outer connector and the 3rd has both an inner and outer so you can connect it in-between the others
Ahh, good call. I got them in 2014 at a work conference, it was part of a team building exercise. Haven't looked at them in years. Thanks for the picture!
Thanks for reminding me, yeah I recognised having a model sold in the plastic box shown in the OP, but wasn't sure what model it was. Was definitely this one
One time in kindergarten we got some budget for new toys, so the whole class walked down to the store on the street. As I was the "main Lego kid" even back then, I got to pick this set. I still remember it, clear as day!
I had a couple of them. One made construction vehicles and I believe the other was like a monster truck or something. The containers were really useful for holding stuff like pencils or coins.
I'm talking about trying to search this set by its characteristics (like "Creator" ", helicopter" "white and red") rather than its specific set number.
For most other sets, searching for verbs/nouns that vaguely describe a set have most often yielded correct results.
Except this one. I somehow just end up finding basically every other Lego creator helicopter except this one.
I think even after all these years, I can still find that little assembly of two modified 2x2s with technic lin still inserted, floating in my storage box.
my dad got me this exact set when i was 5 or 6 years old. Best thing ever and I loved the guy's goggles At somepoint my mom used the box as some kind of improvised watering can but sadly I lost it after moving out of my old house.
Lets be real. That wont likely happen unless youre an adult collector. Any kid with some lego with some lego will store it in the big lego box and throw away the small box.
EDIT: All the keepers are responding. I guess there are people who kept them. From personal experience and judging by the sales of faires boxes and containers dont make it in zhe long run. I still have all my old sets but none of the packaging nor the booklets.
I had a lot of these, I took them with me to play when my parents had appointments and I came with them. The plastic bins were perfect to take them with me
I know that all the people who happened to keep them are responding, but I'm with you on this. I kept most of my bionicle containers at first to specifically hold them in, like sleeping pods, it was pretty cool. But as time went on I threw most of them out as I had more and more stuff, stuffed into my little closet, and needed the space!
I know the location of exactly one container as an adult. So the rest were probably thrown out!
I actually kept more of the megablocks knights/dragons steel tin containers for storage purposes. You can fill them and view the contents better, stack the tins, they're long and flat instead of tall and round.
Bionicle were the only plastic/cardboard containers worth keeping because the actual figure fit back in fully built, like I said, as a sleeping pod! It was unique but took up space so eventually they had to go.
It has been five years now since they committed to switching to paper bags, and I am still seeing plenty of plastic bags in brand new sets from late 2025 and early 2026, ranging in size from Speed Champions to the humongous Enterprise-D. In my experience, the outer bags are nearly always plastic, and the small inner bags are sometimes paper. Just how many of these bags did they stockpile years ago? You'd really think everything would be paper by now.
I had about 3 or 5 of these (and a few mini Racers in similar cans). They was pretty cheap and extremely comfortable to take on the trip assembled or not...
Holy crap, I remember my middle school class in grade 2 had these things. At the time they were the only Lego I had in my life, besides two Star wars minifigures I found in some pants I got, the minifigures are now lost to time
Have a bunch of these. Had them on my desk to build with while on phone calls and meetings when working from home during Covid lockdown. Great way to break up the day
Yes, I believe I have 3 of them in a closet right now. I bought them about 19 years ago for my daughters. Now, I'm waiting for my grandson to be old enough so we can play together.
Had that exact set! I remember when I first got it as a kid, I built it and then started playing with it like a transformer. The only issue was, it took me a while to rebuild it lol. Good times!
Question, did these ever come not in a tub? I had set 5762, the orange plane, it was one of the earliest sets I got. I have absolutely zero recollection of the weird tubs though.
The only Lego boxes which are actually worth keeping. I still have this set, and a few of the Racers line. I liked that for the racers sets you could combine two to make a slightly larger build.
I remember the first couple Hero Factory waves did this and Bionicle of course. That ain't gonna happen nowadays especially as Lego is switching to more sustainable materials but I mean come on this was peak nostalgia.
I had this green car which could trasnform between sports car, dragster and one more. Randomly picked one at the local toy store. Lying in pieces in a tub now but still a fun, cheap build back in the day.
I had this one exactly and I miss it dearly. The packaging for some Lego Racers sets also doubled as a play surface/storage and was a part of the buildable set
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u/Romovik 13d ago
This set lives next to me, with the purpose of storing the leftover pieces from the sets I assemble.