Random set of the day: Handy Box
Posted by Huwbot,Today's random set is 4423 Handy Box, released during 2005. It's one of 36 Creator sets produced that year. It contains 800 pieces, and its retail price was US$15/£12.99.
It's owned by 206 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
41 likes
25 comments on this article
And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first.
Right now I’m checking out some episodes of Domino Masters, and I definitely picked the better hobby.
...800 pieces for a grand total of $15? Even for basic bricks, that's pretty good.
@MCLegoboy said:
"And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first."
Curses, you beat me to it
Tsk tsk, folks. Clearly the set name is referring to the tiny mouse cursor hand clicking on the URL in the corner!
If it lost the ostentatious orange, green and grey bricks it would be a proper 'Basic' set!
@MCLegoboy said:
"And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first."
The only thing close to a hand piece at the time was the Knights Kingdom II hands.
Okay...so, where's the "Hamburger Helper" mascot?
Oh, also: yesterday, a bag; today, a box...suppose tomorrow will be a trunk?
Handy box. Adds to the army box.
First thig to build, a crate to keep the rest of the 800 pieces in
@MCLegoboy said:
"And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first."
Waiting for the first German to reply there's no cellphone in the box either...
Damn!
When I bought this set I threw the box away.
If only someone had told me that it was so handy, I would have kept it to help me around the house.
It sure looks handy if you need bricks.
@sjr60 said:
"If it lost the ostentatious orange, green and grey bricks it would be a proper 'Basic' set!"
Already sounds like a good basic assortiment to me. I think they mean the types of bricks. No bricks of the 'brick, modified' category to be seen here. In the Classic theme thats almost everything you get. And even then, in Classic you get 20 different colors too, each of which with a tiny amount of pieces of that color! You know, useful stuff like three shades of pink and purple. Compared to that, orange green and grey sound basic.
@TomKazutara:
That’s clearance pricing, because people would rather pay twice that for a similar set that includes wheels and windows.
For some really odd reason, my first thought was ‘Holy Box Batman!’
@sid3windr said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first."
Waiting for the first German to reply there's no cellphone in the box either..."
I would have done so, but since you beat me to it there's no need anymore. ;-)
(Most English speaking people probably don't even know that "Handy" is the German word for mobile phone.)
@AustinPowers said:
" @sid3windr said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first."
Waiting for the first German to reply there's no cellphone in the box either..."
I would have done so, but since you beat me to it there's no need anymore. ;-)
(Most English speaking people probably don't even know that "Handy" is the German word for mobile phone.)"
Also may refer to an electrical box with a flat back for mounting directly on surfaces rather than recessed, like on concrete walls.
Theses types of sets are nice, but I have almost never gotten any because they had so many 2 x X bricks, where I always preferred 1 x X. There were not a whole lot of 2 x X used back in classic space/town/castle.
@AustinPowers said:
" @sid3windr said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"And yet, no hands to be seen. I guess Carl got to them first."
Waiting for the first German to reply there's no cellphone in the box either..."
I would have done so, but since you beat me to it there's no need anymore. ;-)
(Most English speaking people probably don't even know that "Handy" is the German word for mobile phone.)"
Here in the States, it's an old term for a two-way radio.
@brick_r said:
"Okay...so, where's the "Hamburger Helper" mascot?
Oh, also: yesterday, a bag; today, a box...suppose tomorrow will be a trunk? "
It could be a tube (3598).. or how about a tub? (4496-2)
Not going to lie... sets like these are so nostalgic...
Handy!
www.LEGOideas.com
Jack wants his box back, now…