Random set of the day: Cool Ice Cream Café
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 3116 Cool Ice Cream Café, released in 1998. It's one of 27 Scala sets produced that year. It contains 65 pieces and 1 minifig.
It's owned by 39 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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Looks like it's been left out in the sun too long.
"owned by 39 Brickset members."
That's less than the SDCC exclusives! This set must be VERY rare! XD
Scala brought us some very nice pieces, even being an unsuccessful theme. It's so curious this indirect impact of certain themes, such as Nexo Knights, which also made Lego release new parts and recolours, somehow, these less popular themes stay with us forever!
So most AFOLs have had a “dark age” right?
Well this theme was Lego’s dark age.
The LEPIN version of Clickets.
The instructions for these Scala sets are always so bizarre. I get where the design team was going, ideas-wise, but it's so weird.
^ it looks like her ice cream shop after a category 5 hurricane, she’s standing in a pile of rubble.
Two main issues with Scala - firstly the dolls. The designers must have been on crack to propose those, and whoever signed them off on something much more dangerous. Secondly, the plate connections were new which meant if the kid had a Lego collection already, they faced compatability issues if trying to build their own thing. Again, a terrible decision. The same is true of Znap, Galidor, etc. - Lego intentionally staying from its core design.
Crickey, do you reckon she works there or is disgruntled customer? The box art narrative is really engaging.
this must be the only set where the cover art shows it dismantled
Other than technic and minifig scale sets, I only enjoyed the Fabuland sets (never having a single set though). Not even the infamous Bionicle drew my atteniton (sorry Bionicle Fans).
@namekuji...
No, but I love the narrative that she didn't get the ice-cream she wanted (you know, when your heart is set on triple-choc fudge, it's set on triple-choc fudge), so she tore the place down with her bare hands.
And yet they still use those ice cream scoops, big bowls and popsicle pieces to this day!
It’s not the fact that she destroyed the ice cream stall that’s disturbing, it’s the smile she has after doing it...
This set has no minifigs lol.
@aleydita the "flower studs" are the size of a 2x2 brick actually, so any brick that's an even length on both sides is compatible. It's actually more flexible than Duplo, as it works with plates too. My sister had one of these and we used to build extensions with system bricks. We actually really loved playing with this stuff. It was a very different target market to normal Lego, but it was essentially a totally customisable doll's house.
Scala has a few odd legacies actually - those big dishes on the sides of the latest AT-ST started life as a scala fruit bowl I think.
Scala is a new Clickits
Heck yes. I want it. NOW.
Clickits have returned! Huwbot is our Lord!