- Howdy.
- [Boo] Hi, Josh.
(record scratching)
- Boo, that was great English.
You're getting better.
- Thank you. - Good work, man.
Welcome to LEGOLAND.
The place of painstakingly made works of art.
Anyway, sometimes I look at LEGO
and I just think "Really?
"LEGO actually did that?"
Or just, "What even is that?
"What were they thinking when they made this?"
You would be amazed at some of the obscure,
strange, random junk LEGO has turned into LEGO sets.
And we're gonna look at what I consider,
the weirdest of them today.
Let's check out the 10...
(LEGOs blast) Oh.
The 10 Weirdest LEGO sets.
Yay. (LEGOs blast)
Oh, sorry.
And for a quick bonus entry, here is number 11.
LEGO MR. Bunny, AKA "Rabbit."
Yeah, I seem to be making a bad habit
of awkwardly shoving an extra LEGO set in,
but I really wanted to talk about this one.
Now, typically something labeled 'rabbit'
is probably meant to look like, you know, a rabbit.
But this instead looks like a harrowing cross
between Goofy and the clown from It.
It just looks off putting.
Anyway, for number-
Oh, sorry.
No, no, no, Boo. Don't touch it, don't touch it.
(LEGOs blast)
"LEGO Record and Play."
So what exactly is it we're looking at?
It appears to be a bug-cricket-thing
molded together with a motorcycle.
Then again, in this box shot,
it looks like the frog cousin of Cthulhu.
Based on the instructions,
it looks like there's a variety of ways to build this one.
I think this set's actually a really cool idea in concept,
it's essentially meant to be like an intelligent windup car.
You can record your bug monsters direction of travel
and then play it back.
In theory, all you do is press the record button
and drag it along the track you want.
Unfortunately, in reality, it struggled
and flailed along, even a straight path,
thus receiving the name, 'Zombie Walker.'
And when we look at this thing move,
I kind of get that.
With less flimsy parts,
I think this could have been more
than a hideous shambling abomination,
but unfortunately
I guess technology just wasn't cheap enough at the time.
Ah well, next one.
Dear. Mr. Sawaya, I'm very sorry,
I broke your-
(LEGOs blast)
I broke your two beautiful-
"The Hockey Game Set."
No LEGO, just no! Ugh!
What is that
meant to be sticking out of their swimsuit area?
This is apparently part of a sports set from 2003,
and this ludicrous design is apparently meant to be hockey.
LEGO decided to be adventurous with this set
and build the mini-figures out of technic pieces,
resulting in the hideous contractions you see before you.
They have no arms and no face,
just what I assume is a hockey stick
protruding from their swimsuit area.
- Goodnight everybody.
- For the record,
I think this is what LEGO sports character should look like.
These things just look like the rude equivalent
to pink Darth Vader.
Yes, that was actually a thing.
That being said, they seem functional enough
if you, or a little person wants to score some hockey goals.
They even come with a handy puck
for practicing your hockey quick shot training.
But man, this design is still really strange to me.
Okay Boo, let's just not touch anything.
(LEGOs blast)
Where's the railing on these things?
"The SpongeBob Adventures in Bikini Bottom Set."
Unsurprisingly, this isn't SpongeBob's first foray
into our favorite petroleum blocks.
Before this, we'd also seen 3825, "The Krusty Krab Set."
What's weird about this one?
Well, the mini figures are questionable, to say the least.
I mean, I feel they got Patrick okay.
And SpongeBob's looking possible enough,
but then we get to Squidward.
What is this?
This looks nothing like Squidward.
For one thing, Squidward very rarely smiles.
The probability of seeing Squidward smile
seems about as likely as me getting struck by
(lightning cracking) lightning.
Followed by the mafia boss calling me
to ask to date his daughter.
(phone ringing)
Hello?
- [Mr. Arondo] (indistinct)
- I don't know Mr. Arondo, sir.
Sophia's really nice, don't get me wrong,
but I don't know.
She's really into star signs,
and I'm all the science-y type.
I just don't think we have chemistry.
- [Mr. Arondo] (indistinct)
- What if I just catered her 25th?
- [Mr. Arondo] (indistinct)
- What allergies does she have?
For two, well, just look at it.
To be fair, Squidward must be a tough shape to get right
in a mini-figure.
His very large phallic nose probably doesn't help.
- I knew you weren't supposed to have a big one,
but that thing's gigantic.
- But surely we can make him look better than this.
And then there's Gary,
who looks like a plant turtle sandwich.
I know it's LEGO and they're working with constraints,
but to me, Gary just looks like
a very unfortunate, over-watered pot plant.
Anyway, I think the structures themselves
are a really cool design.
I particularly like how SpongeBob's pineapple
is designed to fold in and out.
My friend, Just2Good,
did a really good review of this one, actually.
If you're curious,
I posted the link to his review under the description.
Anyway, next one.
I think this is one of Nathan's best sculptures.
What do you think? (sculpture smashes)
Whoa! How is that even possible?
"LEGO Toy Story Three, The Trash Compactor Escape."
No way, really?
They actually went there?
They picked one of the darkest moments in Disney history,
highlighting the fragility of life and tolerance of death.
And they made a LEGO set out of it, really?
The manufacturer description for the set says,
"Woody and Hamm are in some trouble.
"Lotso is up to no good."
Nah, you think LEGO?
He's trying to brutally incinerate them in fire.
I guess murder is no good.
Anyway, I'm not saying it's a bad moment to cover
in the movie by any means,
or that children shouldn't see it.
I just think it's a really weird moment to cover.
In fact, I think the incinerator scene
is one of the most memorable, powerful,
beautiful moments in a Disney movie of all time.
But jeebus, what a moment to turn into a kid's LEGO set.
I mean, just look at Woody's expression.
It looks like he's watching his life flash before his eyes,
as he stares into oblivion.
Or like he just farted in a church,
but you get the idea.
But weird or not,
this is a gorgeous looking set.
I really appreciate that LEGO characters
don't look happy chappy.
They know what they're facing.
And the claw it comes with is actually fully functional.
So if your nephew and niece does want to rescue Woody,
from the equivalent to the "Flaming fires of hell,"
well, now they can. Yay!
I guess it's an okay way to introduce a child
to the confrontation of mortality infinitude,
but jeebus, seven to 12, really?
I don't know, Boo.
After all this, I think maybe we should just-
(LEGOs shatter)
Okay, let's just proceed very slowly.
"The Town Square Castle scene."
What, why?
Why is there a medieval castle
in the middle of the city streets?
What even is this clashing mess of random colors
and timelines?
This rather strange set
was released back in the UK and Netherlands in 1983.
It consists of a vibrant yellow castle
randomly located in the middle of town square.
Why? Well, that's a very valid question.
I doubt when they made this set,
the creators were sober enough to tell us.
The set also contains a horse,
at least I assume it's a horse.
Realistically, it's more like an ugly black smudge
on the pavement with eyes sticking out.
Not much of a cart either.
This sad white platform wasn't exactly top creative efforts.
What surprised me though,
is this is actually a very well loved set
by many vintage collectives.
- [BrickTsar] So this set,
that I'm very excited to finally own.
- In fact, one of my favorite LEGO YouTubers, BrickTsar
said this was one of his favorite LEGO sets of all time.
Although even he can't quite figure out
what kind of LEGO set this is.
- [BrickTsar] But the question is, is it a town set?
Is it a castle set?
- What year is it even set in?
The only way I can tell it's modern,
is the weirdly out of place car on the road.
It remains a strange,
but very rare and well loved set.
Okay, let's not touch anything.
Let's not breathe on anything.
And let's definitely not look at anything too hard.
Fabuland. "The Fabuland Big Band."
Unfortunately I can't say the title, Fabuland
without feeling violently ill.
Now I know what you're thinking,
"Is that their heads or their neck just thrown up?"
Well, I'm going with the latter.
You see back in 1979, LEGO created Fabuland.
- [Advertiser] The new Fabuland is our Jill's favorite.
Comes with ready built rooms,
she puts them together, then plays inside.
- [Josh] This resulted in these fab-bub-fugly,
hideous, anthropomorphic nightmares you see before you.
The company's goal was to make these a sort of,
intermediary set between DUPLO and LEGO,
and Oh boy, did they try.
Because they had a massive line of these stupid sets
that just kept going.
And as you may have noticed,
they're more than a little creepy.
Like if David Lynch had taken a huff of lithium
before designing a LEGO set for children.
Honestly, each set made me feel slightly more nauseous
than the last.
But perhaps the most fab-bub-fugly weird set
is the Big Band sets,
featuring Peter Pig and Gabriel Gorilla.
A big band consisting of two people.
Just so you know, LEGO
two is the literal,
absolute minimum number of people you can have
before establishing a band.
So this set is in fact,
the absolute smallest band you can possibly have.
Meaning the title is lying to us.
So I don't know how much educational value
these colorblind, saccharine sugar jobs actually had,
but apparently they sold.
Because I noticed my friend, BrickTsar
reviewed a set of these that actually came from 1988,
meaning that the Fabuland LEGO line,
actually lasted more than the one minute required
in order to inform the creator
that they were fired from ever working in Denmark again.
Even the box is so repulsively bright green,
that I wouldn't be surprised
if it had a seizure warning on it.
In theory, I like the simpler more approachable layout
of the Fabuland sets.
It makes LEGO more approachable for a younger audience,
but that also requires parents
to actually gaze upon Fabuland for more than 10 seconds,
without violently throwing it in the wood chipper.
Hey Boo, look, it's yellow.
Well, clearly he's already broken.
(both laughing)
(bomb blasts)
"Robot Command Center."
The eighties was an interesting time.
They had unique imaginations of the future.
- Your home will be more secure with Newton on duty.
- Apparently we're looking at a base,
but that base also has legs.
And I believe those legs are also robots?
And those robots are on roller blades,
with hands protruding from its robot roller blade legs.
and a giant, bulbous, robot clown face for a head,
I can't imagine the look on that great astronauts face,
when he crossed that final frontier
and took his first steps onto the moon.
Only to discover his new home would be
an over bloated, roller blade, trash compactor reject.
This station is a representation of pure, weird chaos,
but in a way I think its chaos
reflects the universe we stare out into.
One of my favorite professors once told me,
"The universe is under no obligation to make sense."
And clearly neither is LEGO.
The only other person I could find who reviewed it
was JANGBRiCKS.
And really, his first comment said it all.
- [JANGBRiCKS] All right, so this is a thing.
- [Josh] I'm assuming it's meant to be
both a moon trover and a command center simultaneously.
But honestly, if you told me
it was an oversized garbage compactor,
I'd probably believe that too.
It's like they got a whole bunch of space sets
and just randomly mush them together, hoping for the best.
If you'd like a little more detail on this,
JANGBRiCKS gives a lot more detail in his review.
If you're curious, I left the link in the description.
(Boo gobbling)
No I wasn't raised atheist.
I became secular and chilled after reading the damn thing.
(lighting cracking)
Oh come on, it's terrible.
"The TimeCruisers Hypno-Cruiser."
As we plunge into the insanity of weird LEGO sets,
we inevitably stumble upon this random mishmash of ideas.
The TimeCruisers has had very mixed reactions
amongst LEGO fans.
Some consider it a cool blend of various different elements
from different LEGO sets.
Others consider it lazy junk.
Personally, I think the intentions were good,
but I also think there's a limit
to how much randomness you can have in one small space.
To me, this feels more like a random,
blind choosing a pieces from a LEGO set.
This is the ex NASA employee, Dr. Cyber,
and this is Timmy.
And this is their monkey, Ingo.
I certainly get "Back To The Future" vibes with this.
Apparently, dr. Cyber discovered this weird hypno-disk,
and apparently it has time traveling capabilities.
Woo!
So he and Timmy travel across time in their flying boat?
Or maybe it's a helicopter.
No, wait, maybe it's a propeller plane.
No, no, wait, from the front,
it kind of looks like a lawn mower.
Time-travel is actually one of my favorite movie
and cartoon gimmicks of all time.
If you throw it in a cartoon movie or show,
chances are I'll love it.
And I do believe that it was creative,
earnest intentions with this design,
but personally, I think I'll stick to time traveling
with Doc and Marty in the DeLorean.
(Boo gobbling) Hmm?
- Ice cream?
- I'm lactose intolerant.
But thank you, Boo.
Let's just go before anything else breaks.
"The Soccer Police Unit."
This set was originally released
to advertise the 1998 World Cup.
And what their riot gear on, the police are ready
for patrons to stumble out of the stadium,
looking for a fight.
This is one of those strange sets
that really got me scratching my head,
surprised it existed at all.
I mean, I guess it advertises a soccer match,
at least the part where patrons get rowdy
and start breaking stuff on the street.
Fortunately, these LEGO cops
are ready to hunt down troublemakers
and throw them in the Paddy wagon.
Shove them in the clank, mate, till they sober up.
Interestingly, Shell Oil even endorsed this set.
I'm not exactly sure why though,
but like the "Toy Story" set from earlier,
I kind of appreciate how honest this set is.
It's not shying away from the ugly here,
and sweeping it under the rug.
Police may need to face riots if the moms get rowdy.
We even get ourselves a mobile detention center
to lock the criminal away.
Though, as my friend, Just2Good pointed out,
the paddy wagon doesn't actually close with his hat on.
So I guess he'll have to duck.
Anyway, this is a solid, exciting set
with a nice touch of reality to it.
(Boo gobbling)
Can you hold it?
I want to go before anything else breaks.
(bomb blasts)
"LEGO Geoffrey the Giraffe."
Now I think we can both probably agree,
the age rating here of six to 12,
is severely false advertising.
Even as an adult,
if this thing was in my room, staring at me,
I'd just sleep with the lights on that night,
or better yet, throw it out the window.
The original disembodied head of Geoffrey the Giraffe,
was given away for free
when you spent $50 or more at ToysRUs.
And I suspect free is the only way this death stare maniac
would ever make it into anyone's shopping cart.
So I guess to minimize the angry parent letters,
LEGO made a remastered version,
Do you see him?
I understand he can be very elusive.
In case you can't see,
he's the massive Eldridge Horror in the middle,
giving children nightmares.
(cartoon screaming)
Somehow, they thought it would be less intimidating
to give him buck teeth than a uni-brow,
that makes him look
like he's eternally frowning at the viewer.
I guess, if you felt like freaking out your neighbors,
or trying to convince them
you're a hybrid giraffe mutant,
you could display Geoffrey's head in your home.
Yup, yup.
Okay, okay. Blow it up, blow it up.
(Boo gobbling) (bomb blasts)
(sighs) That's better.
(door slamming) (Josh panting)
Anyway, I'm not saying any of these sets are inherently bad.
LEGO isn't just a toy, it's an art.
Now, how you interpret that art
depends more on you as a person,
but regardless, if you feel I missed a strange set,
feel free to let me know in the comments below.
And as always, thank you for watching.
And I hope to see you next time.
- Bye-bye.
(balls juggling) (mellow Mario music