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LEGO® 60438 Sailboat

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• Brand: LEGO
• Theme: LEGO City
• Ages: 5 - 99
• Total parts: 102
• Launch Date: 01-01-2024
• Weight: 280 gram
• Dimensions: 26,20cm x 19,10cm x 4,60cm
• EAN code: 5702017599595

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• Toy sailing boat – Kids’ imaginations take the helm with this LEGO® City Sailboat playset for ages 5 and up
• What’s in this building set? – Includes everything kids need to construct a toy sailboat, 2 minifigures and a dolphin figure
• LEGO® sailing ship – This model boat features a tall mast with a printed sail, a cabin with a bed and a boat’s wheel, plus 2 minifigures for imaginative stories and adventures
• Includes an interactive guide – Discover the LEGO® Builder app where kids can zoom in and rotate models in 3D, track building progress and explore and save virtual playsets
• A fun gift idea for boys and girls – Treat your everyday hero with this model sailing boat for kids aged 5 and up who love boats and cool toys
• Collect and combine – Discover more fun and adventures when you combine this set with others (sold separately) from the LEGO® City range
• Play without limits – LEGO® City is a place where kids can unleash their limitless imaginations, with structures, vehicles and citizens that motivate them to build, create, explore and play
• Dimensions – This 102-piece model sailboat measures over 8 in. (21 cm) high, 10 in. (25 cm) long and 2.5 in. (6 cm) wide

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July 30, 2021 By Jay Ong 2 Comments

It’s almost August 2021 where there’s a heap of new releases ready to drop on LEGO.com, like the UCS Republic Gunship or the Volkswagen T2 Campervan , or if you’re in North America – all the June/Summer releases .

To sweeten the deal, the 40487 Sailboat Adventures set will be available as a Gift with Purchase from LEGO.com , from 1 August onwards when you spend US$200 / £200 / AU$279 online.

LEGO VIP members get early access, from 1 – 3 August 2021, before the general release, which will be available from 4 – 29 August while stocks last.

This is a massively substantial gift with purchase (which explains the high purchase threshold), coming in at 330 pieces, and this year’s Vintage Car GWP as the second LEGO Ideas Gift with Purchase.

The set was the winner of the LEGO Ideas Dream Holiday contest , and designed by talented LEGO Instagrammer and Photographer @yc_solo .

This set is going to be exceedingly popular, not just because of its incredibly charming design, but as there are several big ticket sets and themes dropping on 1 August 2021, so I can absolutely see this one selling out immediately, so plan your purchases accordingly!

The LEGO Ideas 40487 Sailboat Adventures set will be available as a Gift with Purchase from LEGO.com , from 1 August onwards when you spend US$200 / £200 / AU$279 online.

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July 30, 2021 at 7:32 PM

I’ve been waiting for a decent GWP before I order a couple of things (I’m thinking F.R.I.E.N.D.S Apartments together with Seinfeld) but the extremely limited nature of the freebie annoys me, having missed out on January’s car (I think I might have been waiting for a new set to be released at the time) , as it’s going to benefit resellers more than more selective buyers. They should make enough of these things to last a few weeks, if not the whole month, rather than have them go out of stock in days if not hours.

July 30, 2021 at 5:23 PM

I’d love this, but I’m too old to go through all the hoops required to make sure I’m first in the queue. It’d be great if Lego has actually made enough of them for everyone who will doubtless want one. I’ll have a go at a civilised hour on Sunday if there’s anything I want that’s actually in stock.

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March 21, 2024

Pilot boat driver, Espen Andersen’s LEGO model of the boat he sails for DanPilot. Image courtesy DanPilot

Espen Andersen , a pilot boat driver for DanPilot , the independent public enterprise owned by the Danish state, takes his love of maritime and LEGOs to new heights, creating a LEGO model  of the pilot boat he sails for Svendborg, Denmark-based company.   Andersen has registered the pilot boat for LEGO Ideas, a forum where fans can submit suggestions for upcoming LEGO sets. If the idea is to become a reality and be considered for a new production at LEGO, the pilot boat needs to receive 10,000 votes.

“At DanPilot, many passionate seafarers work on dedicated hobby projects. We want to support our colleagues' commitment and pride in the maritime profession, and obviously we hope that Espen's model of the pilot boat will receive support to get produced as a LEGO set,” said Erik Merkes Nielsen , CEO at DanPilot .

Andersen calls the project "A tribute build to a work life at sea".  

“My model is inspired by a Danish pilot boat, but it could just as easily be a pilot boat from any other country. It’s a tribute to a working life at sea for many people around the world,” says Espen Andersen.

The LEGO model isn't just any pilot boat either. It is a model of DanPilot India , the pilot boat that Espen Andersen himself uses on a daily basis to transport pilots safely to and from ships. He therefore knows every detail of the boat and has been able to make the model as realistic as possible.

Espen Andersen's LEGO model is a 1:25 scale model of the real pilot boat. DanPilot India is one of DanPilot's small pilot boats, measuring 15 meters and weighing more than 20 tons. By comparison, the LEGO model of the pilot boat weighs 2.5 kg and is 61.5 cm long. It will take more than 2,500 LEGO bricks to build the pilot boat.

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LEGO Friends Stephanie's Sailing Adventure Toy Boat Set 41716, Sailboat Building Toy with Island, Drone, and 3 Mini Figures, Creative Sailing Gift for Kids, Girls, Boys Age 7+ Years Old

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• This LEGO sailboat set for kids 7+ years old features a toy boat with a flexible sail, a finish-line build, an island and 3 mini-dolls
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Give little ones who love boats and cool LEGO vehicle models a gift they’ll adore with Stephanie's Sailing Adventure (41716) boat toy for kids 7+ years old. Kids can join LEGO Friends Stephanie, who has achieved her dream of joining a crew who are attempting to break a world-record time for sailing around the globe. This LEGO Friends playset features a toy sailboat with authentic details such as a flexible sail, radar and a ship’s wheel that actually turns. There are also 3 LEGO Friends mini-dolls to help spark imaginative stories of adventure on the high seas: Stephanie, Elijah and Capt. Maxine with loads of cool accessories such as a tablet to call home, a walkie-talkie, toy binoculars, a drone and controller, plus 3 life vests to keep the mini-dolls safe. This creative set also helps kids learn about the epic achievement of a world-renowned sailor when they take part in Stephanie’s dream journey in which she gives her all in pursuit of sporting excellence. The set comes with clear printed instructions and kids can also access digital building instructions about how to make this sailing boat. This interactive guide is available from the LEGO Building Instructions app and lets kids rotate, zoom and view their creation in 3D! This children’s boat measures over 10 in. (26 cm) high, 3 in. (9 cm) long and 9 in. (25 cm) wide, so takes up little room when out on display. Contains 304 pieces.

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LEGO Fortnite is a fun and exciting game mode added to Fortnite’s Season 5. Its interesting survival crafting mechanism has urged players to jump into this brick world and begin their next adventure. The procedurally generated map in LEGO Fortnite covers about 95 square kilometers . To traverse this vast and unpredictable terrain, players need to build vehicles.

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Crafting vehicles from scratch shifts the player’s focus from fighting off enemies and starvation to building and creating. While it comes down to personal preferences, players should also assess their environment properly before building any vehicle. They need access to Rare crafting benches and upgraded tools to gather materials for a ride . This list ranks all the available vehicles in LEGO Fortnite – from the easiest to the most challenging material requirements.

Simple To Build

While LEGO Fortnite does not feature a traditional car with a powerful engine and leather seats, it allows players to build a makeshift car to make traveling a bit easier. Cars are the simplest vehicles players can craft to get somewhere quickly . They require minimal materials that are readily available in the early stages of the game, such as:

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The only drawback is that these makeshift cars will only move in one direction: forward. If players wish to change their direction, they will need to hop out of the car and push the vehicle to face the direction they want. This makes them the lowest-ranked vehicle in LEGO Fortnite .

Alternatively, they can build up two huge towers on their dynamic platform and partially destroy each tower. Players should also attach more Thrusters and their respective Activation Switches to shift their car in any direction. This workaround takes some practice, but once players get used to it, they won’t have to rely on a steering wheel to steer their car.

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Boats are another easy-to-build vehicle in LEGO Fortnite . They make it easier for players to cross water bodies without having to swim long distances. Boats are perfect for people who’ve created their village right next to a water body. Players can witness the serene views as they sail through the waters to get to the other side.

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The first step for building a boat is to lay down two Dynamic Foundations next to each other and push them till they are connected. Next, build a long brick foundation in the middle and place the following items on it:

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The thrusters should be placed symmetrically, otherwise, the boat will not move forward and bend to one side. To make the boat ride even smoother, players can add small balloons at each of the four corners.

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Airplanes rank second on the best vehicles list since they give players a tactical advantage by letting them have a clear view of the battleground. To build a simple airplane, players will need:

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Players can snap together as many Dynamic Foundations as they want to increase space on their plane. However, they should remember that the bigger the plane’s surface is, the more Balloons and Thrusters players will need. The Thrusters will propel the plane upwards while the Large Balloons make sure that it stays in the air. Additionally, they can add wheels to either side of the platform to soften the landing.

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The Monorail tops the list of the best vehicles due to its insanely high speed and short travel time. Players can build a Monorail to drastically reduce the time required to travel between biomes . It’s pretty difficult for new beginners to build a monorail as it requires a lot of materials.

Before they can start building a monorail , players need to locate two elevated landscapes. These can either be found naturally on the map or made artificially using bricks. Players should make sure that these elevated peaks do not have any obstructions between them. Next, build a 12 x 2 x 1 thin floor to connect these peaks.

Once the elevated points are connected, players can place a pair of Dynamic Foundations on the thin floors in such a way that they do not touch each other. Next, place the following structures on this foundation:

• Six Large Thrusters
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• Two Activation Switches

A stable build is still tough to lay down, but with practice, players can build a functioning monorail to make travel easier in LEGO Fortnite .

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The nation’s slow transition to electric vehicles got a boost Wednesday when the Biden administration announced it had finalized the strongest-ever pollution standards for cars and light trucks.

The Environmental Protection Agency rule, which would begin taking effect with model year 2027, would require car manufacturers to increase sales of electric vehicles while cutting carbon emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles.

EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said at a news conference that the rule marks the “strongest vehicle pollution technology standard ever finalized in United States history.”

“These technology standards for model years 2027 through 2032 will avoid more than 7 billion tons of carbon pollution,” Regan said. “That’s four times the total carbon pollution from [all] transportation in the year 2021. Cleaner vehicles and lower emissions mean so much to the people across this country.”

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, including in California. The new EPA standards would represent a nearly 50% reduction in average projected greenhouse gas emissions levels for light-duty vehicles and a 44% reduction for medium-duty vehicles, the agency said in a statement.

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The rules are also expected to reduce health-damaging soot emissions from gas cars by more than 95% — a move that could improve air quality in cities like Los Angeles where many homes are near freeways.

In many ways, the federal rule follows the lead of California, which has been a pioneer in efforts to eliminate reliance on gas-powered cars. In 2022, regulators announced they would halt the sale of new gas cars in the state by 2035.

Twelve states and Washington, D.C., have chosen to adhere to California’s more stringent rules. Along with California, the group accounts for roughly 33% of the nation’s new car registrations, according to state officials.

American Lung Assn. President and Chief Executive Harold Wimmer applauded the Biden administration’s move as a “critical step to address climate change and reduce air pollution.” Still, Wimmer said, the EPA has more work to do to reduce emissions, particularly from heavy-duty vehicles including freight trucks and buses.

When soot, or fine particulate matter, is inhaled, the microscopic pollution not only aggravates the lungs and raises the risk of respiratory disease, but it also can travel into the bloodstream, where it can trigger stroke or heart attack.

“Trucks represent a small fraction of total on-road vehicles but generate the greatest share of harmful air pollutants,” Wimmer said. “Reducing emissions from both cars and trucks is critical to improving public health, advancing health equity and addressing climate change.”

The EPA rule does not ban vehicles with internal-combustion engines. While the rule is expected to increase electric vehicle sales nationally, car manufacturers have autonomy in deciding how to meet the reduced emission standards. They could achieve the standards by selling more hybrid cars or improving the efficiency of gas-powered engines.

The final rule also gives car manufacturers more time to phase in pollution limits than the EPA had proposed last year. Under that more ambitious plan, electric vehicles would have accounted for 67% of all new passenger cars sold in the U.S. by 2032.

John Bozzella, president and CEO of the auto manufacturing trade group Alliance for Automotive Innovation, said that while automakers are committed to transitioning to electric vehicles, the pace at which it happens is crucial for those companies.

“Moderating the pace of EV adoption in 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 was the right call because it prioritizes more reasonable electrification targets in the next few very critical years of the EV transition,” Bozzella said. “These adjusted EV targets — still a stretch goal — should give the market and supply chains a chance to catch up. It buys some time for more public charging to come online, and the industrial incentives and policies of the Inflation Reduction Act to do their thing.”

News of the EPA rule comes on the heels of an agreement between the California Air Resources Board and vehicle manufacturing giant Stellantis. Under the agreement, the company is to abide by state requirements that zero-emission vehicles account for a growing share of sales in California through 2030, even if the policy is challenged in the courts or by federal action.

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Zero-emission cars represent about 7.6% of vehicles sold today in the United States, up from nearly 6% in 2022 and just over 3% in 2021. They remain the fastest-growing car sales category, according to Kelley Blue Book.

In California, electric vehicle sales dropped significantly in the last half of 2023 for the first time in more than a decade, a phenomenon experts attributed in part to unreliable charging technology, higher prices for zero-emission vehicles and concerns about vehicle range. Still, California has more electric cars on its roads than any other state, with electric vehicles making up 20.1% of its new car sales.

Electric vehicle sales growth also has slowed nationally as automakers such as Ford and General Motors have cut back for the moment on EV and battery production plans.

Hertz is also pulling back on its plan to shift toward EVs. The rental car company had announced plans several years ago to buy 100,000 Teslas, but in January said it was selling its EV fleet, citing higher expenses for collisions and damage involving the vehicles.

The National Automobile Dealers Assn., which represents more than 16,000 car and truck dealerships, was among the automotive trade organizations that expressed concern over the federal requirements. The new targets, they say, don’t reflect the demand for electric vehicles.

“The EPA’s final rule remains too aggressive and far ahead of consumer demand,” Mike Stanton, the association’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “Our experience working with consumers every day makes us highly skeptical that consumers will adopt EVs anywhere near the levels required. The charging infrastructure is not ready, the current incentives are not sufficient, and high EV prices will price out millions of consumers, particularly low-income Americans, from the new-car market.”

But environmental activists say the EPA’s move is necessary to combat climate change. Amanda Leland, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund, said at a news conference that the EPA rule will cut air pollution and bring more choices and savings to consumers.

“The future is electric,” she said, “built on a shared pollution-free vision grounded in economic prosperity, job growth and consumer savings. So today we continue on our journey for a better, healthier world.”

Due to its historic air pollution woes, California is the only state that can adopt its own vehicle emissions standards, with federal approval.

Last year, state air regulators adopted a rule to eventually phase out heavy-duty trucks and locomotives that burn fossil fuels. But the EPA has yet to sign off on the rule, delaying its implementation.

Set to start this January, the rule was to prohibit the registration of new gas- and diesel-fired cargo trucks that operate at California ports and rail yards. That would have effectively ensured that all new heavy-duty vehicles taking part in the state’s bustling movement of goods would be zero-emission vehicles.

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Ancient canoes hint at bustling trade in Mediterranean 7000 years ago

Italian canoes capable of transporting people and goods have been dated to the Neolithic period, suggesting there was a bustling trade across the Mediterranean Sea

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre

20 March 2024

The canoes are up to 10 metres long and made from hollowed out trees

Gibaja et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0

More than 7000 years ago, skilled craftspeople constructed wooden canoes that probably transported people, animals and goods across the Mediterranean Sea.

Scientists have identified five boats with signs of advanced seafaring technology, such as transverse reinforcements and towing accessories. Found in a freshwater lake, the canoes – which have been somewhat of an inadvertent secret for decades – probably enabled trade and transportation among Mediterranean farming communities during the Neolithic period, says Niccolò Mazzucco at the University of Pisa in Italy.

Along with the well-preserved village they were found in, the canoes “open a window to the past”, he says.

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In 1989, Italian researchers discovered the site – which they named La Marmotta – buried under a lake located 38 kilometres upstream from the western coast of the Mediterranean Sea, slightly north-west of Rome. In addition to multiple wooden buildings, they found dugout canoes built from trees that had been hollowed by burning and carving.

Despite these findings, language barriers kept them from becoming well-known internationally, with nearly all related information published only in Italian, says Mario Mineo at the Museum of Roman Civilization in Rome, who participated in the discovery.

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Now, Mazzucco, Mineo and their colleagues have taken a fresh look at these canoes using modern methods – and shared their results in English.

Lasse Sørensen at the National Museum of Denmark, who wasn’t involved in the research, says he was unaware of these boats, despite his extensive work with dugout canoes in Scandinavia.

He is particularly intrigued by the wooden T-shaped devices found with the canoes. The holes drilled into them suggest they were probably used for ropes, which implies the boats were towed. This would have allowed them to transport “more people, more animals, more stuff”, says Sørensen. “So, these details are really important because they’re actually a testimony of how they could have transported a lot of goods.”

The team used recent carbon dating technology to place each boat’s origins in the 6th millennia BC: the two oldest were built as early as 5620 BC and the most recent one as late as 5045 BC. Carbon dating one of the T-shaped accessories revealed it was made as early as 5470 BC.

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The boats are up to 10 metres long. This size suggests they were used on the sea, says Mazzucco. Recent tests of replicas of these canoes confirmed the originals would have been seaworthy . Foreign grains, livestock remains and stones found at the village indicate the villagers traded across the Mediterranean region.

To identify the trees used to make the boats, the team sliced off nine thin samples of wood from each canoe. Analysing these under a microscope, the researchers determined that two of the boats – including one of the oldest – were made from alder, which is lightweight and doesn’t split or crack easily. The most recent boat was made from oak, which is tough and resistant to decay, while the remaining two boats were made from poplar and beech.

“They probably had enough knowledge about wood species and their properties to choose them and to use them on the basis of those properties,” says Mazzucco. “These people were working wood with the same knowledge as a carpenter today, just with different tools.”

Journal reference:

PLoS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299765

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