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Not a boat.
 

Takuma Nuva

That would make sense with the dune-buggy base that was missing a wheel and the red roll-bar.

 

That helps; I can definitely see a bunch of parts from there in here.  

For the minifigures, I can tell you that the one with the shark on his shirt is a character from the Lego Stunt Rally game. I had no idea a minifigure was ever actually produced for him, but apparently there was.

 

As for those fleshy figures, those aren't LEGO, and I'm pretty sure the pieces you have with the smooth tops aren't either. I know because I have a (non LEGO) set like that that my sister once bought me which contained a minifigure with the same hand pattern and leg design. And I'm pretty sure the pieces had that same smooth bottom pattern but I'd have to dig out the set and check.

 

The brick separator is used to take small plate pieces (like 1x2) off of larger base plates. If you take the end with the studs on it and put it on top of the plate, and then pull up while pushing on the brick, the wedge-like feature will (supposedly) lift the piece off the base plate. I had one in green and recall it working well for the most part.

 

(And even though it wasn't written for the movie I am obliged to give you a thumbs up for the song lyrics.)

Apparently he also made the 6714 Speed Dragster, which I know my brother has. That's good to know, I can return it.

man I have that dragster set... got it when I was so young, I never remember it being built with all the pieces. But I did always have it mostly together and played with it tons... should rebuild it, if I can.

 

And that one minifig who is only a torso and a head with a red helmet I'm pretty sure is from a lego mini-racers line. My friend had one and I remember complaining that normal minifigs would have taken up the same amount of space and it felt like a ripoff getting half of a weird one. I can't remember the name of the line though so I can't verify...

And that one minifig who is only a torso and a head with a red helmet I'm pretty sure is from a lego mini-racers line. My friend had one and I remember complaining that normal minifigs would have taken up the same amount of space and it felt like a ripoff getting half of a weird one. I can't remember the name of the line though so I can't verify...

 

Are you thinking of these sets here? They, too, are only a torso and a head, but the torso in those sets is different than the one seen in fisher's picture. They also aren't flesh colored. Actually the torso in the photo looks really weird to me as there doesn't seem to be a spot for arm holes.

ah yes, those. I guess you're right, definitely not lego here.

It appears that some rogue parts have invaded my Lego collection. I'm going to need to investigate this further. Out of curiosity, I'd like to know what they are, but I suppose that is a secondary concern.

 

It also explains some of the wheels - the bigger ones have connections to some of the "rogue" plates.  

The flesh toned minfigs are definitely megablocks. I remember them from a school project, where I compared a Lego set with one from the knockoff. The large majority of the stranger sheened bricks are most likely megablocks as well. As for the 'bush pilot', it is from one of the mid-nineties Outback sets.

Are you sure about that? Because I own both a Mega Bloks and a Best Lock figure and what he has strongly resembles the latter (Mega Bloks on the right). Also the Mega Bloks bricks I have have a bottom that more resembles traditional LEGO, and they have a "Mega Bloks" label on a stud, or elsewhere on the bricks surface, so it wouldn't be completely smooth.

 

But that can probably depend on when the sets where released and/or what line they where in, and I have no idea what the design history is for either of those groups. For what it's worth, the Mega Bloks sets I own are this one and this one. The Best Lock set is this one.