A jetski? Seems a bit overkill for a lifeguard job, but hey, you do you, girl!

I think that jet ski can fit only one person. Or if I’m wrong.

That's not a lifeguard, that's just someone sitting in the lifeguard's seat. Like, aren't they supposed to be in red? Or was that just Baywatch?

@MCLegoboy said:
"That's not a lifeguard, that's just someone sitting in the lifeguard's seat. Like, aren't they supposed to be in red? Or was that just Baywatch?"

Most lifeguards wear red and yellow. Although some full-time lifeguards, like the ones down at Bondi beach in Australia wear blue.

I had no idea about this set. In fact many of the early small City sets have escaped my attention. I need to rectify that.

Gives me ideas. I have small town by the sea and it doesn’t have a lifeguard tower on the beach, from now on there will be.

Growing up on the coast of Lake Michigan, any tower on the beach that wasn’t a lifeguard chair was almost certainly a lighthouse. The former were only private if the beach they occupied was, and the latter (at the time) were all owned by the federal government (in recent years, GPS has largely taken over their role, so many have been sold to non-profits or private owners).

While Lake Michigan is one of the most dangerous bodies of water for shipping, anytime swells get tall enough to require a lifeguard to use a jet ski, the beach has long been shut down until the weather clears up. Besides that, the marked swimming areas are small enough that it would be easier to just swim, and watercraft of any type are not allowed inside the buoys. While I know they’re commonly used on ocean beaches, I’ve never seen them used for anything except recreational purposes in person.

Any hidden buoys we can discuss ad infinitum like there were in https://brickset.com/article/110063/random-set-of-the-day-windsurfer ?

@Maxbricks14 said:
" @AverageChimaEnjoyer said:
"A jetski? Seems a bit overkill for a lifeguard job, but hey, you do you, girl!"

Overkill? Lifeguards often face monstrous waves, or have to go very far out, so a jet-ski by no means, is overkill. And have you seen the number of drownings?

Although the absence of a simple rescue board is notably strange."

The rescued minifigure needs to hand onto the flag pole at the back.

For a polybag it's surprisingly complete. Normally either the guard tower or jetski would be all there is, but this includes both plus the minifig!

@lluisgib said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @MeisterDad said:
"I had no idea about this set. In fact many of the early small City sets have escaped my attention. I need to rectify that."

I didn't either. I was a set exclusive to a chain of restaurants so not many people knew about it.

But imagine being a kid and getting a free Lego set with your food!"

It's funny. When they promo was launched in France and Belgium, I wrote Quick offices in both countries, asking to buy the polybags. After the promo was finished, both officers sent me a full set of 4 polybags for free. They all had the Quick logo, although only 2 were exclusive models for them.

I still keep one full set of polybags new, the other built, and the letters that came with the polybags.

They were so kind."

Hi lluisgib, can you please provide us with the set numbers of the (Quick) series. Thanks.

@Binnekamp said:
"For a polybag it's surprisingly complete. Normally either the guard tower or jetski would be all there is, but this includes both plus the minifig!"

And yet the drowning victim didn’t quite make it…