It’s to go even!

One of my early sets! Still brings back fond memories despite some aspects (like the dreaded STAMP used for the sign) not really comparing favorably to modern sets.

This is my favorite Town set.

Ah, this brings back memories. I had the original, not the re-release. I never applied the stickers on the van. The sign was just two 1x8s, so no big deal to just leave them together and the sticker applied when dismantling the set, but putting the stickers on the van would have required leaving about half the vehicle together to keep it intact. So glad Lego stopped doing STAMPs.
I would love to see them get back to re-releasing classic sets. (Although there are several they couldn't do because they don't have the molds for all the pieces anymore.)

Great little set. Those pizza pieces were so fantastic back then. It was a more peaceful set for kids, next to action-packed police sets from those years. We ended up just cutting the sticker so the pieces could be separated, if I recall correctly.

So...has anyone ever tried the lemon-crusted pizza? I’m not sure it would pair well with pepperoni.

@phi13:
Ah, yes, back when the cars were rider lawnmowers, the motorcycles were Shriner-style minibikes, and the buildings were often just archways with a scrap of roof.

I make a pizza, I make a pasta, I make a lotta money

Love this set, got an original in a LEGO lot I bought. Neat little set with a lot of play opportunity IMO. Sadly the most sets like this now can be mostly found only in Friends theme.

My memory with this set is, I wasn't a "Town" guy when this set first released. Then when I grew into Lego more, I regreted so much that I didn't get this one and the Hot Rod Club. I even missed the re-release due to work releated inconveniences. Years later, I was checking up on a lot for sale on the internet and I saw the "L" tile part with pizzeria writing on it. Then the yellow slope piece with sunset printing. I just couldn't believe my eyes. With one glorious purchase I had them both. I keep them built since the day I got them. Happy days...

Fun little stall, I can see it sitting around the modular buildings and not looking too out of place

@EvilTwin said:
"I really think they should put the pizzas in boxes before putting them in the van"

In 2002 boxes didn’t exist. The invention of the cardboard box is like in 2005 i believe.

Wow! Only 8 Town/City sets in 2002 - 4 of them are road plates, 3 re-releases, and 1 non-minifigure scale set. LEGO really was losing it at this time. I mean what is LEGO without the option to build a LEGO city. So glad they made quite the comeback.

I always wondered how the mini-figs hold the pizza's shown in the picture as the instructions show nothing underneath to grip onto? Also gripping the side of the tile (shown at the end of the instructions) is not much use as narrower than the hand so just falls out! This set did include a pizza oven behind the female mini-fig, and trays to stack two pizza's at the back of the worlds smallest pizza van. I could never figure out what happened to the table top that the umbrella is sitting on.

The pizza van set was such a disapoinmet compared to this precious set that comes with 8 pizzas.
It was my favorite set back then when i was young.

They do in creator and friends.

@Lego_Lord_Mayorca said:
"Anyone that owns both this one and the original from 1994 want to comment on any differences between the two sets in terms of parts and construction? Maybe there are none..."

After a quick glance at the inventory for both sets on BL it seems that they are exactly the same.

@Arnoldos said:
"Lego System evokes so many fond memories.
I may be nostalgic, but that simplicity is just charming.
And somehow the background artwork in these sets was so nice it made me want to live there in the troubleless Lego world with clear skies, warm sands, green grass, calm waters and clean air. Hell, it still does."

Couldn't agree more! I love the simple backgrounds used in this era (well, the original) of sets. The place looks so calm and nice.

I would like to see more of these "civilian" buildings as full sets, instead of the yearly police ones.

Huwbot keeps picking these sets that were my childhood heroes! This, along with several others, are part of my Updated Classics project, where I've taken old sets and 'modernised' them into what I guess you could call UCS versions. Here's the pizzeria: https://www.flickr.com/photos/legolago/albums/72157680982538454

Managed to snag the hot rod club a few years back, this is still one I'd not mind tracking down.

had the original. thanks for the nostalgia hit this morning!

One of the best sets ever.

This is in my city layout, along with 6561 Hot Rod Club and 6414 Dolphin Point. Pizza-To-Go is on the shortlist of best sets of all time. There are very few things I would apply the adjective of "timeless" to, and this is most certainly one of those.

@ambr said:
"I always wondered how the mini-figs hold the pizza's shown in the picture as the instructions show nothing underneath to grip onto? Also gripping the side of the tile (shown at the end of the instructions) is not much use as narrower than the hand so just falls out! This set did include a pizza oven behind the female mini-fig, and trays to stack two pizza's at the back of the worlds smallest pizza van. I could never figure out what happened to the table top that the umbrella is sitting on."

The old type of 2x2 round tile actually had more connection points on the underside than you might realize! The "x" shaped center support not only helped to clutch studs attached to the four "corners" of the piece, but also could allow stud connections (or similar connections like the top of a minifigure hand) in between between those obvious anti-studs (allowing, for instance, a 1x2 plate to be connected across the length or width of the tile).

The change in that tile design was a result of that older connectivity only being used on rare occasions, as compared to the more frequent usefulness a center tube would allow by letting the entire tile be centered on a single stud.

This was my very first Lego systems set 25 years ago. A couple years ago I bricklinked the baseplate to rebuild it from my Lego bulk bin. Some of the stickers over multiple parts are no good now but I still have it on my desk mostly completed.

Have the 94 version. Yes it was a STAMP but now, 26 years later, that STAMP is in better shape than most stickers 10 - 15 years its junior.

The most random thing about this entry is that the 2002 reissue is listed instead of the 1994 original. It's got some serious Paradisa vibes. I have the Heartlake Pizzeria, which is a lot bigger and way more detailled, but the Mediterranean building style of this set is definitely charming.

@bananaworld said:
"
If only I could go back to 1994 and 'have a talk' with 13-year old me:

"You see this set, this beautiful pizzeria, which you're playing with, and enjoying, and loving?

"Hold on to that feeling.

"Stick with LEGO; believe me: it's better than Warhammer.""

OH WOW... Cuch a bold and brash statement,,, Ha-ha-ha... No, I will not check it...

Legend.

One of my favorite sets back in the days. Great to have a baseplate in a small set like this. It's so good that it is a re-released set from 1994. For a small town/city set like this to get a re-release 8 years later is quite a feat on its own. There's no way something like this could happen these days. Even some iconic big sets such as Cafe Corner/Green Grocer/Imperial Flagship, to name a few, don't get this honor.

@Huw said:
"2001, the year LEGO spent no money on design and development of City and a number of other themes..."

But they had arguably the best road plate sets that year!

@ambr:
No, minifigs can hold 2x2 round tiles by the edge. You just have to be very careful about how you attach it. Minifig hands can't hold plates (not in an official set, anyways) because the geometry is just a bit too chunky and forces the hands open enough to stress them. Tiles are fine, as the groove around the base relieves just enough tension that the stress is reduced to an acceptable level. The only problem with round tiles is that the sidewall has a variable thickness. On the "corners", it's not even there, due to the stud notches. Immediately adjacent to those stud notches, the sidewall thins out to nothing, and doesn't provide much to grip. On the cardinal points, the sidewall thickness at the apex is nominally identical to the sidewall thickness of rectangular tiles. So, if you place the tile in the minifig's hand so it grips right at that apex, it will result in a stable grip. Well, mostly stable. Due to the curve, the tile can rock across the minifig's palm, so it's a bit easier to knock loose than a rectangular tile...but it shouldn't just pop free on its own.

@Lyichir:
Both styles definitely have their advantages. I once made a Buggalo from Futurama that used the X-bottom tile to form the top of the head. The unique design allowed it to straddle a 1x Technic brick. Years later I ended up designing a much more accurate version of the TMNT Shellraiser, and equipping it to run on 9v track. The only way I was able to add the front hubcaps was with the O-bottom version, which was able to attach to a Technic axle with a stud on the end. So the only problem is that any color that retired before the mold change will never be available in an O-bottom (assuming it was ever used for the X-bottom), while any color that was introduced after the mold change is forever limited to the O-bottom design. The interesting thing is how the old 2x2 round tile relates to the famous 2x4 brick "patent" sprue. Completely hollow bricks are how everything started, of course, and the tube design ended up being the pick of the litter. A third design appears to have resulted in the interior structure for 1x bricks, plates, and tiles, and the old 2x2 round tile was the lone instance of an X-bottom design in a production part. That basically leaves only one of the alternate designs that has yet to land in a LEGO set. There's a fifth design that looks like someone took the familiar tube design, and clipped chunks out of the four sides, leaving just thin fingers on the diagonals.

@Dare_Wreck:
Nope. The roadplates our LUG uses didn't come out until 2005. Those older ones tended to end up with grass growing through the pavement anyways, as the paint would wear off and leave the green base color bleeding through.

@PurpleDave - that's definitely true, I don't usually see those used in MOCs. But for play and my kids, I like them the best.