Random set of the day: Package Pick-Up
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6325 Package Pick-Up, released during 1998. It's one of 62 Town sets produced that year. It contains 28 pieces and 1 minifig, and its retail price was US$4.75.
It's owned by 1,598 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you might find it for sale at BrickLink or eBay.
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Put it back!
Uh, that computer is outside the box. What kind of service is this? Commiting a federal crime by opening someone else's mail, somehow powering up the computer and probably loading it full of viruses, and wearing a hat sideways. This is the shiftiest thing LEGO's ever produced.
ayyy, one of my first 10 Lego sets! Super nostalgic. Still have all the pieces.
He's picking up the packages because they keep falling out of his back. I don't see anything to secure those packages back there.
Sideways hat the epitome of cool in 1998. Radical!
Parcel delivery is a City feature/sub-theme that could definitely come back. Even more relevant now than it was in the late 90s.
Ah, a set from my childhood! Although I experienced the better part of the 90s to some extent, I still got a lot of town jr. In fact, I used to own three of these, all gifted by different people at the same time.
It's nice to see prints for this set. The computer and keyboard were very versatile. The package fits behind the driver and the trolley can be placed on the back of the car, so it can actually move the included stuff somewhere to deliver the package.
Of course, the chassis, lack of doors, lack of a roof and the now greasy wheels are all major shortcomings of the era. Actual, real juniorization!
Still, package delivery sets would be nice to see in City again!
"Put that hat back, facing FORWARD MISTER..."
Seriously, talk about not being professional...
There is something about that little hand truck that just makes it a great little accessory part.
Not sure what I’d do if the UPS delivery person pulled up to my house riding that beast…
Part 30235 (chassis) is an abomination and, on top of that, it must be an expensive part to produce. It is also a part that prevent any sort of decent 'snot' techniques for the front or the back (without an ugly gap). This is clearly a lose-lose-lose proposition. Fortunately it has only been produced for 4-5 years (1998-2002) and only appeared in 16 sets - all of which are ugly. The only set I would buy is 1177-1 (on bricklink this set is co-branded with Coca-cola).
Almost every set containing the part 2495 'sack truck' is superb - just look at all the train sets, farms, harbours, trucks and Ferraris, from a Crooks' hideout to Town Plan, with a Vestas turbine to boot...
I dont expect they make many pick ups during winter?
The chassis is a bit meh, but the printed pieces are great though, especially the computer+keyboard at the time.
Town jr had it's lows, but the small sets did come with cool parts :
6422 : Telephone Repair had a full set of tools.
Nowadays the newer 11-pack of tools (part nr 11402) is not in a lot of (small) sets, not even something you'd expect it in 60258 : Tuning Workshop
I could build this from loose parts I've picked up over the years, not bad!
Meh, Juniorized chassis and grill 'slope'... The 'dark times' for LEGO
I LOVED THIS SET!
I still *love* those logo pieces, and for such a simple set, this has surprising play value - packing, delivering, driving. Good times!
As Town Jr as this set is ... it's still an adorable little vehicle. It's one of the few Town Jr sets that I really wanted in my Lego city.
That PC! I can hear the internet noises when i see it! Sprreeee krrrrrr nghhhh weeee kggggg
It only misses a floppy disc
Btw i didn’t know that that cap came in green. I want it (to use sideways to portray nineties me)
I remember buying it solely for the computer part. Ugly set. No wonder I lost interest in lego around that time, these type of sets were terrible if a child like me wanted to make a different build out of it.
It's a pickup roadster. Pretty daring vehicle design.
I want to unjuniorize it!
The computer and the car are both equally 1990s chunky.
@MCLegoboy said:
"Uh, that computer is outside the box. What kind of service is this? Commiting a federal crime by opening someone else's mail, somehow powering up the computer and probably loading it full of viruses, and wearing a hat sideways. This is the shiftiest thing LEGO's ever produced."
I'm not at all certain that's a box at all. This is a nineties-set, so that might just be a nineties-PC - a giant, unyielding block of metal and plastic, turning a lovely shade of beige in no time flat (and ironically, for the exact same reason why LEGO-bricks turn yellow in the first place).
It sure does look a lot like my first PC did.
I've got this set, it was one of the last set i had before my "dark ages"... bleargh!
And I thought the new 18+ sets had bland backgrounds...
Actually that green cap was still quite new in 1998. Aside from a few FreeStyle sets with very weird availabilities, there were only 5 regular sets to have one in 1998.
Also that torso is kind of rare.
Unfortunately they slowly stopped using the 3x4 mudguard pieces in the late nineties, so we had to deal with a simple slope here...
I'm so lucky this era was during my Dark Ages... I do love that 1x2 monitor though.
@jol said:
"And I thought the new 18+ sets had bland backgrounds..."
That's the instructions. The box looked vibrant. The 18+ range is still one of the blandest.
From a time when a computer delivery was a major event.
That computer screen piece is of my most favorite pieces.
I had this set with the 6564: Recycle Truck
It was a good game opportunity but looking back, is too monotonous, boring the chassis of most vehicle from this era.
And I thought the new 18+ sets had bland backgrounds...
@Ridgeheart:
Computers of that era were still being produced in tan as a throwback to MOBS. White, black, and more varied colors were becoming available, but were not standard yet. In the preceding decades, the plastic industry had largely been limited to brown and tan for many items, like outlet and light switch cover plates, electrical fixtures, and as a byproduct of that limitation, many painted metal household fixtures that would usually be matched with the plastic stuff. The plastic industry, outside of toys, was so rigidly limited to brown and tan that plastic manufacturers who dealt exclusively in these two colors became known as MOBS, or Makers Of Brown Stuff*.
It was in the 90’s that I recall black and white electrical cover plates and fixtures becoming common, though they often cost twice as much as brown or tan. Computers started becoming available in bright colors, especially if you went to a boutique where they would custom-build your tower. Monitors were really still limited to tan, black, and various shades of white, though. Now you almost can’t find a tan modern computer, and household fixtures don’t generally cost any different in black or white than they do in tan or brown.
* Like “SPAM”, there are alternate options for what you want the “S” to stand for.
I'd like to know if the designers still were proud of their work after product management told them of their juniorization strategy. If anybody knows, please answer/link to article :-) ty!
Oh Mercedes, what have they done to you?
So... Is that supposed to be a package or the computer's tower? One the one hand, you could fit both computer component pieces in there, and computers that were just a monitor and a keyboard (such as the first generation iMac, which came out the same year this set did) are a thing. On the other hand, it looks like it has a floppy drive.
This is pretty much a guide on how not to build a Classic Town car
@Ridgeheart said:
"I'm not at all certain that's a box at all. This is a nineties-set, so that might just be a nineties-PC - a giant, unyielding block of metal and plastic, turning a lovely shade of beige in no time flat (and ironically, for the exact same reason why LEGO-bricks turn yellow in the first place).
It sure does look a lot like my first PC did."
I completely forgot about the actual computer! I spend too much time with a laptop that I forgot it was just the monitor and keyboard I was referencing. But also, it is open, implying it's the box, not the computer. But if it is the computer, all the more reasoning to be concerned because it's probably got a few additional parts added with viruses!
Nope, sorry, not feeling it. It lacks the simple charm of the '80s 4-wide cars, and doesn't have any of the detail that even modern 4+ sets have. And the building experience....what building experience? The prints are nice and I like the old school computer, but everything else is just plain bad.
@jkb said:
"I want to unjuniorize it!"
I love that idea! But in which way? Rebuild using 1980s or early 1990s parts/techniques? Or bring it up to date in 2005-onwards City style?
@MCLegoboy :
At the very least, the warranty has been voided. And you might need it, since dirt and pebbles probably got inside.