@PurpleDave said:
"I don’t think the truck will fit in those tiny cans, but I suppose we could try."

LOL!

I generally enjoy Lego recycle trucks, but this one is definitely an exception.

@Worrissey said:
"hold up- he's putting bombs in the bins?"

They're trash bags I think, which is a cute alternative to the loose 1x1s we usually see. Obviously a minifig head with a stud on top would do the job better, but I don't think sets really included loose heads that frequently back then.

Double Green guy!

Wow that was a bad year for LEGO; it's a wonder anyone bought this set. It could do well in Febrovery though.

Wow that was a bad year for LEGO; it's a wonder anyone bought this set. It could do well in Febrovery though.

@Zordboy: Ok...but what are you and Police Detective with a...snazzy (yeah, let's go with that:)) wardrobe gonna do...:D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYKU7mbv74

But what are we recycling the truck into?

Got it as a gift, and still keep it in the box. I'm thinking about openning it if I find a good use.

One of an inexplicably large number of Town Jr. sets that were S-at-H exclusives in the US. Others included 6486, 6548, 6566, 6325, 6329, 6330, 6420, 6422, 6425, 6435, 6439, 6447, 6464, and 6423.

@Zordboy said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"I don’t think the truck will fit in those tiny cans, but I suppose we could try."

Give me a sledge hammer and half an hour. "

Best I can do for you is your basic fireball/dragon punch/hurricane kick moveset, and 99 seconds in which to complete the job.

Recycle trucks have gone a long way since this set, but I don't think any of them look as cool as this guy driving with top off, sunglasses on, wind in hair... I mean on cap... living the dream.

I still own this set and it's simply terrible. The back part has no doors and is not closed at the front either, meaning that whatever you put inside would spill on either end.

I liked the yellow wheels and the blue motor part though, and the garbage cans were also fun.

You know, it's a crying shame that every minifigure in Juniorized Town wasn't Timmy. These sets would be so much more interesting today if they had been.

On the other hand, the only good thing about this set is the minifigure and those trash cans.

Give him a green crash helmet and this could be Lego 'recycled' into a space vehicle powered by black alien droppings.

@Galaktek said:
"Wow that was a bad year for LEGO..."

It wasn't *entirely* bad. Even some decent Town sets were released, under the Divers, Special, and Vehicles subthemes.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Galaktek said:
"Wow that was a bad year for LEGO..."

It wasn't *entirely* bad. Even some decent Town sets were released, under the Divers, Special, and Vehicles subthemes."

Deep Reef Refuge and Shark Cage Cove are great, Amazon Crossing is grisly but a fun build and the truck is one of my faves from the 90s. Crisis News Crew looks solid but I've not come across it yet.

There are some real stinkers that year though, like the RSotD. I hate when I come across those printed slope panels in bulk buys. I keep the wheels and toss the terrible chassis bits down the line.

Hey, it's one of my earliest sets!

Actually this was from back before I even knew that specific Lego themes existed; I had a basic bucket mostly (4146, as best as I can tell based on Bricklink's inventory), maybe four other tiny sets, but I was young enough that those were still enough to keep me occupied for hours even if absolutely nothing I built was any good.

I'd taken all of those with me when we were up visiting my grandparents in Scotland, and on this occasion I'd stayed in the house with them so that I could keep playing with my Lego bucket while my parents went out to do a bit of shopping or something. And when they got back, they surprised me with this set, which I promptly built and added into my tiny collection.

In hindsight, *yeah*. I'm not gonna argue anyone's opinions here, it is an incredibly simplistic build. But as a kid who wasn't deeply enough into Lego to know any better at the time, I thought it was perfectly fine. I liked the rubbish bin pieces and their lids most of all, I recall; but I also thought the white railing piece, the transparent yellow 1x1 round, and the red grille tile - all piece that I think were new to me then, even though I now know they're very common - were cool parts too. Additionally, I already had some of those window frames, the ones that form the truck's back here, in yellow from my basic bucket, so it was neat to see them in a new colour (and one of them printed too, no less); and while the base definitely stinks of juniorisation these days, I got good use out of that when building my own creations at the time, too.

I think I also figured that the driver had to be related to the guy from my very first set, 6518, since they both had the same head, as well as similar outfit styles (both having caps, and open-necked zipper jackets with white sleeves). Perhaps if I'd realised how common the sunglasses head was at the time, I wouldn't have made the assumption (or else they would have had one very big family...!)

Again, yeah, not a great set, and I sold it in the end when I was downsizing my collection; but it's still one that contributed several distinct memories to my earliest years as a Lego fan!

@ambr said:
"Give him a green crash helmet and this could be Lego 'recycled' into a space vehicle powered by black alien droppings."

No, somebody else has the Futurama license.

@phi13 said:
"One of an inexplicably large number of Town Jr. sets that were S-at-H exclusives in the US. Others included 6486, 6548, 6566, 6325, 6329, 6330, 6420, 6422, 6425, 6435, 6439, 6447, 6464, and 6423."

Everything with wheels (other than the bike) seems to resemble a quad bike...

...at least everything was printed...?

Nah, that too wasn't great. I remember always needing to find a way to cover up my printed panels and slopes.

@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"I think I also figured that the driver had to be related to the guy from my very first set, 6518, since they both had the same head, as well as similar outfit styles (both having caps, and open-necked zipper jackets with white sleeves). Perhaps if I'd realised how common the sunglasses head was at the time, I wouldn't have made the assumption (or else they would have had one very big family...!)"

I made a similar face-based assumption (though mine started with 1720 and 6625). Given their frequency, that was the Smith family, because, well, I knew "Smith" was the most common last name.