@MCLegoboy said:
"Well don't put the mailbox there, it's just a federal disaster waiting to happen."

Nah, it's en pointe, so any oncoming traffic will just glance off it and keep going.

I open up the front page and this and 6431087 ( at the top of the Site Updates section) are the first things that I see.

I prefer the 107-2 mail truck

@MCLegoboy said:
"Well don't put the mailbox there, it's just a federal disaster waiting to happen."

As seen in Ahsoka.

This was past my LEGO playing days, but I always liked the LEGOLAND sets.

My first set with the new mailbox. Or maybe it was the post office or town house from the same year. I had them all but don't remember which one I got first.

The mailbox was first introduced with this print before the unprinted version arrived the following year in several space sets. Which I still called mailboxes even though that's not what they were used for in those sets.

@MrNowack said:
"Small sets like these are just so charming!!!! The graphic design work in the 80s and 90s was simple and effective. "
Indeed.
And while this piece of artwork might not have been the best, one has to remember that this set was one of the smaller and cheaper ones, more akin to one of those 9.99 Euro sets nowadays. Can't expect every set to have a highlight in artwork.

This one is more or less the start of my Lego memories, along with the similar 6653. I did have a few from earlier years, which would have hung around on local shops’ shelves for a while (there’s a 6647 in the collection, along with a 6628 and even one each of 607/608-2) but it was 1982 when I really got going with these addictive little plastic bricks.

Consequently I grew up with this era’s parts and building techniques, so there’s lots of hinged vehicle roofs, clear 4-wide windscreens and those combined chassis/wheelarches all waiting paitiently to be reassembled into their original sets one day. 6651 is the one I am most fond of though, and when I get round to obtaining a replacement for the window frame that has lost one of the lugs to which the shutter door mounts, I’ll be putting it back together as a priority.

My first ever Lego set! Yes, I do have (much) older ones, but got those later, like via family getting rid of it. Obvious;y still have it, unfortunately one of the notches of the window frame used for the back doors is broken, so it's been half open for almost 4 decades, and never got a replacement in that color. Also, clear backed stickers for the side panels, which have held up remarkably well....most others from my childhood haven't.....

@chrisaw said:
"Feel like we haven’t had anything post related in City for AGES, except that little plane. I wonder why, as post (or at the very least parcel) delivery is still very much a thing in the real world."

Do postal uniforms differ too greatly between regions perhaps? Police and firefighters always seem to look broadly the same wherever you go so can appeal to most countries, don’t think the same holds true for postal workers

Loved these little vans. I never had this one, my neighbor had it. I had the parcel one from one year later and the highway maintenance truck. Lego postboxes are cool! And red with yellow, also cool!

These sets were small enough to carry anywhere and had full functionality. It was very easy to pick up and play with your friends. Sometimes that was the problem, you know, missing parts.

For the longest time I had a panel from this set with the post logo.

That makes this weirdly nostalgic. Of course, it also helps that the post office sets from Town are some of the sets that make it distinctly more laid back and full than the always busy yet police and fire saturared City sets.

We need more post office sets. The last time we've had more than one was in 2008 when there was the plane and van!

Genius!! It’s just a so nostalgic set…
I really would like to have it in my collection.

@Binnekamp said:
"We need more post office sets. The last time we've had more than one was in 2008 when there was the plane and van!"

60250 in 2020; but still ages ago now.

Why no air intake?

@Maxbricks14: Considering that 107-2 was my first (and for a good few years, my only) semi, I'd have to agree. Out of curiosity, how do you know about it? Were you just looking through the database, or did you actually have one, or is there some other explanation? If you had one, I'd love to know how you got it, what with you being in New Zealand and all. I have it (and 105) because my dad drove a tour bus and picked up copies for my brother and myself when he was up in Canada.

@raven_za said:
"I really loved that these sets included alternative ideas on the back of the box: https://www.backoftheboxbuilds.com/set-6651/ - even if they were rather simple or odd at times :)"

Great website! And still a shame these alternate builds are gone :-(

@Bornin1980something said:
"Why no air intake? "

It must be an electric van!

@Murdoch17 said:
" @Bornin1980something said:
"Why no air intake? "

It must be an electric van!"
I bet it runs on air....and no one knows what happened to the person who developed it!

I still have this one completely assembled with driver and the post box and letters. I love these old 4-wide vehicles.

I didn't realize that horn logo was that old. Even 10222 uses a variant of it.

@ra226 said:
"I didn't realize that horn logo was that old. Even 10222 uses a variant of it."

It was used long before LEGO, from the 18th century till now.

Even now , many countries use it in their postal service logos.

In a similar way, the LEGO trains logo is based on some European style train logos as well (probably a combination inspired by Dutch / Swiss and British rail perhaps the circle taken from the london rail)