Vintage set of the week: Police Patrol
Posted by Huwbot,
This week's vintage set is 659 Police Patrol, released during 1975. It's one of 16 LEGOLAND sets produced that year. It contains 49 pieces.
It's owned by 979 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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Would be pretty hard to catch criminals with no arms or faces.
And that motorbike wouldn't help either! just look at that thing.
We can take 'em, they're unarmed!
445, the US version, was the first minifig-scale set I owned. Hated that you had to rip the miniquins in half to "seat" them on the motorcycle. Nevermind that the truck can't be driven.
OCD warning:
Do not, repeat, do not look at the POLICE brick.
Precious.
Question: what did that letter "C" next to the set number meant? I have seen many Legoland Town sets with it and always wondered the meaning.
I have the US version of this set! One of the first vintage sets I got, way back when I was 6. One of the local toy stores was closing, and they found a crate in the storeroom when they conducted their final inventory.
@MeisterDad said:
"OCD warning:
Do not, repeat, do not look at the POLICE brick."
?
It's a 2x3 brick, what about it?
@MeisterDad said:
"OCD warning:
Do not, repeat, do not look at the POLICE brick."
*eye twitch*
It's ever so slightly unaligned and I hate it so much
And why is it not in the middle! Just make it a 2x4!
@ao_ka said:
"Question: what did that letter "C" next to the set number meant? I have seen many Legoland Town sets with it and always wondered the meaning."
They represent the target of the set.
In the library, you can find a 1975 catalogue which explains these symbols.
Got my hand in my pocket, and the other one is (not) smoking a cigarette or flashing a peace sign.
Sorry. Should I have prefaced this with a trigger warning?
@Randomness said:
" @MeisterDad said:
"OCD warning:
Do not, repeat, do not look at the POLICE brick."
*eye twitch*
It's ever so slightly unaligned and I hate it so much
And why is it not in the middle! Just make it a 2x4!"
Because it already existed as a 2x3, in (for example) 560-2 Police Heliport.
I think the biker's been de-cop-utated...no?
I guess cloudy Lego windshields are not a new thing after all.
Remove the police logo and that would be just a pretty decent bus
Ah, nice. No horrid neon yellow.
Yes, one I have! Even if it was released a few years before me.....
The long arm of the law is pretty good at hiding itself here...
All Cops Are Brickbuilt!
@StyleCounselor idk, should we put up a trigger warning for people scarred by Alanis Morissett's music?
@Maxbricks14 said:
"Would be pretty hard to catch criminals with no arms or faces."
What criminals? There were no LEGO criminal figures back then. That’s why the cops could stand around with their hands in their pockets.
We love our slabbies!
(Cue the slabbophobes)
If they get any trouble, they send in the big boys 256-1
The tubes inside the (surely very yellowed by now) "transparent" bricks make it look like it's lined with bars, like a paddywaggon.
@Binnekamp said:
"All Cops Are Brickbuilt!
@StyleCounselor idk, should we put up a trigger warning for people scarred by Alanis Morissett's music?"
The humane thing to do would be to never ever ever reference her again.
Is the officer on the left named Captain Pike? Flash your light once for "yes."
My first Lego set!!
And my first rebuild. Made it into a satellite with launch vehicle.
Wow. Nobody tell @MeisterDad and @Randomness that the intensity of the print could vary back in those days, changing the shape and size of the letters, and even how flat the letters appear (sometimes they have a cupped shape), as seen in this image of six actual bricks:
https://img.bricklink.com/myImg/606904.jpg
If they find out how inconsistent these were back in the day, they'll flip their lids for sure!
My first lego set.
With all its limitations, the original minifig did not bother me back then - we did not know better as there was nothing else. Even the 'non-drivable' truck was fun because you could still open it and insert a 'prisoner' in the back of it. What annoyed me the most with this set was the handle bar on the sidecar. the fact that it was not centred annoyed me tremendously (still to his day). It looks like the very old cars - before they had steering wheels.
I'd love to still be able to get 1x8 trans-clear parts. Even better: 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8 trans-clear plates would be fantastic.
@kdu2814 said:
"Is the officer on the left named Captain Pike? Flash your light once for "yes.""
*Flashes light twice*
@Zander said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Would be pretty hard to catch criminals with no arms or faces."
What criminals? There were no LEGO criminal figures back then. That’s why the cops could stand around with their hands in their pockets.
We love our slabbies!
(Cue the slabbophobes)
"
But "slabbie" sounds like a slur.
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
" @kdu2814 said:
" @Binnekamp said:
"All Cops Are Brickbuilt!
@StyleCounselor idk, should we put up a trigger warning for people scarred by Alanis Morissett's music?"
The humane thing to do would be to never ever ever reference her again."
why not? her lyrics are overwhelmingly self-centered (in the sense of, "my problems are the only ones that exist,") she doesn't hit a high note so much as start squawking, and hasn't been relevant since 2007, what's not to like? hashtagsarcasm.
P.S. do NOT get me started on "Ironic." semantically, nothing that happens in that song can be considered true irony. it's all just bad luck."
Don't you think it's Ironic the song Ironic features no irony? ;-)
@NotProfessorWhymzi said:
"P.S. do NOT get me started on "Ironic." semantically, nothing that happens in that song can be considered true irony. it's all just bad luck."
I love that in the video for Weird Al's "Word Crimes," when he sings "Irony is not coincidence," there are two pictures. One is a fire truck on fire labeled "Irony," the other is a bride and groom getting rained on, labeled "Weather."
@Murdoch17 said:
" @NotProfessorWhymzi said:
" @kdu2814 said:
" @Binnekamp said:
"All Cops Are Brickbuilt!
@StyleCounselor idk, should we put up a trigger warning for people scarred by Alanis Morissett's music?"
The humane thing to do would be to never ever ever reference her again."
why not? her lyrics are overwhelmingly self-centered (in the sense of, "my problems are the only ones that exist,") she doesn't hit a high note so much as start squawking, and hasn't been relevant since 2007, what's not to like? hashtagsarcasm.
P.S. do NOT get me started on "Ironic." semantically, nothing that happens in that song can be considered true irony. it's all just bad luck."
Don't you think it's Ironic the song Ironic features no irony? ;-)"
Damn! I was going to say that. Well done.
@I_Otsuki said:
" @ao_ka said:
"Question: what did that letter "C" next to the set number meant? I have seen many Legoland Town sets with it and always wondered the meaning."
They represent the target of the set.
In the library, you can find a 1975 catalogue which explains these symbols.
"
A - For toddlers from 1½ years.
B - Easy building for girls and boys from 3 years.
C - For girls and boys who already have some experience of LEGO.
D - For girls and boys who are really familiar with LEGO building.