Random set of the day: Auto Repair Shop

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Auto Repair Shop

Auto Repair Shop

©1980 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 6363 Auto Repair Shop, released during 1980. It's one of 17 Town sets produced that year. It contains 141 pieces and 1 minifig.

It's owned by 2,843 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $344.80, or eBay.


33 comments on this article

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By in United States,

Looks like they only repair station wagons

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By in New Zealand,

There aren't many tools to repair vehicles with. Maybe he's going out to buy some now? And when you do come back, can you fix my car for free, because it's my birthday?

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By in United States,

I think I could fit that tow truck into the bed of the 6-wide rusty pickup truck I built. And my 6-wide Mater is a much better backwards-driver.

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By in United States,

I got this for my birthday that year. Neat little set.

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By in United States,

So, the car on the sign looks like a Lego car, but the wrench on the sign doesn't look like a Lego wrench. Weird...

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By in Netherlands,

Sets from town in this era have such a charm to them.

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By in Canada,

Studying the picture, the sideways yellow chair must be a type of one-end car lift? If so that’s a pretty cool play function.

Also I always appreciate when a set includes some greenery.

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By in United States,

@TheOtherMike said:
"So, the car on the sign looks like a Lego car, but the wrench on the sign doesn't look like a Lego wrench. Weird..."

Doesn’t look like a real wrench, either. The business part needs to be rotated about 30°. The long side of the wrench head should be thicker than the short side, since it has to hold up to more force.

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By in United States,

One of my favorite sets when I was a kid - got it new when it was still on the shelves. Really loved the yellow tie truck with its big tires, rollbar, and headlights. Stickers are long gone but otherwise still have it complete.

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By in Germany,

I only have truck from this set.

This set was among the first to ever use any sort of clip plates as well as those 'lamp'-plate snot thingies that were changed in the late '80s to their current form. It's a bit odd that the old version was more in-system than the current one, but probably they broke too often as well.

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By in Australia,

What a nice little set. I really like that station wagon on the sign, realistic but also Lego.

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By in Spain,

Interesting. Why so many sets from the 80s recently?

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By in Canada,

@MCLegoboy: So basically he does work for: The Simpsons, the Griswolds, and the Bundys...gotcha.:)

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By in United Kingdom,

@MeisterDad said:
"Studying the picture, the sideways yellow chair must be a type of one-end car lift? If so that’s a pretty cool play function.

Also I always appreciate when a set includes some greenery."

It was - great fun at the time.

Thinking on it now, this was probably my first set to have the 4-wide opening door and window.

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By in South Africa,

@Binnekamp said:
"Sets from town in this era have such a charm to them. "
If you didn’t say it, I would have :-)

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By in United Kingdom,

Guy seems quite nattily attired for a mechanic. You never see them wearing peaked chauffeur hats anymore

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By in United Kingdom,

Lego cars were much simpler back then, the mechanic didn't need many tools to fix them. Not like today's modern Lego cars.

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By in Poland,

The road seems to be a paper cutout rather then regular road plate. That's interesting. And the set is great, classic that would be still enjoyed today. And that chair to lift the car? Npu!

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By in Netherlands,

6 year old me got really excited about the yellow window and door. Times were much simpler then.

As a side note, anyone ever see a convertible/open roof tow truck?

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By in Belgium,

@thor96 said:
"The road seems to be a paper cutout rather then regular road plate. That's interesting. And the set is great, classic that would be still enjoyed today. And that chair to lift the car? Npu!"

Afaik paper cutout roads were used in sets’ box images that did not contain a road baseplate, to avoid misunderstanding

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By in United Kingdom,

I had this set. Still have the tow truck I think. When my brother and I played together it was where his spaceship visited when it got damaged in some battle or incident. Those 2 minutes where my town set was relevant were a highlight for my playtime.

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By in Chad,

@thor96 said:
"The road seems to be a paper cutout rather then regular road plate. That's interesting. And the set is great, classic that would be still enjoyed today. And that chair to lift the car? Npu!"

It also looks like the two baseplates are slightly offset from one another. Are the two buildings not attached ?

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By in United Kingdom,

Cute set, there's a lot to love here. Especially that the mechanic has a classic space blaster in their took kit!

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By in United States,

@Atuin:
Differently in System, not less so. The old style has studs that sit exactly one plate’s thickness from the side of the plate. The new style has studs that sit a full plate apart. There are tricks that stay fully in System that can be done with either, but not both. On my Ferris Bueller Fauxrari, I needed cubes that were one stud per side, and the only way to accomplish that was to use old style with two 1x1 tiles. On Mater, I had to brickbuild the safety chevron pattern on the rear bumper, and the new style was necessary to maintain the one-plate spacing.

@MartyMcFly:
So what you’re saying is, that’s a really oddly shaped hammer on the sign?

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By in Belgium,

@PeterPan said:
" @thor96 said:
"The road seems to be a paper cutout rather then regular road plate. That's interesting. And the set is great, classic that would be still enjoyed today. And that chair to lift the car? Npu!"

It also looks like the two baseplates are slightly offset from one another. Are the two buildings not attached ?"


The two baseplates are both 8*16 but they are connected together to form an L-shape; creating the necessary depth for the garage section.

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By in United States,

Love the repurposed chair as a car lift :D

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By in United States,

@Maxbricks14 said:
"There aren't many tools to repair vehicles with. Maybe he's going out to buy some now? And when you do come back, can you fix my car for free, because it's my birthday?"

Its when LEGOland was its own scale and not need to be super realistic because, yknow, its LEGO. Star Wars gave LEGO and avenue of making greater models, but also started the hyper realistic designs and making sets cost more.

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By in United States,

I hadn't really noticed the NPU with the chair before people started pointing it out, so now I have to say: Not what you think of when someone says "chair lift," is it?

@BrickInTheEye said:
"Cute set, there's a lot to love here. Especially that the mechanic has a classic space blaster in their took kit!"
See @maffyd's post. Maybe he swiped it.

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By in United States,

Shouldn't it be called "Manual Repair Shop?"

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By in Germany,

One of my earliest LEGO sets, got it in '82 though. I was only three years old in 1980, hence a little too young for a set like this.
One of my favorites back in the day.

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By in United Kingdom,

One of my earliest sets. It absolutely epitomises what drew me to Lego as a child. Simple design, but fun and begging to be rearranged, altered and modded. Love it!

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By in United States,

141 pieces for a fun building and truck. Wow, great toy design! I wish I had this back then. I remember seeing it at a friend's house and being impressed with the chair used as the car lift.

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