Not sure why this was on my wanted list; it's lust a little fire car polybag. Not a bad one (that's a nice minifig, for one thing), but nothing remarkable, either.

I mean, it can travel from point A to B-

I loved all these little polybags. I thought they were cute.

@JGW3000 said:
"Rushing to the scene of a fire with a bottle of seltzer, seems about right to me "

Same with calling a roller skate a car.

"A car is on fire in LEGO City!"

Wonder if this is his 'Shriner' car on weekends...:D
Ahem...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_tXzeiZAQ (warning, there will be clowns:))

I don't know why I have this polybag, but I do. The firefighter was a nice revamp of the older white helmeted variants, but nothing too crazy here. That being said it serves its purpose well, being a nice little intro set. Few polybags are spectacular like 30650

Cute little car. It looks a LOT more refined from similar sized fireman car polybags from 2005.

I recognise the polybag as the one that I got during a vacation. A local supermarket had a few I hadn't seen elsewhere and definitely in my country, so I figured it would be worth picking up. I ended up putting it on sale.
It's still on sale 13 years later.

I should've just gotten another Gandalf In Dol Guldur instead.

Fire Car…because it’s broken the terms of its contract!

People complain that the old entry level boxed sets aren’t on toy shop shelves any more, but this compares very well to sets such as 6506, if you ignore the opening doors. And the fact that ones a police car.

On the last page of the instructions of this model, there is an image of a Lego city with a fire station in the centre. Multiple buildings including the litter bins are on fire. The citizens of the city are just hanging around like it’s a normal day..so, I like how this car is red.

This is adorable. Maybe we should have just stopped existing after 2019, thus avoiding 2020 and everything that came after.

Still better than 6611

Given the relative size of the mini-fig it's more of a toddler foot-powered nursery vehicle, all good fun either way.

@brick_r said:
"Wonder if this is his 'Shriner' car on weekends...:D
Ahem...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_tXzeiZAQ (warning, there will be clowns:))"

I can't hear of the Shriners without this running through my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HplvmieXOZ0

@jkb said:
"Still better than 6611"

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!

"Fire cars" are a pretty common subject for Lego sets (I had 7241), but they're not something I've encountered or heard of outside of that. When I see firefighting vehicles around me, it's usually either the classic fire engine or ones that are smaller but still van-sized.

He's got the mustard, off to the Firemen's BBQ!

@WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
"Still better than 6611"

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!"

6611 looks like it would be fun on a go-kart track. This one…not so much.

Target was giving away polybags to kids one day. The lady running it let me have one, and that's how I got this set.

@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
"Still better than 6611"

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!"

6611 looks like it would be fun on a go-kart track. This one…not so much."

On the other hand, you wouldn't want to take a go-kart to an emergency setting. Possible, but neither safe nor practical.

@jkb said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
"Still better than 6611"

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!"

6611 looks like it would be fun on a go-kart track. This one…not so much."

On the other hand, you wouldn't want to take a go-kart to an emergency setting. Possible, but neither safe nor practical."

That depends on where on the go-kart track the emergency is located.

The wheels look interesting and are actually rare in white.

@jkb said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
"Still better than 6611 "

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!"

6611 looks like it would be fun on a go-kart track. This one…not so much."

On the other hand, you wouldn't want to take a go-kart to an emergency setting. Possible, but neither safe nor practical."

Probably pretty fast though.....so as long as you manage not to get killed along the way (and hey, even idiots dressed up as Mario generally survive driving around Tokyo in go-karts), you'd be the first at the place of the fire. Though in case of 6611 with nothing to actually do something about that fire. In that regard this today's one clearly wins. Better hope it's not (yet) a big fire though...

@WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
"Still better than 6611 "

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!"

6611 looks like it would be fun on a go-kart track. This one…not so much."

On the other hand, you wouldn't want to take a go-kart to an emergency setting. Possible, but neither safe nor practical."

Probably pretty fast though.....so as long as you manage not to get killed along the way (and hey, even idiots dressed up as Mario generally survive driving around Tokyo in go-karts), you'd be the first at the place of the fire. Though in case of 6611 with nothing to actually do something about that fire. In that regard this today's one clearly wins. Better hope it's not (yet) a big fire though..."

Go-karts feel fast because you’re so low to the ground, don’t have any doors holding you in, and the tight corners subject you to a lot of G-forces. In reality, they’re probably not doing more than 10-15mph, while the limit on most residential streets in the US is 25mph.

@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @jkb said:
"Still better than 6611 "

Haha, was about to post the same......this car is quite the upgrade!"

6611 looks like it would be fun on a go-kart track. This one…not so much."

On the other hand, you wouldn't want to take a go-kart to an emergency setting. Possible, but neither safe nor practical."

Probably pretty fast though.....so as long as you manage not to get killed along the way (and hey, even idiots dressed up as Mario generally survive driving around Tokyo in go-karts), you'd be the first at the place of the fire. Though in case of 6611 with nothing to actually do something about that fire. In that regard this today's one clearly wins. Better hope it's not (yet) a big fire though..."

Go-karts feel fast because you’re so low to the ground, don’t have any doors holding you in, and the tight corners subject you to a lot of G-forces. In reality, they’re probably not doing more than 10-15mph, while the limit on most residential streets in the US is 25mph."

That really depends on the type of go-kart, some do over 250 km/h....if you dare....

But even recreational ones can go as fast as 80. And still accelerate and corner faster than the average road car.

@WizardOfOss said:
"That really depends on the type of go-kart, some do over 250 km/h....if you dare...."

That sounds like actual kart-racing, which would be heavily regulated in terms of safety equipment.

"But even recreational ones can go as fast as 80. And still accelerate and corner faster than the average road car."

Not the ones you'd drive at a commercial go-kart track. There's just no way they could go that fast without resulting in frequent casualties. That's getting up to low hi-way speeds, again with a near total lack of safety systems.

@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"That really depends on the type of go-kart, some do over 250 km/h....if you dare...."

That sounds like actual kart-racing, which would be heavily regulated in terms of safety equipment.

"But even recreational ones can go as fast as 80. And still accelerate and corner faster than the average road car."

Not the ones you'd drive at a commercial go-kart track. There's just no way they could go that fast without resulting in frequent casualties. That's getting up to low hi-way speeds, again with a near total lack of safety systems."

May be not in the I'll-Sue-U-S-of-A, but in the free world, near where I live: https://www.circuitparkberghem.nl/huurkarts-2/

Now this a outdoors, but even the indoor ones generally easily do 50. And sure, there are slower ones, but those are for small kids.