Random set of the day: Super Tow Truck
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 1572 Super Tow Truck, released during 1986. It's one of 26 Town sets produced that year. It contains 67 pieces and 1 minifig.
It's owned by 993 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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Super Tow Truck? Must have actual super powers with a body that small.
It seems that today's RPotD became so invisible, that the RSoTD drove straight over it without knowing. RIP :-(
Not just any Tow Truck, a Super Tow Truck, better than your average Tow Truck
Those technic D2C aint got nuthin on this!
My favourite combo - hinged roof and doors!
How to do Super:
(1) Remove existing wheels
(2) Add a 2x2 plate for each wheel sets
(3) Add bigger wheels
(4) Append 'Super' to the front of the name.
The Truckstice League!!
Wonder Cement-Mixer
Super Tow Truck
Bat Semi
Green-Camper
Comics only $0.25!!!
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's SUPER TOW TRUCK!
Well...the color scheme does remind me of 'Super Dave Osborne', so that's not a bad thing.:)
You know, I started getting Lego sets just before minifigures were introduced and a lot of my vehicles had the stud on the red hubcaps like this set does. ...but is there ANY official set that Lego ever released that actually attaches anything to those old wheels via the hubcap? I can't think of any I've ever seen that do that.
I’m…super non-plussed.
@Darth_Mule:
You’re gonna have to pay a lot better than twenty-five cents to get people to read that.
@PurpleDave said:
"You’re gonna have to pay a lot better than twenty-five cents to get people to read that."
Somebody call for an ice truck?
It's not a pretty set to look at for sure. You can't win them all, I guess.
Fun fact: This set also came with a phone booth, which the truck could fit into. Then children can create the experience of giving it a regular civilian identity, now with glasses!
When the standard tow truck was thought damaged beyond repair in a dangerous jump stunt, a glimmer of hope was seen: "Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic tow truck. Better than it was before. Better...stronger...faster...
The front looks quite...svelte for a tow truck, is this the sports version?
@PDelahanty said:
"You know, I started getting Lego sets just before minifigures were introduced and a lot of my vehicles had the stud on the red hubcaps like this set does. ...but is there ANY official set that Lego ever released that actually attaches anything to those old wheels via the hubcap? I can't think of any I've ever seen that do that."
I do know the larger wheels (with four studs) were used for things like propellers and windmills (e.g. 250-3 Aeroplane, 362 Windmill), but these smaller wheels I don't think I've ever seen used that way.
it's certainly a lot beefier than the previous year's 6656 Tow Truck, or the one in the same year's 6378
I always wanted this as a kid, easy to bricklink though.
Proof 4-wide can be successful.
I've never seen you, but you will be mine!
I was just thinking the other day about those old thin hooks with studs on either side and how bloomin useful something like that could be today in large quantities
Got this as a kid, and still have it. Back then, this really was a super tow truck! :)
Cute truck. A bit small though, even for its era. I think it's the length.
Not the best town vehicle that year, that prize would have to go to 6698 RV with speedboat.
@jkb:
Tiny Turbos and Cars 3 are the only 4-wides they’ve done that make sense.
@PurpleDave said:
" @jkb:
Tiny Turbos and Cars 3 are the only 4-wides they’ve done that make sense."
And a lot of stuff released between 1981 and 1996.
That being said, I DO like 6-wide if they're not too simplified and alsp 8-wide as long as they don't add 2 extra tyre with on each side...
Those 4 wide USA style trucks are cute.
10 year later however, LEGO made 5571 : Giant Truck , truly giant back then.
3-in-1 still has made 4ish wide trucks every 2 years from 2011 to 2021.
sets like:
31113 : Race Car Transporter , 31091 : Shuttle Transporteror 5765 : Transport Truck
Still make good bases to convert into 4-wide minifig trucks.
Great model if you like retro classic Town. It's called Super Tow Truck so the purchasing agents for 1980s department stores would be able to distinguish it from 6656: there were no Lego resources on the Internet then.
1572 never featured in any UK catalogues but if you collected 5 barcodes from the 1988 range of LEGO town sets you could claim it as a free set. 3 barcodes got 1612. There was a big poster of the new town sets. Space had a similar offer/poster with 1499 and 6807.
I remember going from England to Denmark in summer 1986 (possibly from Harwich?) And shortly before boarding the boat visited a shop, probably a supermarket that had these for sale. I think this was one half of a two-set value pack, though I didn't like the looks of this American styled truck and kept saving for the 6361 mobile crane instead. Over 35 years later I'm not 100% sure I made the right decision, as with hindsight it's nice to acquire limited edition Lego when the opportunity arises. I later learned to look out for sets that weren't in the official catalogues - in the late 1980s and early 1990s the numbers starting with a 1 were a dead giveaway.
@PDelahanty said:
"You know, I started getting Lego sets just before minifigures were introduced and a lot of my vehicles had the stud on the red hubcaps like this set does. ...but is there ANY official set that Lego ever released that actually attaches anything to those old wheels via the hubcap? I can't think of any I've ever seen that do that."
I tried to do that on several MOCs. For Space MOCs, it can give an interesting look, but for Town creations, I think it looks a bit weird, most of the time.