Random set of the day: Milk Truck
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 1952 Milk Truck, released during 1989. It's one of 23 Town sets produced that year. It contains 133 pieces and 1 minifig.
It's owned by 237 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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So LEGO got in on the International Milk Trafficking Ring? Seems a bit sketchy, but right on, it's not my place to judge.
For all those who don't speak Danish, and are too lazy/tired to put it through Google Translate, here's what it says it means!
Frisk i trafik =?= Fresh in traffic
Danmarks internationale mejeri =?= Denmark's international dairy
(Accuracy rate is less than optimal; Please consult someone who speaks Danish before believing this and/or mansplaining this)
Melk, de witte motor!
Lego and the milk industry:
1029-1
1581-2
1952-1
1591 (to some extent a milk company)
Weren't we just talking about a milk truck / gas truck in the GWP poll results thread? Maybe OCTAN owns this company too....
Nothing tells me to drink a nice glass of milk and go to sleep quite like this notification popping up. Brand placement still working well 34 years later (if I lived in Denmark, that is).
Compared to most of LEGO's other branded trucks from this time that I've seen (oil, oil, oil), this one is relatively wholesome ((other than the multi-brick sticker))
Shame that it seems to be a sticker for the torso instead of a print, but that was common in these branded sets for some reason. Otherwise there could've been some additional expensive torsos for the aftermarket.
The milk truck brings all the boys to the yard!
Another set I didn't know existed.
The 6594 remake GWP will be the Milk Transit.
Lego seems to have done fewer of these corporate promo sets in the US than in Europe, and what a pity. They were so interesting, and I would have been happy to have more of them than ever more race cars and police.
@HOBBES said:
"Lego and the milk industry:
1029-1
1581-2
1952-1
1591 (to some extent a milk company)"
1620-2 final destination
@AllenSmith indeed, on the other hand, the US got a lot of country/continent exclusive stuff. Don't know if it helps when it's not desired =/
I wish we got a milk truck now. They could do a nice small one with a modular like a little cart thing as seen in whichever James Bond movie it was had the guy with the milk bottle grenades. It would also be nice getting the captain's peaked cap piece in white, without gold braid.
This is a really nice set. A Norco* one would be great. (*Big Australian milk company)
This was certainly well timed. I didn't realize that Lego had made milk truck sets, but here we are.
Yum, Mejeri!
A perfect truck from the golden ages, look at that white-green colour harmony, and the small functions that give character to this vehicle. It is a pity that it is so rare and expensive on the secondary market, otherwise it would rolling proudly in many LEGO town creations. Well, this truck would be a great GWP.
@Randomness said:
"For all those who don't speak Danish, and are too lazy/tired to put it through Google Translate, here's what it says it means!
Frisk i trafik =?= Fresh in traffic
Danmarks internationale mejeri =?= Denmark's international dairy
(Accuracy rate is less than optimal; Please consult someone who speaks Danish before believing this and/or mansplaining this)"
Damn you Google translate, why have you become so accurate, where were you during my Spanish lessons in 2003….
Got milk? Block milk!
@HOBBES said:
"Lego and the milk industry:
1029-1
1581-2
1952-1
1591 (to some extent a milk company)"
645-2 and 644-1
Did this truck come with the "building booklet" Frisk i trafik, or was the booklet available separately?
645-2
my first set
Milk truck in 1989.
Cow in 2009.
DeLorean in 2013.
I have my answers.
There are also the milk tanker trains in idea book 241-1 (pp 52 and 59).
I am the milkman. My milk is delicious!
And rare, apparently! I consider myself pretty well-versed in sets of the 80s 90s, 00s and 10s eras, but I must admit I don't think I've ever seen this one before. Mostly because when you've seen one promotional milk truck set from this set's era, you've kind of seen them all.
They need to create a blue milk truck, for the Star Wars lego theme.
For all those we don't like stickers this is what makes this set $500 new or $300 used, compared to $10 in spare parts with no stickers.
@Murdoch17:
Someone was…
@Snifflegully:
When I was in high school, I worked at McD’s for a couple years. We had a cashier who was sorta vegan. I say sorta, because (besides not eating meat) she wouldn’t drink milk because it was “stealing from baby cows”. Didn’t have a problem eating cheese, however.
@AllenSmith:
We were kind of an “also ran” in terms of overall sales, at the time.
MD… those are my initials! I need one of these!
Comes back from visiting Bricklink: maybe not…
@sjr60 said:
" @HOBBES said:
"Lego and the milk industry:
1029-1
1581-2
1952-1
1591 (to some extent a milk company)"
645-2 and 644-1"
Not to mention the UCS version 4071-1
@ambr said:
"For all those we don't like stickers this is what makes this set $500 new or $300 used, compared to $10 in spare parts with no stickers."
And the box and instructions! Because we all know you can’t built the set without owning the packaging.
Worst of all, some people had this very rare set for 34 years and never ever enjoyed it....
Milk drinkers, smh.
@Murdoch17 said:
"Weren't we just talking about a milk truck / gas truck in the GWP poll results thread? Maybe OCTAN owns this company too...."
The milk division of Octan is called Lactan.
@Randomness said:
"For all those who don't speak Danish, and are too lazy/tired to put it through Google Translate, here's what it says it means!
Frisk i trafik =?= Fresh in traffic
Danmarks internationale mejeri =?= Denmark's international dairy
(Accuracy rate is less than optimal; Please consult someone who speaks Danish before believing this and/or mansplaining this)"
I love to get friski in trafik. Very naughty.
Her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
A moose once bit my sister...
(Sorry, that's Swedish, nevermind)
@oldfan said:
"A moose once bit my sister..."
She shouldn't have tried to carve her name in it with a brick separator!
A Russ Mejeri truck
The yellow Legoland banner is quite conspicuous by its absence here.