Random set of the day: Post-Station
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random set is 6689 Post-Station, released during 1985. It's one of 24 Town sets produced that year. It contains 53 pieces and 2 minifigs.
It's owned by 2,297 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 $197.60, or eBay.
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They only work 6 hours a day, and there's a 2 hour lunch break? No way that's an actual federal job!
Actually, that probably tracks. Nothing's ever convenient with the government. Open too late, closed too early, never a good time to make use of their services.
So this is it post-station, but what does it look like pre-station?
I feel like it's been far too long since Lego City has had a post office. There's been a few delivery vehicles, recently, but -- between our 500th police station for last three years -- can't we have the occasional post office?
@Zordboy said:
"I feel like it's been far too long since Lego City has had a post office. There's been a few delivery vehicles, recently, but -- between our 500th police station for last three years -- can't we have the occasional post office?"
Most of the post sets in City are now under the Airport subtheme. Earlier today I was piecing together the 60100 Airport Starter Set (wildly incomplete, mind you), which is basically a mail transport helicopter. The Cargo lines also tend to fall under this category. I agree though, City needs a Central Post Office.
I think this is also the first time I've seen a minifig posed with his foot on a bicycle pedal. They cared for little details like that back then!
@MCLegoboy:
It looks like it'd feel similar to being stuck in a tollbooth. I imagine the reduced hours were necessary to get employee morale out of the basement. Not that this place is big enough to have a basement. Or employees-plural.
@MCLegoboy said:
"They only work 6 hours a day, and there's a 2 hour lunch break? No way that's an actual federal job!
Actually, that probably tracks. Nothing's ever convenient with the government. Open too late, closed too early, never a good time to make use of their services."
Looks like a European work day to me
@MCLegoboy: Speaking of government inefficiency, there's also the fact that the postman's delivery vehicle only seems capable of carrying one piece of mail at a time.
@Zordboy said:
"I feel like it's been far too long since Lego City has had a post office. There's been a few delivery vehicles, recently, but -- between our 500th police station for last three years -- can't we have the occasional post office?"
I’ve been jonesing for a Modular Post Office for years.
@TheOtherMike:
To be fair, with the size of that Post Shack, that's probably not really an issue.
Another reason to love 80's LEGO town sets, other town buildings besides police and fire stations actually existed.
Pure beauty. So simple, yet so satisfying.
Ok, this is the Post-Station...Where's the Kellogg's-Station? I prefer their Raisin Bran:)
Full of mid 1980s goodness this.
New hairpiece - check
Stripey top - check
Modern door - check
Yellow border on the artwork - check
A brand new BICYCLE - Check!
The old style window next to the postbox was starting to look somewhat dated and out of place here.
I wonder if Lego post is easier or harder to deal with for being entirely 1x2 printed tiles?
I'm pretty sure the last post office was the Winter Village one. And before that? Town in the 90s, perhaps even 80s.
Stuff like this is why City is so often accused of being just Fire and Police. Because for many years in a row we got a new police station EACH year while anything else seemed to be limited to vehicle fests.
At least this year we'll finally get some more proper building focussed sets. Personally the thing I find more important than a post office to be actual buildings in your city.
Oh, and I suppose 'giant post distribution center' might not translate into a set very well. Post offices aren't that common around here anymore as things have become more digitalized and centralized.
@Zordboy said:
"I feel like it's been far too long since Lego City has had a post office. There's been a few delivery vehicles, recently, but -- between our 500th police station for last three years -- can't we have the occasional post office?"
Oh we'll get a Post Office... with a robbery! Or with a fire! They have to cram a police officer/firefighter in there somehow.
Still have this set. Would like to see a modern take on this but as other comments say, it would need to involve the police or fire to get that.
A charming little set. Agreed we need Post Office in City but it would undoubtedly be ruined. Not sure why we haven't had a modular post office yet. It would be a perfect set for the modular collection.
Ah, simpler times, before the Town became a City!
@MCLegoboy said:
"They only work 6 hours a day, and there's a 2 hour lunch break? No way that's an actual federal job!
Actually, that probably tracks. Nothing's ever convenient with the government. Open too late, closed too early, never a good time to make use of their services."
Those are the opening hours, not the working hours.
I'd go for a change up on the usual Train formula and do a shunting engine, Mail boxcar, a few pieces of track with a small circle and a Y section to connect the boxcar to a small Post Office with a little Distribution loading dock out back, a little mail truck and a few workers. Make it so it connects to the new road system even. Sure it'll be $200, but isn't every train set release getting to be a recolor of the same thing as last time?
@CCC:
Besides lunch, what exactly would they do in the two-hour gap that they’re closed from noon to 2pm? In the US, the front counter wouldn’t close at all, as they would either stagger those employees’ lunches, and/or have other employees cover for them, particularly since many people will try to run errands on their own lunch breaks.
@Arnoldos said:
" @Zordboy said:
"I feel like it's been far too long since Lego City has had a post office. There's been a few delivery vehicles, recently, but -- between our 500th police station for last three years -- can't we have the occasional post office?"
Oh we'll get a Post Office... with a robbery! Or with a fire! They have to cram a police officer/firefighter in there somehow."
Why not both?
Another set that could be easily remade today. 56 PIECES. WHOLE BUILDING.
Lego needs to go back to its roots and notice shops dont need to be 40$+ sets
@PurpleDave said:
" @CCC:
Besides lunch, what exactly would they do in the two-hour gap that they’re closed from noon to 2pm? In the US, the front counter wouldn’t close at all, as they would either stagger those employees’ lunches, and/or have other employees cover for them, particularly since many people will try to run errands on their own lunch breaks."
Sort or deliver the mail (by bike). There is just one employee.
@lordofdragonss said:
"Another set that could be easily remade today. 56 PIECES. WHOLE BUILDING."
Well, for certain definitions of "whole" and "building..."
@Andrusi said:
" @lordofdragonss said:
"Another set that could be easily remade today. 56 PIECES. WHOLE BUILDING."
Well, for certain definitions of "whole" and "building...""
Indeed. I think I used about as many parts to make a minifig scale MOC of Snoopy’s doghouse. It’s a building, and it’s whole.
Still bigger than the post office in my city....
And indeed, just over 50 pieces for a more complete building than most sets nowadays. Simple but good.
WE NEED A NEW RELEASE OF A POST OFFICE!!
I know it has been said many times, but I really wish someone from LEGO can hear our plea.
We need more LEGO sets of public service that is not just police, firefighters and hospital. If we want our children to have an engaging attitude towards the society they live in, we need to show them there are more active jobs aimed to help the society. Garbage collector and road service was a nice touch. But the post office is LEGO legend, in my opinion. Remember Kevin Costner in The Postman. It was not about a garbage collector or a road worker. Just saying. ;)
@fešta said:
"WE NEED A NEW RELEASE OF A POST OFFICE!!
I know it has been said many times, but I really wish someone from LEGO can hear our plea.
We need more LEGO sets of public service that is not just police, firefighters and hospital. If we want our children to have an engaging attitude towards the society they live in, we need to show them there are more active jobs aimed to help the society. Garbage collector and road service was a nice touch. But the post office is LEGO legend, in my opinion. Remember Kevin Costner in The Postman. It was not about a garbage collector or a road worker. Just saying. ;)"
Some of us may remember Lego Loco. In this game you could create your own postcards. That's how important Post Office used to be in Lego Town.
@Arnoldos said:
" @fešta said:
"WE NEED A NEW RELEASE OF A POST OFFICE!!
I know it has been said many times, but I really wish someone from LEGO can hear our plea.
We need more LEGO sets of public service that is not just police, firefighters and hospital. If we want our children to have an engaging attitude towards the society they live in, we need to show them there are more active jobs aimed to help the society. Garbage collector and road service was a nice touch. But the post office is LEGO legend, in my opinion. Remember Kevin Costner in The Postman. It was not about a garbage collector or a road worker. Just saying. ;)"
Some of us may remember Lego Loco. In this game you could create your own postcards. That's how important Post Office used to be in Lego Town."
I LOVED Lego Loco! The postcard feature was one of my favorite parts. And I second the need for a new post office!
when I went to Slovenia and saw the post office building in Ljubljana, I immediately asked myself "why don't they make it a modular building?"
it was made by Friedrich Setz, an austrian architect. He made several post office throughout former-Austria-Hungary (Graz, Lviv, Trieste, Trento, Bolzano Bregenz, Karlovy Vary...)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Slovenia_-_Ljubljana_-_panoramio.jpg/1024px-Slovenia_-_Ljubljana_-_panoramio.jpg
@madforLEGO said:
"Another reason to love 80's LEGO town sets, other town buildings besides police and fire stations actually existed."
City has been getting standalone shops lately , with 60363 : Ice Cream Shop being it's own set, and then various smaller shops included in the Downtown, Appartment, or Winter set.
City did have buildings like a bike shop, bakery, pizzeria, donut shop etc as well in the past few years but those always came with a large portion of vehicles alongside. (or the various Pizza, Ice Cream, Vegetable, Slushy vans being their own mobile shops)
Besides that, Friends and 3-in-1 had their non-police/fire buildings for a long time now.
Lots of food places (cakes, donut, juice, ice cream, pizza, hot dog stands, pancakes, waffles, noodles and even taco's).
3-in-1 also had Flower Shop, Toy shop, Bank, Hair Salon, Dentist, Bike / Car garage, Arcade , across it's various sets/alternate builds.
But yeah, if the point is City vs Town, City did pretty much always get a huge focus on vehicles, where the building was only a portion of a set, wheras Town did have smaller scale vehicles so the buildings also looked a bit bigger.