Show what 16 years does for large brick-built sets. (compared to the 1,294 piece set yesterday).

Before there was Creator Expert, there was Creator Expert. I forgot just how many Model Team sets there were. Such a great theme. The Formula 1 racer decorated my dorm room for many a year.
Unrelated, @Turplesmith , my wife and I are re-watching the A-Team (I'm even blogging it, heh)--show is still so much fun!

^ Back in my day, cars were only 4 studs wide--and we preferred'em that way!

I remember this set as a kid and how much I wanted it. Never got it....

For me, this is such a signature 90's set.. They were basically the expert series for that time... And they seemed 'out of reach' at that time.

I loved Model Team back in the day, unfortunately I never got any of the sets.
Bought 5591 on ebay a couple of years ago, but only because it was the only affordable one at the time. Not the greatest Model Team set but not bad either.
This though, true gold.

Model Team is just great! They just came out when I stopped looking at Lego, but I remember seeing the first wave in the shops and being amazed what you could do with those bricks. I own most of them now (5591 being one of those missing, because I find those on offer generally unaffordable :). This one here is definitely among the best!

I collects Model Team since 2015. In 2016 I bought MiSB Magic Flash on bricklink from USA (around 300$). I usually bought about 1-2 Model Team sets for a year, but in few weeks, I bought two sets - 5550 Custom Really Van (MiSB, from Poland, around 200$) and 5561 Big Foot from Canada (MiSB, around 290$ with shipping cost). Price of shipment was 65$ (ship transport) or 125$ (plane transport). So, I chose the first option. Maybe this set will come to me in January. I think, these times sets was great achievment of their designers, but now I think they're still impresive... and unfortunately expensive.

Bring this back pleaaase!!

*correction to my last comment - I accidentally wrote: "I collects" instead "I collect".

This one is still amazing with the A-Team van look and packed with so much playability. I remember staring at it for hours during my summer holiday at lake Balaton but never received it as a child. Now it is part of my collection. However I was fortunate enough to get 5580 Highway Rig beforehand as Christmas present and that set is still one of my all time favourite. Miss the good old days of marvellous Model Team.

I was hoping the Brickset team would ask more questions about the Creator Expert cars when they interviewed the designers. I had a good one that I think was ignored (if it was asked, my apologies; I guess the article just hasn't been written) that relates the Model Team line. With a renewed, almost annual, emphasis on one detailed vehicle from Creator Expert, why hasn't the "Model Team" branding been resurrected? Seeing this Magic Flash as the RSotD made me think of that question again. I also think I might know the answer. It comes down to the big difference between Lego themes today and those of the 90s pre-Star Wars: major licenses.

It seems like Model Team, while inspired by magnificent vehicles of the real world, was careful not to imitate real-life too closely. The Magic Flash van has similarities to the van of the popular A-Team TV show, but it definitely is not. However, if Creator Expert produced a van in 2020, chances are it would be the A-Team van (Lego has the license already, if Lego Dimensions is anything to go by). All the Creator Expert vehicles are based on real vehicles, often classics. Maybe in partnership with the original manufacturers of these automobiles, Lego can't make a special attribution in theme since it would suggest the vehicles originate from Lego's "Team", not the licensee/manufacturer of the real vehicle.

Doesn't explain how it took them over 15 years to reinvent steering for this year's Ford Mustang, but that's a subject for a different time.

I still dream about this set. Almost as much as I dream of
5542: Black Thunder.

@zeppas: tell you what, personally I think 5542 is even better than this one. So keep dreaming ;)