Random set of the day: Maersk Line Container Lorry
Posted by Huwbot,Today's random set is 1831 Maersk Line Container Lorry, released in 1995. It's one of 21 Town sets produced that year. It contains 211 pieces and 1 minifig.
It's owned by 212 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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Maersk Blue is the best Blue.
Limited release. I never saw one in the U.S.
^"Promotional release with Maersk Line, Denmark. Later versions of this set have "Maersk Sealand" stickers."
Hopefully he is making good time delivering the packages, since Christmas is only a few days away.
“Who’s Lorry?”
- all of us in the US who call it a truck.
Honestly? pretty good looking set for its time.
I love this style of truck, but this is yet another one that never made it to Australia.
Maersk trucks were always designed a little different than the regular sets, in a good way.
These were available in New Zealand in 1999 (I think or later?) with the countrywide Lego Truck (not "lorry" here either) tour. The tour truck was yellow but, as well as 2148, these Maersk sets were for sale in it, for some reason... My brother bought about half a dozen!
@Harmonious_Building
Who has claimed that sets back then were an eyesore? ;)
I like the packaging artwork.
@B_Space_Man
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lorry
Maersk sets are my favorites, period. Love that colour, no other tone of blue even comes close.
I'm curious why there's a broom attached underneath the lorry. Is that meant to represent some part of the actual vehicle, or was it just intended as a handy place to store the minifigure's accessory while he's driving?
When I was a little kid, I had a Chinese knockoff of this truck. That was before I learned to separate that crap from real LEGO and threw it all away, of course.
I'd love to see a modern remake of this. Maybe even at 8-wide scale (as is proper City scale for large trucks only lol) complete w/sleeper cab.
@LegoSolo77 said:
"I'd love to see a modern remake of this. Maybe even at 8-wide scale (as is proper City scale for large trucks only lol) complete w/sleeper cab. "
Seems they pop out truck or ship every few years with Maersk. All limited of course
@LegoSolo77 said:
"I'd love to see a modern remake of this. Maybe even at 8-wide scale (as is proper City scale for large trucks only lol) complete w/sleeper cab. "
That was my thought exactly, so I did just that:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/legolago/33228804233