At least this version can fit on a normal city layout, unlike the 2014 version.

Maybe we will have another one for 2021?

Heh, this set's brother, 7890 Ambulance, was the random set just 3 weeks ago.

@PurpleDave said:
"I've read that some cities tried to shift to a bright, neon yellow/green paintjob for firefighters because "bright" red just doesn't show up very well. However, in practice, they found that the more visible paintjob was even less effective, as people didn't associate the color with firefighters and largely ignored them rather than getting out of the way. Airports, on the other hand, don't have that issue. Planes are generally the only other traffic they have to deal with, and chances are one of them is on fire if they have to mobilize."

Interesting. I know my city used to have yellow fire trucks, but I think they're red now.

I loved this set!

Why has HuwBot stopped telling us the number of minifigs in RSotD?

I think we still have some lime yellow fire trucks around in my city, but they’re being phased out (back to red). I think they should go with something like fuchsia or neon pink. THAT would get some attention!

I grew up in Tampa, FL, and the fire trucks there were/are bright lime green. It looks like many in Florida are.

Lego should know this, in case they ever do a Paradisa Fire subtheme!

This is a beautiful set, but I can never get used to those gaps near the fenders.

Missed this one in my Gray Ages, still need to get it and the big jet airliner from that year. Also the big jet airliner from this year ... One thing at a time, self, one thing at a time.

Not a bad set. I remember seeing this at a guy’s place who was selling his LEGO. It’s cool and all, but I didn’t get it

The old airport logo was the best....certainly better than the current livery.

I remember wanting that set. Even though I didn't have an airport.

@monkyby87 said:
"While small, this is actually a pretty good representation of many airport fire trucks/strikers as they call them. They also are typically operated by only one firefighter each. "

Not sure what area of the country you're from, but I've never heard of them referred to just by 'strikers'. Other than 'airport rig', they more commonly go by 'crash rig' or ARFF trucks (Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting). Striker is a trademark name of an airport rig manufactured by the Oshkosh Corporation.

This was a great set. Mine used to be paired with the Launch Evac (6614) for my Lego airport FD back in the day. Later on, I rebuilt 7891 a little beefier/longer to better resemble the Oshkosh ARFF rigs seen around here...also incorporating a Lego version of the Snozzle arm on the roof.

@DaBigE said:
" @monkyby87 said:
"While small, this is actually a pretty good representation of many airport fire trucks/strikers as they call them. They also are typically operated by only one firefighter each. "

Not sure what area of the country you're from, but I've never heard of them referred to just by 'strikers'. Other than 'airport rig', they more commonly go by 'crash rig' or ARFF trucks (Airport Rescue & Fire Fighting). Striker is a trademark name of an airport rig manufactured by the Oshkosh Corporation. "

That’s probably why, because I think that’s where these came from, Oshkosh. I used to love in the Midwest.

There are actually many different colors for fire apparatus across the world, but some combination of red is standard as that’s traditionally what they’ve been.

A great set.
Mid 2000's was a really good era for bigger City Vehicles.
(7890 Ambulance, 7239 Fire Truck, 7245 Prisoner Transport, 7990 Cement Mixer...)

My airport is just a strip of green base plates but I have this set to put out any potential fires caused by careless minifigs. The later larger set is probably more accurate, but it’s too dang big for a LEGO City, or Town.

I absolutely love this set. The size is just right, the part count low without sacrificing detail, the colour, the simple elevating hose function, that forward-stud design under the windshield that the designers had just introduced - all perfect.

There may be a little nostalgia going on too, since it reminds me a little of 'Mobile Action Command'. This was a range of 'Thunderbirds' inspired rescue vehicles from Matchbox in the late 70s that were similarly simple in colour and function, and from an era where action-figures didn't seem to need a tie-in cartoon and apparent steroid abuse to be a success!
http://www.mobile-action-command.de/eng/index.php?seite=fahrzeuge

I was also absolutely delighted to visit Legoland Billund, then on walking down the connecting tunnel to the flight home, saw two fire-tenders exactly like this parked in an adjacent hangar.

I just picked this up the other week at a thrift shop for $5. How nice to see it here.

@Lego_lord:
Yeah, I love the fender parts they've come out with, but they do such a terrible job of filling in the gaps. The piece count usually goes up quite a bit, and most of them are more complex than they'd be likely to use in a kids' set, but I've got about half a dozen solutions for how to fill in around them that _don't_ involve outward-pointing inverse slopes as seen here. My latest design is a 1960's Ford Good Humor ice cream truck, and on the pontoon fenders I finally figured out how to make, I actually just penned in two cheese wedges next to each fender. The fender parts hold them in from two directions, and other parts block their movement in the other four. Definitely not something that's going to stand up to vigorous play.