I liked that set, but by that time I thought I was getting to old to by those sets.

"Hi, I work for Shell; and we here at Shell have NOOOOOOO "plans" involving Tacos. Not on Tuesdays, nor any other day...":D

The cabin looks like a tight fit!

Note that these 1978 strings/hoses are significantly thicker than the thick strings used for the later fire fighter nozzles or the rigging for 6285 and 6286. (despite looking very similar to those)

They are not Ø3.18 but come quite close, so minifigs can hold them at least somewhat secure.

@MeisterDad said:
" @ao_ka said:
"I own its cooler version, 6695 "
Because that one can fit the minifig in its cab?"

6695 is significantly cooler because it has the larger off-road tires with good ground clearance. You can go cross-country with this one (as you do with a tanker truck!)

@HOBBES said:
" @MeisterDad said:
" @ao_ka said:
"I own its cooler version, 6695 "
Because that one can fit the minifig in its cab?"

6695 is significantly cooler because it has the larger off-road tires with good ground clearance. You can go cross-country with this one (as you do with a tanker truck!)"

6695 isn't as cool as 6594. If you can ignore the lack of Shell content.

Genuinely kinda funny that in a set so clearly designed to have minifig interaction, with that hose and all, the minifig can’t actually get in the cab to drive. You’d have thought that would be step one

Masterpiece. Pure beauty.

one of my first sets. Pure nostalgic.

When life was easy <3

In the days when scale was all over the place. I've yet to come across an articulated tanker with only a single rather than double or even triple pair of rear wheels.

@Murdoch17 said:
""In the time before time had a name, there was Shell, who made the people of LEGOland's cars, boats, planes and other happy vehicles go. But Shell had a younger brother, OCTAN, who desired Shell's place amongst the oil companies of LEGOland. Thus, jealous of Shell's market share and envious of it's stock market price, OCTAN struck Shell down into a single mighty stroke called a hostile takeover. So begins our tale.... the story of Lord Business, master of OCTAN...""

I do think that Shells involvement in South Africa and the world wide boycut of the Apartheid-regime did play a role too.
I love the shell sets though.

So I guess it was more important for the tank to swivel 270 degrees than give the cab enough room to fit the driver. I get that there was an fuel crisis in the 70s but maybe this is why.

@cm5878 said:
"6695 isn't as cool as 6594. If you can ignore the lack of Shell content. "
Agreed. For one thing, the ball joint makes 6594 much more able to handle hills and the like.

Octan looks so modern with its fancy green in its color scheme and actual cab compared to this fossil (fuel truck)

@Ridgeheart said:
" @ozbrickcreator said:
" @brick_r said:
""Hi, I work for Shell; and we here at Shell have NOOOOOOO "plans" involving Tacos. Not on Tuesdays, nor any other day...":D"

"Yes, today will not be known as Taco Tuesday! Today will be known as FREEDOM FRIDAY! But STILL ON A TUESDAY!""

"Hello, my name is Ben van Beurden, Chief Environmental Molester at the Royal Dutch Shell PLC, and I assure you that we are not devoting all of our personal resources to gobble up our planet's resources. Nor do we strive to quash all efforts to promote research and development of any and all greener sources of energy. Nor would we ever stoop to greenwash our evil, evil practices.

Here at Shell, we're not at all devoted to burning the past to light the present, and we'll act just as surprised as you when we find out that the future holds only ash, despite our earliest studies already reporting on climate-impact (and subsequently we buried those studies). I mean, we didn't do that! Of course not! We would never! Have a taco. A taco-shell, haha! Hahaha!"

It would be wrong to wish ill and disaster on Ben van Beurden, his company, his slimy ilk and their profit-margins, but - in fairness, not as wrong as systematically destroying the planet for a penny. I can live with being the lesser evil, while furiously hoping that Ben & Co. won't."

There's something about those tanker sets that spells disaster in my mind... even as a kid.

"Do you smell that? Do you smell that?!!... I love the smell of Napalm in the morning!"

@ambr said:
"In the days when scale was all over the place. I've yet to come across an articulated tanker with only a single rather than double or even triple pair of rear wheels."

Rare, but obtainable:
https://www.omt-tortona.com/en/news/2019-july-OMT-single-axle-tank-to-get-where-you-want.html

May be none anywhere in Shell livery though. Or, indeed, Exxon.

That weird period from 1978 - 1980, before they had satisfying solutions for roofs, vehicle sets looked like prototypes.

I had this in 1978 aged 6 - I think my first Legoland / Minifig set; loved the brick built tanker as you could use the parts for something else; I don't think I had seen inverted slopes before this set either. I did think the whole thing looked slightly(!) out of scale though - even then I made my MOC lorries 6 studs wide...

@Brickalili said:
"Genuinely kinda funny that in a set so clearly designed to have minifig interaction, with that hose and all, the minifig can’t actually get in the cab to drive. You’d have thought that would be step one"

In that era, a lot of sets were designed so the minifig could only stand proudly beside it, not get in to drive it. Like 600-2, for instance.

Youngsters may not realize it, but 1978 was revolutionary. That's when Lego started designing with plates far more than with bricks. Compare this design to 688. That's how 4 wide vehicles looked up to 1978.
As a young kid, I was in awe of the new designs and parts, and I absolutely loved 671.
And since minifigures were only introduced in 1978 and we were just so utterly happy with them, we didn't even consider the fact that the driver couldn't sit inside the cabin...
Very sweet memories...

I had this set as a kid, I thought it was fantastic and it was years before I questioned why the minifigure didn’t fit. I was born in 1982, so by that time they’d generally nailed fitting minifigures in vehicles.

I'm guessing one of the very last sets to have that little 1x1 window in? Headlight bricks just aren't the same..

@StyleCounselor:..."something about those tanker sets that spills disaster"...
Fixed that for ya':)

How he is supposed to fit in that truck?

The 554 Fuel Pumper (US Exxon Version of this model) was my very first Legoland town set. 45 years have past and it still is one of my favorite sets, despite the driver having to ride outside the cab!

@brick_r said:
" @StyleCounselor:..."something about those tanker sets that spills disaster"...
Fixed that for ya':)"

I need all the help I can get.

In true Canuck fashion, "Sawwry."

@Brickalili said:
"Genuinely kinda funny that in a set so clearly designed to have minifig interaction, with that hose and all, the minifig can’t actually get in the cab to drive. You’d have thought that would be step one"

Earliest days of self-driving trucks?

@SDlgo9:
I don't think _anyone_ can stand proudly beside 600-2, that basketball shoe/roller skate hybrid monstrosity.