Random set of the day: Custom Rally Van
Posted by Huwbot,Today's random set is 5550 Custom Rally Van, released in 1991. It was the only Model Team set released that year. It contains 525 pieces, and its retail price was US$49.5.
It's owned by 1345 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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This one was on my wish list back in the day. Never got it, but did get the Jeep and F1 racer. Model Team was such a cool theme, though I think it was a bit ahead of its time.
Ah, Model Team was such gold! (Well, before the last years when they released that stupid dragster thing.)
Now that we've had these inquiries concerning what retired sets people would want to come back; well, I for one would love to see some classic & iconic MT sets make a return, like this one in particular:
https://brickset.com/sets/5590-1/Whirl-and-Wheel-Super-Truck
I remember as a kid thinking this looked a lot like the turtle van and really wanted it. It kind of looks boring to me now, especially compared to some of the sets like 5590.
Childhood dreams!
I recently sold the complete Model Team theme ( some still sealed) to the local Toy Shop owner. He was very happy :)
I do wish the recent Creator models would include steering more often as this beauty demonstrates.
Lovely, lovely set!
Wow, some heckin classics up in here.
Out of interest, is there any significance to the number 23 in this set?
Good set.
Fantastic set that I enjoyed rebuilding a couple of years back. Adding PF to an older set was delightful! https://youtu.be/u4AJRyeaZCo
Model Team pretty much covers my entire dark ages...
@namekuji totally agree! I've said it many times, the Creator cars need steering, it's such a step back from Model Team....
@henwli nice job! I did a similar thing to its cousin 5581. Mine is a bit harder to steer because I don't have the servo motor :-(
I love Model Team! This one however I find a little 'boring' compared to most others, as @natro220 suspects.
@ssorg that one was also on my list :)
Had all the model team when I was a teenager, it was my only diversion from technic! Although the creator stuff is nearly there it’s not quite and I’d welcome a return to the line. Although the Mack in technic this year was close!