PART II  

JUST ANOTHER STREET LIGHT REPAIR

Upon receiving a complaint about a broken street light, our repairman heads to the road to the faulty street light. Typically street lights are usually 10 bricks tall, which is ideal for our utility lift.


Our repairman looks out from his cab to make ensure that the lift is just at the right spot next to the street light


He then deploys the warning sign and arrow sign to inform other road users that some maintenance work is going on. By turning the signs into position, the signs also double up as stabilizers. This ensures that the lift will not tip over when it is fully extended.


A spanner from the truck's open bed shall be used to fix the light this time. More tools can be stored in the open bed of this truck.


Time to get onto the platform! Handle bars on either side allows the repairman to climb onto the platform safely


Once on the platform, a little button on the platform activates the scissor lift. This raises the platform to the desired height. Careful not to bump your head on the street lamp!


A motorist then passes by our dear friend during the repair. Again, the warning signs and yellow lights ensure that other motorist are informed of his presence and know how to pass him.


As it begins to get dark, the repairman unfolds the warning signs and get ready to head home. Another street lamp repaired today!



OTHER USES

The versatility of the utility lift trailer allows ordinary folks of Lego Town to rent the trailer when they require it. For example the owner of this red sports car needed to fix his garage roof.


Since his sports car has a tow hook, he can tow the trailer to his place and instantly deploy it.


Other times some building contractors rent the trailer for their own purposes. In this case the trailer can be hooked up to the front loader to a construction site to assist in the installation of light fittings.


Our repairman can go about other business with his truck although he is not towing the utility lift with him. Even on its own, our red and yellow repair truck stands out with the large electrical utility sign on its side.



CONCLUSION

Design: 10/10 The design of the scissor lift is pure genius. Its too bad that such a scissor lift is not implemented further in Town
Parts: 9/10 There is a wealth of red and yellow parts as well as the printed panel which is unique to this set only. The printed panel with the electrical logo is extremely useful for any MOCs concerning electricity utility vehicles.
Playability: 10/10 Repair the street light, repair the roof of the garage, fix the elevator in metro park and service tower or rescue a cat on a tree, the utility lift's versatility allows it to be in numerous scenarios. Even the truck and trailer can be played on its own!
Minifigure: 7/10 Standard minifigure in blue overalls.
Overall: 10/10 This is another one of those little Lego sets which hold itself up so well that even by today's standards, it surpasses anything produced by TLG currently. So far there are no other City or Town sets which utilizes the scissor lift mechanism as used in this set.

Another view of the completed set

EXTRAS!!!

Apparently one can remove the 2 safety bars on the side of the trailer and deploy them as safety barriers! With the safety bars removed the lift can rotate 360 degrees! Took my a long while to figure out those safety barriers were meant to be removed (well, it was never shown removed in any of the pictures lol)

A DAY AT THE AIRPORT

A call came from the operator of the Lego Town airport that one of their radar stations were malfunctioning and in need of repair. Our repairman was there the next morning to have a look. Reaching the site, he positioned his trailer as close as possible to the radar dish and removed the safety barriers on his trailer. The safety barriers are to prevent any curious onlookers from getting to close to the scissor lift. The safety barriers also have lights mounted to make it easier to notice.


Our repairman slowly raises and rotates the platform to get as close as possible to the radar dish. The scissor lift can only rotate once the safety barriers are removed from the trailer. 


Now he can repair the faulty radar dish as the airport operator oversee the repairs.


Of course, the benefit of a scissor lift is that you can position the platform off center to further reach wherever you fancy. The signs at the back of the trailer keeps the trailer stable although the center of the platform is not between the 2 pairs of wheels.

Thank you lion-san. I figured it is better to tell how the set works through how it is played compared to just showing the set by itself. With other Lego set the functions of the set is clearly shown.

I think is is better to buy the a complete set rather by piece by piece since some sets have HUNDREDS if not thousands of pieces that you slowly need to collect. The reason I can buy parts for this set is because I have this set since young (my parents bought for me) and is missing a couple of pieces which can be easily replaced.

If you still want a SW set it can buy a used set on Bricklink provided it is within your budget.

very well done!