I tried improving the Lego Ideas Garbage Truck MOC C5333

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The other day, I acquired and built the Garbage Truck MOC C5333.  I posted some pics and a review on my other blog Its Not Lego.

I wasn't very happy with the inferior bricks that were used in the set, so I wanted to see if I could make this set better.  Let's take a look and hope you can let me know if it was a success or not.

The original set had a white cab but a lot of those bricks were yellowing.  I thought about simply replacing those white bricks from my own stash, but got to wondering if I should make my version of this MOC a bit more unique so I made it entirely green.  There's still a few colour inconsistencies in the green bricks I used vs. the ones from the set, but not much I can do there.  I don't have a lot of green bricks in my parts stash, so thankfully I had enough to modify the cab.

The original cab from MOC C5333 didn't have an interior.  I don't believe that the original model, from which this MOC is based, had one either.  I ended up rebuilding the entire cab so that I could include a steering wheel, a dashboard, and two seats.  I added a driver's side door so that the driver can get in and out.   

A couple of bonus items I added to the cab include the obligatory red mug that you see in most Lego truck sets, and a dog who happens to be the driver's pet.  The dog likes to come along when his master is on the job.

I also extended the cab so that the garbage man had a place to stand instead of hanging off the side of the truck.  In case of inclement weather, he can duck inside the cab.  Unfortunately I only had one green cab door part, so this side gets no passenger side door, but you can still get inside via the ladder.  I realize that I have no side mirrors on the cab, so this is something I'll have to fix in the future.

As a result of the extended cab, I also had to lengthen the truck chassis.  In the original garbage truck model the designers included a broom and shovel but the C5333 MOC only had a stick and an axe (don't ask me why).  My version restores the original tools to the truck.

To further differentiate my re-MOC of the C5333 MOC, I used decided to use yellow as an accent colour instead of making the truck only green.  The yellow accents can be found on both sides of the truck, on the back door and also inside the truck as well.

I replaced all of the axles and wheels and now my truck rolls freely.  I also replaced some of the technic pieces so that the garbage can loader now works more consistently.

My version of the garbage truck includes a driver minifigure and a garbage man minifigure.

Anyways, that wraps up my custom modifications to the Garbage truck C5333 MOC. Let me know what you think of the changes and any other improvements you can think of.   Thanks and see you in my next post, Bye.